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Microsoft Is Pushing For No "Red Line" For What Games Could Come To PlayStation - Report - GameSpot (www.gamespot.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I only bought a Series because of the Fable announcement. Between Fable, Halo (after the last one, I'm not even sure), and a couple backwards compatible games, that's all they have for me. Are they thinking about just dropping their console department?

[–] Dariusmiles2123 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hope they don’t drop the console department because it’s healthy for Sony to have a concurrent.

Otherwise I’m sure Sony would start doing some anticonsumer stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I agree. And in fact I want Xbox to ramp up their exclusives quality. I like my Playstation exclusives and I don't want them to slack off.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Start?

[–] Dariusmiles2123 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m sure they could go way further if they had a monopoly

[–] mindbleach 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here's the weird thing: they wouldn't.

Microsoft has essentially destroyed consoles, as a concept. In this thread there's people lamenting how Xbox only has half a dozen games they care about. In other threads there's people lamenting how Playstation has even fewer. What both groups mean is, the hundreds of other kick-ass games from this generation are on every platform, because developers got sick and tired of being lashed to one company's customers.

Platforms are an obstacle. Platforms are something you have to buy into, before game studios can sell you anything. Playstation becoming 'the only console' wouldn't give them a monopoly on jack-shit, because multiplatform development won twenty friggin' years ago, and it's been gnawing away at Sony's console-war pantomime ever since.

Microsoft isn't talking about Halo on Playstation because they need the sales. Sony isn't flipping out about Helldivers because your e-mail is oh-so-valuable. One of these companies has been winning a war that the other is slowly erasing.

[–] Dariusmiles2123 1 points 3 months ago

I agree with what you’re saying, but Xbox disappearing would mean Sony could do whatever they want with their ecosystem, which is not the case right now because they don’t want to be seen as worse than Xbox.

Yeah most games are multiplatform and that’s fine, but it’s not the only thing.

Microsoft or Sony could just decide to dump bluray drives, to not allow to play a physical game which was already linked to another account or things like this.

For these things, having two giants fighting for market is good for consumers.

[–] Dariusmiles2123 5 points 3 months ago

Give us Gears of War as it’s the only thing I’m jealous of Xbox people 😅

Still, I don’t know if it would be wise in the long term for Microsoft, but, since I don’t like the company anyway, it ain’t a big loss.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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