Probably true, I can’t think of an long term acquisition that didn’t move away. Microsoft buying Rare was the most famous and the team members went back to Nintendo.
Unless you're acquired by EA, which means you'll probably be forced at proverbial gunpoint to milk once-beloved franchises until you reach your breaking point until you are drained dry, wherein EA will kick your lifeless husk off a cliff, shrug its shoulders, and go home.
Why should he be? Hes the middle man that sees everything anyway, including first-party Microsoft and Sony games. Halo is available on Steam and so is Horizon, so hes got nothing to worry about, hes PCs biggest gaming service, nothing changes for him except he now has first-party games from the competition on his platform. He loses nothing.
It probably just ends up giving other companies opportunities. There's a gap where Bethesda used to be that could be potentially filled by other third party publishers and when Ms buys EA and ubisoft, there's a lot of room for new stuff to happen. Might even be a good thing, a changing of the guard.
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Probably true, I can’t think of an long term acquisition that didn’t move away. Microsoft buying Rare was the most famous and the team members went back to Nintendo.
They can buy the IPs but will the talent stay?
Why should he be? Hes the middle man that sees everything anyway, including first-party Microsoft and Sony games. Halo is available on Steam and so is Horizon, so hes got nothing to worry about, hes PCs biggest gaming service, nothing changes for him except he now has first-party games from the competition on his platform. He loses nothing.
I haven't required Sony or Microsoft gaming studios to enjoy Steam all these years. They barely register as a blip in my PC gaming needs.
I wouldn't lose any sleep either if my bed was made from stacks of Benjis.