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[Pelta88]

QUOTE | "This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: 'How do we keep other players from playing these games?' We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games." – Spencer in October of 2020.
And remember how on the very day the acquisition was finalized, Spencer confirmed that Microsoft was absolutely going to make future Bethesda games exclusive to Xbox and PC?


QUOTE | "Now that everything is official, we can begin working together to deliver more great games to everyone… With the addition of the Bethesda creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players." – Spencer in March of 2021.


Spencer might have regretted making things that obvious, as Microsoft's apparent backtracking became a point of contention during the extended regulatory review of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition.
So with the Activision Blizzard deal closing just a few weeks ago, it's a little surprising that we're already seeing some anti-consumer overtures from Microsoft.

Microsoft has control issues | This Week in Business

This Week in Business is our more-or-less weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories pre…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Our main stream media has started to document the misrepresentations of XBOX's goals. Their statements in contrast to their actions.

 

[MMaRsu]

SiQUOTE | "This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: 'How do we keep other players from playing these games?' We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games." – Spencer in October of 2020.
And remember how on the very day the acquisition was finalized, Spencer confirmed that Microsoft was absolutely going to make future Bethesda games exclusive to Xbox and PC?


QUOTE | "Now that everything is official, we can begin working together to deliver more great games to everyone… With the addition of the Bethesda creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players." – Spencer in March of 2021.


Spencer might have regretted making things that obvious, as Microsoft's apparent backtracking became a point of contention during the extended regulatory review of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition.
So with the Activision Blizzard deal closing just a few weeks ago, it's a little surprising that we're already seeing some anti-consumer overtures from Microsoft.

Microsoft has control issues | This Week in Business

This Week in Business is our more-or-less weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories pre…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Our main stream media has started to document the misrepresentations of XBOX's goals. Their statements in contrast to their actions.

Jesus christ

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[freefornow]

 

[Gojiira]

I mean this has been obvious since day one OP…MS are scumbags, always have been. In other news water is wet.

 

[A.Romero]

His thinking is that the games will be more accessible through gamepass and he has mentioned that he is willing to put gamepass on their competitor's devices.

That of course is not the ideal route for their competitors and of course it's a stretch. If I was him I wouldn't bother trying to get the good will of people concerned with exclusivity, I'd say his priority is the perception of current consumers, if they're eating good then the rest will follow. Speeches like this just piss everyone off at this point.

That said I don't care. I'll play where the best games are. Best case scenario for consumers is having a tough time choosing because they are all excellent.

 

[MoreJRPG]

Microsoft owns Activision-Blizzard. Accept it, you’ll sleep easier at night.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I mean this has been obvious since day one OP…Corporations are scumbags, always have been. In other news water is wet.

FTFY

 

[Robochobo]

Disappointed this isn't a hidden Mass Effect thread.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Remedy's Control is having issues on Xbox or something.

 

[Three]

Guys this isn't even about the Activision deal the article is about the unauthorised controller situation, hence the article title. The article just emphasises the fact that MS often say one thing then do the other.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Whenever someone realises that Microsoft aren't the people's friend and they're just a bunch of lying scumbags:

 

[MMaRsu]

Guys this isn't even about the Activision deal the article is about the unauthorised controller situation, hence the article title. The article just emphasises the fact that MS often say one thing then do the other.

They want to stop cheat devices that allow the user to operate a controller like a mouse or some shit. Fps players have been asking for this

If you apply for a liscence your controller will work

 

[LordBlodgett]

What is this thread? It's done, over, finished. Let it go......

 

[Three]

They want to stop cheat devices that allow the user to operate a controller like a mouse or some shit. Fps players have been asking for this

If you apply for a liscence your controller will work

If you read the article it says it may even have no effect on those devices since they require an official controller to work. It's a good read.

 

[Tams]

We should just compile 'The Book of Spencer' at this point.

 

[wolffy66]

nvm

 

[ReBurn]

Which stage of grief is this?

 

[salva]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

mainstream media trying to deflect bad week for sony doing this....shame.

 

[adamsapple]

Which stage of grief is this?

FTC can still turn it around, believe.gif.

I like that the OP didn't include a single quote about the controller licensing, the thing the article is actually about.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Isn’t there a large thread about the controller thing already?

Which probably has more posts in it than there will be people inadvertently affected by the policy.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Unknown?]

The people defending this honestly can't be real.

 

[adamsapple]

When OP realized the article isn't about what he thinks it is.

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FYI for newcomers, there is a discussion about the unlicensed controllers going on in a dedicated topic:

Rumor - Report: Xbox will start banning unlicensed third party (wireless) controllers in November

JFC you guys what next you think they're going to ban their officially licenced "designed for xbox" controllers too? Because look: https://manual.8bitdo.com/arcade-stick/arcade-stick_turbo.html I never said I wanted them to ban anything. All I said is that they have no obligation to support...

www.neogaf.com

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Why this keep getting brought up. This deal hurt you that bad? Please tell me where it hurts

 

[TheGodfather07]

Well everyone should know by now what Microsoft say in public is totally different to their true intentions. Its not an accident either. They intentionally do that. Pretty much everything they say is bullshit designed to make them look a certain way to the public. Want to know how they actually think? Look at everything that came out from the Activision acquisition.

 

[Bry0]

The documentation didn’t say “How do we keep other players from playing these games?” It said “how do we make sure only Xbox and pc players can play these games?”

See the difference guys? The words are different! DUH

 

[MMaRsu]

Well everyone should know by now what Microsoft say in public is totally different to their true intentions. Its not an accident either.

Wow you mean like any old corporation?

Golly what a surprise

 

[Dirk Benedict]

 

[Crayon]

Phil is a full of shit dude from a full of shit operation.

 

[MMaRsu]

Phil is a full of shit dude from a full of shit operation.

All the crybabies coming in here now to shit on Xbox is that it

when are we having the same thread for PS i wanna be in there slinging shit at Jim Ryan's ugly ass

Not that both dont deserve it but jesus

Show me on the doll where the corporations hurt you

 

[willothedog]

Must deflect from PlayStation imploding........beep-boop

 

[Bernkastel]

They have Quantum Break

 

[Crayon]

All the crybabies coming in here now to shit on Xbox is that it

when are we having the same thread for PS i wanna be in there slinging shit at Jim Ryan's ugly ass

Not that both dont deserve it but jesus

Show me on the doll where the corporations hurt you

Been crying about ms since before you latched onto their nuts. Go play a game.

 

[MMaRsu]

Been crying about ms since before you latched onto their nuts. Go play a game.

Ive not latched onto anything except console warriors going ham on this forum, looking sad as shit.

As a pc only player, i feel for you man. Must be hard to be a console only guy these days with corpo's fucking you left and right (ps price hikes, xbox controller issues).

 

[Danjin44]

Microsoft owns Activision-Blizzard. Accept it, you’ll sleep easier at night.

Other than Sekiro, I never once bought any game from Activision or Blizzard so it make zero difference to me.

 

[Crayon]

Ive not latched onto anything except console warriors going ham on this forum, looking sad as shit.

As a pc only player, i feel for you man. Must be hard to be a console only guy these days with corpo's fucking you left and right (ps price hikes, xbox controller issues).

Are you drunk why would you baselessly insult someone for only playing one thing, then volunteer that you only play one thing? I don't remember everyone who's in pc threads, either but why say something so easily refuted and self defeating.

 

[Fredrik]

Other than Sekiro, I never once bought any game from Activision or Blizzard so it make zero difference to me.

I’ve accepted for a long time that skipping one platform is impossible, they all own too many studios. So this deal never made any difference at all for me, except the bonus that I might actually get to play Activision Games without buying them if I continue to sub to Gamepass.

Sony should acquire more publishers too, and start doing day 1 PS+ releases so I could have a reason stay subbing there too, as it is I only use PS for 1st party exclusives and they don’t come that often right now, makes the platform feel expensive.

And everyone should release everything day 1 on Steam. It won’t kill any platform, it’ll just stop PC gamers from playing games where they normally wouldn’t play them.

 

[IAmNotFromDelaware]

If Sony allowed Gamepass on PS5 then the problem would be solved and everyone would be happy, right?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

If Sony allowed Gamepass on PS5 then the problem would be solved and everyone would be happy, right?

no

 

[Skifi28]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I’ve accepted for a long time that skipping one platform is impossible, they all own too many studios. So this deal never made any difference at all for me, except the bonus that I might actually get to play Activision Games without buying them if I continue to sub to Gamepass.

Sony should acquire more publishers too, and start doing day 1 PS+ releases so I could have a reason stay subbing there too, as it is I only use PS for 1st party exclusives and they don’t come that often right now, makes the platform feel expensive.

And everyone should release everything day 1 on Steam. It won’t kill any platform, it’ll just stop PC gamers from playing games where they normally wouldn’t play them.

Dystopian nightmare fuel

 

[Fredrik]

Dystopian nightmare

Nah it’s the best sweet dream
I already have all platforms so the main difference with console exclusivities is that I use a different controller. But right now it’s also about if I have to buy the game or can download from a subscription library. And if I add PC into the mix it’s about having the game delayed or not. I want these differences removed. Best scenario would be if everything was multiplat but exclusivity can make the devs try harder so I’m okay with exclusivity if the negatives (delays) go away.

 

[Negotiator101]

QUOTE | "This deal was not done to take games away from another player base like that. Nowhere in the documentation that we put together was: 'How do we keep other players from playing these games?' We want more people to be able to play games, not fewer people to be able to go play games." – Spencer in October of 2020.
And remember how on the very day the acquisition was finalized, Spencer confirmed that Microsoft was absolutely going to make future Bethesda games exclusive to Xbox and PC?


QUOTE | "Now that everything is official, we can begin working together to deliver more great games to everyone… With the addition of the Bethesda creative teams, gamers should know that Xbox consoles, PC, and Game Pass will be the best place to experience new Bethesda games, including some new titles in the future that will be exclusive to Xbox and PC players." – Spencer in March of 2021.


Spencer might have regretted making things that obvious, as Microsoft's apparent backtracking became a point of contention during the extended regulatory review of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition.
So with the Activision Blizzard deal closing just a few weeks ago, it's a little surprising that we're already seeing some anti-consumer overtures from Microsoft.

Microsoft has control issues | This Week in Business

This Week in Business is our more-or-less weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories pre…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Our main stream media has started to document the misrepresentations of XBOX's goals. Their statements in contrast to their actions.

 

[Panajev2001a]

His thinking is that the games will be more accessible through gamepass

No, he was lying or the “oh not the primary goal of excluding PS players, just a sweet sweet side benefit… wink wink nudge nudge!” kind of mental excuse. You are proposing another “justification”, but no.

He was lying and it is fine (well not really, but…), the problem is the people that bought the lying for that acquisition and then bought it again for the latest one.
Then again even most of them go along with it more than buying it as it helps the brand…

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Microsoft is just like the rich and title kid. It's only at the dance because his parents have money. Total incompetence on their software front even if they make reasonable hardware. But anybody can do that. So I guess congratulations on not making a piece of shit hardware? At this point I continue to say that owning an Xbox is the least reasonable decision to make if you want to play games.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Wow you mean like any old corporation?

Golly what a surprise

Yea but Microsoft are another level. They always talking. How often do you hear sony or Nintendo execs say something? Meanwhile Phil spencer is doing PR every damn week. It's the shit they say too. Shit like Nintendo and Sony ain't the competition or trying to look like the Nice guys by saying how important sony and Nintendo are to the industry. Then we find out that they would acquire Nintendo given the chance and "spend sony out of business". Yeah every corporation are greedy and self serving but Microsoft are the cream of the crop when it comes to being a scummy corporation. Sony and Nintendo don't try to hide the way they are and play the nice consumer friendly corporation with fluffy bullshit PR every week.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Take control...

 

[DenchDeckard]

Just accept that Phil is your daddy, and he is in Control!

/j