He's been begging for a job by Microsoft for years. They don't even send him merch.
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Jim even said that he doesn't need to answer hypothetical questions 
One of the good things for Sony is they don't interact with the media... So there is no way M$ lawyers can have a gotchawow, this lawyers so reaching ...
Big fan of you Mr Ryan
please continue supporting PlayStation with all your might
Ryan unwilling to answer hypothetical questions in some parallel universe where events unfolded differently.
"Bitch, I'm not in charge of Xbox."
"Bitch, I'm not in charge of Xbox."
she is circling with the same questions or the same comments. like wtf?
judge cut FTC with relevant questions but lets ms keep harrassing Jim with the same questions..
judge cut FTC with relevant questions but lets ms keep harrassing Jim with the same questions..
Sounds like Jim Ryan made a reference to a potential predatory pricing tactic by MS. SIE relies heavily on B2P sales revenue because PlayStation needs to be a self-sustaining unit in the company. Xbox does not have these needs/requirements, because money lost can be more than covered by profits the much larger segments of the company generate.
Therefore they can push a heavy loss-leading strategy like Day 1 Game Pass availability of software while smaller competitors can't do that. It's effectively a form of predatory pricing. And even if the tactic fails, MS still gets money from B2P sales off competitor platforms, and can use that 70% to "harm PlayStation" the way Phil Spencer said Sony uses their 30% to "hurt Xbox".
Therefore they can push a heavy loss-leading strategy like Day 1 Game Pass availability of software while smaller competitors can't do that. It's effectively a form of predatory pricing. And even if the tactic fails, MS still gets money from B2P sales off competitor platforms, and can use that 70% to "harm PlayStation" the way Phil Spencer said Sony uses their 30% to "hurt Xbox".
Ryan says it's a commonly held view among publishers that Game Pass is "value destructive".
yeah, she tried to make to sound him like he isn't speaking with ALL developers. this is one of those gatcha moments to paint as he doesn't know what he is saying
This dudes are dumb goofballs.
I swear when Sony announces to acquire Square Enix they will have a mass meltdown!
They keep repeating false equivalencies over and over again in the hopes that we'll give up on calling them out.
This was always my point and the obvious anti-competitive thing Xbox has been doing. It the example you get in class when studying the concept of monopoly: a rich company buys a bunch of gas stations and operates at a loss until all the competition is out of business and after that happens they can freely jack up the price since there is no competition anymore and everyone is fucked except them.
MS was never doing this with money generated from the Xbox division, they are leveraging their massive size to buy up market share and change consumer behavior to take out direct competitors. The most surprising thing so far is how ineffective it has actually been in terms of growing their services.
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It's an easy one because then the follow up will be who are the publishers saying this? And Jim will be hard pressed to reveal what Take-Two or Ubisoft or other pubs say to him in confidence of the confidentiality of the verbal exchanges. All these pubs have working relationships with MS. What they say in private is not what they say in public.
Lawyer knows this so she presses, with a few cherry picks on the side.
Correct course of action by Jim is to simply stay firm on his statement and let that one go.
Lawyer knows this so she presses, with a few cherry picks on the side.
Correct course of action by Jim is to simply stay firm on his statement and let that one go.
Ryan not volunteering any more information than he needs to. Short abrupt answers.
"That's my recollection, yes."
Knows they are looking to trip him over.
"That's my recollection, yes."
Knows they are looking to trip him over.
Ryan did not furnish any responses Microsoft-friendly journalists can use against him, but I'm sure they'll try. Will be interesting to see how his testimony is received.
He even clarified his EU remarks. Ryan ultimately reached the conclusion the deal was anti-competitive and hoped regulators would straight-up block it.
He even clarified his EU remarks. Ryan ultimately reached the conclusion the deal was anti-competitive and hoped regulators would straight-up block it.
Well, in gaming it's been. And that's because gaming is a very creative-driven medium. MS and creativity software are sort of like oil and water, they don't really mix well. The times they have, are mainly because MS acquired those creatives and didn't get (too) much in their way.
Up to a point, anyway. I mean just look at Bungie getting fed up with them, Marcus Brown & several Playground staff leaving recently, Shinji Mikami bouncing out, etc.
He is well old enough not to be bullied. This is what happens when you don't bark left and right and making bunch of interviews like Phil Spencer is doing and being exposed later