They said the exact same thing during the Bethesda deal, too.
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
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They said the exact same thing during the Bethesda deal, too.
hopefully the board gets let go after the deal goes through.
Also considering how Microsoft is invested in diversifying its catalogue for GamePass, I think the odds of seeing Tony Hawk 3+4 and Crash 5 just increased. I bet we'll see more unused Acti IPs get brought back.
Also considering how Microsoft is invested in diversifying its catalogue for GamePass, I think the odds of seeing Tony Hawk 3+4 and Crash 5 just increased. I bet we'll see more unused Acti IPs get brought back.
How Sony is feeling? Get ready for Apple
Which is exactly why Sony's endgame has to be some type of partnership or merger with Google, Amazon, or Apple.
It's the only way forward. Sony simply doesn't have 70 billion lying around to compete with Microsoft in a spending war.
Nintendo will be fine.
Also, Microsoft and Nintendo have been getting along really well lately. I don't see their relationship getting worse. Some of these takes make me chuckle.
Haha, I doubt ANY government cares at all about this compared to everything else going on in this world. It's not even important enough they should waste time on it.
Lol
Some of you will stretch anything to make massive consolidation and fewer competitors seem "good for consumers."
This isn't good for consumers whatsoever.
I do not think this is bad personally. If they can clean up the company, it added a ton of content that I can play across Xbox, PC and mobile as part of my subscription.
Sony needs to react, which maybe will then make MS react.
Competition is fun like that
I can't even imagine what this would look like. I do not like to imagine it, either.
On one hand, maybe I'll feel okay playing Activision games in the near future. On the other hand, cheering on multi-billion dollar mega corporate mergers feels a bit dystopic. Maybe WoW Classic will be on PC Gamepass? Oh dear, this warrants some reflection…
This is bigger than what games you can buy on Gamepass, man.
What happens when MS no longer has to worry about competing, since hey, they own everything.
The best way for Sony to deal with this would be to simply buy Microsoft???
I don't know why that's not being discussed here
I don't know why that's not being discussed here
That's what Jeff Grub was saying on his Nintendo podcast just now. Scandal after scandal over the past few years and the start of employees unionizing spurred the talks that according to him started in October/November and they worked over the holidays to finalize this deal. So while it's been in the works for a while, it's still coming in pretty hot.
Bro if they start a new warcraft or starcraft TODAY, I will be nearing my 40s by the time they release them ......
So yeah. Tony Hawk just got hard cancelled so same thing there is nothing in the works.
I did forget about Crash and Spyro.
But even then given the amount of the deal, it's not those two licenses that are shaking my heart.
I guess I don't really get the feeling that Microsoft is interested in exclusivity or feels these purchases are about excluding Playstation or Nintendo so much as it continues to be a push towards Microsoft's insistence on making gaming platform agnostic in the future where the majority of the planet accesses these properties through cloud infrastructure.
Obviously the infrastructure and logistics of this streaming reality are nowhere close to being a reality at this moment and we're still a long way away from that but in an industry that has been rapidly consolidating long before Microsoft bought Bethesda and Activision, I think that their plan does do a good job of stripping away barriers to entry even if it does come at the expense of some of these titles leaving Playstation.
In a perfect world though, Microsoft and Sony could carve out some sort of way to enable these titles to still come to Playstation and make it work. Of course, that would be a bigger shock than this deal itself since it would require Game Pass being on Sony platforms in a manner that doesn't undercut their own business interests.
Yeah this sucks and really isn't a good thing for the industry. As customer it might be nice in the short-term. You get those games on Game Pass and we will get hope for IPs like Crash, Warcraft or Starcraft which were pretty much dead for me like everything else from Activision Blizzard.
But this isn't a move that should be celebrated, I am pretty sure Sony is now forced to buy at least a big publisher too and we will head more and more into a future were everyone will be sucked up. I am also not really comfortable with stuff like cloud gaming and streaming getting too dominant. I love Game Pass, but I also want the retail market and the classic consoles from Nintendo and Sony to stay strong to give me as many options as possible.
MS buying everyone under the sun will eliminate that.
A price increase for Game Pass is now unavoidable too and one we got some hikes like with Netflix it might lose appeal for me too, because I usually still love to own games.
I also definitely don't see this as MS "clearing the house"
Kotick and all the others now got an easy way out with ton of money and jumped from the sinking ship instead of going down with them, that doesn't sit well for me either.
But this isn't a move that should be celebrated, I am pretty sure Sony is now forced to buy at least a big publisher too and we will head more and more into a future were everyone will be sucked up. I am also not really comfortable with stuff like cloud gaming and streaming getting too dominant. I love Game Pass, but I also want the retail market and the classic consoles from Nintendo and Sony to stay strong to give me as many options as possible.
MS buying everyone under the sun will eliminate that.
A price increase for Game Pass is now unavoidable too and one we got some hikes like with Netflix it might lose appeal for me too, because I usually still love to own games.
I also definitely don't see this as MS "clearing the house"
Kotick and all the others now got an easy way out with ton of money and jumped from the sinking ship instead of going down with them, that doesn't sit well for me either.
Uh... okay. The comment I made was about brand strength and loyalty.
Yep, he gonna milk every drop he can from this subject just like he did with Bethesda.
Funny that yesterday we had an interview from him talking about transparency lol
I think everybody should stop and think that it's okay to feel happy if you're part of the Xbox ecosystem while also acknowledging that this is a really shitty situation for everyone who's not part of it and that the implications regarding the industry's consolidation movement being scary.
I for one am incredibly excited to play Blizzard games day 1 on my Xbox, but at the same time it's still something that makes me worry for the future of this industry.
I for one am incredibly excited to play Blizzard games day 1 on my Xbox, but at the same time it's still something that makes me worry for the future of this industry.
The only thing good about this is maybe they have some hidden old IP's we don't know about and maybe Microsoft could revive them? This is big news for sure but for me I stop playing Call Of Duty a long time ago and nothing so far from that company I care about expect for Overwatch, but I know I am in the minority.
I can imagine higher ups at Microsoft watching all the shit go down with Activision Blizzard and grinding their hands in anticipation while the stock drops.
Have you seen the movie Ready Player One? It's like that but with your boss following you around, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs.
But if you want a more serious answer :p
So what is “the metaverse,” exactly?
Will we all live in the metaverse soon? Or is the idea just Second Life redux?
arstechnica.com
I genuinely cannot blame you for thinking this was a serious post.
I look at half the posts in this thread the same way.
No it's not, lol. People can be unhappy with the news, but let's not act like this is a monopoly now. The only way that would come into question is if MS tries to buy out a Nintendo or Sony.
Aside from the question of which games will no longer be available on Sony platforms...how else has the competition changed for these games being owned by Megacorp ActiBlizz vs Megacorp MS?
Sony has locked down many games in the past, MS responded with the nuclear option
They'll push gamepass streaming onto Nintendo devices as the only way to play them, can't see many now MS titles making it to Nintendo, so not sure how its fine for them?
One thing to always remember is the most costumers (especially the young ones) are not loyal at all. Nintendo has arguably the biggest brand strength of all the console makers and they landed a Wii U. And after that a Switch.
Its all about execution, marketing and content. Brand loyalty is a really small factor.
Basically "Enjoy Vanguard and MW2 this year but don't expect BO5 or MW3 anytime soon"
This is what one of the biggest companies in the world getting serious about gaming looks like.
Acquisitions can push toward anti-trust. Unlikely now - will be when they buy UBI Soft
It seems I half-remembered; it's not the "exact same thing", but they did say they'd be bringing future Bethesda games to other platforms "on a case by case basis"
Microsoft deciding ‘case-by-case’ about future Bethesda games on PS5, Switch
Exclusivity is the billion-dollar question
www.polygon.com
Before then stating that those future games would be exclusive instead:
Elder Scrolls 6’s Xbox exclusivity ‘isn’t about punishing PlayStation’, says Spencer | VGC
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has again reiterated that The Elder Scrolls VI is an Xbox exclusive.
www.videogameschronicle.com
Lol people are really gonna cling on to this for as long as they can, just like with Bethesda...
You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?
So if Sony locks down the next RE game, MS should buy EA then? And then if Sony gets exclusive rights to the next Sonic game, MS should buy up Take Two?
Sony only brought it on themselves you know... /s.
Yeah, on a positive note those studios may get to do something else and hey, StarCraft, you never know. I think generally it may be a solid culture change and freedom to do new things as well as old with all that headcount and less of a hollow grind.
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