The news of Skyrim's Dawnguard expansion came with bit of a drawback in the form of 1 month Xbox 360 timed exclusivity. Upon receiving this news and after navigating the 7 stages of grief, I found myself pondering the business behind the decision.
TSA asks what is the future for Xbox.
They clearly never did, hence why they spent so many BILLIONS on other publishers as a last resort.
Sure, a plan to be a more hated game company than EA. Ubisoft were recently giving them a run for their money but I think Xbox have really knocked it out the park with their latest stunt.
Absolutely not, their whole plan is at odd with what MS wants
Phil wants GP to become big
MS wants to sell games and make billions
GP can’t be sustained with AAA games which take 3-5 years and 7 figure budgets. Only go put those games on GP day one. Why do you think games are coming out on other platforms?
People want a change and want Phil gone without realizing if someone new comes along they may want to change everything again so we just keep going in circles. Phil has to realize that and give clear message on the direction of Xbox
There are two reasons why all those Bethesda studios closed, and neither of them have anything to do with Bethesda (directly)...
Game Pass and Activision.
The guy confirming what we've all (well, most of us) been saying since the latest purchase.
Honestly i think Bethesda needs to buy themselves out of zenimax/MSs hands and do their own thing, i honestly think that would fix a lot of issues and save them from a potential closure.
Ah, we can see how the Microsoft media machine works.
Every article I read now is some kind of attempt to shift the blame off Microsoft and paint them as the victims or convince people that Microsoft mistakes were just some kind unforeseeable unfortunate twist of fate.
The shills are out in full force today.
It's greed. MS has the IP's it wants now it's dumping the studios that it's raided, MS will still make money from Tango's games unlike the people that made them. If anyone follows MS outside of gaming you'll see this is what they do, buy companies take what they want consolidate some of the workforce and shut them down. I don't know why people are acting so surprised when this is Microsoft being Microsoft.
MS is a three trillion dollar company, if it enters a market it has no need to compete, they take what they want and with the financial influence it can bypass laws that are meant to protect the consumer and the workforce. Just look at how they are cornering the AI market right now with buyups and investments.
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Bragging rights, naturally. Other than that, I can't think of any logical reasons to have timed exclusivity. Sounds like a pointless waste of money, if you ask me.
From an uninformed, outside view, timed DLC is ridiculous and useless.
If it didn't work on some level though, it wouldn't keep happening, so logic dictates that it must be successful enough to warrant the constant wads of money being chucked around.
honestly I just can't see it, I may need a magnifying glass
As more and more titles are put on both of the major platforms, this is where they separate themselves. Yes it adds to bragging rights, but more than that they get to play it a month earlier, which is more of a fact that gamers like. This will lead to people thinking : " Well Microsoft is willing to pay to get their peeps things first. Which Sony isnt, so I'm going with MS." This is of course when people are on the fence. A good long term strategy IMO. And leads people to more brand loyalty in the short run. I've got a 360 so it makes me feel I've made the right choice, and am more prone to buy the next Microsoft console as apposed to the PS4.
who gains? last platform gets extra content, always.