Exclusives suck.
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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Fuck microsoft
They wouldn't be doing this if Sony hadn't kept doing it and the gaming community kept trashing the Xbox One for "not having exclusives." Phil Spencer has gone on record saying that he doesn’t like exclusives.
They're just playing the game by its rules.
yes, but also fuck Sony, let's not pretend there are no PlayStation exclusives.
Literally final fantasy 16 is a Sony exclusive right now, so it's not like anyone can even claim it's a historical thing
To be honest, fuck big companies, and the merger & acquisitions that leads to monopoly, and often the dissolving of the teams behind those acquired companies (look at EA, and now Embracer)
I wish the cost of game development hasn't ballooned so much that it's hard for medium size companies to stay afloat. Companies started by game devs / enthusiast, find buyouts attractive, got absorbed by publishing companies, CEO replaced with MBAs / Lawyers, downward spiral.
As an Indiana Jones fan and a PS5 owner, this has pissed me off today.
There was a thought in the back of my head that told me it was very likely to happen with MS buying Bethesda but as nothing had been said since the Twitter announcement in January '21, I still had my fingers crossed.