It doesn’t give them exclusive games that’s probably the hold up
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This will probably be the last generation with physical games from Xbox and playstation. There’s no way that with gamepass and Spartacus and all those acquisitions the disc will still be used. It was good while it lasted
I wonder how desperate Sony was for closing this deal to yield about their cornerstone of the last 30 years.
Not sure why ppl are saying this move as “desperate” when it was in works for MONTHS…
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That and, again, the statements jimbo made have a lot of them panicking: https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1488236615948505092?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1488236615948505092|twgr^|twcon^s1_&ref_url=
Directly from the horses mouth (that is the saying right?)
I mean…Woah…
I would not be surprised if Sony just becomes a third party publisher that also makes consoles within 10 years
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Definitely seems we are heading to that direction, just didn’t though PlayStation would be upfront like that.
I think the biggest question is if there’s going to be a new console generation in 10 years. Besides Nintendo. This really feels like the console era is over
Anything is a “work of months” what matters is the final decision. and for the final decision to suddenly happen days after Xbox acquires CoD is obvious desperation. let alone the amount they paid for something that is going to stay independent and multiplatform. it is like the Mojang deal but with no Minecraft.
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I would suggest that whatever new project Bungie make will go in day and date into Spartacus.
GOC
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I know Jim Ryan gets some deserved flack at times for bullshit but he is taking the logical steps for Sony in the gaming space. The future is games beyond the box.
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At least they are doing the changes soon enough before it’s too late
Kingdavidtwo was always right: “PS5 is the last console Sony makes 
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MS will make consoles like they make Surface, I think it’s more Sony’s problem, because they have far less financial might and a niche console market migh not be in their interest.
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Honestly i wouldn’t be that sure. Through this generation the game streaming will be gaining weight over buying a 300 piece of hardware, and the internet connections are also becoming faster. Probably this is the end of the console era
Shout out to King David from ILP. The Xbox Swami 
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I honestly believe they’re risking here. It’s a big acquisition and it’s hard to say the staying power with Destiny. With Minecraft, it’s exploded to be its entity. Destiny, I don’t know what’s the active player count or anything. We’ll see if it pays off.
Nah, streaming will never be 1:1 with dedicated machines, there will always be a dedicated niche. The question is: Sony would spend billions in R&D for a niche? MS already does for Surface.
Absolutely, just surprised the seem to be moving faster than I predicted, because by mid-gen I reckon Microsoft will have most of their machinery in place to start to pursuit their objective (Actiblizz deal done, more cloud capacity, more partnerships formed, more consoles out there, their gaming studios firing on all cylinders, tv and mobile apps) it would have been to late when that happens.
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We always knew Jim was good at business, honestly we only ever clowned on him for those contradictory bs statements lol
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