I like the use of the ‘publisher’ qualifier so that there can’t be talk of the numerous studios Sony has acquired over the years that only produce games for Playstation.

Okay there… And before thay Sony was trying to lock Starfield away on their side so what’s your point? The current market is driven by exclusives thanks very much to Sony and Nintendo.

Can I ask why? Microsoft has a monetary incentive to push the games to other platforms wherever possible. Yeah they may hold a few back (see Starfield) to try and sell consoles but I don’t expect them to withhold all. There were some interesting articles that this deal is more about the mobile gaming (King) rather than COD or other AB games.

As an Xbox and Nintendo owner I feel Sony/Nintendo have done more harm to the industry by reinforcing exclusives (both times and complete) than Microsoft. Wouldn’t it be in Microsoft’s right to do what the market leaders are doing and take advantage of exclusives to try and gain market share back? We also saw with testimony/discovery during the trial that Sony would often say one thing publicly and another internally. I think Sony only opposed this cause they wanted to stoke the fire of fandoms.

Man this post made me think about why some games that seem right up my alley (fallout, cyberpunk, etc) I just can’t seem to finish. I have a perfectionist issue where I feel I need to do all the available side quests before moving onto the next mission/level/boss. I might try to pick up cyberpunk again after I complete my fallen order replay and just stick to the larger missions.

I am really looking forward to starfield but I really don’t know if I’m prepared for it.

If you look at the super Mario bros series they ported that through four systems. I’ll sure they’ll do the same for all these late releases. Easy cash grab for Nintendo.

The smb series started in 2006 on the DS and got the rework for the Wii in 2009. I am not sure this super animated style would have been possible. I am shocked it took them this long to give us a new side scrolling Mario.

With that being said I am really excited for this game. Looks incredible and I’m sure it’ll be great.