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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

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Firmus_Anguis

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Matt said:
I never said they were sitting idle, but the timeframe offered up was within a few months, and that's an incredibly short amount of time.
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Oh, sorry! My bad, I didn't see that!

But still, within a little less than a year and a half, MS's announced 2 huge publisher acquisitions.

I'm honestly a bit surprised that we haven't heard anything from Sony during this timeframe, aside from their much, much smaller acquisitions. I honestly never thought they'd stick to that plan after the Bethesda deal, with MS even explicitly stating that they intended to continue with their strategy.

Now though? Now I can't even imagine them not getting into the publisher-buying game... I hate this so much.
 
OldBenKenobi

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haziq said:
I'm actually kind of surprised everyone seems to be happy with this. One company buying up everything just creates less options for everyone else. All because Microsoft can't be bothered to actually invest in their own gaming studios to create good games, and would rather buy up their competition in order to look competitive.

I'd imagine antitrust will be tested soon. Wouldn't be the first time with Microsoft.
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But they have created good games? Some of you guys need to step back and relax lol. This comes off as fanboy nonsense.
 
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Theorry

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Mostly happy for me and that gamepass i invested in because even more value. Also kinda happy for the devs that were stuck at COD.
Hopefully now they have some freedom again to make something new. Love to see what Sledgehammer can do on their own terms
 
Valentonis

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Halo, DOOM, CoD, Overwatch, and Dishonored all under the same roof? Screw Xbox Smash Bros, we need an Xbox MOBA shooter
 
Goldenroad

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Benzychenz said:
They'll buy everyone they can.
They want to give everyone no other option but to subscribe to Gamepass, and at that point they jack up the price because what else are we gonna do?
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Just buy the games you want individually. I don't think MS is ever going to put out a game that is exclusive to Game Pass, at least not based on their current messaging.
 
Combichristoffersen

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Firmus_Anguis said:
Oh, sorry! My bad, I didn't see that!

But still, within a little less than a year and a half, MS's announced 2 huge publisher acquisitions.

I'm honestly a bit surprised that we haven't heard anything from Sony during this timeframe, aside from their much, much smaller acquisitions. I honestly never thought they'd stick to that plan after the Bethesda deal, with MS even explicitly stating that they intended to continue with their strategy.

Now though? Now I can't even imagine them not getting into the publisher-buying game... I hate this so much.
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Sony are fairly slow about most things these days. They need to work faster, and unless they buy a publisher or two themselves, MS can easily starve them off AAA content.
 
wingkongex

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Ch3m61_ said:
You could always stream the games to your phone or a cheap Chrome Book.
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Yeah, between MS, Sony and Nintendo, MS with Game Pass is the closest to being basically platform agnostic - PC, mobile, streaming, dedicated console hardware. If Sony or Nintendo acquire a dev to specifically make games for them, I have far less options when it comes to where to play them.
 
Ultima_5

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haziq said:
I'm actually kind of surprised everyone seems to be happy with this. One company buying up everything just creates less options for everyone else. All because Microsoft can't be bothered to actually invest in their own gaming studios to create good games, and would rather buy up their competition in order to look competitive.

I'd imagine antitrust will be tested soon. Wouldn't be the first time with Microsoft.
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Ya must not have read much of the thread then lol
 
Paxton25

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Goldenroad said:
I think Ubisoft is the other obvious one that they are probably in discussions with, especially after Far Cry 6 and Riders Republic didn't really set the world on fire last year. And with Ubi's stock price sitting at half of where it was this time last year, and almost 1/3 of their highest value, now would be the time to be getting aggresive with them. And then there is the bit of smoke that we maybe see in RB6 Extraction and Siege being added to Game Pass this month.
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Ubisoft on gamepass would be a dream come true. Assassins creeds for basically nothing 🥳
 
Relly

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Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
 
THEVOID

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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Who do you trust?
 
adj_noun

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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Did anyone have Epstein on their bingo card
 
YaBish

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The other side of this that sucks is that ActiBlizz was sucking so hard that their employees were gesturing towards unionization. Doubt that happens now.
 
BrickArts295

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haziq said:
I'm actually kind of surprised everyone seems to be happy with this. One company buying up everything just creates less options for everyone else. All because Microsoft can't be bothered to actually invest in their own gaming studios to create good games, and would rather buy up their competition in order to look competitive.

I'd imagine antitrust will be tested soon. Wouldn't be the first time with Microsoft.
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Given how much of a cesspool Activision has become this is not a bad outcome for the devs involved and this coming a hardcore PlayStation fan *see avatar*. So I can see why some of Era is happy about this but man Twitter is gonna get unbearable (if it wasn't already).
 

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Firmus_Anguis said:
Oh, sorry! My bad, I didn't see that!

But still, within a little less than a year and a half, MS's announced 2 huge publisher acquisitions.

I'm honestly a bit surprised that we haven't heard anything from Sony during this timeframe, aside from their much, much smaller acquisitions. I honestly never thought they'd stick to that plan after the Bethesda deal, with MS even explicitly stating that they intended to continue with their strategy.

Now though? Now I can't even imagine them not getting into the publisher-buying game... I hate this so much.
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An existing publisher buying another publisher is not really an efficient use of capital. MS is doing it because, frankly, they have the money to burn.

It's absolutely possible for Sony to grab their own publisher, and if they were asking me for advice there are a few that make a fair bit of sense. But they can't do it just because MS has done it to make a point or something like that.
 
TheHunter

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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Bill Gates hasn't been running the show for quite some time.

Nadella seems like a "decent" CEO so far.
 
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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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You're right. This is all about population control and every new xbox console will come with a vaccine that will surely kill us all in the future. Stay Woke 👁️
 
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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Is this another meme? I can't tell anymore.
 
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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Lmaoooooo this post
 
Paxton25

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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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Bill gates doesn't run MS. No idea what this post is about…
 
Silvergun-Blue

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BossAttack said:
I'm more just laughing at the idea that Sony is somehow still that cool uncle. People they are all money-loving corporations, they are a business not your friend.
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Really? Sony haven't been the cool guys here for a while, especially since Jim Ryan took the helm. Both Jim and Phil are ruthless businessmen who have been huge assets to their parent companies, Phil just puts out better soundbites for gamer site headlines.
If these recent moves by MS really do put Sony on the back-foot then they'll return to being the cool kid and MS will be the big meanies who only care about money. (again)
 
Smokey

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Silvergun-Blue said:
A lot of people here really bought into the whole "Phil is your bestest buddy cool gaming uncle who just wants everybody to have fun" shtick.
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I mean…so did everybody when the "used game" troll was posted by Sony last gen.

newsflash: none of them compare about you, as an individual as much as it may hurt to admit so.
 
Goldenroad

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Benzychenz said:
Ok then. Let's rephrase to make everyone get into the Xbox ecosystem because there's no other choice.
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They aren't going to buy Sony or Nintendo (most likely), so I think you'll always have a choice. In fact, I'd argue, if you want to play Spiderman games, or God of War, or Mario games, or Zelda games...you're not ever going to be able to do that on XBOX. But yeah, if you want to play Starfield or Call of Duty in a couple years you're probably going to need an XBOX or a PC or a Phone or a Tablet or a Smart TV and a steady internet connection, but at least that barrier isn't there compared to something like Mario that you can't play on a phone or tablet or PC.
 
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Relly said:
Welp what do you expect from Bill Gates corporation, the man that went to epsteins island several times or tries to buy farms in other country to Controll the food there. He looks innocent but he for sure is the devil's toenail. I don't trust the future with Ms at all.
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this thread keeps on delivering, unless this a copypasta that im missing
 
DixieDean82

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Not sure why Sony should be too concerned with this? Losing COD would be a blow, but they have such a great 1st party line up. Added to the brand of PS being so strong WW I don't see the big deal. They'll sell 100 million plus PS5's and the world will keep spinning.
 
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Vanguard is going to be the last Call of Duty campaign for PlayStation… talk about disappointing.
 
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