Xbox is not against third party exclusives, itâs just not their main strategy. They have third party exclusive deals with Squanch for High on life, then there is STALKER 2, and the recently announced Lamplighters. But overall MSâs strategy is to take advantage of their own IP, acquire IP and developers to expand their sub service. Different companies, different strategies. And btw, Death Stranding is an IP owned and published by Sony, so that game isnât even third party.
Long term itâs probably the better and more sustainable strategy, but for me just the immediate benefits of abk deal are minimal. I was going to buy Diablo 4 anyway but I havenât touched a call of duty game in a long time.
But thatâs the thing right, immediate benefits are minimal. At the very least CoD gives MS a money factory to further invest in games elsewhere. But then you have to consider the enormous amount of talent in the studios they may acquire that can be redirected from being CoD support studios to producing original content. The long term benefits from this deal are potentially massive.
To be a bit more OT though the obvious problem for Sony and their 3rd party exclusive strat. is that if MS keep buying opportunities to snag them will become increasingly rare as we saw with their attempt to tie up starfield.
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Itâs hilarious to me that I donât care about any of those games and Iâm not saying that because Iâm salty. I am lucky that every single timed exclusive they have locked down doesnât effect me in anyway as I havenât played any of those IP and have no interest in any of them.
The only timed exclusive stuff I cared about was the shit they pulled with Destiny and COD.
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why is death stranding 2 there, xbox got an exclusive kojima game too
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How is this âworkingâ? I can play two of these games right now on my Series X and none on a Playstation 5.
And the irony is red hot with Sony fans listing a game by Bloober Team 
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I still think Xbox should strike back and pay exclusivity for a game everyone thought would be multiplat.
Nah, those things are dumb and annoying.
However, if the ABK deal falls through all gloves should come off and MS should moneyhat Sony into irrelevance.
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They did, itâs called Starfield
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And Silent Hill 2 and Final Fantasy XVI are timed exclusives. They will come to Xbox at one point.
Or doom or wolfenstein or TES or The Evil Within or Hifi rush or Redfall orâŠ
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they would need to go after games sony fans cares about. castlevania, metal gear, silent hill, from software games
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Yes, make PlayStation miss out on games in every genre they care about. Itâs very doable for MS. The way Sony behaves with the ABK-deal, they deserve it.
After that happens, they wonât care about them. They will be onto the next set of beliefs.
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Just as an FYI, Sony didnât moneyhat From Software games. They were funded, published, and co-developed by Sony (the IPs also belong to Sony which is why Demonâs Souls Remake isnât by From).
After Elden Ring I think the price of moneyhatting a From game has reached astronomical levels.
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Yeah, but for every such mandated shift from the Church, they will lose followers. Eventually all that is left is the die hard fanatics sitting in a dark corner foaming at the mouth, snarling at the world.
Dragons dogma 2 perfect moneyhat that no one would expect. Or black myth wukong.
This thread is about acquisitions people, not moneyhatsâŠ
What about Nintendo?
People keep going on about SE like they make 0 games for nintendo
And sony arent MS. They wont give nintendo shit.
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