Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
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I have no horse in this race but on the flip side you can say all those AB games that were once available on playstation are locked out and gone now. Works both ways. That's prob what he meant by bad for consumers.
No sane person who likes WRPGs would stick around on Playstation for Larian games they can also get on Xbox or PC. The PS platform is functionally dead weight for WRPG fans.
Because Activision has slowly been forcing all of their studios to work on CoD, and through this, ideally we'll start getting other games other than CoD.
You're making up a scenario where games that are already available on a platform are going away for whatever reason, and that future games are also becoming Microsoft exclusives.
Come on. There's more than fps in that deal. Crash, Spyro, Warcraft, Starcraft, Tony Hawk and so many other ips that Activision buried like Prototype
Just because you get an immediate benefit as a consumer doesn't mean it helps the industry as a hole. You get a cookie, while competition fades and the industry becomes beholden to mega corp.
Are we talking about sweat shop owning Apple ?
In this corporate world every company is there for one thing make money, So are Sony and Nintendo.
There are no « good » guys and « bad » guys just companies trying to make a profit.
I love all the "this is a monopoly" posts but also the responses where people are like "its not a monopoly yet!"
Like we all know where this is headed. They're not gonna just decide to be done buying up companies that provide their competitors with content.
Like we all know where this is headed. They're not gonna just decide to be done buying up companies that provide their competitors with content.
This is insane.
I wonder how sony is feeling.
Nintendo can live off their own franchises forever.
I wonder how sony is feeling.
Nintendo can live off their own franchises forever.
I am certain Tencent was eyeing Activison Blizzard, but they did not want to pay so much
Exactly. CoD is still a juggernaut in its worst years. If Microsoft gives the devs a longer timeframe and even more resources to make the games & add seasonal content to Warzone, the sky is the limit for the franchise
I also hope so. Unlike Zenimax, MS must actively intervene on Activision/Blizzard to normalize the company and make them develop top-quality products.
Same exact song and dance as last time. Pay lip service to the PS platform and then as soon as the deal goes through every new game will be exclusive, with previous revenue streams continuing support until a sequel is announced.
You don't need any of that to play it since you will be able to play it with Xcloud.
In a battle of attrition, MS always wins in the long run. Always. They just have too much money.
Right. They'll do the same thing they did with Bethesda, live games in play will remain on the platforms they're on, games set to launch will launch on expected platforms, after that? Likely console exclusive to Xbox.
People said I was crazy because I thought EA could get acquired by Microsoft. Redemption.
Had a bad night with a sick kid and waking up to this news was bonkers. Better than coffee.
I personally don't mind. I love Game Pass. The gaming industry is still huge when not including Microsoft.
Had a bad night with a sick kid and waking up to this news was bonkers. Better than coffee.
I personally don't mind. I love Game Pass. The gaming industry is still huge when not including Microsoft.
Exactly. There's pretty much never anything that's good for consumers universally. As much as we may wish it weren't so, we live in a capitalist world and corporate moves will always be what's good for executives and shareholders.
On the consumer end, those moves will usually be good for some consumer and bad for others (of course some moves are just bad for all with things like across the board price increases or what not). This is good for my bottom line as I love GamePass and now there will be more content on it down the road that I would have otherwise bought. It furthers the likelihood of Gamepass succeeding and leading to other platforms launching equivalent services down the road which is great for me as someone who hates buying games as a 99% "one and done" gamer. Obviously sucks for people who aren't interest in GamePass/subscription services period and those who don't want to buy an Xbox or PC to be able to buy the games that get made exclusive.
Amazing how some people will believe it tooMicrosoft's own PR headline for this is hilarious:
Needs Phil's face, lolThe embarrassment of Xbox One's launch and the PS4 clowning on it all last gen…
MS:
ms is all in on game pass and I could definitely see that happening. breadth of content is king for subscription services.
This is fascinating to try and square away with that they surely won't continue to allow day and date COD to launch on the platform
They have too many now. It's a monopoly !! (and certainly illegal)
So apparently getting a few exclusive or timed exclusive rights to some games gives all the reason in the world to spend 70B on a company that holds many developers and tons and tons of IPs to be exclusive to one service/market?
Yeah sure, this is all Sony's fault /s.
$70b lol fucking insane.
Shit just got real, like really real.
This will surely force Sony's hand into doing something big.
Crazy times.
Shit just got real, like really real.
This will surely force Sony's hand into doing something big.
Crazy times.
The embarrassment of Xbox One's launch and the PS4 clowning on it all last gen…
MS:
I really shouldn't be laughing but...
Damn this fucking sucks.
I know gaming has always been a corporate nightmare basically since it's inception but still, the whole industry is being sucked into a mega corp with nothing on it's mind other than consolidation of IP via merger and purchase. Feel really shitty right now ngl.
I know gaming has always been a corporate nightmare basically since it's inception but still, the whole industry is being sucked into a mega corp with nothing on it's mind other than consolidation of IP via merger and purchase. Feel really shitty right now ngl.
Just put 'yet' after 'that platform' and true meaning will be revealed
This is what happens when you piss Microsoft off by getting exclusivity on one of their golden franchises (Knights of the Old Republic). They come and take your old mascots away from you haha.
It stopped being fearmongering after ZeniMax and the promise of more in the future. People will still downplay it, though.
lol, there's no reason to believe they'll be removing their games from platforms those games are already on
It is already beholden to mega corps. I mentioned things will likely change in the future but currently Gamepass is very consumer friendly and I can't worry about something that has not actually happened yet
The 'fearmongers' knew this was coming and telling everyone. The same people are now telling everyone this is bad for the industry, sadly that won't stop the cheerleaders from cheerleading though.
All industry consolidation is bad.
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So basically you are hoping that Microsoft doing something bad will hopefully make Sony also do something bad?
What?
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