As Pachter stated in his note, this is the cellular phone model of business and we’re all familiar with it; you buy the hardware at lower price, but the catch is, you’re locked in a certain minimum amount of time where you have to keep up with a subscription. It’s a double edged sword. On the one hand, some people may welcome the idea of a lower purchase point if for some reason they have to pay in cash and don’t have that kind of money on hand for a single purchase. On the other hand, consumers are paying much more money over time as the payment on the subscription becomes a long term money-sink.
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
Well I will already be buying my ps4 through flexible payment and I pay a minimum amount once a month which is very easy to keep up with but im not sure im a fan of this articles method of doing this as its alot stricter than buying from (littlewoods).
how about no you freaking deaky dutch bastard lol
Not going to happen, Sony at best would do PS+ for PS4 and offer more stuff. But it won't be anything like XBL, but thats a bad way to go when how they are doing it is good.
But I do hope the PSN store does get fix, I'm sick of it being slow.
No, I want to just buy it and get it over with, having to worry about paying it in installments would be a major pain in the ass imo.
For me I'd rather own my OWN console, but it might be good for those who can't afford it at a high price!