• kromem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, Sony will very likely eye an acquisition (possibly even the one extensively rumoured over the years that isn’t Square Enix), but that’d be to shore up their bargaining position over exclusivity.

    The exclusivity fight, particularly if mutually assured destruction, isn’t a winning bet long term.

    There’s an ebb and flow to this industry, and we’ve already seen under Jim Ryan the shift to PC ports after exclusivity windows.

    Honestly, the biggest thing holding back Sony ports to Xbox is probably Microsoft’s insistence on platform support for the Series S.

    Not great to engineer streamlined system that you push to the max with first party titles to then instead get held back planning to support your competitor’s worst product.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, the biggest thing holding back Sony ports to Xbox is probably Microsoft’s insistence on platform support for the Series S.

      I don’t agree with that assessment given Sony only published games on the Xbox One when forced to by the license holder. They also seem to do just fine porting their games to PC where there is a host of different hardware configurations. Go look at the minimum PC specs for Ratchet and Clank; that sure seems like it could run on a Series S to me.

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      Sony will very likely eye an acquisition (possibly even the one extensively rumoured over the years that isn’t Square Enix)

      Sony won’t be allowed to since they’re the market leader by a long way.

      Honestly, the biggest thing holding back Sony ports to Xbox is probably Microsoft’s insistence on platform support for the Series S.

      No, it’s that sony don’t want to release their games on xbox. Don’t be silly. Playstation basically is Sony these days. Everything else they own has either died or faded into irrelevance apart from cameras and tvs. Playstation is their biggest asset, and they would never consider releasing their games on their competitors consoles.

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        1 year ago

        won’t be allowed to since they’re the market leader

        That’s not really how it works.

        would never consider releasing their games on their competitor’s consoles

        Eh, we’ll see.

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          That’s not really how it works.

          It is, actually.

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              1 year ago

              You just realized that your post made my point instead of yours hahahahaha

              A company that IS the market leader isn’t going to be allowed to buy up big chunks of the market. A company that ISN’T, especially one that’s new or last placed, like in your example, is going to be allowed to - as they were in your example.

              Sony are the market leader by a long way. They would not be allowed to buy EA or Take 2 or Epic (especially not epic because of Unreal Engine). Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to after buying Activision for at least a few years due to the adjustment that the market is going to go through now. Microsoft know this so they won’t be trying anything any time soon. If in 5 years time they’re still last and sony are still dominant, they will attempt to buy another - and nothing should stop them.