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Microsoft talking to major Japanese Publishers and small studios for acquisition
R3claimer117
Member
Good they should get some Japanese content locked to gamepass given how well they’re doing there this generation. And pick up some Korean developers as well.
anthony2690
Banned
You doubling down on this weird 'fanbase engaged' comment is puzzling. The source of this gist isn't Microsoft
jm89
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synchronicity
Member
The consolidation of gaming is ultimately going to be a negative imho. I know it's always been going on, albeit to a lesser degree, but it's going down a road that will not be a positive thing in the end.
Magic Carpet
Member
Microsoft might be able to help get proper language support to all countries. I can't think of any other positive spin on this.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Based nomine??? That ban did something to you
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
I agree so much with this. Xbox is the American brand, and while I think getting Japan on their side would bolster their game library by quite a bit, all the exclusives gotta be western developed.
As much as people here Hate to admit it, western games in their prime (late 90s to early 10s) were comparable and even superior to Eastern developed games a lot of the time, and typically have better, more grounded, more relatable stories. We could do with games thats are more like that
That being said, please buy Sega. Segas pretty much been buddy buddy with MS since the Xbox first launched in 01
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trikster40
Member
Yeah was supposed to say “aren’t done”.
nominedomine
Banned
It was a dig against MS implying that even if they bought Sony and Nintendo people would still chose PC over going to Xbox.
It is what it is, they can buy every publisher in the world but they can't force people to like Xbox.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Yeah and PC is awesomeIt was a dig against MS implying that even if they bought Sony and Nintendo people would still chose PC over going to Xbox.
It is what it is, they can buy every publisher in the world but they can't force people to like Xbox.
As far as I'm concerned its a win win, especially since if MS owned them both Sony would speed up on the PC ports and Nintendo would actually start making PC ports
Torrent of Pork
Banned
M&A isn't something you talk about to outsiders, NDA or not. Spencer, Nadella, and MS's lawyers are the only people privy to their future purchase plans.
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nominedomine
Banned
I got nothing against PC, I have played on PC long before I started playing on PlayStation. Plenty of the reasons why I hate MS comes from the fact I was playing on PC when they were trying to ruin it and to this day they still are a major driving force in the consolization of PC games another thing I deeply dislike.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
You mean back in the 2000s when they were trying to sandbag pc gaming in order to make Xbox look better
drganon
Member
Also got fired from game informer.
nominedomine
Banned
Have you looked at the games they released in 2022? It's pretty easy to understand why rumors, promises and speculation is always the focus, it comes from years (decades?) of underdelivering.
From then all the way to now. We lucked out that Valve was able to steal their lunch on the PC space. In a way the best contribution Xbox made to gaming was distracting MS when they could've taken control of PC gaming, at the expense of some terrible trends introduced in the console space.
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Torrent of Pork
Banned
Because you're not just getting one game, but all of them for a convenient $14.99 per month.
tmlDan
Member
Honestly makes me think he just makes shit up and these companies weren't having it.
I know Fanbyte had a ton of layoffs (or were shut down?) but if you're really good at your job they don't tend to fire you
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XXL
Member
Because you're not just getting one game, but all of them for a convenient $14.99 per month.
TheUndeadGamer
Member
So is it time to pee out of our buttholes yet? 
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
wouldn’t shock me if they pulled Konamis IPs and studios.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
I'm glad for that myself, but MS these days luckily realized how there will always be an audience for PC (because there will always be an audience of people who want the best gaming experience)
and stopped with that Xbox bullshit. I think both of them being integrated is the best possible scenario for now, until Linux's gaming scene and general OS user friendliness becomes comparable or even surpasses it (despite what many people want you to think it's still a ways off from 99.9999% compatibility)
I have hope for Linux because FOSS is the way of the future and proprietary software just cannot work in this day and age when it's so easy for companies (not just MS) to royally fuck everything up
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Banjo64
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drganon
Member
That was Jeff Grubb wasn't it? God, what a douche bag. You know giantbomb has gone downhill massively when someone like him is a regular.So is it time to pee out of our buttholes yet?
nominedomine
Banned
Took them more than 15 years to realize they should not sabotage their own platform? Congratulations I guess, I just hope they start making games I enjoy now that they are buying so many studios, because so far I wouldn't even notice if their games were not releasing on PC. Ironically the game that they made that I liked the most in the past few years (Flight Simulator) is just a PC game that got an Xbox port.
I could make peace with MS if they turned Blizzard around to what they once were but I have no reason to believe that has any chance to happen.
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Ezekiel_
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Roman Empire
Member
Just buy everything and let gaming die as we know. All hail Microsoft and Spencer! /s
I'm quite curious about the Japanese companies looking to be acquired by both Sony and Microsoft. I wish most of them to give the finger to both but someone is bound to be acquired... *cough... Platinum Games... cough*.
I'm quite curious about the Japanese companies looking to be acquired by both Sony and Microsoft. I wish most of them to give the finger to both but someone is bound to be acquired... *cough... Platinum Games... cough*.
TheUndeadGamer
Member
Oh yeah it probably was. I get the insiders mixed up at times.
I haven’t visited Giantbomb in ages. Lol.
drganon
Member
They all suck anyway.
Pasta la Vista
Member
Itagaki making a comeback!
Ev1L AuRoN
Member
I wonder how long microsoft will use the I'm the 5th console company excuse to buy all the industry and bury their competition.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Netflix just started a studio also so I think the new line is that they're like 4th place in game subs behind PS+, Amazon, Netflix.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Better late than never, I suppose.
One thing that especially pissed me off was the removal of support for hardware accelerated sound in Vista which pretty much killed the best 3d audio system (EAX, which relied on hardware accelerated sound and sound cards in order to produce accurate reverb, echo, delay, etc. It could be done in software today sure but not many companies care to make a software that lives up or surpasses it)
Imagine how much better videogames would sound if MS just supported it instead of act a total fool, now we're stuck with modern releases that have worse soundscapes than games from 20 years ago
It's the same BS apple pulled with the headphone jack, but done 15 years ago and worse since modern games now don't have support for EAX
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LordCBH
Member
I’d straight up buy a fucking Xbox for that.
oldergamer
Member
They "aren't don't"? well that is kinda crazy - wait... what?!?
nominedomine
Banned
I'll add that to my list of reasons to dislike MS.
You say you want that now but wait till you see Metal Gear, Castlevania and Silent Hill getting the Phil Spencer/MS treatment.
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Ansphn
Member
Oh great, another publisher Microsoft will ruin. Microsoft is taking the buy up publishers to not release games mission global now. Microsoft go right ahead just buy up every publisher in the world and kill gaming already. Have a 1000 studio but release no games from them. You're simply the best.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Microsoft. The one video game publisher that can sit on a throne of studios and not have any idea on how to make games.
The best publisher.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
You're telling me you gamed on PC in the 2000s but had 0 idea about EAX and it's death?
jm89
Member
In what universe has ms shown they can actually take those IPS and actually do justice do them?
In the end ms will have to manage whatever internal or external studio they hand it to and that isn't exactly something ms have proven they are good at.