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Microsoft acquires Zenimax Entertainment for $7.5 billion

Basically although I did find the X-box console war fans more unbearable during X-Box 360s peak days
Those were good times! From the mid 90's up until the current gen, I would own every console/handheld. I hated going into blockbuster and having a section closed off to me to rent lol. The fanboys were always entertaining

From the butthurt PS3 owners in Sony's hubris
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To Xbox's hubris in 2013
 
Those were good times! From the mid 90's up until the current gen, I would own every console/handheld. I hated going into blockbuster and having a section closed off to me to rent lol. The fanboys were always entertaining

From the butthurt PS3 owners in Sony's hubris
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To Xbox's hubris in 2013

Is the Sony Defense Force website still running? Probably my favorite parody fanatic handle
 
Gamepass is not for everyone. Some people won’t be able to get their money’s worth from the service. I only purchased one game new at full price in 2019 (Sekiro) and one in 2020 (Doom Eternal). Other than that I might buy a handful of games when they’re on steep sales, like $10 or so on the PSN.

Game Pass is $12 Canadian a month. I don’t spend more than $100 a year in games, so Game Pass wouldn’t be a good service for me.
 
What are the odds Xbox allows PS5 to have backwards compatibility on pre-last gen games in the recently acquired series (Wolfenstein, Fallout, Doom, etc) ??

Talking like old classics like Fallout New Vegas
 
This whole thing kind of reminds me of the Monday Night wrestling wars. WCW (Microsoft) had the endlessly deep pockets thanks to Ted Turner yet everything they did still felt second rate.
 
What are the odds Xbox allows PS5 to have backwards compatibility on pre-last gen games in the recently acquired series (Wolfenstein, Fallout, Doom, etc) ??

Talking like old classics like Fallout New Vegas

{<huh}

Uh, PS5 isn’t backwards compatible with ANYTHING pre-PS4.
 
Halo getting delayed looks like fuck all now, they needed to pull out a big win and kudos they certainly did just that.
 
All gamers have access to an Xbox if they so choose. You do too. It's totally fine for the industry. It just might not be great for Sony, which, let's face it, is your only real concern. Quit feigning concern for the industry at large. You're just mad because it's power move by Microsoft and not Sony. You would not give one flying fuck about "the industry", if roles were reversed. You'd be laughing your ass off, while posting "Craig" memes.

Like.
 
My 2 favorite gaming news youtuber's takes on this -

Upper Echelon Gaming


Yongyea
 
Gamepass is not for everyone. Some people won’t be able to get their money’s worth from the service. I only purchased one game new at full price in 2019 (Sekiro) and one in 2020 (Doom Eternal). Other than that I might buy a handful of games when they’re on steep sales, like $10 or so on the PSN.

Game Pass is $12 Canadian a month. I don’t spend more than $100 a year in games, so Game Pass wouldn’t be a good service for me.
You could always go gray market. There's a risk, but it's cheap. 1-year global key for $92 USD:
https://www.g2a.com/xbox-game-pass-for-xbox-one-12-months-global-i10000080969034

Here it's even cheaper if you buy from the key bundlers who snatched up all the giveaway promos (and less risky). Example-- this seller has a 99.4% positive feedback rating with thousands of sales, and he's selling 26 x 2-week Ultimate keys (1-year total) for $46. That comes out to a paltry $3.83/mo:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/XBOX-LIVE-...-Day-364-Days-LIVE-GOLD-GAMEPASS/114323524588
 
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This whole thing kind of reminds me of the Monday Night wrestling wars. WCW (Microsoft) had the endlessly deep pockets thanks to Ted Turner yet everything they did still felt second rate.
That’s pretty apt lol.

It really shows just how devoid of anything their in house studios were. Yikes.
 
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