Breaking: Microsoft bought Bethesda for 7.5 Billion (Breaking Microsoft bought Activision/Blizzard!!!) Jesus Christ!!
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So Microsoft playing for that recurring revenue with gamepass. Ain't nothing like that shit.Setting themselves up for the future business model.They get Xbox owners AND PC gamers(yeah, we do pay for shit if it's worth it) to sign up for their service. Any fucking time you can get recurring revenue in your business model you take that shit.
Folks thinking it's just PS4 vs Xbox when Xbox got 1 billion PC gamers to milk money from. This bitchslap to Sony went through interdimensional space before arriving upside their heads.
exactly.... Now if you are a PC owner and like Fallout .... It's cheaper to just get Gamepass on PC and this is what they want. Same thing for Doom Eternal.
It's fucking insane that PS5 owners are going to buy Deathloop and that bitch is going start up with
Sony Fanboys are going to fucking blow up
Most of the people into Elder Scrolls and Fallout like that are PC Gamers......but this is still big news Microsoft needed to do something.
Microsoft owns windows so they still get Money... PC GAMER, XBOX GAMER still Microsoft gamer
Sony can't afford Ubisoft.... Ubisoft is currently valued at 10.05 billion
What is Ubisoft Entertainment Current Valuation? - (PINK:UBSFF) | Macroaxis
Ubisoft Entertainment Current Valuation is currently at 4.24 B. Enterprise Value is a firm valuation proxy that approximates the current market value of Ubisoft. It is typically used to determine the takeover or merger price of a firm. Unlike Market Cap, this measure takes into account the...
Sony itself is valued at 94 Billion
What is Sony Current Valuation? - (null:SNE) | Macroaxis
Sony Current Valuation is currently at 141.81 B. Enterprise Value is a firm valuation proxy that approximates the current market value of Sony. It is typically used to determine the takeover or merger price of a firm. Unlike Market Cap, this measure takes into account the entire liquid asset...
Microsoft is currently valued at 1.6 TRILLION
Y’all know the PS5 is going to destroy the Xbox in sales right?
you realize M$ is playing chess right..
lol. nah, game studios is a development house under MS. That's something I like about MS buyouts is that the development studios remain intact, unlike say EA purchasing you. But MS logo gotta be somewhere - like I'm sure it's somewhere on Minecraft and dungeons
yeah
Bgol is the only place I here people talking about Xbox I think it’s DOA...Social media got ps5 memes no Xbox x memes it’s already over
PS5 will far outsell Xbox Series X, predicts analyst
Ampere's Piers Harding-Rolls expects PS5 to sell 66 million sold by end of 2024, compared to 37 million for Series X
PS5 will far outsell Xbox Series X, predicts analyst
There are still a lot of unknowns surrounding this year's PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launches, but analysts are al…
www.gamesindustry.biz
Indeed...I'm just gonna get the Xbox Game Pass or whatever for my PC....I'm cool on the new Xbox for now
I'm going to keep letting you think it's about console salesyeah
Bgol is the only place I here people talking about Xbox I think it’s DOA...Social media got ps5 memes no Xbox x memes it’s already over
PS5 will far outsell Xbox Series X, predicts analyst
Ampere's Piers Harding-Rolls expects PS5 to sell 66 million sold by end of 2024, compared to 37 million for Series X
PS5 will far outsell Xbox Series X, predicts analyst
There are still a lot of unknowns surrounding this year's PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X launches, but analysts are al…
carry on..
Console sales: Who has ever bought a console based on the number of consoles has already been sold? You gonna buy a system off the games you want to play. Once it's in your house, that's all that matters. I have a PS4 Pro and a x1x at the house now and i'm not buying next gen yet bc there's nothing that I feel I must play. Also, both companies will probably drop Pro Versions again - i'm not buying 2 systems this gen like I did. I'll just upgrade the pc...bc games.
As far as considering a switch...It can't even do 1080 and it's biggest games are re-releases of older gen games. Maybe when metroid prime 4 or "switch pro" becomes a thing but right now you can emulate switch on pc - definitely not worth $300.
As far as considering a switch...It can't even do 1080 and it's biggest games are re-releases of older gen games. Maybe when metroid prime 4 or "switch pro" becomes a thing but right now you can emulate switch on pc - definitely not worth $300.
why would it not be about sales
Xbox one was a better system than the ps4 I have both, but everyone I know who plays has the ps4, when I play online there are always more people online especially late on the ps4 which makes it a more fun experience in my opinion so sales matter.....
Microsoft is are worried about these guys Amazon, Google, Apple and Tencent. They don't care if Sony sells more consoles then them. They want to lock down cloud gaming before the big boys grab a hold of it. And in order to do that you need content. (EA on gamepass and now buying Bethesda) Sony got their eyes on the big boys too. Fanboys got their eyes on console sales.
That's why Apple wont allow xcloud on IOS.
That's why Apple wont allow xcloud on IOS.
May 20, 2019
Microsoft and Sony are teaming up for the future of gaming
It’s all about Xbox and PlayStation beating Amazon and Google
Microsoft and Sony unveiled a surprising partnership last week that will see the companies collaborate to develop future cloud solutions for game and content-streaming services. While both companies have spent more than 15 years battling it out over PlayStation and Xbox sales, Sony is now looking to Microsoft’s vast cloud experience to help power its existing and future streaming services, and Microsoft is teaming with a rival to fend off far larger gaming threats.
It was a big surprise for fans of both Xbox and PlayStation. Bloomberg reports that the agreement even shocked Sony’s own PlayStation team, which apparently wasn’t made aware of the discussions. Talks between the firms have been ongoing since last year, and Sony has started to show it’s open to working with Microsoft and others.
The announcement seems to have been prompted by one thing in particular: Google’s reveal of its Stadia cloud streaming service. Google is planning to leverage its hugely popular YouTube platform to let people click and instantly play games in their browsers or on their phones. This ease of use and Google’s web dominance have clearly unnerved both Microsoft and Sony.
While Sony has offered its own PlayStation Now streaming service for years, it hasn’t dramatically changed since launch. Sony still makes most of its PlayStation revenue through game sales to console owners, and that business looks increasingly under threat. If the future of gaming is cloud-powered, then the infrastructure and content will be key.
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are among the few companies that have enough cloud experience and server power to make cloud gaming a reality in the future. Minimizing latency will be key, and that requires having servers close to players in multiple cities across the world. It’s a significant investment that these three companies have already started making, but one that Sony is clearly unwilling or unable to make.
Sony has now turned to Microsoft for help, instead of competitors like Google or Amazon. Sony and Microsoft’s deal could have been a simple one to host Sony’s services on Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform, but the agreement looks even deeper than that. “The two companies will explore joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services,” reads a statement from Microsoft.
Instead of Sony and Microsoft fighting it out, as they have for decades, there’s a partnership emerging to take on Google Stadia and whatever cloud streaming service Amazon is preparing to launch. That doesn’t mean there will be a single cloud streaming service for PlayStation and Xbox games, but it could mean that the underlying server hardware will be identical in the future to make it easier for developers to create titles for both services.
Sony and Microsoft don’t have cloud native streaming services right now. Instead, they’re taking the hardware that powers devices like the Xbox One S and the PlayStation 3 and placing it into data centers. This allows them both to offer a big game library from their cloud streaming services, as developers don’t have to do any work to have their games running off a server. But it’s far harder to scale this over time.
It’s clear that Sony and Microsoft will attempt to align the hardware that powers each company’s cloud game streaming services onto a common platform. We’ve already started to see this happen in the console space with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and the next-generation consoles due in 2020 are expected to be very similar from a hardware point of view. Aligning this hardware will make it far easier for game developers to target a common cloud platform and test game performance.
Google’s approach requires developers to create games for a Linux-based system and hardware. It’s a bigger ask, but one that developers could be willing to do given Google’s investments and YouTube leverage to get games in front of people.
Another part of the cloud gaming puzzle is Nintendo. Rumors have suggested that both Microsoft and Nintendo have been forming a closer relationship in recent months. We’ve seen this play out with Cuphead arriving on the Switch with Xbox Live support, and Microsoft’s ongoing work with Nintendo to promote cross-play gaming. Nintendo won’t want to miss any part of a cloud gaming future, and it will likely have to form some type of partnership with Microsoft, Amazon, or Google to help it power future services. Like Sony, Nintendo has a vast library of first-party titles but little experience running online services and infrastructure at scale.
Microsoft and Sony’s cloud partnership also opens up some questions around other game streaming competitors. EA has 1,000 employees working on Project Atlas, a cloud game streaming development platform. Like Google Stadia, EA’s project is cloud native and just as ambitious in its attempts to redefine the future of gaming. Nvidia also has its own GeForce Now streaming service, and Valve is turning Steam Link into a personal cloud service that streams games anywhere.
There are also smaller players like Shadow that use powerful PC hardware to let players stream games, and even carriers like Verizon are experimenting with cloud game streaming. Everyone seems to be pushing toward a future where games are streamed to devices. All of this competition will ultimately be good news for consumers, especially if game publishers are willing to transition to the cloud. It could mean consumers will end up having to choose between competing streaming services in very much the same way that they choose between Netflix, Hulu, HBO Now, Amazon Prime Video, and many more today.
Sony and Microsoft are both laying their own foundations for this upcoming battle. How these two gaming giants collaborate on the future of gaming will have a major impact on the streaming landscape in the months and years ahead. Neither company wants to risk having to turn over revenue on games to a competing cloud game store.
Microsoft and Sony are now signaling to the rest of the industry that they’re not willing to give up their current gaming dominance to newcomers like Amazon or Google, even if it means working with a longtime rival.
Microsoft and Sony are teaming up for the future of gaming
It’s all about Xbox and PlayStation beating Amazon and Googlewww.theverge.com
When are they(Bethesda) going to start talking about Starfield..
Pornhub on Xbox Game Pass
Pornhub on Xbox Game Pass
Sony will try it's best to counter this. Look for Sony to buy some Japanese Studios (Capcom, Square-Enix) or get some permanently exclusives. Sony can't afford Ubisoft, Take-Two, or Activison so that's out the question. So Xbox has it's first Japanese studio I would say then need one or two more. Xbox has the shooter and RPG covered, they need to focus on fighting and maybe Japanese RPG\single player game.
Microsoft and Sony are playing different games right now....
Everything Microsoft has done are “we don’t care about console sales” ... it’s about that game pass.
Gamepass has 15 million people paying average 15 bucks a month... what is that ... over a billion a year. What if they get up to 30 or 50 million combining PC, Android, and Xbox game pass users. This is where they get that money.
They can’t afford Capcom or Square .... especially Square.. Square has their hands in a lot of shit. Maybe Capcom but I don’t think Capcom isn’t private like Bethesda. That would be a tough sell. Konami is the one that I could see happen.
I’m not saying they won’t but I just can’t see them buying a big studio to counter this.. if they could they would have purchased Epic instead of just buying a small interest.