Genuinely curious has this ever happened before in the game industry? Not that im aware of, or any other?
nah, sorry.
Correct me if I'm wrong but COD, GTA, Mass Effect AND Bioshock ALL ended up on PlayStation. Toss in Tomb Raider too since so many still complain about that. When did FF7R, or Street Fighter 5 hit Xbox? All are 3rd party games only the Sony money hatted titles failed to leave PlayStation. COD will continue to be on PlayStation even after acquisition of Activision.They bought Bethesda in 2021 but they didn't own those IPs back then when they made those deals. Same with COD, GTA, Mass Effect and Bioshock. They just wanted to block Sony. Exact same thing.
Now they buy the whole thing instead to keep it off Playstation. All the Final Fantasies are on Xbox minus the Remake. They were even free on Gamepass. So much suffering poor Xbox
Support the brand by buying IPs they were going to get anyway. All the CODs are on Xbox, Diablo 4 was already announced, Overwatch 2 too. Crash 4 flopped and it's not in development. What did you get exactly? Maybe an exclusive COD in 2025? It was coming on Xbox too. Basically you got nothing new with this acquisitionThis just looks like typical bias where it's OK when Sony denies Xbox a 3rd party game but MS is not allowed to potentially keep 1st party IP to themselves. Your sarcasm is well taken though. One thing Xbox is not is poor and there are now plenty of 1st party studios and IP to support the brand for a long time to come.
They are Microsoft first party studios now. That's not insignificant at all.Support the brand by buying IPs they were going to get anyway. All the CODs are on Xbox, Diablo 4 was already announced, Overwatch 2 too. Crash 4 flopped and it's not in development. What did you get exactly? Maybe an exclusive COD in 2025? It was coming on Xbox too. Basically you got nothing new with this acquisition
Support the brand by buying IPs they were going to get anyway. All the CODs are on Xbox, Diablo 4 was already announced, Overwatch 2 too. Crash 4 flopped and it's not in development. What did you get exactly? Maybe an exclusive COD in 2025? It was coming on Xbox too. Basically you got nothing new with this acquisition
It's not just about what Xbox gets, but what PS loses.Support the brand by buying IPs they were going to get anyway. All the CODs are on Xbox, Diablo 4 was already announced, Overwatch 2 too. Crash 4 flopped and it's not in development. What did you get exactly? Maybe an exclusive COD in 2025? It was coming on Xbox too. Basically you got nothing new with this acquisition
There is no difference buying whole publishers. No. Only difference is one company can afford to do it, the other can't and uses what they've always done. That's literally it! The rest is just butthurt fanboy noise.
Well not really seeing how Street Fighter 4 WAS on Xbox and yet somehow part 5 didn't make the trip to Xbox thanks to Sony's money hat. So it's clear no title is guaranteed to go anywhere. MS' action ensures their customers will get content Sony can't take from them. That adds value for their customers.Support the brand by buying IPs they were going to get anyway. All the CODs are on Xbox, Diablo 4 was already announced, Overwatch 2 too. Crash 4 flopped and it's not in development. What did you get exactly? Maybe an exclusive COD in 2025? It was coming on Xbox too. Basically you got nothing new with this acquisition
In addition IP that has dormant could now see the potential to be released and studios that have been COD support can now make other games and really flex their creativity. Also MS has an opportunity to improve the culture at Activision in ways few other companies could. Plenty of positives for this acquisition.
I already mentioned the Dead Rising series from Capcom. Dead Rising 3 specifically never came to PlayStation but Dead Rising 2 did. Mass Effect 1 was finally released in 2012 (came out in 2007, EA owns the IP).
Excellent point! I had no idea about Dead Rising 3. I suppose it's all good then. I mean we can all see that Dead Rising is just as popular as Street Fighter and Final Fantasy. You again acknowledge both Mass Effect and Ninja Gaiden 2 hit PlayStation. Final Fantasy 16 is a current gen title but if you want to call out games from last generation Xbox has Dead Rising 3!
What kind of spin is this? Sony don't buy long-standing multiplatforms IPs like MS does all the time (Spider-Man was fully developed and published by Sony before you mention that, they don't own the ip)
Big year for PS5. Are we finally going to see you hype for a PS5 exclusive or that's not allowed in your contract? I never see you in any PS thread
I never stopped saying just Blizzard.
That aged like fine milk
They were forced to
MS changed the game. No more organic growth. Destiny is a recent IP with not much history anyway and it's staying multiplatform.
oh I remember this now.
They were forced to
Buy Witch Queen on Feb 25th. It is Phil's favorite game
Wow this aged horribly.
You talk about contracts yet you are in an Xbox thread trash talking. Is that in YOUR contract?Big year for PS5. Are we finally going to see you hype for a PS5 exclusive or that's not allowed in your contract? I never see you in any PS thread
Pure gold.
They were forced to
Buy Witch Queen on Feb 25th. It is Phil's favorite game
Dude Starcraft. What if they made a Starcraft MMO or WoW remake?
I don't usually like RTS games. I'd try it if its on Gamepass, but this whole acquisition is not going to affect me all that much on a personal level. I know it's huge and exciting for other people. Maybe having the games on GP would attract a new audience, but they'd have to work on controller, which isn't easy either.
Someone has been in coma for a long time.
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8.8bn in revenues last year, 70bn seems like a bargain nowActivision made a record $5.1 billion from microtransactions in 2021
Activision-Blizzard reported a new record all-time high of $5.1 billion in microtransaction and subscription revenue in 2021.
They also have wow, which is a cash cow printing money, plus their mobile division which also brings alot of money.
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Read exactly how Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard came together
There were nearly two months of negotiations.
Initial conversation started on November 19th, 3 days after the WSJ article and 1 day before Spencer's email to xbox staff. There was 4 companies (one couldn't buy the whole thing) and one individual that ABK reached out to.
They were forced to
Buy Witch Queen on Feb 25th. It is Phil's favorite game
No, you'd lose the people who having been working on those franchises which means less people to work on your franchises.Sony will buy 3 giant games from Konami
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Buying the franchises would be way better than buying the company.
There is a reason why Sony spent $1b on bungie employees.Sony will buy 3 giant games from Konami
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Buying the franchises would be way better than buying the company.
Sony should at least just buy Metal Gear so they have the reigns to that franchise.
They would need koji for that. And guy spends too much money.
What? Do you think Sony bought Bungie as a response to the Activision Blizzard acquisition?They were forced to
Sony Will ? Konami care about money more than anyone else. it's highest bidder would get these IPs.Sony will buy 3 giant games from Konami
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Buying the franchises would be way better than buying the company.
But it makes you think, are the developers who worked on these games still there?
They are. Only big names left.
