I agree, though i’d still say by the time Overwatch 3 arrives 7-10 years down the line Cloud will be so vast and entrenched it wont “need” to be any less exclusive then any other Xbox game.
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Got to admit, I am kind of digging Sony themselves throwing cold water on the narrative that the hardcore fans have built up over the years lol.
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It’s an old term brought into the gaming space. And it doesn’t make any sense in gaming.
This is what banger refers to:
Anyways the weird thing about Sony potentially buying Take Two is that they’ve created a situation where GTA, RDR, and their sports games have to be multi-platform. For at least 10 years for the first 2.
Plus if MS aggressively pursues long-term marketing rights for GTA, it’ll nullify any benefit of a purchase.
All hypothetical, I think Sony would pursue other high value targets first. CD Projekt Red, Square, etc.
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Was watching Xbox Two and Jez always has the worst takes when it comes to exclusivity. Dude thinks the Blizzard Survival game would be multiplatform even if its announced after the acquisition, despite MS canning PS5 version of Redfall
This is the same guy who thinks that if Killer Instinct comes back it needs to be on Playstation and that Microsoft should promise to make Diablo and Crash multiplat forever
Dude is 100% delusional and has terrible takes
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Redfall was multiple years way from completion when they completed development, his point with this survival game is that it is reportedly so close to being finished that it might not make sense to cancel a near finished PS5 version 
Seems reasonable to me, he even acknowledged they could just make it exclusive anyway didn’t he?
The survival game from Blizzard was announced for PC and console according to blizzard’s official website page. My guess is that since PlayStation was never specifically mentioned, it will be Xbox/PC exclusive.
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Not canceling a game, even if its near completion would imply that MS cares about paltry monetary gain that they’d get from Playstation vs having what’s likely going to be a very successful new IP exclusive and associated with Xbox
That isn’t realistic, even if a Playstation version was completed and ready to go, if there’s no platform announcement and obligation, MS would throw it in the trash.
Jez problem is the idea that MS should make all their multiplat games multiplat because it’ll “grow the fanbase” by that logic why not just go full on third party?
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Blizzard next game can be exclusive as it is similar to Starfield announcement. They’re probably waiting for acquisition to make it a clear announcement as saying it’s exclusive will be too early and their answer will have to be related to acquisition that has yet to be completed.
It is not a terrible take at all…
He is taking about games which could be released free to play and would require more players as possible
He does have a point here. But he is certainly not delusional.
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Yup… That blizzards game is not coming out anytime soon
Atleast 2 years away I guess
Got it, so when is Halo Infinite coning to Switch and Playstation?
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It is the same as Megaton, the it turned to Exclusive, then an Banger. Basically all the phrases from the other era, GAF gets trickle down to media and fanboys and becomes mainstream. It happened during the Xbox One Gen and its happening now. We will have some more jargon in the future.
Haha… When was Halo ever on switch and PS?
It is very easy to trigger people here on very little of the things
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I don’t know about triggered but, Microsoft is “playing nice” more than enough with it’s other IPs that are multiplat. Really, like, what’s the point of going through all this crap with ABK to level the playing field if you’re going to make even new IPs multiplatform? To continue to bolster your competition’s platform - especially Sony, who has been doing dirty deals anti competitive practice for decades to push your 3rd place ecosystem out of the market for good?
New IPs should be exclusive. Titles with communities already attached should remain where they are. Just my opinion.
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I for once never think Ms is playing nice. They just cream there strategy is such a way.
Putting free multi-player games on PS is not about doing gamers service but making sure there game gets more and more players so that they earn more money in the end.
That’s what Jez is trying to convey here.
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MS and Sony dancing and fooling around regulators and medias about COD and yall still thinking about the necessity of the other IPs on other platforms because tHeY nEEd mOre prOfitZ anD aLL
And its a loser strategy, this past year MS has been touting competition and how Sony has a dominant market position
So in response MS should help fortify that position?
Because Im sure Sony will repay the favor and put their live service games on Xbox
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It is just someone’s opioinion from business perspective. It has its merits like I said. And demerits like you said.
That’s why I said it is easy to trigger people here.
No one has claimed that MS is doing what Jez said. The deal has not even gone through yet.
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If the survival game is heavy on microtransactions then I can see the incentives of Microsoft releasing it on PS5.
Remember folks, do not attack people. Keep the discussion about the actions or reactions. Do not make things personal.
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