That's pretty interesting. Dude still has a diamond parachute, but basically his refusal to step down let MS swoop in.
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
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That's pretty interesting. Dude still has a diamond parachute, but basically his refusal to step down let MS swoop in.
I was planning on riding with just a ps5 this gen but this news is making me reconsider that.
I don't share the pessimism a lot of people have that MS will just buy up everyone. It doesn't really make much business sense. It's true the only thing MS still misses is FIFA, so at some point EA may be in the cards. But what MS needs is enough studios to release a big game every one or two months with a bunch of small games in between they don't even need to money hat because they seek an audience.. They seem to have enough studios now to make that happen.
Everything more however has an opportunity cost. It won't lead to many more subscriptions but does hike the price, which gets people to bounce off the service.
Everything more however has an opportunity cost. It won't lead to many more subscriptions but does hike the price, which gets people to bounce off the service.
This can't be real. Is there a 5G Covid angle in this acquisition too?
I do believe Activision saved their asses here.
They are declining pretty fast, Warzone is a disaster, Blizzard is a clusterfuck, every single dev under ATVI has serious problems.
Xbox (Or anyone reasonably managed) is great news for 10.000 employees living under Kotick's house.
They are declining pretty fast, Warzone is a disaster, Blizzard is a clusterfuck, every single dev under ATVI has serious problems.
Xbox (Or anyone reasonably managed) is great news for 10.000 employees living under Kotick's house.
I know right, people are losing their shit with this acquisition.
I am sure a good chunk of money was added to get Kotick the hell outta there lol
I have both an Xbox Series X and a PS5. It's irrelevant.
It's not good for the industry. These aren't small studios with niche market appeal. You now have a situation where they're buying practically entire segments of the gaming industry. We're heading in a direction where you have to buy this platform and subscription for this shooter and a different one entirely for the other brand, same with sports games. The problem is, it's nothing like having a fire tv that can connect to different services, there is expensive hardware to go with it.
Subscriptions obviously are finding their place but I don't understand people celebrating acquisitions like this. Ultimately, everyone is much better off if they're making deals to supply games on given services.
Well, that's not true. Because, with a few exceptions, everyone would sell. AB was just in a position where they would sell for what MS was willing to pay.
This deal wouldn't have happened at $110+ billion six months ago.
Still wouldn't dare playing another ActiBlizz game, especially when Microsoft is refusing to shake up the corporate ladder over there. I also don't really see any exclusives coming from this, unlike with the Bethesda buyout. Feels like the folks over at Raven are going to get completely shafted if Activision is going to be able to bypass Raven software and use Microsoft's resources to further outsource things like QA.
God I hate capitalism. Glad Microsoft has fully embraced its status as the Disney of video games.
God I hate capitalism. Glad Microsoft has fully embraced its status as the Disney of video games.
The devs concerned about "being stuck with weak hardware" have jack shit influence on what a board of directors decided to do if they want to sell to Nintendo (or Apple or whatever other company).
Only a hardcore gaming nerd like you or I could think like this.
Truly cannot see the forest for the trees, because we are connoisseurs that appreciate God of War more than CoD.
I hate to break it to you but CoD is an order of magnitude bigger than any Sony IP. Among causal adult players it is literally THE game. Millions and millions of gamers play no other game but CoD.
At the rate they're going you'll need a second monitor to see the whole banner.Sweet mother
Wow, Acti-Blizzard's value dropped that much? Kotick really was sinking the company.
X3
(I mean they could call it "X3" instead of E3, that wasn't some weird smiley lol)
Minus the fanboy line you had, you are 100% correct.
It amazing how people either forget or just don't know how MS pushed the industry forward. Instead, they rather take the low hanging fruit and just say they buy stuff. Both are true.
You see that was different. Also Reggie cared about me. So does Mark Cerny.
ummmm, yeah, that's what I just agreed with? I totally expect a price increase…the thing is that the service will still be worth it by all measures. I don't know what the ceiling is though. Maybe $30 a month for Gamepass/Gamepass PC/Cloud/Live all together?
AFAIK there's no law preventing that. Japan may have stricter laws regarding M&A, but it's not a downright prohibition like we've been led to believe. Feel free to prove me wrong, this is just an educated guess.
That's not what organic growth means.
MS isn't flopping hard and is actually expanding their market base rather than contracting it, though.
Ah, but wouldn't it be better to show CC since it takes in about 1.5 billion alone a year?
Fully expecting MS to release the pressure off CoD so it gets some room to breath and improve. Warzone to continue to be supported thoughout. Mainline games on a 2 year cadence so they dont eat into each others audience.
They have Halo, Perfect Dark, Doom, Wolfenstein, Gears to fill the gap in between and maximise Gamepass sub every christmas. Really good for CoD teams i think.
They have Halo, Perfect Dark, Doom, Wolfenstein, Gears to fill the gap in between and maximise Gamepass sub every christmas. Really good for CoD teams i think.
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call of duty is the current McDonald's of gaming, I'm sure they are very concerned.
call of duty is the current McDonald's of gaming, I'm sure they are very concerned.
I mean right now yeah. The more publishers they scoop up the less "other games" there are.
You think they'll pass on securing GTA and FIFA as Xbox first party games if the opportunity arises?
I don't think they'll go after anyone else big in the next year or two. This acquisition is going to be a huge undertaking, they're going to want to focus on this for the time being. Maybe some other smaller acquisitions but I think EA and T2 are off the table for now.
It's kinda awkward having crash up there twice, in differing and clashing artstyles too.
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