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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
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I'm seeing a lot of "consolidation is bad for the industry" but not a lot of why consolidation like this is bad.
ATVI was clearly a toxic company when running solo. Microsoft has shown that they're willing to be extremely consumer friendly. Where does the "consolidation is bad" come in?
ATVI was clearly a toxic company when running solo. Microsoft has shown that they're willing to be extremely consumer friendly. Where does the "consolidation is bad" come in?
I'm happy cause this means we might actually see Warcraft 4 and StarCraft 3 at some point, and that they might actually be good games as Microsoft is willing to create games that are PC-focused first and foremost.
I guess this means no Diablo for Playstation as well? Man...
Oh wait this also means we might see Blizzard games on Steam, right?! Woot! the icing on the cake.
I guess this means no Diablo for Playstation as well? Man...
Oh wait this also means we might see Blizzard games on Steam, right?! Woot! the icing on the cake.
I think Call of Duty may be a Minecraft situation. With the staggering amount of money it brings in across all platforms and mobile, they'll probably keep that franchise specifically multiplatform, but still be day one Game Pass, of course. Though ultimately the majority of that money is likely coming from mobile, so I could see them keeping it Xbox, PC, and mobile exclusive and PlayStation be tossed into the wind.
I think this is the biggest gaming-related news since Microsoft entered the console making business in 2001.
I think they will use exclusive content incentives and "free" on Game Pass as their main draws and keep the money flowing on Playstation.
This is getting alarmingly bad for the industry, something like EA next could be awful for Sony if it were to happen.
I wonder how much of this is attributed to how bungled the Xbox One launch and sales were. Something that was celebrated by many on neogaf at launch and continued here until Spencer began to change feelings. Tbh even still the lack lustre Xbox exclusive offerings probably influenced it as well, hard to believe how bad Xbox One was for the majority of its existence
I wonder how much of this is attributed to how bungled the Xbox One launch and sales were. Something that was celebrated by many on neogaf at launch and continued here until Spencer began to change feelings. Tbh even still the lack lustre Xbox exclusive offerings probably influenced it as well, hard to believe how bad Xbox One was for the majority of its existence
All these big gaming IP under one roof is just a monopoly nightmare. I personally hope it gets stopped for antitrust reasons, but who am I kidding. They are 100% getting away with it lol.
MS vision seems simple; either pay up to play our games or... Don't play games because there will be nothing left!
MS vision seems simple; either pay up to play our games or... Don't play games because there will be nothing left!
This will force Sony to answer in some way. I think it has no effect on nintendo they just don't care. I can see Microsoft keeping most of these games multi platform. In the end they are trying to get everyone in there eco system some way or another. With the direction act/bliz was going I'm not mad about this.
Like I said on the short time it's good news for us but in 10 years we will regret it.
They buy Call of Duty for the multiplayer. You're gonna just cut off the largest chunk of your multiplayer fanbase? A lot less people care about regular Call of Duty multiplayer anymore now that Warzone is a thing.
This news sucks for people in countries without any Xbox presence. These countries also happen to be places where PC components are ridiculously expensive.
To be fair, No one thought MS would buy Bethesda or now Activision. They are eating up the competition slowly.
The bummer about consolidations like this is that they can affect players who don't even play games from this publisher.
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jesus...if you can't make great IPs people want real bad just buy up all the popular 3rd party stuff i guess.
Guess we know why FFXIV wasn't coming to xbox now XD
Honestly 2022 I see Sony starts to try and get a Capcom or Square.
Tbh I hope MS can fix activision blizzard but year good luck Phil with the amount of lawsuits that will increase now
Honestly 2022 I see Sony starts to try and get a Capcom or Square.
Tbh I hope MS can fix activision blizzard but year good luck Phil with the amount of lawsuits that will increase now
Bethesda was super savvy at the price point. This is about paying $70bn for unprecedented market share to pull from.
Now gamepass at some point will have the top selling FPS, and maybe even an MMO if they can get the Warcraft house in order. If enough people get comfortable with cloud gaming, they'll be doing very well for themselves.
They said the same thing about Minecraft also.
$70 billion. MS will get their money back in 7 years.
This really sucks. Fuck off MS and Facebook with your shitty future.
I own a Series X, but this is kinda fucked tbh.
Industry consolidation is not something to be celebrated.
Industry consolidation is not something to be celebrated.
Honestly, this move makes me feel LESS invested in Xbox than before, but I know I'm an outlier.
Already got a message from a Ps5 buddy saying: "well, fuck it... I'm buying an Xbox now"
Literally in their press release. MS is preparing for metaverse now.
Diablo IV might still come, as that was well in development before this deal and could have contracts obligating a release. Same deal how Deathloop and that other game still release on PlayStation, while it's made by a now Microsoft studio.
It's all speculating until we get confirmation though, which might take a while.
Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire
Creators of Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more join Team Xbox As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all know that gaming is the...
news.xbox.com
There you go folks
Unlikely, MS wouldn't have announced at all if they new there was a big chance it'll get blocked.
Haven't even wiped the crust from my eyes and I see see this? I'm dead fucking serious when I say I dont know what's gonna happen to Sony over the next decade. I mean Bethesda was massive, but this is monumental and has the one of the worlds largest IPs tied to it. If they decide to go nuclear and make COD an exclusive the that's the biggest 3rd party blow I could imagine.
I believe that's a similar amount ATT paid to T-Mobile when their merger was blocked by the government
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