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       Sony Won't Share PS6 Plans With Activision if Microsoft Deal Goes
       Through
        
       Author : machdiamonds
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-06-22 20:25 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | KindAndFriendly wrote:
       | Imho MSFT overestimates the loyalty of video game fans to a game
       | franchise vs a console ecosystem. Even if the deal should go
       | through and even if it should result in - let's say - CoD being
       | exclusive to Xbox, I don't think a lot of fans would then switch
       | away from Playstation just for that.
        
         | favorited wrote:
         | There is a huge number of folks who buy video game consoles to
         | play one or more games from just a few franchises: Call of
         | Duty, FIFA, Madden, and MLB: The Show. Modern Warfare 2, a 2022
         | remake of a game from 2009, was the 5th best selling video game
         | in the US in April 2023. It was the best selling game in the US
         | last year. Any console getting one of those games as an
         | exclusive would gain an huge upper-hand.
         | 
         | [Edit] NPD source: https://www.npd.com/news/entertainment-
         | top-10/2023/top-10-vi...
        
         | mvdtnz wrote:
         | I think you're dead wrong about this. It is well known that big
         | games sell consoles. It's why this generation of XBox is
         | struggling against PS5. Also, CoD is big but it's not the only
         | thing in this Activision deal.
        
           | butnop wrote:
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           | worrycue wrote:
           | > It's why this generation of XBox is struggling against PS5.
           | 
           | I think a big part of a console's success is how its previous
           | version did. The PS2 wouldn't sell the way it did if not for
           | the clout/consumer trust from the PS1.
           | 
           | The Xbox Series* line of consoles came after the Xbox One
           | which was an utter PR disaster that handed Sony the
           | generation on a silver platter.
           | 
           | * Horrible naming. You wouldn't know it was the successor to
           | the Xbox One if no one told you.
        
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