▲ 110 ▼ Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by Spaenny@discuss.tchncs.de to c/gaming@beehaw.org 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Wouldnt they make more making it more widely available? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Not necessarily. Sony pays them enough to offset the loss of sales for a year, and they can then go multiplatform after. Usually with a GOTY edition or some bonus content. The recent Tomb Raider games ar a good example of this. What numbers are being tossed around I could only speculate, but that's the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CoderKat@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish it was illegal to do that. It's blatantly anti consumer. Exclusivity does absolutely nothing good for consumers and only harms them by pushing them to have to own multiple, otherwise redundant consoles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Do you feel that Nintendo should be obliged to divest itself of the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid franchises? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) Not necessarily. Sony pays them enough to offset the loss of sales for a year, and they can then go multiplatform after. Usually with a GOTY edition or some bonus content. The recent Tomb Raider games ar a good example of this. What numbers are being tossed around I could only speculate, but that's the idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CoderKat@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish it was illegal to do that. It's blatantly anti consumer. Exclusivity does absolutely nothing good for consumers and only harms them by pushing them to have to own multiple, otherwise redundant consoles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Do you feel that Nintendo should be obliged to divest itself of the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid franchises? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CoderKat@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I wish it was illegal to do that. It's blatantly anti consumer. Exclusivity does absolutely nothing good for consumers and only harms them by pushing them to have to own multiple, otherwise redundant consoles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tal@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Do you feel that Nintendo should be obliged to divest itself of the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid franchises? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Do you feel that Nintendo should be obliged to divest itself of the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid franchises? permalink fedilink source parent