Personally can't say I care either way as I never particularly cared for either company involved. I had to check the wiki to make sure they were who I thought they were. I was like "Aren't they the ones that make those games that are fun to play but are bug ridden right to hell and usually it's the players themselves that end up having to do patches or otherwise complete the content?" And yeah that seems to be what they are...
They're responsible for Fallout 76 I believe. That alone speaks volumes for what they are today.
In short, if Microsoft were to force them to go xbox/PC(windows) exclusive, it wouldn't matter a lick to me as I wouldn't be buying anything they put out even if they were crossplatformed across the planet and handed out for free.
To be honest while the xbox console was dead to me starting with the Xbone and microsoft's attempts to gut and mutilate the console market, I really can't see myself at present giving a shit about the PS5 either. I look back at the PS4 era and while I do have a bunch of games for it, the number of games bought this gen hasn't even hit 60 between digital and physical combined. Compare this to the probably 200 odd games I've bought on the PS3 prior to that (LOTS of discounted digital sales make up over half of that.)
Consoles just feel less like consoles and more like underpowered, locked down PCs. And I don't have the money to buy a proper PC gaming rig which is why I'm only really buying indie titles here and there on PC.
The Rainy Day I bought all those old games for are probably going to arrive a lot sooner than planned at this rate if it hasn't really started already. Case in point, the MOST played game for m in 2020 has been Romance of the Three Kingdoms III - Sega Genesis version. Fun little game, even if I've killed like 3 controllers from the excessive button pressing. (And I think Minecraft has been played less than that game this year, although I've played that quite a bit too.)
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Date: 2020-09-24 07:41 am (UTC)From:They're responsible for Fallout 76 I believe. That alone speaks volumes for what they are today.
In short, if Microsoft were to force them to go xbox/PC(windows) exclusive, it wouldn't matter a lick to me as I wouldn't be buying anything they put out even if they were crossplatformed across the planet and handed out for free.
To be honest while the xbox console was dead to me starting with the Xbone and microsoft's attempts to gut and mutilate the console market, I really can't see myself at present giving a shit about the PS5 either. I look back at the PS4 era and while I do have a bunch of games for it, the number of games bought this gen hasn't even hit 60 between digital and physical combined. Compare this to the probably 200 odd games I've bought on the PS3 prior to that (LOTS of discounted digital sales make up over half of that.)
Consoles just feel less like consoles and more like underpowered, locked down PCs. And I don't have the money to buy a proper PC gaming rig which is why I'm only really buying indie titles here and there on PC.
The Rainy Day I bought all those old games for are probably going to arrive a lot sooner than planned at this rate if it hasn't really started already. Case in point, the MOST played game for m in 2020 has been Romance of the Three Kingdoms III - Sega Genesis version. Fun little game, even if I've killed like 3 controllers from the excessive button pressing. (And I think Minecraft has been played less than that game this year, although I've played that quite a bit too.)