Ukufunyanwa kukaMicrosoft kweBethesda kuzise utshintsho olukhulu kumandla kwishishini, kunye nezitudiyo ezisibhozo kunye neqela elikhulu le-AAA IP ngequbuliso ukujoyina umbhobho weXbox Game Studios. Nokuba kuya kuba lixesha elingakanani ngaphambi kokuba siqale ukubona iziphumo ezifanelekileyo zaloo nto, akukho mathandabuzo okuba iziphumo ngeke ukuziva kungekudala okanye kamva.
Kutshanje sithethile nomhlalutyi weshishini uMichael Pachter malunga nezinto ezifanayo kunye nezinye ezininzi kudliwanondlebe olude. Emva kokuthetha malunga nendlela acinga ngayo isivumelwano saseBethesda iya kuba nefuthe kwi-Sony kwixesha elide kunye nexesha elifutshane, sibuze uPachter ukuba ucinga ukuba uSony angaphendula ngokufumana umshicileli omkhulu ngendlela efanayo.
NgokukaPachter, okubangel 'umdla ngokwaneleyo, ukuba i-AT&T ikhethe ukuthengisa icandelo leMidlalo ye-WB kwixesha elizayo - emva mva nje. emva kokuba wenze isigqibo ngokuchasene nayo kulandela iingxelo zokuba ezo asethi ngenene bezithengiswa ukuba uSony unokuba kwindawo elungileyo yokucofa ezo mpahla kunye neelayisensi, kunye ne-IP enje Batman kwaye Mntundini Kombat inokungena kakuhle kwipotfoliyo yeqela labo lokuqala- nangona elindele ukuba kuyo yonke into, ukuthengwa kukaSony kuya kuqhubeka kuncinci, ngokuhambelana nesivumelwano se-Insomniac sonyaka ophelileyo.
“Ukufumana kwabo bekuncinci, njenge-Insomniac, kwaye ezo luhlobo lokufumana endinokukulindela,” utshilo uPachter. "Ndicinga ukuba u-Sony ukwimeko entle yokuthenga i-Warner Bros. Interactive assets ukuba banokuphinda bathengise. Kuxhomekeke ekubeni i-AT&T ikhetha ukuzithengisa, kwaye njani. Ukuba bafuna nje ukunika ilayisenisi ye-IP yabo, abayi kuhamba ngezivumelwano zodwa, kuba abayi kufuna imidlalo enomda kwiqonga elinye, kodwa ukuba bathengisa amalungelo angunaphakade Batman or Mntundini Kombat, Ndicinga ukuba ezo mpahla ziya kuba mnandi kakhulu ukuba uSony asonge kuluhlu lwabo. Bebesele beyenza ngayo Indoda yesigcawu, ngoko siyazi ukuba baya kuba nomdla kwinto enjalo. Ngenene khange ndiyithathele ingqalelo le meko, kuba seva ukuba i-WB ibingekho etafileni, kodwa ngoku ekubeni iBethesda isanda kuthengwa nge-7.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kuya kufuneka ucinge ukuba i-AT&T iyacinga, 'ingaba singafumana i-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola?'”
Ewe kunjalo, abanye baqikelele ukuba endaweni yokucofa abapapashi, uSony unokuthenga umntu wesithathu IP, ngokuthanda Metal Gear kwaye Fantasy lokugqibela ukukhuliswa ngabantu abaliqela- enengqiqo, xa kujongwa unxulumano olusondeleyo bobabini bebesoloko benalo nePlayStation, kunye nenyaniso yokuba Final Fantasy 16 sele iqinisekisiwe njengokuqaliswa kwe-PS5 kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, uPachter ukholelwa ukuba akukho namnye kwezi unokubamba ixabiso elininzi ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo.
“Kulungile, Metal Gear ngaphandle kweKojima isenokungaxabiseki kakhulu, kwaye Fantasy lokugqibela, eyokugqibela iphume nini? 2016?” uthe. “Andiqinisekanga ukuba ukhona umntu okhathalayo apho, ndicinga ukuba zizigidi ezimbalwa esithetha ngazo, ayingomthengisi wenkqubo leyo. Isenokuba iseJapan, kodwa amaJapan awayithengi iXbox, ke uSony akanyanzelekanga ukuba akhathazeke, ngakumbi kuba yonke le midlalo yaseJapan iya kuba kwiPlayStation, ke uSony akakho emngciphekweni wokuphulukana nezo zihloko. ”
“Andiqondi ukuba ezo asethi zinexabiso elikhulu,” uqukumbele watsho.
Udliwanondlebe lwethu olupheleleyo noPachter luza kuphila kungekudala, ke hlala ubukele oko.
