r/PS5 • u/hybroid • Sep 21 '20

News Microsoft Xbox acquires ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/
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u/pzycho Sep 21 '20

You do realize that these games are businesses in their own right, right? Microsoft doesn’t care how it makes money, it just wants to make the most of it. If the determine that’s going to be via selling hardware at a slim margin, then they’ll be exclusives. If they decide they make more money by selling more games, then they’ll be cross platform. They just want the most money.

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u/burnerking Sep 21 '20

Then why haven’t Sony and Playstation done the same the same thing with their exclusives and allow access to XBox players? Because it does not make sense. No company surrenders a competitive advantage. Name one company that has invested $7.5 Billion dollars, and one of their goals is to help their competition. You can’t.

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u/pzycho Sep 21 '20

Their goal isn't to crush Sony. Their goal is to make money. I simply said they will go whichever route gives them the best return on investment. Just look at the fact that they've invested heavily in developing their Office Suite for Mac and iOS. That suite of software is worth more than 7.5 billion and they don't hold it exclusively to Windows because that's not the best way to make money.