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[FalsettoVibe]

Sony is about to try to acquire something big on Japan aren't they?

 

[Magic Carpet]

The East is simply ignoring xbox.
The creators of Genshin Impacts new game is also not on xbox.
I don't think there is an active round table meetings against xbox. It's just understood that xbox isn't wanted.

 

[Varteras]

Me thinks that MS is intending to buy a big Japanese publisher.
There was talk that the Japanese government had laws stopping outside companies buying Japanese ones.
Apparently there is some free trade talks going on.with Japan and this is being brought up as an issue.
If so, the elected US officials are pushing the agenda of American companies, which is exactly what they meant to do, and what every other country does as well.
Having meltdowns about MS.paying off politicians is just ridiculous.

So the US government is gonna put pressure on Japan to change their rules about foreign ownership so Microsoft can finally buy Sega on Wednesday? Sounds totally reasonable.

 

[ulantan]

What are they?

Xbox fans think sony holds devs family's hostage so the make 3rd party deals.

 

[ulantan]

Sony is about to try to acquire something big on Japan aren't they?

No Microsoft is

 

[BennyBlanco]

All this tells me is who is paying those politicians and it isn’t Sony.

It’s not like they’re hiding it.

• While Microsoft isn’t saying just how involved it was in orchestrating this push, its government affairs team has discussed these issues with members of Congress, Axios understands.
• “Sony’s anti-competitive tactics deserve discussion, and we welcome further investigation to ensure a level playing field in the video game industry,” Microsoft spokesperson David Cuddy told Axios.

This is MS flexing all that lobbying power they accrued over the years. I doubt Sony even has a “government affairs team”.

 

[TheGodfather07]

If Microsoft really does try to buy Japanese publishers that's when the real console wars begin. You dont try and eat sony and Nintendos lunch on their own home turf.

 

[Varteras]

Xbox fans think sony holds devs family's hostage so the make 3rd party deals.

Their lives are in your hands. Whose the real monster? Me? Or the one who actually has to think about saving their loved ones?

 

[jm89]

Sony is about to try to acquire something big on Japan aren't they?

Possibly or they somehow did something to stop an acquisiton for microsoft. I feel like this is bigger then just exclusives

This will most likely get laughed out the building. If anything sony acquiring a Japanese publisher may get pushed favourably by the Japanese regulator to make things more competitive in Japan against Nintendo.

 

[SlimySnake]

Lmao. Imagine if a man went to government to bitch about 98% of the women not finding him attractive enough to date him. I’m entitled to pussy mr. President! What a bizarre argument.

As for the timed exclusives, that nonsense is something everyone does including Microsoft. Remember scalebound? Ms just burned their bridge with Japanese devs after a fantastic start to the 360. They should not be getting outbid when they have $3 billion to spend on Minecraft, $8 billion on zenimax and $75 billion to spend on activision. Absolute nonsense.

 

[RoboFu]

It really isn't. Japan just doesn't like Xbox.

Does anyone really think Sony has to do a thing to "impede" Xbox in Japan?

All those square games say hi .. from Sony

 

[Slicker than your average]

Fuck Satya Nadella. I knew something was being cooked up when he brought this up in that MSNBC interview.

These Congress members, like Maria Cantwell, probably have MS money connections through funding (Maria Cantwell herself getting almost $600K in funding directly from Microsoft), and are trying to legitimize an otherwise batshit insane theory that, somehow, Sony had to pay off Japanese developers to not release Japanese versions of their games for the dead XBO, the XBO that Microsoft killed over there due to treating the market like an afterthought. But somehow that is Sony's fault.

These brainlets don't even realize they are insinuating that the Japanese government are involved in collusion by pressing these claims, and I'm sure it's a great idea to piss off one of your few Asian political allies in the Pacific while China and Russia seem to be rolling ahead on great terms. But it's not the first time American politicians have messed things up with global partners, and it won't be the last.

The hilarious part is that when you actually look at 8th gen Japanese releases, virtually all of the big Japanese games came to XBO globally. FF XIV didn't, but that's because Microsoft rejected crossplay in the 360 gen. SFV didn't, but that's because Sony co-funded the game and sponsored it for CapCup. FF VII Remake didn't, but that's because the game ran into dev issues and Sony probably stepped in and wanted exclusivity in return.

Now, if there's only one way they can maybe prove Sony are in the wrong here, it's in relation to cross-gen games post-2020. Now I guess it can be considered "interesting" that we've been seeing PS4 versions for tons of games that don't have any XBO versions available, such as RE4 recently, but that could also be explained through MS officially discontinuing the XBO in 2020, phasing out both it and the One X, and revamping their XDK into the GDK which would have made devs less inclined to spread their cross-gen resources across two wildly different SDKs and APIs (considering for one of the, XDK, it'd be for officially discontinued consoles seeing a lot of upgrades to the new Xboxes anyway).

That's honestly the only leg of a hope & prayer these Congress people have in trying to prove Sony guilty in doing this, otherwise they are just looking for a scapegoat to dump Microsoft's failures with the Japanese market and Japanese developers onto, and oh hey it just happens to be the company that was most against the acquisition. What a surprise.

Yup isn't hard to see the bullshit for what it is.

It's the shams there's a bunch of idiots already believing this garbage or think Sony deserves this lol. Yeah Sony deserves shit for Xbox failures now.

 

[MOTM]

Xbox fans think sony holds devs family's hostage so the make 3rd party deals.

I mean MS holds devs hostage to sign Gamepass deals according to some here so I guess this is pretty realistic.

 

[Aenima]

 

[T4keD0wN]

The Republican letter alleges that Sony PlayStation has 98% of the “high-end console market in Japan,” signs deals designed to keep hit Japanese games from Microsoft’s Xbox, and says such moves “may violate Japan’s antitrust laws.”

Would be funny and ironic if sony inventing this alleged "high-end console market" comes back to bite them.

I dont see them being able to do a damn thing though.

 

[Yoboman]

Jim Ryan about to take out the US Government

 

[Sleepwalker]

MS should offer their consoles for free in Japan if they so desperately want to acquire japanese market share and are ok with burning money (by paying US congressmen, no less).

 

[Unknown?]

It’s not like they’re hiding it.




This is MS flexing all that lobbying power they accrued over the years. I doubt Sony even has a “government affairs team”.

Microsoft was part of the NSA spying program, prism. They are essentially an arm of the government.

 

[Valkyria]

US officials talking about the market of a foreign country. You guys really think that own the world.

 

[Banjo64]

Microsoft was part of the NSA spying program, prism. They are essentially an arm of the government.

Implying it ever stopped.

 

[hinch7]

This is so daft lol. What are they going to do take their grievances to Japanese gov and devs and force them for parity. Ridiculous.

Lets go Team America, I guess...

 

[FoxMcChief]

Jim Ryan about to take out the US Government

He did a hell of a job with the CMA, lol

 

[Poltz]

 

[Topher]

All those square games say hi .. from Sony

All those 360 games say hi....from Microsoft

But if you want to pretend those square games were so that Sony could impede Xbox.......in Japan.......then I have no idea what to tell you.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Microsoft buying the biggest publisher on the planet knowing that Sony would go against it just so they can force them to show the receipts on their exclusive practices and contracts.....

Lol

 

[TheGodfather07]

Man I'm liking the xbox ecosystem right now but Microsoft make it very hard to like them as a company. They are like a whiny crying child. Everything is everyone else's fault but never their own.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[RoboFu]

This is so daft lol. What are they going to do take their grievances to Japanese gov and devs and force them for parity. Ridiculous.

Lets go Team America, I guess...

I mean isn’t that the point? Sony has all the influence there and they do use that influence to keep games off the Xbox

 

[C2brixx]

• The Republican letter alleges that Sony PlayStation has 98% of the “high-end console market in Japan,” signs deals designed to keep hit Japanese games from Microsoft’s Xbox, and says such moves “may violate Japan’s antitrust laws.”

So many went straight to character assassination of these congress members when the story is about whether Sony is breaking the law or not.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Video games are the new oil. Japan about to get a dose of FREEDOM.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Man I'm liking the xbox ecosystem right now but Microsoft make it very hard to like them as a company. Thdy are like a whiny crying child. Everything is everyone else's fault but never their own.

Do these people work for Microsoft?

 

[Thirty7ven]

Im sure the U.S government will try and damage relationships with Japan because of weeb games.

Either way, how can people like this company? The hell is wrong with you? Try beauty once in your life.

 

[hinch7]

All those 360 games say hi....from Microsoft

Also ironically.. Xbox gamers don't care much for Japanese games outside of Souls games. And Japanese gamers couldn't care less for Xbox.

 

[Dick Jones]

How did they not break Japan with that quote? Humility and understanding of others. Also didn't Phil say Japan was their largest growing market this gen?

 

[GMCamaro]

I thought the politicians were against the horrible violent video games that have destroyed our youth for generations? Now they want more of this poison and, not only that, but have it shipped out to other countries? Well I never!

 

[Valkyria]

I mean isn’t that the point? Sony has all the influence there and they do use that influence to keep games off the Xbox

They don’t have to do shit. Xbox doesn’t exist out of the anglophone countries. Why would it? Have you tried using it in other language than English?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Post them then

Post what, confidential papers? I don't have a clue hence why I asked the question.

 

[Kokoloko85]

But its ok to buy 2 huge publishers and make their games exclusive to your platform.
Well we all know the governments are corrupt, now you know their in bed with Microsoft

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

remember that doctor console warrior? this sound like it.

 

[Luigi Mario]

So many went straight to character assassination of these congress members when the story is about whether Sony is breaking the law or not.

How embarrassing.

 

[Banjo64]

Do these people work for Microsoft?

If they are receiving money from Microsoft in exchange for promoting their message then yes, they are working for Microsoft.

Man I'm liking the xbox ecosystem right now but Microsoft make it very hard to like them as a company. They are like a whiny crying child. Everything is everyone else's fault but never their own.

I just can’t mate. Look at how they conduct themselves now, this company reducing Sony and Nintendo’s market share would be a disaster for everyone.

 

[Poltz]

Do these people work for Microsoft?

I think Satya Nadella works for Microsoft, I’m not sure though.

 

[Topher]

Post what, confidential papers? I don't have a clue hence why I asked the question.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Me thinks that MS is intending to buy a big Japanese publisher.
There was talk that the Japanese government had laws stopping outside companies buying Japanese ones.
Apparently there is some free trade talks going on.with Japan and this is being brought up as an issue.
If so, the elected US officials are pushing the agenda of American companies, which is exactly what they meant to do, and what every other country does as well.
Having meltdowns about MS.paying off politicians is just ridiculous.

Xbox needs help from America's goverment confirmed.

 

[Valkyria]

• The Republican letter alleges that Sony PlayStation has 98% of the “high-end console market in Japan,” signs deals designed to keep hit Japanese games from Microsoft’s Xbox, and says such moves “may violate Japan’s antitrust laws.”

So many went straight to character assassination of these congress members when the story is about whether Sony is breaking the law or not.

Americans are telling Japan that a company is breaking their laws. The audacity

 

[kyussman]

I thought fanboy console wars were pathetic......but console manufacturer wars are even more hilarious.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Microsoft's failures are always totally Sony's fault. Yeahhh.

 

[Ash Sparrow]

So glad, Sonys stupidity and those who support it deserve this.

 

[Sleepwalker]

If they are receiving money from Microsoft in exchange for promoting their message then yes, they are working for Microsoft.



I just can’t mate. Look at how they conduct themselves now, this company reducing Sony and Nintendo’s market share would be a disaster for everyone.

I like their ecosystem, but they made the console redundant, that's my biggest gripe with it. Going to selll my XSX and put that $ towards a 4090 sometime soon instead.


As for Microsoft as a company, they've always been shady as far as I'm concerned so I've got no love lost in the first place.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

After acquiring Zenimax, Microsoft now owns 100% of the exclusive WRPG market

It’s not fair!!! Lobby your local senators!!!