• Eochaid@lemmy.world
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      2 年前

      Lol, Starfield was originally going to be a Sony exclusive. That means Sony was literally going to pay Beth money to deny Xbox gamers access.

      MS just made the better offer.

    • NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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      Gaming isn’t bedroom coders knocking out games in basic for microcomputers any more, it’s a huge entertainment industry and that’s how those industries work.

      This is no different from Disney pulling Fox properties of other steaming platforms to put them on Disney+ since they brought them out.

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      Yes they do. They used to buy exclusive rights back during PS2 days but eventually both MS and Sony realized it’s cheaper to just buy the studios. Sony has only a small number fewer acquisitions than Microsoft. Both companies have always bought exclusivity.