ShadowofTwilight

@Mephisto2869

It's fine for Microsoft to consolidate the industry but timed deals or funded games are a blight!!

@Mephisto2869

It's just incredible lol, look at certain users above who have nothing but anti-Sony comments or praise for Lord Spencer but apparently my comment is worse because I say it exactly how it is with another user.

No, subscriptions are useless to me, I'd rather just buy my games and own them without the worry of a time limit for something I don't own at the end of it.

Lol so anti-Sony conspiracy theories and acting like anyone who praises Sony are fanboys are fine but saying how it is gets your comment deleted, incredible stuff.

I plan to get it on PS5 and Switch if it has a physical release.

@BacklogBrad

You mean like how Xbox fans have started a little petition for a Sony funded game?

You're deluded if you think that Xbox fans don't do this, simply deluded.

@BacklogBrad

That is an absolute lie, this goes both ways. All I ever see from Xbox users is port begging and screaming how evil Sony is for doing something that has existed long before either company entered the market.

Sony doesn't have to resort to buying decades long publishers to remain relevant.

@BacklogBrad

FFVII REMAKE, XVI and most Square Enix games were never announced for Xbox yet you lot slander Square Enix and Sony non-stop, hypocrites much?

@BacklogBrad

Can PS5 owners play the sequel to a game they can still buy to this day? No, therefore they're being punished.

Only Microsoft could take over a decade to get an MMO and still find a way to screw it up.

@BacklogBrad

How is it selfish to expect Spencer not to punish gamers?

Absolutely yes VII REMAKE and XVI shouldn't be exclusive.

@BacklogBrad

Xbox players never got God of War whereas PS owners had Hellblade, should remain multiplatform.

@BacklogBrad

This again? Microsoft didn't want Spider-Man and nope, God of War was made by Sony so nope, should stay exclusive.

Hellblade was on PS4 and wasn't made by Microsoft so should remain multiplatform.

@BacklogBrad

Goes both ways, when can Switch and PS5 owners expect Starfield and the rest of Microsoft's offerings that they took away? PS owners supported the first Hellblade before an Xbox port was even made, why is it fine for them to lose the sequel?

I refuse point blank to support Game Pass or PlayStation Premium.

Love JRPGs but this game was a piece of crap. So tired of Atlus turning their unique IPs into blatant Persona rip offs.

Keep it then, there's enough first person games in the industry. Indiana Jones being first person is an absolute crime.

@BacklogBrad

It benefits the publisher (Sony). Why should they immediately port over a new game of theirs?

@BacklogBrad

I believe that Microsoft will port more and more to other consoles if the first 4 do well.

So when can PS5/Switch owners expect Halo, Gears and Perfect Dark since they all have live service aspects? Sony finally have a successful one of their own and as usual, Spencer has to start his garbage.

@BacklogBrad

Spencer: "Why is Helldivers 2 not on Xbox, who does this benefit?"
Also Spencer: "Lets buy publishers and make them exclusive."

Keep this junk, give Switch owners Rare Replay.

@BacklogBrad

No one is taking it as a given, I just don't believe a word that comes out this greasy hypocrites mouth.

@Kaloudz

To you it's dead but not to others. As someone who can't stand Western RPGs, thinks Bethesda are terrible, despised the first Hellblade and has no interest in Indiana Jones, this lineup is a joke.

Give me creativity like the genuises at Double Fine, a Rare game that actually looks interesting, another gem like Hi Fi Rush or a new Crackdown that isn't total dogpoop.

I've no interest in building a digital library, bring back the disc drive and physical media division.

Wild to me that it's only sold this much but a small niche series like Granblue managed over a million in less than 2 weeks.

Bring back a disc drive and reopen your physical media division and then I'll buy another Xbox. I'm not interested in a future console that makes the best thing Spencer has ever done (backwards compatibility) become entirely redundant just because they could go full anti-consumer and remove the disc drive.

@Kaloudz

"No one knows what the landscape will be like in a decade or two."
"Will all Xbox exclusives become multiplat? Not in your wildest dreams. Not even close."

Pick one please and stop acting like you're some insider that knows all of Microsoft's business strategies when you really don't.

It's 4 games at the moment but if those games do very well then it's very likely that they will change course. Of course they will consider bigger games in the future, they could easily dispel the rumours and mudslinging but they won't because it's likely going to happen.

Sony and Nintendo don't need Xbox sales to be successful, same can not be said for Xbox.

@Divide_and_Wander

Then Spencer did an interview and didn't commit to big titles being exclusive. They will still consider them in the future so people who are immediately acting smug should be a little cautious.

@BacklogBrad

Except Spencer immediately had an interview and didn't commit to Starfield or Jones being permanent exclusives. This is on him, not on PushSquare.

Spencer: "Why isn't Helldivers 2 on Xbox, who does this benefit"
Spencer the next day: "exclusives are here to stay"

Absolute hypocrite.

@Cakefish

Sony owned IP and entirely funded & published by them.

Is Sony supposed to just not operate as a business at all according to Spencer and his sheep? They're apparently evil for doing timed deals (that everyone does) but now they're evil for even doing funded projects?

Is this man for real here?

Who benefits from him taking away multiplatform publishers and making them exclusive? They port games that are years old and try to play the victim card because of a game not even a week old?

Spencer is pathetic.

@Clyde_Radcliffe

Fanboys have business degrees and are privy to all of these companies secrets, you didn't know this?

As long as Microsoft keeps games off PlayStation and Nintendo, their "When Everyone Plays We All Win" garbage is just that, a load of garbage.

I'd buy classic Resident Evil and Dino Crisis on Switch and PS5 in a heartbeat.

@GuyinPA75

Oh I didn't take it as a personal attack, just giving my thoughts. I'm currently using my PS5 and I'm craving the option to play in my bed when lights are out.

@GuyinPA75

To each their own; my Switch is easily my most used system and I'd love my PS5 games on the go.

@Kaloudz

You're literally comparing contractual obligations from Sony to willingness from Spencer to port their games over, that destroys your narrative.

@Kaloudz

" Nope. But for the sake of your argument, let's remove Zenimax from the scenario and focus instead on ABK. Games from ABK, most notably Call of Duty, will be multiplat because they (MS) were practically forced into contractual obligations to please the regulators. Bringing Zenimax back to the spotlight, they did say on the world stage that they would be case by case, so they're obligated by their own words - especially if they want future acquisitions to go through. Does the why and how really matter though? Fact is, both sides have multiplat games... MS throwing out a very (very) small portion of their slate to other platforms is not the end of the world"

Nice try, Microsoft is only obligated to still release Call of Duty, all the regulators did was make it so they didn't have Cloud rights.

Just because Spencer and ZeniMax said that does not mean there's a contract in place to enforce it. They are only porting games because the employees are speaking out and Pine made it clear in court that he wasn't happy that they lost a massive consumer base over Microsoft.

Sony legally need to port MLB to retain the license and the buyout clause demands that Bungie operate on a multiplatform basis.

Sony will not port their IPs to Xbox like Microsoft looks to here. Also Sea of Thieves alone destroys your narrative that Microsoft are limiting this to just the publishers they took away.

@Sol4ris

Because the original poster is spreading misinformation and is an Xbox fan?

I never said that but nice try. They're both as bad as each other but it is a fact that Sony fans aren't spreading misinformation about these rumours.

@Sol4ris

Sony's situation has already been confirmed numerous times, how is that not already spreading misinformation?
Also, Sony fans aren't spreading misinformation about this yet as they're only discussing rumours.

If they keep screaming "going third party" after Spencer publically denies it on Thursday then yes, they will be spreading misinformation.

People trying to pretend they're doing a broadcast to repeat information from 3 years ago are hilarious.

I highly doubt they'll go third party but something big is clearly going to happen on Thursday. If it was just repeated information then a tweet from Spencer would have said so.

@Fiendish-Beaver

It's boggles the mind how people still don't grasp this fact. Xbox fans scream if PlayStation fans spread misinformation but then do the same thing to try and play down these brand damaging rumours.

People are so obsessed with this man despite idiots on twitter screaming for him to be fired just last week.

I honestly don't see the benefits of an Xbox handheld whereas I do for Nintendo and PlayStation.

@Kaloudz

You absolutely can NOT say this is the same as Sony. MLB demanded the games go multiplatform and Sony had to do it to retain the license, they would still be exclusive otherwise.

Bungie demanded in the agreement of acquisition to still have full control and port where they see fit, this is not the same at all.

No one is forcing Microsoft here and the two publishers they took away didn't give a toss about their other consumer bases when they agreed to the buyouts.