Gaming

30572 readers

558 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

108

Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

69 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[+] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

[deleted]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you feel that Nintendo should be obliged to divest itself of the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid franchises?