Nobody is blaming you, lol. Just saying that such misunderstandings are often widespread and effective at moving casuals from one platform to another.
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Destin talks about it.
Agreed on all fronts here. @Searsy82âs comments also are on point. I think no matter what way the FTC opts to frame âmarketâ and âcompetitionâ, MS has some really sound arguments in their favor. The one Satya mentions about âwe are still #3â isnât among them and is not strong at all imho, but they have plenty of better arguments available anyhow and Sony is helping them in that regard as you noted.
I honestly would not be shocked to see GoW:R launch day 1 into the service. I know most ppl think that is far too soon to see Sony make that transition, but I think things are moving so fast right now that the assumptions everyone had a month ago should no longer be presumed safe bets.
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I think sony will do an aproach like HBO Max, theyâre going to set a deadline for when first party games will come out on the service.
Right now HBO Max release its movies 45 days after they release on theathers (at least in Europe and Brazil)
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HBO has already been dabbling in day 1 releases though, no? We know where Sony is headed, the only question is how soon. If they are ready to invest billions into that direction already (see last yearâs acquisitions + Bungie) I think they might be ready to go full scale into the fray. Honestly it seems like a mistake to not do it sooner since their Spring lineup looks great and could have included several high profile day 1 releases if Spartacus were ready.
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Dune and Matrix and probably others were day one, Batman is set 45 days post theater release though. But I donât think Sony will do this either, because movies are not the real seller on HBO Max, the original series are, and those release simultaneously.
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I think Sony adds 1st party day 1 when their cross-gen period ends and all their 1st party is PS5/PC only.
at least here in Brazil Dune and Matrix were released 45 days after the theaters. I think they are using different rules for each region.
but yeah I get your points, but a lot of people are saying sony canât afford to put 1st party games in the service, so maybe they do this?
as you said:
1st party games = movies
3rd party games = series with day one. I bet GTA 6 day one on the service will be bigger than any sony first party game lol.
Sony just need to figure the best economics and timing for themselves, it will happen, is a WHEN, not an IF. âthey canât afford itâ is ridiculous and so baseless.
Iâm saying theyâre waiting for the right moment, like Disney+ and HBO Max; launch right (well, kinda) and ready with your differentiation, because the model is already figured out (by Netflix and Game Pass) so when you enter you enter with your differentiation, which is the original content.
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Eh, sounds like Destin is being affected by the video game media fear mongering.
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That was rough to watch. Just a bunch of formless meandering nonsense.
He shoulda had Hoeg on for it tbh.
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Yep. Tired of the media praising good Sony, bad Microsoft. Itâs bullshit.
People wanted Microsoft to compete. Now theyâre doing that and getting demonized for it. Itâs sickening. Itâs all about them clicks though and I for one ainât fallinâ for it.
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Thatâs the thing. They (MS/Xbox haters) never wanted them to compete. They wanted them gone.
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Then blame Sony for failing to kill them off. Blame the people who still bought Xbox One. Blame Phil for having ambition. Where does it end?
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Are people really thinking that some journalists with an agenda to drive traffic to their sites and Sony fanboys/girls, actually know more about who Microsoft can safetly buy and who they canât?
A company that has added over a Trillion dollars to itâs value in the last number of years, doesnât understand how the regulation market works?
Why is this even being spoken about on here?
Was gonna post that here too. Hoeg makes all the same points I had made in another thread.
COD concessions?
Hoeg is an M&A corporate lawyer. He knows a lot more than we do, hence his views contribute meaningfully to the discourse. Framing things as âwell MS is super successful and had good lawyers, therefore they can never possibly misjudge the FTC!â is really, really stupid and seeks to dismiss genuinely insightful discussion.
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