I do. COD is an absolute juggernaut so comparing that to Starfield or Elder Scrolls means nothing. This is something I could see happening. Most casual gamers that buy COD every year and not much else are going to be fucking pissed they can't play on PlayStation. Sony may want to play ball but we'll see. Could end up being a dagger through the heart if Xbox slams the door on Sony with COD.
Do it!
If they take sales from Sony, it's not money left on the table - that's what people don't get. MS aren't looking at the next 12 months, they're looking at entirely burning Sony out of the market over the next decade.
No...they can't.
Microsoft Could Straight Up Buy Sony, By the Way
What does the Activision Blizzard deal mean for us, the gamers? It means we won’t have to talk about the Console War for much longer.hard-drive.net
Nintendo has Pokemon and Mario to always lean on. Gaming is their company but they have golden geese that will always be there and that absolutely massive. Sony as much as I love their stuff and it's primarily what I play don't have anything on that level and losing casual consumers who would normally buy cod and PS+ subs is gonna take away so much profit
I mean true, but if he’s struggling to spend £250 or £450 on an Xbox presumably because it’s a Microsoft product I fail to see how spending over a grand on a Windows 11 PC in order to give Microsoft money to play their games is any better.
Sony will be fine just like Nintendo is now.
I think that site is the gaming equivalent of The Onion
Sony's other businesses aren't there to sustain PS. If PS wilts they will downsize accordingly, but as I said MS are in this to burn Sony out of the market and that's why they make 70bn acquisitions without worrying about "money left on the table", how likely they are to succeed is a personal opinion I am merely explaining this move is part of the long game.
Nintendo repositioned toward completely different segments, so if that means fine then I guess the question is which segments do you think Sony would reposition towards when squeezed? What if Sony have to COMPETE with Nintendo?
Not only can they, they 100% will. Some people really overvalue brand loyalty; the vast majority of the gaming market is nothing like radicalized console war Twitter Spaces.
I wonder how this guy is feeling right now
Sony still makes amazing 1st party games that are different than what other studios release.
Exclusivity deals on game modes that people don't kick dirt about isn't the same as the game not being on the platform at all. Microsoft will be leaving money on the table if they shut out Sony. Pure and simple. Question is if Microsoft wants to shut the door entirely, or only have COD be the official Microsoft game on PlayStation (besides Minecraft I think).
you talk like you gain a lot with this move, you xbox user you get the same games that every year comes to xbox nothing more.
He gets the same games, but he gets them day 1 on Game Pass.
Fifa would be the real kliller imo. Although i really dont think microsoft and Sony are console warriors like many on here. In fact i bet Phil and Jim meet for a coffee everytime they are in the same city lol.
There are, but there aren't enough to sustain the scales currently in play - Sony will cut their cloth accordingly. When their share drops, they naturally will have less to invest.
in a way or in another Microsoft will make it clear and loud for everyone that who doesn't play from Xbox or Microsoft Windows is a second class citizen. you can bet on it. It mean at best that competing platforms like PlayStation won't see probably special modes or dlc or enhancements . At worst (which is what I think will happen) Cod's main line will be exclusive to Xbox, Microsoft Windows PC and Gamepass. There isn't a reality when a 70b deal leave the status Quo for your direct market rival (in the console space) when the latter has continually pulled the rope trying to starve you by using his market share with third party games
Way to be reductive. Call of Duty, is literally, the best selling game year after year. Even on a downward trend it's still number one. The vast majority of the player base is on PlayStation. That's called leaving money on the table. I suppose your example of God of War would make a lot more sense if it came out every year selling tens of millions of copies every time...
I'm sure that Microsoft has run the numbers. It may or may not be leaving money on the table. If they bring in more people to Xbox and Game Pass it could easily make up for the loss on Playstation. The Xbox used to be the go-to console for Call of Duty back in the Xbox 360 days. Then Sony pulled the exclusivity card and people moved to PS. So the same thing could happen here where a ton of people move off PS to Xbox. I don't see COD being on PS anymore. That casual audience will move to Xbox.
Expensive for Sony yes. A lot of strong annualized content will be unavailable for Sony to put on their service now.
If Microsoft allows COD on PlayStation, I could see them keeping DLC locked for a certain time period on Xbox before it hits Sony's platform. I don't agree on the second class citizen thing though.
I was saying something similar to this in another thread but that war may have already ended before it could even get started. Let's see how this goes.
this may be big news but not big for gamers in general
Lol @MS starting this. I think I will relax by playing Final Fantasy 7 remastered on my Series X.Oh Sony has to strike soon to make that play. For one they won't be making nearly as much in a couple years time if they do nothing. For two they will lose the market leader software sales. If they wanna continue to be home to any casual gamers who like sports games and COD and GTA they will need to counter COD with a GTA sized bomb or several. It'll suck for everyone who used to play all those on one platform to have to choose but that's what MS decided to start
