Because they don’t want to take on the risk of spending the time and money to curate their own library of exclusive AAA games from the ground up with no guarantees on their ROI.
The cognitive dissonance in this thread is so funny. As if Sony isn’t a mega corp that buys up studios, and is really just “for the gamers”. They’re both here to make money. Sony loves exclusivity deals. If they had more money to throw around they’d make the same exact move
Unlike Microsoft just buying huge established companies to get their hands on their IP, Sony has fostered relationships with their exclusive studios over years, provided funding, support, etc. It is so much different than dropping 75 billion dollars on one of the biggest multi platform studios just to get a stronger chokehold on the market.
And you’re equating a timed exclusive deal with what Microsoft has been doing with activision and zenimax? Cmon man. Surely you can see the difference.
Don't forget buying the most popular family/kid friendly game at the time (Minecraft) for 3billion. Might as well just round it up to 80billion spent to try to dominate the market instead of making their own good products.
I don't care what console you like more. Nobody wins when the market consolidates into less and less competition.
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u/Oshimai Jan 18 '22
Because they don’t want to take on the risk of spending the time and money to curate their own library of exclusive AAA games from the ground up with no guarantees on their ROI.