TeiGekiLord

Don't support Game Pass and never will.

Haven't bought this either as I don't support Activision and never will.

I stand by that the One X was the last good Xbox console.

It was my main console after the PS4 Pro disappointed me and Jim Ryan's era began.

Really interested in this one, never played the original though.

Anyway I'll leave it here.

Sony want to buy Kadokawa and even if you dislike it, your opinion is irrelevant in the matter. If Microsoft are allowed to buy publishers then it's only fair game that Sony be allowed to do it as well.

@HeavyHoggJP

I just found it funny being accused of being a fanboy and got into it lol, I'll drop it now cause some people aren't worth it.

@GeorgeKal

You're not going to prove me wrong because you can't, you can not dispute evidence that has been posted.

Lol, you're so deluded that I somehow have a favourite company despite the PS5 barely seeing use in general since I have a gaming PC and love Nintendo's IP's most of all.

You're also now doing conspiracy theories about two accounts, someone is upset huh?

As I said mate, you are very very welcome to prove me wrong and I would love for you to do so, it'd be interesting to see why evidence previously provided has now changed.

Got friends who are loving this on Xbox despite performance issues. If it has cross play then I might get it on PC.

@GeorgeKal

Microsoft took Activision, made them part of the Xbox Games Studios team and did it to strengthen their portfolio. That is consolidation as they took an outside entity and made them part of a bigger organisation.

Just because they're porting all their games to other platforms doesn't change that fact.

"No one cares is Sony is successful" - half the comments are trying to prove that Sony is bust and can't afford buyouts or that Sony products are flops, amazing stuff.

@GeorgeKal

Ah, he starts the ponies garbage now, safe to say he has no point or clue what he's on about, was hoping for more.

P.S haven't used my PS5 since Astro Bot and before that, Rise of the Ronin as I'm primarily a Switch and PC gamer.

@GeorgeKal

I literally did because those links have the evidence that you're claiming isn't true, are you going to deny them?

I already did refute your claims, you claimed I'm a "Sony funboy" yet I said why I don't want this to go ahead, you sound like an "Xbox funboy" sir.

consolidation
/kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃn/
noun
1.
the action or process of making something stronger or more solid.
"the permanent consolidation of peace"
2.
the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole.

Someone doesn't know what consolidation is it seems.

@GeorgeKal

Look at articles, these have been proven so cope harder.

You lot gloated and gleed at the Activision thing but now are super anti-consolidation because Sony are interested in a merger, you're hypocrites, simple as that.

I have no favourite company, I don't even want this to go through because then I'll likely need to wait for Souls, lose Spike Chunsoft in general and Sony get a bigger stranglehold on anime.

Go ahead and prove them wrong, I forgot that only Microsoft tell the truth while Sony are liars.

EDIT:

https://gamerant.com/playstation-portal-sales-update-july-2024/ - PS Portal is a success for Sony

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-sales-outpacing-ps4-while-xbox-series-x-s-falls-behind-xbox-one-in-us/1100-6524789/ - PS5 outpacing PS4

https://gamerant.com/game-awards-2024-nominees-list-announcement-goty/ - Sony has a GOTY contender

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/07/sony-playstation-regrettably-outspends-us-says-xbox-emea-marketing-boss - Crying that Sony has better marketing budget

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/ps5-is-sonys-most-profitable-console-gen-ever-after-just-3-years-beating-ps4-by-over-dollar36-billion-in-sales/#:~:text=The%20slide%20reveals%20that%20between,most%20successful%20PlayStation%20console%20ever. - PS5 is the most profitable PS ever

https://steamdb.info/app/553850/charts/ - Helldivers 2 peaked at 458,709

As I said, you're more than welcome to prove me wrong, I'll gladly admit I made a mistake but not seeing where so far.

Unless you're talking about the quality of State of Play and the PS5 itself but those are subjective opinions, you can't tell me my opinion on those are wrong because they're opinions and everyone has differing opinions.

The closest one to being wrong is Hellblade 2 being forgotten because that did get nominated for a couple of awards so fair point, I'll admit I'm wrong on that front but then again, so is saying that people have already forgotten about the LEGO Horizon game.

@Dalamar73

I can see it still launching on PC but if Sony did change how they operate then yeah, Xbox releases are likely to go away.

@theduckofdeath

As I said, just admit you're a hypocrtie already my man. You claim that Sony shouldn't be allowed to buy FromSoftware but you lot gleed at the possibility of exclusive Activision.

You can't be anti-consolidation when it's Sony but pro when it's Microsoft.

@theduckofdeath

Can't win on the publisher front so you start naming smaller developers and deals that Microsoft declined eh?

Naughty Dog has been very happy under Sony and so have Insomniac. Bungie also remained independant and actual developers in the company pleaded for Sony to become more hands on.

Just admit you're a hypocrite man.

@theduckofdeath

Just Activision and Zenimax that should be controlled by a platform holder eh?

Both Demon's Souls and Bloodborne are Sony's IPs, they can do what they want with them.

And people say other developers are immature.

@theduckofdeath

It's only a positive outcome if Sony get screwed over and MS gobbled up?

I assume there's no rejections as all the gloating and praises of consolidation was fine when it was MS gobbling up two massive publishers?

Still the best one.

They can't even outpace the Xbox One with the Series S included so yeah, no point.

@K1LLEGAL they have always been thick but my issue is that they can throw billions upon billions around to bail them out but somehow Sony doing a deal is what you choose to focus on.

@K1LLEGAL

Then maybe Microsoft should actually have done deals that weren't stupid and actually used their talent properly.

Microsoft is in this situation because their leadership is useless and don't know what they're doing.

@K1LLEGAL lol Sony are scummy but MS isn't?

Microsoft is literally gobbling up the industry to bail them out while Sony operates like they and Nintendo have since they got into the industry.

Microsoft can still work with SHIFT UP and the Wukong devs. Sony and Nintendo can never work with publishers who have been around for decades ever again.

@K1LLEGAL

There is no evidence whatsoever to say Sony paid for timed exclusivity on Wukong and Spencer saying "we can't comment on that is not evidence".

Stellar Blade needed a publisher or it would have been cancelled and Sony prevented that.

Tell me, what does MS do with the money they get in gaming? They buy up decades long third party publishers, prevent others working with them again and start worries that no other console will get those games they've had since the PS1 era.