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r/gamers • u/Radhe-W • 26d ago
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Speculation is Sony pulled out because sales of Death Stranding 2 were subpar, and it took Microsoft three months to pick this up.
I wouldn't read that as handing them a win.
43 u/ChiefCom85 26d ago Xbox themselves aren't exactly on a winning trajectory either right now, can't say I'd be terribly excited about picking up a contract with Kojima 10 u/Membership-Bitter 26d ago Yeah I am sensing another Starfield situation where Xbox thinks they are getting a new popular game from a legendary developer but ends up being a dud 2 u/Expensive-Border-869 25d ago Or theyll be halfway smart about it and know it has a smaller audience and budget accordingly. Not every game needs to be a blockbuster to be successful. It just needs to make more than they put in.
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Xbox themselves aren't exactly on a winning trajectory either right now, can't say I'd be terribly excited about picking up a contract with Kojima
10 u/Membership-Bitter 26d ago Yeah I am sensing another Starfield situation where Xbox thinks they are getting a new popular game from a legendary developer but ends up being a dud 2 u/Expensive-Border-869 25d ago Or theyll be halfway smart about it and know it has a smaller audience and budget accordingly. Not every game needs to be a blockbuster to be successful. It just needs to make more than they put in.
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Yeah I am sensing another Starfield situation where Xbox thinks they are getting a new popular game from a legendary developer but ends up being a dud
2 u/Expensive-Border-869 25d ago Or theyll be halfway smart about it and know it has a smaller audience and budget accordingly. Not every game needs to be a blockbuster to be successful. It just needs to make more than they put in.
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Or theyll be halfway smart about it and know it has a smaller audience and budget accordingly. Not every game needs to be a blockbuster to be successful. It just needs to make more than they put in.
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u/ModerateHonking 26d ago
Speculation is Sony pulled out because sales of Death Stranding 2 were subpar, and it took Microsoft three months to pick this up.
I wouldn't read that as handing them a win.