On the other hand, buying the rights to Harry Potter right as the efforts to cancel JK Rowling hit a fever pitch does sound much more in line with Sony's typical business sense.
The issue with Sony as they are going to do is make these Console exclusives, which honestly will hurt them. Microsoft is going with the everyone can get it on everything, You just pay for the service of having it right then and now for chheaper.Begun these Console Wars have... For a Ninth time?
Sony In A Good Position To Buy Warner, Buying Metal Gear Solid IP Isn’t Worth Much Without Kojima – Michael Pachter
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes the likes of Batman and Mortal Kombat could fold into Sony's lineup very well.gamingbolt.com
It's not really a story IMHO to be honest, but its making the rounds. One Industry Analyst in speaking with the above website stated that Sony could respond by making a purchase of Warner Bros Games which owns the video game properties pertaining to franchises such as DC Comics, Harry Potter and Mortal Kombat since there have been recent reports of AT&T supposedly interested in selling off that property.
It's just one analysts opinion though and later in the article he admits it'd actually make more sense to purchase a smaller property, such as Metal Gear or Final Fantasy.
Michael Pachter? The man who, as far as I'm aware, has almost never made an accurate prediction in his entire career as an "Industry Analyst"? Why are people still listening to that incompetent jackass?Begun these Console Wars have... For a Ninth time?
Sony In A Good Position To Buy Warner, Buying Metal Gear Solid IP Isn’t Worth Much Without Kojima – Michael Pachter
Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes the likes of Batman and Mortal Kombat could fold into Sony's lineup very well.gamingbolt.com
It's not really a story IMHO to be honest, but its making the rounds. One Industry Analyst in speaking with the above website stated that Sony could respond by making a purchase of Warner Bros Games which owns the video game properties pertaining to franchises such as DC Comics, Harry Potter and Mortal Kombat since there have been recent reports of AT&T supposedly interested in selling off that property.
It's just one analysts opinion though and later in the article he admits it'd actually make more sense to purchase a smaller property, such as Metal Gear or Final Fantasy.
It really isn't that special when you look at other open world games from around the same time...
Hell there were A LOT of games that came out the same year!
Fantasy yes. Then again I am not doing my best google fu at this momentWhat? There's no open world fantasy game released from 2009-2013 that remotely competes with Skyrim.
Fantasy yes. Then again I am not doing my best google fu at this moment
Also, I find it funny that no one has mentioned mods as being a reason why Skyrim is as big as it is.
Funny you should mention that...Honestly, I think a significant portion of Skyrim's success came from just how easy it was to mod. Being able to involve the community that they had already built with the Oblivion modding community and put their efforts to a newer game... Skyrim with mods is a much different beast and they were easy to get and already had a huge number of people working on them almost for the word go.
Funny you should mention that...
To the surprise of no one most likely, but undoubtedly to the disappointment of plenty, portions of Bethesda's future library of games maybe limited to the XBoneX and PC's.
Microsoft Confirms Some Future Bethesda Games Will Be Exclusive to PC and Xbox - Niche Gamer
With the announcement that Microsoft has finalized the acquisition of Bethesda Softworks and its parent company Zenimax Media, the company has confirmed that “some” future Bethesda games will be exclusive to PC and Xbox. The company said “some new titles in the future” will be exclusive to Xbox...nichegamer.com
Sorry for all of you lads out there waiting for another release of Skyrim.