@sladakrobot: Okay so, either you actually are an idiot or you're not listening. I have given you sources. I've yet to see you give any.
Furthermore two of the three examples (Crystal Dynamics, Street Fighter 5) you gave are exclusivity deals, not acquisitions. The one example you gave that actually does count by the criteria YOU gave, Psygnosis, was bought out in 1993, which is BEFORE the games you listed were developed. Sony bought them then allowed them to release those very same games on other platforms.
I'm not going to reply to you again. This is ridiculous
Edit: I went back to edit this and clarify the above paragraph, and noticed you went back and deleted chunks of your posts that I proved were just plain wrong. It's not my problem if you keep deluding yourself, just know that Phil Spencer is taking a bath with your money while you're counting coins.
@sladakrobot: You're all over the place here buddy. To start, I wanna point out that I don't exactly see you citing your sources here either. But that's okay, I'll start.
Sorry, but could you point out to me any of the acquisitions of any multiplatform publishers, or hell let's even say multiplatform developers that were bought out by Sony? Pre-Bungie of course, since that was a direct response to all of the Microsoft buyouts. I'm not seeing any.
You're right, Microsoft did not say that it was coming to PlayStation, then changed their minds. I already gave you this in my last reply. I misread the original comment.
Oh, but here's the comment from Spencer saying it was announced as an Xbox exclusive. Something that is a provable lie:
@sladakrobot: Hold up. So you actually do believe that lie? Jesus christ. Yeah, you're right, my initial comment from 2 WEEKS ago was kind of irrelevant, wasn't it? That one is on me. I guess I didn't properly read it.
Anyhoo, onto the dumb shit you just said; I actually do complain about that. Quite a lot actually. Don't be so hasty to make assumptions about people. I'm not some dipshit who sings for these corporations. They want your money and don't care how low they have to stoop to milk you as hard as possible.
And I didn't call you an idiot. I said if you believed Microsoft's blatant lie, you're an idiot. Which I guess means you're exposing the fact that you do? In which case, Okay? Ahahaha
@lonewolf1044: nawh, I totally agree with you actually. It just feels super slimey when a company acts like it's doing it for some noble reason such as 'bringing games to a wider audience', which is such a blatant lie. It's a similar deal with Microsoft and Bethesda pretending that starfield was always being developed exclusively for Xbox, which was stated conveniently right after the acquisition and despite starfield being in development way before.
I'm not saying Sony nor any other company does it either. I just don't like how these companies clearly think we're all stupid enough to believe some of the stuff that comes out their mouth
@sladakrobot: go back and look at the announcement. A company that is well known for (buggy as ****) multiplatform open releases announces a new game. No specific platforms are mentioned. It's fair to assume this is also going to be multiplatform. That developer is then bought out by a company that makes one specific console, and later announces the game to be exclusive to that console.
I'm sorry, but if you believe the lie that it was always developed as an Xbox exclusive, then you are an idiot
@MigGui: Yeah, nawh, that's nowhere near on the same level. Sony pouring money into a no-name studio like Guerilla pre-killzone in order to make games for their console, is not exactly similar to buying a company that already publishes some of the worlds most popular games (on all platforms) and saying 'yeah, we're helping them get a bigger audience'
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