There is no doubt that Sony tried to bid on Zenimax but Microsoft just won. It was rumored that Sony offered 5b but Microsoft went with 7.5b and deal was done. Sony of course got some exclusive games and even tried to go after Starfield (I will remember that, Sony) but Godd Howard saved the day by declining that offer (at least allegedly).
After all it was possible that somebody heard that Sony is in talks with Bethesda. And they probably were. Just like we heard about Square Enix months ago.
Oh that I believe, but these clowns genuinely believe Sony just passed on it, strange way of saying MS outbid them, haha. And that stuff about cancellation of Starfield, lmfao. Some rumors be so crazy.
I think the platform not being profitable and needing a Game Pass check to make it worthwhile is a different issue than companies holding out for a Game Pass check.
These journalists are always the first to dumb down discourse into a black and white area with extreme end hot takes. Itās either the best thing or the worst thing. The reality is Game Pass will be a solution, a great one, in many aspects and to many games, but it naturally could also not be good for some games and developers. Because everything has downsides, literally everything. But an extreme take like this
To sell well on Xbox = probably needs to be on Game Pass
Helps nothing. Achieves nothing in the discourse. Itās contradictory to the reality we know. Itās just⦠pathetic. Probably helped with engagement though.
The crazy thing is, Furi was basically given away for free on PS+. Sales wise it did the best on Steam, yet i see people coming at xbox fans about ānot buying the gameā Hell i didnāt even know until very recently that Furi was even on the xbox. I thought it was still exclusive to PS4.
Regarding games not comingā¦Microsoft should just acquire more and more, grow their Xbox platform and the developers will come to their platform one way or another without Microsoft doing anything. In fact if Game Pass becomes really really big, devs will want to jump there but they gates will be closed and Microsoft wonāt pay much for the games there anymore as it wonāt be needed.