As for 'sticking to my guns' - I'll acknowledge that MS is a company far far bigger than Sony, that's a fact. I mean what other opinion would be possible?
Are you deliberately being this obtuse?
I won't concede that Xbox has ever been anything other than a underdog when up against PlayStation and Nintendo.
Again:
Then you have no idea about this subject at all. Sure they were and are always playing catch up in the gaming sense, but you fundamentally fail to understand what this takeover is about, who is doing it and the consequences. You simply do not understand who is buying what here and for why.
It's all rather ironic considering that word you mentioned in your first post about this. It's almost as if you have an unhealthy attachment to a brand and just won't let yourself see the bigger picture. Fear not though my friend, we've all been there at some stage
Anyway, this will happen. One way or another. And no, Activision games will not always be on the PS, that's lip service to get it forced through. As a gamer it's a double edged sword for me: On the one hand, Activision are trash and hugely suited to MS plus I have an X and PC so it doesn't bother me anyway. On the other, it's further stifling of the industry/hobby I love. What does get me though is just how many people blindly back these big corporations playing these games which ultimately mean worse deals for everyone down the chain. It's like people who can't wait to give billionaires like Musk money, where exactly are your heads at?
I think a lot of people have their heads in the sand over it - and it's easier to be unaware when Microsoft doesn't report that kind of thing in depth in their financials.
Like, every financial report we know exactly how many PS+ users there are but the number of GP users is a mystery. I think it was 2-3 years ago that people were speculating it was nearing/broken through the 30m barrier but the last estimate was below that. Part of their push into TV apps and that Keystone device was to try and reach more people who won't buy the console but maybe would get GP to play on the TV, but the TV app is still limited to one provider and the Keystone device got scrapped - I'm sure it'll be back in some form sooner or later.
That's the crux of it, since it's MS who runs the show and is subsidising it all, we will never know. Which is why it's so weird that some think one of the biggest companies, and certainly right up there as one of the most powerful, in the world is some kind of underdog!
Especially as it's really not hard to look up how they got there through this exact same behaviour historically.
But hey, as long as their bit of plastic plays a game someone else's doesn't, I guess it makes sense.
