Games that were always PlayStation Exclusives should be Multiplatform because of "Reasons"?
Sony had a good relationship with ZeniMax Studios before this deal happened and those games were Multiplatform titles, ES6 and Starfield would have been on PlayStation just like every game from Bethesda and Co
Very true, Psychonauts 2 would definitely have gotten a native PS5 release if Double Fine had stayed independent, Microsoft definitely made that an exclusive release after Double Fine were bought.
Starfield and Elder Scrolls 6 were 100% coming to PlayStation 5 if they had finished development in time for this console life window, before the ZeniMax acquisition happened.
This is clear evidence of Microsoft's intentions.
It's pretty obvious they were intended by Bethesda to be multiplatform titles before Microsoft gained control of ZeniMax, had the games been announced as exclusive to next gen Xbox on consoles, then that's what was planned, but both were multiplatform games and given Bethesda's relationships with Sony they would have come to PS5 when they launched.
This is a clear example of Microsoft coming in and making a game exclusive after the deal's completion.
I suspect a lot of people would love a PS5 only version of the entire series of Jak & Daxter games, I know I would.
Give me a from the ground up PS5 Remake of the God of War trilogy and Ascension.
An obvious Sony Japan game to redo is ICO, I'm sure that would be amazing redone for PS5.
@The3faces: Charging for those things is in no way Anti-Competitive from a company wide perspective buddy, you can chose not buy a higher priced product and wait until it drops in price, which is all but guaranteed to happen.
Even though I'm a fan of Sony's 1st Party games and exclusives I wouldn't just buy blindly because it's a Naughty Dog or Sony Santa Monica game, I'd check prices to make my money go further, because funds aren't unlimited.
Hogwar...
There's info about it on the PS Blog, but open world, set in New Caledonia, where the lead character can warp into animals and objects to control them.
Lots of exploration and solving mysteries about the game world.
Or maybe the gamers that have been satisfied with the many offerings for them will feel like praising a company making good products as PlayStation does IMO.
MIcrosoft could have tried to take that approach, they probably did with the whole Rise of The Tomb Raider thing, but it didn't gain them momentum to sell more copies of those games.
They're even trying to use the lure of "cheap" Gamepass to get users into their ecosystem, but again that isn't working.
Literally the only thing that would work is new, quality games that you can only play on XBox, inundate your customer base with plenty of good ...
So what you're saying is that closing a contract doesn't warrant a bonus or perks.
Microsoft obviously pays it's guys bonuses to close on these deals, so you're reasoning doesn't really make sense as it wouldn't be any different between either side.
Why shouldn't Jim or any closer not make something for furthering their relations with publishers?
Seriously if this is all you guys have as so called arguments for why the acquisiti...
Definitely the best value in gaming, the sheer volume of quality content is staggering!
Awesome for TChia to be coming day one as it's the type of game that many would probably try out, gives me BOTW vibes, but with it's own flavor.
I also look forward to trying Ghostwire.
It doesn't have to be story driven, the games likely wouldn't bomb if they are made with care and you employ capable developers.
Invest in quality and you'll get quality.
I'll echo what others are saying below, Sony has actually bothered to make quality games for their platform, Nintendo obviously needs better hardware, but they bring the games and quality standards their platforms, which is why these two big players in the console industry are selling so well.
If Microsoft invested the money they're spending buying ZeniMax and Activision on creating new studios and hiring people that care about variety and quality of games then they...
Yep there's been nothing really fresh from anyone outside of Tango released after ZeniMax was acquired.
IMO Everwild looked really good, I suppose Sea of Thieves was similar, but since it has a stable playerbase and Microsoft can sell DLC and maintain a GAAS they don't care to get something like Everwild out of the door.
Likely Everwild is also a GAAS, if it even still exists.
These $80B+ MS has spent on acquiring 3rd party pubs could have been spe...
It would be a massive surprise if Naughty Dog did a game with Pixar style visuals, but I was thinking more of another studio taking it on, not sure who would do it though.
Perhaps Bluepoint Games.
I'd just love to see a quality remake done for at least the first game or a trilogy like Crash Bandicoot or the Spyro remakes.
ND will for sure do something realistic and gritty in some way from a visual perspective IMO.
Open worlds aren't inherently bad, they just have to be used to explore free exploration in the environments of those games.
Designed well the possibilities of an open world game are limitless and can be just as fun as more linear options.
Consumer friendly? When they buy up major publishing houses that make multiplatform games and force them to be exclusive to the XBox ecosystem when they were better established on PlayStation, with a larger paying audience.
Without ZeniMax becoming exclusive to XBox their games would have been on PlayStation, also if Nintendo had a powerful enough system then they would be on that platform too, as Nintendo has shown they can sell 3rd party games now on Nintendo systems.
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VR as a perception option would be awesome IMO.
I hope we also get a Jak and Daxter remade like Ratchet & Clank 1 (only taking advantage of PS5), I'm sure loads of people would want that.
Once Factions has been released later this year the next game will be teased, probably with a title card or some teaser trailer.
ND tend to work pretty quickly given the depth they put into their games, so it will likely be out within 3 years, it's probably already in deep development anyway and they're getting close to making the final push on Factions before it goes into beta for gamers to start trying it.
Maybe 6 months to a year from when Faction launch...
Alongside Factions I hope we get an approach like The Last of Us or Uncharted, but tackling a Science Fiction, futuristic or Fantasy narrative.
ND could even go for something like a more grounded, dramatic, action story set in the real world, not post apocalyptical, but gritty and character focused.
Where's the proof that Starfield was exclusive to Xbox before the ZeniMax acquisition?
Didn't Sony get every major Bethesda release over the last 15+ years?