Marvel14
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No it's not. It didn't happen on their watch. They're accountable for what happens going forward.
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Breaking: Microsoft to acquire Activision-Blizzard in near 70$ billion deal
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No it's not. It didn't happen on their watch. They're accountable for what happens going forward.
ReBurn
Gold Member
Activision games could be on game pass by this Christmas. That would be huge.Even better
-pepodmc
Neo Member
no. i want capcom to be light years away from actual sony
ManaByte
Gold Member
No no no you don't get modern millennial thinking. Phil Spencer is now accountable for everything Bobby Kotick has done or said since birth.
darrylgorn
Member
Halo
COD
Elder Scrolls
WOW
Diablo
Game over, folks.
COD
Elder Scrolls
WOW
Diablo
Game over, folks.
PerfectDark
Banned
MS needs to get the NFL license. Make a football game.
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
CNBC frustratingly haven't uploaded the entire interview with Phil and Bobby, but here's a couple snippets:
Flintty
Member
Bethesda was the attack on New York in 2012.hey guys....
....
...turns out Bethesda was just a dress rehearsal.
Acti-Blizz is Thanos landing on Earth in Infinity War and ripping the last stone out himself.
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Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Give it time. It's early yet.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
This is a loooooong term investment, MS sees where gaming is heading, its all live service cloud based beamed straight to your telly or mobile device via subscription, this is no different than Disney hoovering up Fox for its exclusive content.. MS have the wallet to play the long game
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
The Cartographer
Member
Excuse me but what the hell?
Seriously?
For real?
Seriously?
For real?
John Wick
Member
Bobby is laughing all the way to the bank
Games of Today
Member
Let's hope that the success of Halo Infinite and now this acquisition of Activision will not only cause a leap in quality in Call of Duty, but force Sony to create or reboot some of their Third and First Person shooters such as SOCOM, Killzone, Resistance, Warhawk or even MAG. I want to see real competition again. I'm growing slightly tired of Sony only maing Third Person Adventure/RPG styled games.
Elder Legend
Banned
Wow was essentially my second life. I played it for 14 years. No excuses now to rip out this ancient engine , make a new one and make WoW 2 lol.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Can we have a remake of Call of Duty 2 please?
Robb
Gold Member
Absolute madness.. Doesn’t this also mean that MS now owns Spyro and Crash Bandicoot?
twilo99
Member
Vanguard is as quality as it gets..
octiny
Banned
People already comparing COD to Minecraft thinking Activision is not going to be PC/Xbox exclusive.
I expect them continue to support older titles & free games like Warzone just like Bethesda, unless said game was already announced as a multiplatform release and/or a exclusive deal was in place prior to MS/ACT deal closing (ala deathloop).
The only way Sony will get any of these games is if they put Gamepass on Sony consoles. However, I do expect Activision to stay multiplatform on new games up until June of next year, when the deal officially closes.
Absolutely insane deal. All them on Gamepass. Wonder who else MS is scooping up? EA or Ubi?
I expect them continue to support older titles & free games like Warzone just like Bethesda, unless said game was already announced as a multiplatform release and/or a exclusive deal was in place prior to MS/ACT deal closing (ala deathloop).
The only way Sony will get any of these games is if they put Gamepass on Sony consoles. However, I do expect Activision to stay multiplatform on new games up until June of next year, when the deal officially closes.
Absolutely insane deal. All them on Gamepass. Wonder who else MS is scooping up? EA or Ubi?
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Phil to Bobby next June..
SenjutsuSage
Banned
This is crazy. Absolutely crazy. Like how did this happen? When did this happen?? Didn’t they just bash them like days ago??
Yea, and now they're fixing them. They re-evaluated their relationship, and then bought them to change their culture.
Mr.ODST
Member
Vanguard isnt actually bad in terms of a cod game and a shooter and warzone is still fun.
Obviously I hope the quality of the titles get better because Cold War was such dogshit
Banjo64
cumsessed
This isn’t a war chest. This is the spending power of a small nation.
For comparison - football fans have cried and whined for 10 years because Man City and PSG have spent just 1 billion pounds each over a 10 year period.
$68b in one stroke.
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James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
like Bethesda before it, I couldn’t care less about any Activision games. Haven’t bought one in ages.
So I personally don’t care, but man this is enormous and really bad for the industry.
If I’m Sony right now you have to be scared as shit. This is unprecedented levels of consolidation and borderline monopoly
So I personally don’t care, but man this is enormous and really bad for the industry.
If I’m Sony right now you have to be scared as shit. This is unprecedented levels of consolidation and borderline monopoly
Jadsey
Member
As funny as this is, I am not convinced this is a great move for MS.
It feels like a lot of their IP have been in decline for few years. Even Overwatch and Diablo seem to have taken the wrong direction.
Still, Phil is definitely swinging a biiiig dick these days. What's he gonna buy next....the moon?
It feels like a lot of their IP have been in decline for few years. Even Overwatch and Diablo seem to have taken the wrong direction.
Still, Phil is definitely swinging a biiiig dick these days. What's he gonna buy next....the moon?
I'm very impressed with Microsoft's moves. It looked like Sony was set to dominate this gen with a strong early start on PS5, but due to the chip shortage, they haven't been able to capitalize and garner a huge lead which would let them negotiate from a strong position with 3rd parties. Sony has been buying small to mid-size studios with the exception of Insomniac, while Microsoft has been buying heavy hitter studios.
Sony seems to want to position itself as the grown-up nintendo. While I think their franchises are pretty strong, they're not Nintendo. Nintendo has the kid niche locked up and has no real competitors in that space while Sony's trying to create a niche in a space with a ton of strong competition.
Sony better buy Square or Capcom... If Microsoft beats them to owning a strong japanese studio, I'm going to say it's possibly a wrap for Sony.
Sony seems to want to position itself as the grown-up nintendo. While I think their franchises are pretty strong, they're not Nintendo. Nintendo has the kid niche locked up and has no real competitors in that space while Sony's trying to create a niche in a space with a ton of strong competition.
Sony better buy Square or Capcom... If Microsoft beats them to owning a strong japanese studio, I'm going to say it's possibly a wrap for Sony.
Rat Rage
Member
Provided this deal goes down...
Please someone explain to me one thing: How the fuck does Microsofts Xbox business make any sense? I mean, isn't the goal of a company to actually make money and be profitable?
If they buy them for 70 billion, then that's money that they have spent, not made (duh).
In 2021 Activion Blizzard had a net income of 639 million U.S. dollars. In order to just break even (provided Activison Blizzard continues to generate a net income of 700 million to 1 billion every year), they would need 70 years to do so.
Please someone explain to me one thing: How the fuck does Microsofts Xbox business make any sense? I mean, isn't the goal of a company to actually make money and be profitable?
If they buy them for 70 billion, then that's money that they have spent, not made (duh).
In 2021 Activion Blizzard had a net income of 639 million U.S. dollars. In order to just break even (provided Activison Blizzard continues to generate a net income of 700 million to 1 billion every year), they would need 70 years to do so.
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Victor Omega
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Sony checking their pocket book to see if they have enough to buy Rockstar..
Please Sony...... make a counter buy
Please Sony...... make a counter buy
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I think Deadpool and Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and some X-Men stuff...
darrylgorn
Member
It's funny watching big companies make moves like they're in a wrestling match.
Microsoft used to be heel but now they are the protagonist, saving the woke by buying up evil corporations and decapitating them lol
Microsoft used to be heel but now they are the protagonist, saving the woke by buying up evil corporations and decapitating them lol
JLB
Banned
Xbox is not monopoly at all, its not even the market leader. Or even the #2 for the case.
Anyways, Im on the same boat. Not a big fan of Activision games, other than Diablo.
Aguero9320
Member
Yep. That straw is going to be clutched hard in here for a while though. The wording in that internal email is very precise - don't expect it before July 1, 2022, but I'd expect this to be done in a similar time to how long Bethesda took from announcement to completion, so not long after. With the rumours of COD taking a break this year, I think PlayStation might have already served it's last tour.
I can't believe we are having the 'Starfield won't be exclusive' experience all over again
I'd expect TV apps and a streaming "stick" to be announced this year, ready to bring COD into every living room via Gamepass.
The thing is, Microsoft doesn't even have to block Call of Duty, etc. from coming to playstation. They just have to make sure they get the A version of Elder Scrolls, Call of Duty, etc and PS gets the B version. Ensure Xbox gets first dibs on expansion packs, etc., while Playstation gets them months to a year later.
Fredrik
Member
It’s crazy, I can barely understand it. But like I said in another thread; Sony and Nintendo exclusives is pretty much the only games I need to buy now, I can play the rest dirt cheap through Gamepass
Games of Today
Member
Absolutely not. Vanguard is shit revisionist history and the graphics are not even as good as some of their previous entries. Modern Warfare was far above the quality of Vanguard.
Infinite Warfare is probably the highest quality CoD, campaign wise, that has released since the franchise peak around Black Ops 2. Modern Warfare had high production quality for both campaign and multiplayer.
Papacheeks
Banned
Ultimate Alliance 3 was on Switch and made by Team Ninja and funded published by Nintendo? So thats out. X-men have not had a game since 360 era. So unless there's some kind of random game that came out in the last 10 years rights have most certainly reverted back to Marvel's full control. And since Wolverine has a game out I would assume if there was any chance of a x-men game from Acti wolverine would not be in the game.
OverHeat
« generous god »
fanboys did not learn a thing from BethesdaYep. That straw is going to be clutched hard in here for a while though. The wording in that internal email is very precise - don't expect it before July 1, 2022, but I'd expect this to be done in a similar time to how long Bethesda took from announcement to completion, so not long after. With the rumours of COD taking a break this year, I think PlayStation might have already served it's last tour.
I can't believe we are having the 'Starfield won't be exclusive' experience all over again
I'd expect TV apps and a streaming "stick" to be announced this year, ready to bring COD into every living room via Gamepass.
James Sawyer Ford
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Starfield
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nothing to compared what china is doingits pretty high up there
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