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DJ12
Member
Microsoft have already asked to have GamePass on PlayStation.
Microsoft definition of "console" will absolutely included PS5 when Sony lets them in.
Listen to the words that are coming out of Phils mouth. "GamePass exclusive" or "Platform exclusive" etc. when was the last time you actually heard him say xbox exclusive? He knows what they want and is not opening them up for class action lawsuits from the butthurt masses.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
You know so much for ignoring every fact.
Sony is about that IP growth. A Destiny TV show or movie will be announced soon I bet.
Its a foreign company acquiring, where are the FTC on this?So strange to see Jason Schreier on MSNBC speaking so glowingly of this deal. He isn't on the phone contacting antitrust people this time?
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Yeah cause they could never find the cupboard we use to lock Phil in
rofif
Banned
no way this is direct reply.
These deals take YEARS to do. YOu can't react within a month.
And bungie make games with off center crosshair - unplayable
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Bungie the one true Halo-killer. This is huge.
LordBlodgett
Member
I guess they got one of the best FPS studios for this price, and since it's GAAS it makes great money. The remaining best non Microsoft FPS studios are pretty much all locked under EA, Tencent, or Epic which are likely out of Sony's league for acquisitions. I do feel like this an overpay, since they are pretty much just one dev studio and a single IP. Since they are private there is no good way of knowing their revenue/profits, but they do have a pretty huge playerbase
Mibu no ookami
Member
A destiny show is definitely on its way, I think that was kind of hinted at by Bungie in terms of taking their IP to other media.
Relationship with Sony Pictures makes that really easy to do.
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
I lold
Swift_Star
Banned
Not saying it’s a better A/B since they’re unrelated. That’s clearly why you’re not a CEO.So you're saying Bungie with only Destiny is a better acquisition than Activision Blizzard, with Wow, Diablo, starcraft, call of duty, crash, spyro and so on and so on.
I know there's a hell of a price in difference, but we all know which of these are the price cows that's actually will get their moneys worth lol.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
This was unexpected. Not a fan of this at all.
Is he really? Lol he's such a little tool xDSo strange to see Jason Schreier on MSNBC speaking so glowingly of this deal. He isn't on the phone contacting antitrust people this time?
Exactly. They just flushed 3.8B down the toilet.
fart town usa
Gold Member
rickybooby87
Member
Sony right now:
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Mountain Dew is on me tonight honey
mansoor1980
Member
what they have created , they can also destroy
Topher
Gold Member
Christopher Dring stated this deal has been in the works for a while.
Bragr
Banned
Close your fucking mouth when you eat you disgusting bitch.
yurinka
Member
I'd have prefered Capcom (+Dimps), Sega and/or Kadokawa (or to buy them FromSoft). If they continue buying big let's hope they go in this way, but I don't think won't be the case. I think they'll go back to smaller acquisitions.
I know they made Halo and that Destiny performed great, but I think that they only have the Destiny IP. So I think they are heavily overpriced unless they have multiple unannounced new IPs with stunning potential.
I know they made Halo and that Destiny performed great, but I think that they only have the Destiny IP. So I think they are heavily overpriced unless they have multiple unannounced new IPs with stunning potential.
Sony won't buy a publisher, I think that's what should be taken from the much misunderstood 'organic growth' comment.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Bungie doesn't give you the baggage you get from buying Activision.
Huge difference between 70 billion and 3.6 billion and Bungie absolutely has the ability to create a game that breaks into CoD's market share. CoD has no competitors, but with Bungie Sony can probably give them 400-500 million dollars to make their CoD competitor. And then it makes sense to keep it multiplatform to get as much return as possible.
Huge difference between 70 billion and 3.6 billion and Bungie absolutely has the ability to create a game that breaks into CoD's market share. CoD has no competitors, but with Bungie Sony can probably give them 400-500 million dollars to make their CoD competitor. And then it makes sense to keep it multiplatform to get as much return as possible.
BusierDonkey
Member
I had to replace more PS2s just out of warranty than All Xbox consoles I've owned combined. I didn't switch to something else, I actually just stopped playing video games for a few years thanks to just how shitty the PS2 was. I had an RROD X360 which was replaced in 3 days and still works today. While MS extended the warranty to three years Sony told me to eat shit every time.
Maybe people kept replacing the X360 because it had a good library of games.
Oddvintagechap
Member
It‘s a small purchase by a electronics company. It’s not a multi publisher purchase by one of the top 4 tech companies.So strange to see Jason Schreier on MSNBC speaking so glowingly of this deal. He isn't on the phone contacting antitrust people this time?
nikolino840
Member
Yeah but a Sony pr called Microsoft to ask to keep cod multiplaform
If you want to receive you have to give
eastcoastkody
Member
Wish microsoft bought Bungie. You could force them to work on Halo again lol.
Plus Destiny x Halo just writes itself
Plus Destiny x Halo just writes itself
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
If thats the case the must be other benifits to ps gamers, probably free perks with Spartacus. Otherwise people say the same claims that were targeted towards Microsoft, that why stop being a multiplat publisher with one game, why not make Uncharted, Spiderman multiplatform etc!
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
MrMephistoX
Member
I LOLed reading the headline not gonna lie. Have to wonder if they hated working for MS and Activision so much that they made the first move?
Edit: loled auto corrected to liked
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Feel Like I'm On 42
Member
Hope this means that Bungie will stop treating its playerbase like shit. Bring back the vaulted content they stole from us.
Thus deal for Bungie makes me feel really bad for Insomniac.
Thus deal for Bungie makes me feel really bad for Insomniac.
Angel of BOOM!
Member
3.6B isn't that much. Considering the current market for studios and the rev that Destiny 2 makes (and their top-tier experience in GaaS which Sony lacked). Plus I'm sure they showed something behind closed doors which have bumped that figure up further...
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Edgelord79
Gold Member
Actually could work the other way around. Regulators may not like that the Microsoft intent to purchase Activision may have set off an acquisition spree by rivals to further consolidate the industry. Especially if there are more purchases after this by Microsoft. Either way, US regulators can't stop the acquisitions, they can only sue to stop them. Not sure how the EU works though.
R3claimer117
Member
it’s amazing how many people still think bungie owns halo yet trash 343 somewhere this can’t be real!
01011001
Banned
wrong, 343i are the Halo killers... look how they almost killed the franchise over the years
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Explain me in a big long, detailed post, so I can understand it.
If you give me the "I don't want to waste my time on it", then yeah..
Shouldn't have posted at all then.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
Did Phil actually say he would like Gamepass on PlayStation?
A quote would ve appreciated.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
More PC and mobile coming.
Yup.
As armchair critics of MS deals would calculate: that's a lot of Destiny 2 DLC and mtx needed to pay off $3.6 billion!
Lemme do some math..... Wow. Bungie is worth 15x Insomniac studios whoc got bought out at $230M!
UnravelKatharsis
Member
Its not a flex. If you don't buy devs that want to be acquired, your opponent will. Do you want an industry where Microsoft owns every dev but those currently under Sony studios? In the last year Microsoft has proven they want to own as many studios as they can. At this point if Sony doesn't aquire those studios that are up for sale, Microsoft will. It seems pretty simple to me.Sony: "Microsoft give us call of duty after 2023!"
Spencer: "lol nope we have the most popular fps now"
Sony: "that's it, we bought Bungie! Now hand over call of duty or we won't release destiny 3 on xbox!"
Spencer:
Man, what a weird flex and move. I would rather save up to buy something worth y money rather than waste it on a developer that hasn't been shined since last time they made games for Microsoft.
Eating up the scraps.
To everyone saying this is such a weird buy....would you rather microsoft buy them? That's the alternative. Everything is exclusive to gamepass. I have gamepass and I can see why Sony can't just let Microsoft buy everyone.
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