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Microsoft announces yet another 10-year deal, with firm behind Switch cloud games
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Strider Highwind
Banned
So if the acquisition falls through will these companies reach out to Microsoft up looking to get to work and they respond with a loud "Naaaaaaaah bro...we cool on that lol"?
Are they close? I been avoided that megathread you all have going cause I feel like its going to be a war going on in there and I don't care for that stuff....I play my Activision/Blizzard games 100% on PC and damn near always have, so would this impact me? Shit I got PC Gamepass until 2025 will I be getting the stuff I buy from battlenet as part of that service?
Are they close? I been avoided that megathread you all have going cause I feel like its going to be a war going on in there and I don't care for that stuff....I play my Activision/Blizzard games 100% on PC and damn near always have, so would this impact me? Shit I got PC Gamepass until 2025 will I be getting the stuff I buy from battlenet as part of that service?
nightmare-slain
Member
Blame Sony for that. MS are willing to give them CoD but Sony are being pissy little bitches about it.
ResilientBanana
Member
It seems as though Sony doesn't want Call of Duty.
Doesn't Xbox Cloud Gaming work in pretty much any browser? So you can play them on Mac, Windows or Linux via Edge/Chrome/Firefox/Safari?
Lone Wolf
Member
Yes, but the games still have to run on windows in the cloud I believe. Something Stadia did not do.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Microsoft finding new sources of CoD revenue before taking Sony out at the knees.
TheGodfather07
Member
Awesome. Can't wait to play cod through the cloud. Its what we've all been asking for.
An evil sorcerer cursed you to never buy a console or PC again?
El Pistolero
Banned
COD is not MS's to give as of right now.
Cyberpunkd
Gold Member
The contracts can likely have an opt-out clause making them void if the deal falls through, we will never know.
Tangerine
Member
I don't understand how Sony's complaint keeps changing and they are still being taken seriously by the regulating bodies.
1: COD will be taken from PS.
2. We can't compete.
3: Three years is not adequate.
4: Ten years is not adequate.
5: We will get a broken, buggy version.
Have I missed one?
Damn.
1: COD will be taken from PS.
2. We can't compete.
3: Three years is not adequate.
4: Ten years is not adequate.
5: We will get a broken, buggy version.
Have I missed one?
Damn.
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This seems like quite the acquisition for sure. Jim Ryan is begging for it not to happen. MS is begging for it to happen. And here we sit on the outside looking in at those companies going at it. What I do know is that whether it happens or not, I have a new impression of Sony and MS (and acquisitions in general).
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
Luna announcement incoming then?
Edit: Guess they aren't buy to play, so maybe just a publisher pass is the best they could offer (Gamepass lite)
You joke about Stadia, but it might not be so lucky for them. Google are one of the main opponents speaking up against this, they probably have relevant data and experience proving that services without games like Call of Duty can not command the attention of gamers. If any deals are tied to using Windows as the underlying tech (and Maybe even Azure services) then this is exactly what the regulators are wanting to stop, MS using power in one sector to artificially shape another one.
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I don't follow the big thread closely but there were pages of arguing a while back that the cma was worried about cloud gaming the most or some shit, so it has the help with that to some degree but who knows how much it moves the needle. Will eventually find out one day.
Sleepwalker
Member
Switch cloud games are straight up unplayable aside from maybe 1.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
They really going to go for every single cloud providor on the CMAs list and more....
...I get the play, this is 69 billion dollars and a massive investment to the future...but I think everyone is coming off as a bit slimy...I'm sure MSs lawyers are going for the approach of "make deals with every cloud provider the CMA had concerns for and there's no leg for them to stand on"
Are key Gaf users already searching the head offices of these companies and their CEOs?
...I get the play, this is 69 billion dollars and a massive investment to the future...but I think everyone is coming off as a bit slimy...I'm sure MSs lawyers are going for the approach of "make deals with every cloud provider the CMA had concerns for and there's no leg for them to stand on"
Are key Gaf users already searching the head offices of these companies and their CEOs?
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Bumblebeetuna
Member
Protecting the kids?
You had me at 69......They really going to go for every single cloud providor on the CMAs list and more....
...I get the play, this is 69 billion dollars and a massive investment to the future...but I think everyone is coming off as a bit slimy...I'm sure MSs lawyers are going for the approach of "make deals with every cloud provider the CMA had concerns for and there's no leg for them to stand on"
Are key Gaf users already searching the head offices of these companies and their CEOs?
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
This deal keeps getting better every day.
Brad, Phil and team doing the lords work.
- Bringing COD to 150 million + new users
- Embracing unions and healthy workplaces
- Helping Ukraine through these trying times
- More free games for Game Pass subscribers
- Saving legacy Activison-Blizzard IPs that have been neglected for decades
- Disrupting competitors ability to lock away content from other platforms
Brad, Phil and team doing the lords work.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
No it’s not but it’s parent company want it to be so they helping to try (I say try loosely) to get the deal done
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Switch cloud COD games? I probably know why they are doing it, but that’s still very disappointing imo. Those will come out as good as the Resident Evil games, Thymesia and the Plague’s Tale cloud versions on the Switch most likely. Also, I think Microsoft is getting ahead of themselves when the deal hasn’t even been finalized yet.
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Maybe you need to think about all other letters in the contract. It’s not just here have 10 years. What does Sony benefit from all these MS 10 year give aways? MS would’ve never done it if this is part of the concessions. These services are not gonna say “meh no we don’t want to have ABK on our platform”. It’s not like they had it before.
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Jimmyisback
Banned
Yep. Their concerns are being address point by point.They really going to go for every single cloud providor on the CMAs list and more....
...I get the play, this is 69 billion dollars and a massive investment to the future...but I think everyone is coming off as a bit slimy...I'm sure MSs lawyers are going for the approach of "make deals with every cloud provider the CMA had concerns for and there's no leg for them to stand on"
Are key Gaf users already searching the head offices of these companies and their CEOs?
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