I'm not either, at least not yet, and i don't own a series x/s. I mean so far all we've seen is a fairly uninspired trailer of "in-engine" footage, which i'm not impressed by after Fallout 76's "in-engine" footage with "17 times the detail". Bethesda hasn't developed anything i really loved since Oblivion and Fallout 3, ever since then things have gotten increasingly buggy and shallow. If it really turns out great i'll grab it on PC, but Skyrim was the last "worth it" Bethesda developed game i purchased, so i don't see that happening without a surprising turnaround.
as mainly a PS player ...i like the descision Xbox at last decided to step up the game.
competition is good and pressures companies to not stay dull....PS1 and PS3 games/years were some of my best games and best memories bcause Sony was trying with top games to compete in the market
Exclusives are a part of the industry and they help distinguish a platform.
But funny isn't it the amount of articles and video content last year about the Spider-Man skin being exclusive to the PS4 version of Avengers being 'anti-consumer,' yet nothing said about a game that was originally intended to be multiplatform!
There's nothing wrong with exclusives, but if you're going to criticise them at least be consistent with your views and don't simply agree or disagree based on preferred console brand.
"competition is good and pressures companies to not stay dull" So what's been stopping MS in making games like every other platform?
I would of thought one on the richest companies on the planet would be running away with exclusives as the amount of investment they can pump into the xbox platform is way higher than any of their competitors... but instead of using the vast sums of cash they have to make new games they use it to take games away from other systems.
I cant stand this whole narrative gamers use... it helps to distinguish a platform. I strongly disagree. The games should be playable on all capable consoles and the console features should set it apart. That seems like such a company mind set. I don't care that pc players can play halo. I still play halo on xbox.
@PertySlick. Hi. I do get what your saying! Many people have a strong preference for the features of one particular platform, ie, maybe somebody likes the Achievements tracking on Xbox or prefers the Share Play and game streaming features on PlayStation. But ultimately, I think for many the most important factor is the games. If you look at the Nintendo Switch by comparison to the PS4 and Xbox One it is a less powerful console and the network features are limited, although its portability is a unique platform feature. But what it does have is some stand out exclusive games that people want to play. Animal Crossing New Horizons, Zelda Breath of the Wild and more. Is it anti-consumer for Nintendo not to port its games to other platforms? Is it anti-consumer for McDonald's not to allow Burger King to sell its burgers? Market realities in most businesses is that companies want to have a unique product and exclusive games which can help help draw the customer in.
They didn’t step up their game they bought some more game . Stepping up their game would be making your own games that don’t exist elsewherewith studios you already have . They didn’t need to buy so many studios if they could make good games with the studios they have and expand those studios to make new good games . They aren’t good at making games so they keep buying studios who made games already for their platform and others . Their studios don’t come up with good original ideas it’s just a fact . They always buy ideas from others and milk them .
@MrDead You literally said Microsoft's deep pockets should have them running away with exclusives, but have a problem with them using their money to take away games from other companies, so that they can try and run away with exclusives. Sounds like you just want to have a problem with Microsoft.
Mr Dead are you serious making that comment as if Sony hasn't bought a lot of developers? People say things as if they're oblivious. Or if they're oblivious be more careful with your comments.
Sony has bought 14 developers in their history. Don't always listen to executives about a subject without doing your own research if you don't already know. They'll often treat you like an idiot if you live your life like an idiot. That's how the majority of them became rich.
Suprise! They're not all as smart as Elon Musk. Many are pretty dumb. Most are simply Bobby Kotick.
tell us how many devs were bought before working on even a single game exclusively for their platform? PlayStation has had a huge hand in the careers of the devs they have bought.
When was the last time Bethesda's even worked with xbox to create a game?
Mkis, that's a weak excuse but I'll take a shot at it. Oblivion on Xbox 360. Before that Morrowind in 2002. So Microsoft has just as long an exclusive history with Bethesda. Oblivion was a timed exclusive. Cut it with the excuses. Sony has bought more than they've built.
Taking 3rd party games from other players.... I'm sorry... I just don't even. All bethesda games are now first party. It's that simple. I don't give a shit about bethesda, xbox, or Sony. Just saying Microsoft bought bethesda for a shit load of money and they became first party studios. I am honestly surprised the exclusive move came so quickly, though. I really expected Microsoft to let bethesda publish some of these already announced games on their originally planned platforms to recoup most of that 7 billion with little effort and then go exclusive from there.
What lol? They did not "take" anything from anyone, they simply made one of their 1st party new IP's, exclusive.
Sony players have not lost anything, they never had it to begin with.
"I don't give a shit about bethesda, xbox, or Sony."
You clearly do.
Your making out like Microsoft is the bad guy here by "taking" games off Playstation, that is incorrect, you still get Deathloop, and what is the other one? Ghostwire Tokyo, did they "take" them as well?
"I really expected Microsoft to let bethesda publish some of these already announced games on their originally planned platforms"
They have to, it is called a contractual obligation, for them to make Starfield an exclusive, there was obviously no current deal in place to bring it to the Playstation platform, the reason why they even stated, any deals currently in place, have to be honoured.
The last I heard, all PS5 gamers have gaming PC's... I don't see a reason for all this fuss about the Bethesda acquisition. PS5 gamers can play those games on their PC's.
"the difference is that sony also has their own studios with third party studios."
That makes no sense, if it is their own studio, then it is 1st party.
"microsoft is betting the farm on third party."
All Bethesda games are 1st party, not 3rd party.
Just sounds like a lot of angry kids that have had their candy taken away, get over it, platform holders buy studios all the time, it is called business, no one is "keeping" anything off another platform. Are they "keeping" Halo off Playstation? Is Playstation "keeping" Horizon off Xbox?
"there's no fuss from me because i don't really care."
People that have to try and convince themselves they do not care, usually do.
"if you're this ignorant to think sony just started acquiring studios left and right without building most of them from the ground up, then i can't help you."
Guerilla games - purchased 2005 Insomniac - purchased 2019 Sucker Punch - purchased 2011 Naughty Dog - purchased 2001 Media Molecule - purchased 2010 Sony Cambridge - purchased 1997 Evolution studios - purchased 2007
So all the best games launched, are from studios Sony paid to "keep" off other platforms right? But they built most of these from the ground up? absolute nonsense.
Gran Turismo hasn't been relevant all last gen with one 70 meta score game. You said Microsoft couldn't create game on their own, they buy them. Well their racing studios are untouched in the last 5 years. Especially Playground Games.
Lmao, you tell ME to back down. Your quote "the difference is that sony also has their own studios with third party studios. microsoft is betting the farm on third party.
where's their spiderman? where's their horizon?"
Where am I cherry picking my argument? I took your argument and blew it up in your face. Now you're side stepping it. Lmao, walk away boy
Hell, you're swearing up and down this comment section that Sony creates their own studios as if they didn't buy Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch and etc.
Say what you want about "they worked together before" it doesn't matter in the world of business, what matters is acquisition to make sure their talent doesn't go elsewhere. Microsoft just has a bigger checkbook than anyone
There's a lot of misconceptions about studios. Let me clear some of this up.
"and if microsoft's pockets are so very, very deep, then why can't they work on their own studios?"
In the last decade, Microsoft have created 343i, The Coalition and The Initiative.
"okay, but you're conveniently ignoring studios sony also built from scratch."
Name them. We will all wait whilst you research back into the PS2 days at least to find something.
Not a quote but I've seen this being said elsewhere - "Sony works with developers first such asInsomniac/Sucker Punch and builds up a relationship before buying them"
Microsoft also did that with Playground and Undead Labs.
"tell us how many devs were bought before working on even a single game exclusively for their platform?"
Literally their last acquisition - Insomniac made a game that was exclusive on Xbox One. Now thanks to Sony, people who only own an Xbox will never get to play the sequel. I'm sure N4G will find a way to spin that as well though.
As of me I can careless I havent played any of there games but wolfenstein and dishonored. Dishonored is the only one I care for but at the end lf they day its been years and still havent completed Ws1 and Dishonored standalone.
I'm not either, at least not yet, and i don't own a series x/s. I mean so far all we've seen is a fairly uninspired trailer of "in-engine" footage, which i'm not impressed by after Fallout 76's "in-engine" footage with "17 times the detail". Bethesda hasn't developed anything i really loved since Oblivion and Fallout 3, ever since then things have gotten increasingly buggy and shallow. If it really turns out great i'll grab it on PC, but Skyrim was the last "worth it" Bethesda developed game i purchased, so i don't see that happening without a surprising turnaround.