AT&T Looking to sell WB games.
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OK, I really don't have time to read through a Restera thread, but I'll take your word for it... Keeping in mind that Insomniac is a developer, and really shouldn't have any insight into what deals between Sony and Marvel bore from these right before or after they decided to choose Spider-ManWhat do you mean? The Resetera post is someone from Insomniac saying the movie deal had nothing to do with it.
Also
How Insomniac's Spider-Man Came to Be - IGN Unfiltered - IGN
Marvel gave Insomniac the option to make a game based on any character they wanted.www.ign.com
It should have linked right to the post. The bottom line is someone at Insomniac would know more than either of us would and its a pretty definitive statement as well. The assumption that Sony used them having Spider-man movie rights is understandable but at the end of the day it isn't based on any evidence.
Back to the point, a lot of people are forgetting Midway would be part of it, and although most of that is old IP, there are some historically significant classic IP in there.
Also, karmakid did have a good point with Sony having current rights to Spider-Man, but we don't know what this contract would entail. Would it be "in perpetuity", like the Sony Spider-Man movie rights? That would be beyond crazy, but also not unprecedented. As I have already mentioned, many superhero rights are categorized as: "in perpetuity", from theme parks to movie rights. That would mean only the buyer can publish DC related games FOREVER, unless the contract has been breached. The rights for exclusive Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc games are pretty huge, IMO.
Also, karmakid did have a good point with Sony having current rights to Spider-Man, but we don't know what this contract would entail. Would it be "in perpetuity", like the Sony Spider-Man movie rights? That would be beyond crazy, but also not unprecedented. As I have already mentioned, many superhero rights are categorized as: "in perpetuity", from theme parks to movie rights. That would mean only the buyer can publish DC related games FOREVER, unless the contract has been breached. The rights for exclusive Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc games are pretty huge, IMO.
Gameplay has gotten better with each one, don't say you bought it for your son and played it either you've been bitching about mortal kombat for years lol. MKX is 83 on Metacritic and MK11 is 82 so what decline? 1 point? Again there is NO reason for you to say that WB wants to sell MK for disappointing anything other than you just not liking the series.
Yeah some of that stuff may have been sold off already and things like NFL Blitz and NBA Jam would need new licenses from the leagues.
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat for Xbox 360 game reviews & Metacritic score: Mortal Kombat returns to consoles after a long hiatus featuring a return to the gruesome fatalities....
www.metacritic.com
The last gen MK was a way better experience.
I like the series up to X(which is better than 11)
Each game has been dropping since this.Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat for Xbox 360 game reviews & Metacritic score: Mortal Kombat returns to consoles after a long hiatus featuring a return to the gruesome fatalities....
The last gen MK was a way better experience.
I like the series up to X(which is better than 11)
They all score in the 80's, you are reaching because you made a statement with nothing to back it up. WB cares about sales and money, each one that you say has been "falling" has made more money than the one before it. It's your bias against the series that's all don't pretend it's something else.
Again MK11 5th best selling game of 2019, fighting games are never that successful, MKX 10 million copies sold, the Tekken games you like so much take 2 years to hit less than half of that and I think only one of them has even gotten that far in a long time.
Mortal Kombat X and 11 both play better MUCH better than 9, they are smoother and each one has better animations than the last. Some like MKX better because it's easier to set up flashy combos, they dialed that down in MK11 and streamers got mad because it's harder for them to impress people watching their shows.
You dislike rocksteady? Best studio under the WB umbrella imo, and I'd love to see them left to their own devices & able to create a new IP or something.
He's the special type
You dislike rocksteady? Best studio under the WB umbrella imo, and I'd love to see them left to their own devices & able to create a new IP or something.
No 9 plays much better.
No bias against MK as I like 9 and 2 is the series best.
Don't like 11,X is better but not as good as the older games. The series is getting worse.
You dislike rocksteady? Best studio under the WB umbrella imo, and I'd love to see them left to their own devices & able to create a new IP or something.
I don't like the idea of rooting for MS to buy anyone at this point
I mean, I kinda think they would've been better off had they not bought half or more of the studios they picked up and held out for something like this which overall would result in higher quality output than what they ended up with. Other than forming The Initiative and picking up playground, I'm not expecting to be interested in the things that come from their other acquistions, but if they got rocksteady or monolith even, I'd be a little more optimistic...
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I mean, I kinda think they could've not bought half or more of the studios they picked up and held out for something like this which overall would result in higher quality output than what they ended up with. Other than forming The Initiative and picking up playground, I'm not expecting to be interested in the things that come from their other acquistions, but if they got rocksteady or monolith even, I'd be a little more optimistic...
At the end of the day nothing much changes for you if they are making multiplatform games or exclusives though.
You have to believe that Microsoft is going to improve the studios they have acquired and that it doesn't matter that maybe they haven't bought the biggest and the best. I feel like if you have doubts about that then you probably shouldn't trust them with any studio.
Well considering the companies that are rumored to have expressed interest, EA, Acti-Blizzard and Take-Two are all well known to buy companies and run them into the ground (something Microsoft admittedly doesn't have a much better track record of) I think I'd rather see the studios I like there benefiting Microsoft as they still need help in the first party exclusive department.
I never said the studios MS picked up won't improve, I'm saying they're not studios I foresee producing games I'll be interested in. Of everything MS has going with all these new additions, I'm interested in one, maybe two of their potential projects, so I'd like to see them pick up a developer or 2 that makes games I've enjoyed. You never did say why you're against the idea of acquiring a new dev or 2....
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I trust Sony way more than Microsoft and I certainly am not going to root for them to get Rocksteady either
I certainly agree that don't want EA and the like near anyone good but Microsoft has what they need right now to make a great first party so they really shouldn't need the help if they have truly turned it around over there.
Well I think sony's already in the better position so MS could use them more than sony. Maybe it's just that I lean a bit more toward xbox and am losing patience on them turning things around. I have more faith in sony as well but they just aren't in as much need for more quality devs to join their roster. If MS snagged rocksteady I think they'd have the potential to rival pretty much anything sony has from a quality standpoint. Like the games or not rocksteady's batman titles were very high in production value, highly polished, and controlled well.
MK9 is less fluid and feels stiffer than the others, it also scored as high as it did because they finally got away from the 3D garbage they were doing. This series is on an upswing btw.
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If you think WB wants to sell NRS because MK9 got an 87 and MK11 got an 82 but still made them a lot more money you are crazy. MK9 was not much better, see I can say it as much as you can lol. MK9 was a great return to true Mortal Kombat, MKX and MK11 were continued evolutions of that. MK9's story was a reboot and basically covered the original 3 games in it's story, MKX and MK11 had their own unique stories. Graphics were much better in MK11 than MKX both are great games but MK11 is just as good as MKX. They also do very well with Injustice, there is no way you can say that you actually believe that WB would want to drop NRS because MK reviews dropped a couple of points but are still in the 80's, you don't believe that you are just saying it because you don't like the series. You've complained about the way the combos are handled to for years.
Microsoft is interested in acquiring Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Microsoft is interested in acquiring the games unit of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, most notably associated with the Batman: Arkham series.
www.vg247.com
Microsoft is interested in acquiring Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Microsoft is interested in acquiring the games unit of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, most notably associated with the Batman: Arkham series.
I don’t think Microsoft gets them in the end, but the speculation will be ramped up to 100 if WB is at the July 23 event.
lulz, reading and people going super anti-MS acquiring WB because batman/dc will be exclusive to xbox/pc...
Meanwhile spiderman, no problem with that....
Meanwhile spiderman, no problem with that....