Microsoft says Sony paid third parties to keep games off Xbox
“Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation” Strong allegations being thrown here.
3 years ago by holo_nexus to c/gaming
Microsoft says Sony paid third parties to keep games off Xbox
At this point I'm more concerned with Windows exclusivity. Obviously there's a financial incentive for Xbox to only release on Windows, but it's hard to argue you're not locked into a platform in a similar way.
I don't entirely disagree with you but there's a huge difference between a company making a game or two exclusive, versus a company outright buying an entire publisher and making all their games exclusive for the rest of time.
Sony may be hypocritical and arguing dishonestly but that doesn't really make their accusations at Microsoft invalid. The ideal solution would be if regulating agencies both block Microsoft's acquisition and also demand that Sony quits with exclusivity agreements.
I see a lot of gamers going like "well if Sony is being manipulative, it's only fair that Microsoft does too" and that's pretty short-sighted. This situation will have big long-term consequences. Rather than picking sides, we ought to think of our side as customers.
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I think the only response to this is for us all to remember that businesses are not our friends.
Spencer can talk the talk about wanting games to be everywhere for anyone to play them but his words are meaningless if Microsoft published titles are getting caught up in PC and Xbox exclusivity arrangements.
Sony can say what it wants about the dangers of Microsoft making games like CoD exclusive, but to this day they're doing work behind the scenes to keep major titles like FFXVI to themselves for as long as possible.
Business gonna business.
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