Yup the poor PlayStation players are still waiting for Deathloop or Ghostwire:Tokyo meanwhile xbox players have been enjoying them for ages. Do we really want the same gatekeeping to happen for Activision titles.
You'll get them eventually, that's how timed exclusives work.
Also to quote Phil, there are currently
multiple devices you can play those games on. Even before it arrives on xbox you have multiple
options, so I don't see what the problem is.
The end effect is the same in both cases, the IP and development staff shifts to new management . You simply seem to have a problem with the fact that Sony can only (so far) afford to do piecemeal purchases of individual studios while Microsoft has the resources to purchase entire treasure-troves of studios and IP by going after publishers.
Mr salty, I don't care whether or not Sony do or don't aquire studios or not. It doesn't effect me in any way since I have the devices necessary to play every game out there with the exception of Nintendo games. What it comes down to is whether or not people are being honest with their words and intentions, which Phil never is. You might see him as your cool executive mate, but unfortunately I don't share the same sentiment. I'm clearly not the only one either since the regulators outside of his company's home country can also see through the bullshit.
Bungie is a publisher I think.
But what’s the difference between 9 separate studios and 1 publisher with 6 studios? Less head count in sales and marketing? It can have the same impact.
Bungie were an independent studio who also self published. They didn't publish games other than their own, nor did they own any other studios under their umbrella. Maybe you were being sarcastic, but there is nothing equivalent about Bethesda/Activision and Bungie.
And are we going to also pretend that Microsoft are only purchasing this one publisher? This is their second publisher purchase in as many years and they have also purchased a number of individual studios. Their spend far outstrips anyone else in the industry at the moment when it comes to purchases for the xbox division.