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I believe if Sony didn't include backwards-compatibility this time around with PS5, that Microsoft could have dented PS5 sales greatly. Sony finally recognizing that BC was important on carrying over PS users to the next-generation and their ego-system of games/services, was the smartest move they could have done for PS5 and Sony as a whole.
Phil Spencer really should read Beyond3D because I called this back in 2019:
I voiced the same concern in January, speculating that Microsoft were forcing Sony's hand with backwards compatibility and if Sony responded it would make Microsoft's job that much harder next gen. When a new generation meant everybody's game library started over, console makers were on even footing. And this is speaking as somebody who doesn't care about achievements/trophies, some people are as wedded to that stuff as the games themselves.
DSoup said:I think this will bite Microsoft in the butt in the future. It may be good for consumers, but I can't see how this is good for Microsoft.
The comment about not being able to compete with other company's [Sony] marketing deals is Microsoft telling the world it seemingly cannot effectively negotiate. Sony's net worth is currently valued at $144bn, and Microsoft were prepared to spent $67bn to get Activision-Blizzard.One thing I absolutely hate about this interview is this silly defeatist attitude Phil puts up in order to defend the acquisitions they are trying to do, as if buying up third parties publishers is the only thing they can do. When it's merely a bandage for a problem they have been suffering from for a long time.
How are Sony, a company worth a fraction of Microsoft, able to outbid Microsoft and secure these lucrative marketing deals? Phil, you and your team are doing something very wrong over there in Seattle.
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