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Microsoft's Offer To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation 'Inadequate' According To PlayStation Boss | M
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Microsoft's Offer To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation 'Inadequate' According To PlayStation Boss | MMORPG.com
Microsoft has outwardly talked about keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation following the completion of their acquisition of Activision Blizzard, however it seems that has a term limit. PlayStation's boss Jim Ryan revealed that the deal offered by the Xbox creator was simply "inadequate."
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It only becomes an issue if one of the console makers does $70 billion purchase for option to make games exclusives. That would quickly lead to a situation where Sony would also need to do $70 billion purchase to keep competitive. And eventually if it's not checked by officials, Microsoft has enough money that they can win the console war simply by purchasing enough devs who are currently developing Playstation games.
I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil
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They already won it check the revenue they make from Game pass compared to what sony makes from its subscription service. Console sales dont drive the profit when you barely break even or lose money on everyone sold not when you have 30-40m people paying $15 a month for game pass.
God of War, for example, has sold over 19.5 million copies (as of 2021). Multiply that by $50 (to be conservative), and that one game has made about a billion dollars. For a non-GaaS single player game.
Horizon: ZD has sold over 20 million. It was released less than a year before GoW, so Sony was enjoying a scoop of both simultaneously. Add in Spider-Man (33 million, also released 2018), and Sony's exclusives are literally raking in billions, just based on 3 releases within a year's time.
Oh, and none of those games were GaaS multiplayer games. Just good ole quality video game experiences.
I have a ps 5 I never play cause I can spend all my free time on game pass games.
Even if Xbox made call of duty exclusive there's a good chance it would just be on game pass anyway.
Sony needs to get over it. Chances are Microsoft will launch most games on multiple platforms anyways like they already do since game pass plays on PC really well.
I think things are going to get more competitive once Xbox gets their cloud gaming together better.
I buy PS exclusives, and I pay for Xbox Game Pass, though I may cancel it soon because I haven't seriously played anything available there in a month or so. I happily paid the equivalent of 8 months of Game Pass just for GoW and Spider-Man.
Cloud gaming won't matter much to those who enjoy PS exclusives.
Last game I played on PS5 was spiderman and it couldn't hold my interest.
Cloud gaming will make more games accessible with less buy in. Value does matter. I'd bet on Microsofts plan of diversifying a service rather than Sony's hope that they can keep franchises fresh.
Not only that, but if I wanna revisit, say, H:ZD, I can do that at any time. Not so with Game Pass, and they've already removed one game I was playing while I was still playing it.
Since more industries are entering the sub business, expect to see consumers become more and more selective about which subscriptions are worth their cash. Microsoft is the first major player to the game, so they're enjoying that headstart. It won't last forever, though.
https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/streaming-subscription-fatigue-us-consumers-deloitte-study-1203166046/
https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/subscription-fatigue-inflation-cancellations
https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2022/05/10/as-retail-opens-up-and-inflation-closes-in-consumer-subscription-fatigue-is-on-the-rise/?sh=58adb2f2ede7
Subs may not always be the infallible value option they're assumed to be right now.
Even at the lowest sub point they aren't hurting for money on game pass.
And I'd bet more people are willing to spend 10 or 15 bucks on a game instead of 50 even if it's just for a limited time.
This is not an either/or situation.
One just seems to be better at it.......
Game pass is 25 million subs every month, day one games going to game pass might seem like a misstep if you expect that games like starfield would sell 10s of millions of copies. But it evens out in the end.
Even if they increased the prices to 15 and 20 a month it would still be worth it.
I'd be willing to bet a lot of people who will sub to Game Pass for Starfield will also pay for Miles Morales when it hits PC.
I will be one of them, because I see no need to take a side here or act as if either company has anything more than profit off of me in mind. It's really not worth it to fanboy for either. If Microsoft thinks it could squeeze folks for $60 on top of Game Pass because they have great enough exclusive, they're not going to avoid it out of the goodness of their hearts. The ONLY reason they're leaning into Game Pass is because they see it as their most profitable model based on their current situation (READ: they think they can squeeze the most money out of you via Game Pass).
Sony has been buying up studios like mad in the last 2 decades, all for the sole purpose to make exclusives for Playstation. So please. It was Sony that started this excluves race in the first place.
Just because ActiVision is bigger and thus cost more to buy. Most of Blizzard's games are PC only still, with few being cross-platform (Diablo, Overwatch). World of Warcraft is PC only.
ActiVision's big franchise is basically Call of Duty.
There is still Battlefield franchise for Sony to snatch up, if they are so worried. lol.
...also
"Stay tuned for our new exclusive, Destiny 3!"
It doesn't work based on your feelings about past business deals. It works based on an assessment of the current deal's effects on the market. Sony could purchase 1472666199476264 studios if they like, and that wouldn't mean shit to this deal save for how it affects Sony's ability to compete should Microsoft acquire AB. Sorry, but that's just the reality. So these comments about how Sony has been doing this or that are completely useless and irrelevant to the discussion of how this deal might effect the market.
And stop acting like the Sony boss was ever going to come out in favor of his console losing access to a popular franchise. Microsoft would argue the exact same thing if the roles were reversed here. And honestly, if they did anything but argue that point, they'd be violating their responsibility to shareholders.
Past deals made by Sony were also likely reviewed. You folks really need to take the emotion out of this, because it's clouding your vision.
The only really appropriate objective response to this news blurb is: Well, yea. Of course Sony was going to argue that. I would, too, if I were running that business.
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