Deal won't finalize until June 2023, gotta pass anti-trust laws, once he the deal is complete, the purge will begin.
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
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I can't see it happening. But imagine a Sony owned valve with a gaming focused desktop Linux OS. Would be both ballsy and Interesting. Not a chance it would happen though I think.
Pretty much the equivalent of: "Your current games will continue to work on non-MS platforms"
They may not make as much but they're shrinking the industry more and more as they take control of more IPs and Studios.
We'll have to wait 18 months before anything can be legally said. They can't really say that Kotick is out before everything is set in stone.
People saying "well I don't play x anyway" are going to keep using that line until MS owns games people did want to play. You're lying to yourselves if you think this is good in any way, shape or form. Even in regards to Game Pass, you don't think MS is going to raise their subscription fee much more over time? They are setting people up to pay more because they will be the gatekeepers of all the games people want to play.
Um…
None of the content that Sony "locked down" was restricted from eventually being released to Xbox. This simply takes franchises that were already On other ecosystems and restricts them.
This board is so weird: a pseudo-leftist board that cheers massive consolidation.
My friend keeps getting screwed. His favorite games are Fallout, Skyrim, and Call of Duty. He only plays Playstation. He bought a PS5 before the Bethesda news, said, "well, guess I won't be playing Starfield" after the news broke; I told him about COD this morning, and said "I guess I won't be playing Call of Duty anymore."
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Sony really needs to lean hard into NFTs to combat Microsoft's market consolidation. It's a untapped market and they can be leaders in much the same way MS was years ahead with Gamepass.
Time traveller from 2010's: "What games is Microsoft releasing this year?"
"Hopefully a new WoW expansion, DOOM eternal sequel, Crash Bandicoot, Halo content"
"Hopefully a new WoW expansion, DOOM eternal sequel, Crash Bandicoot, Halo content"
I would actually cheer about this acquisition if the Lost Viking series got revived from this.
Yeah so exactly what I said?
The new games no longer being able to be purchased by PlayStation owners in the future is still them losing access to their favorite franchises.
If not in an actual contract, they are not legally obligated to follow through. Churching it up because it is good PR upfront and gives them a little extra leverage when it comes to moving through the court for anti-trust concerns.
I've been mulling over whether a rebrand is on the cards, somewhere down the line.
Whilst I think that's very true, I think it gives Microsoft more positives to a rebrand, not fewer.
The general public only know or care about the IPs, so they won't care if the Activision Blizzard name disappears.
Which leaves only the gamers who might care - but given they know the recent reputation is a trash fire, I can't see many being upset by it these days. Even employees might welcome some disassociation from the past.
Assuming they do it after making more substantive and meaningful changes, it would seem like putting a bow on top. Microsoft can clean up the execs, restructure things, and finish by giving it a new name.
I imagine I'm missing some possible contractual items or underestimating the brand value, however. Or they might just decide the meaningful changes are enough, and try to rehabilitate a past icon.
Would welcome more opinions / insight.
You didn't sign a contract with activision and blizzard that their games are on PS5
this is what it is
there are a ton of ps5 players who need to evaluate whether or not an Xbox is worth their money
Why do we need to add blame anywhere? Most of us just care if the end product is good. For a long time now Playstation was the default platform for many, with that success came power to make deals more easily that often times was not in the best interest of consumers. So again I ask, why is there any blame being passed around when this industry has never really been about the consumer to begin with? Microsoft has the means financially to make them more competitive, just like how Sony had it with mere marketshare.
Microsoft still fall short of matching Tencent and Sony after this purchase is complete, it's not even close to a monopoly at this point.
I understand the anger / worry / whatever emotion people feel at this time, but, I'd honestly prefer Microsoft at the helm of Activision Blizzard over current leadership. At least gamers will still have the ability to play new Activision Blizzard games on PC, Xbox or Cloud.
Point being, it's not all doom and gloom.
When the "First they came...." argument is made for games, and it kinda even makes sense. That's when things start to get scary.
Sony locking in third party games was a very sound business decision, this is MS's response to expand their own aspirations on gaming.
MegaCorps are not people, I neither love nor hate any of them (aka no blame). I only enjoy using their products
Market consolidation isn't a monopoly either. If Microsoft were to attempt to buy Nintendo or Sony, you could argue the case for anti-trust in shrinking the competition to 2 console platforms vs 3.
Just what the industry needs after this, more corporate consolidation of IP.
For some, gamepass has given Microsoft carte blanche to buy whoever they want.
This is a giant acquisition and hopefully work environment at ABK can improve after the merge is done and Kotick leaves (with a huge huge bonus >:( )
Off topic: if a $70B acquisition is a thing, how long until Valve is acquired? They can't be worth more than that, no? Nintendo should be safe because Japan will probably cry foul if a foreigner company tries to buy them.
Off topic: if a $70B acquisition is a thing, how long until Valve is acquired? They can't be worth more than that, no? Nintendo should be safe because Japan will probably cry foul if a foreigner company tries to buy them.
I don't know if the ultimate result of what Microsoft are doing will be themselves and Sony both selling their own games and subscription services on each consoles, or how long it would take to get to that point
Very sad for even more consolidation in that space. I really didn't expect to wake up to that news this morning. So much money
This feels like a deal that forces Sony from "we should look into Square or Capcom" — which is where they already had to be prior to this — into "what money do we need to move around to make it Square AND Capcom". Which is terrible, but no way this doesn't become an arms race. And even then, both of those would be a smaller deal than Activision Blizzard, but Sony can't afford that kind of deal
You mean the Square-Enix games that are effectively already exclusives? What else would this get them 🤷🏽♂️
Nope, can happen anywhere between June this year and June next year. The sooner the better, get him the f out of there.
amen....that's all I'll say on it.
Unless MS announced the games will simply debut on Gamepass and be exclusive for a window period like movies rights, this sucks. It's literally just taking away games, nothing new/more content is being created.
Well, that's part of life. Would be different if Sony Studios would stop making games on Playstation, obviously. But third-party developers doesn't owe you shit when it comes to video games availability.
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