Breaking: Microsoft to acquire Activision-Blizzard in near 70$ billion deal
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Fbh
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Well...I mean. If they want to see things change at Activision it doesn't get more involved than buying them for $70 bill and taking over
O-N-E
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CobraAB
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Anti-Trust?
Mister Wolf
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Can we get a Sekiro 2.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
Sony did it in the begining
Umbasaborne
Banned
Amiga
Member
Now we know where the attacks against Activision were coming from. the young people of gaming need to know multi-billion$ business conduct state level operations against each other. A lot of the "canceling" is just business. "woke" is just a new tool exploiting the idealistic young and naive.
Bombolone
Gold Member
Things are getting interestinnnnggg!!!
Hell yeah.
I might be in the minority here, but I love exclusives, competition, branding.
(Acknowledgement and action tied to it)
F' the kumbaya garbage from companies who are so obviously in competition with each other for the consumers dollar.
I think there is a whole swath of people who fundamentally can't understand the value of competition. (Par for the course when you hand out participation trophies for everything)
This whole melange of service and software these past 2 gens was boring asf.
Variety is the spice of life.
Compete for my dollar. Give me an exclusively funded JRPG from one of Japan's heavy hitters.
Good news today. I'm gonna pound back a bottle of Code Red and shove some Doritos Spicy variety down the gullet.
Hell yeah.
I might be in the minority here, but I love exclusives, competition, branding.
(Acknowledgement and action tied to it)
F' the kumbaya garbage from companies who are so obviously in competition with each other for the consumers dollar.
I think there is a whole swath of people who fundamentally can't understand the value of competition. (Par for the course when you hand out participation trophies for everything)
This whole melange of service and software these past 2 gens was boring asf.
Variety is the spice of life.
Compete for my dollar. Give me an exclusively funded JRPG from one of Japan's heavy hitters.
Good news today. I'm gonna pound back a bottle of Code Red and shove some Doritos Spicy variety down the gullet.
Hosam6xavi
Banned
Microsoft now have the best first party studio in the entire industry
Give me Activision Blizzard games on game pass
Give me Activision Blizzard games on game pass
SenjutsuSage
Banned
I've been saying over and over that people should never overlook what Microsoft is willing to spend, and who they are capable of buying, and this pretty much is the motherload.
LordCBH
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I didn't like when they bought Bethesda. I don't like this. But unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it other than hope they bring back all the IP's ACTI has abandoned in favor of COD.
metaru_geah_sorrido
Member
Hm, so what now for Sony and Valve?
I feel like it's M$'s space now, with just a couple of multi-billion dollar "mom and pop" shops in AAA Gaming.
Also, what is the goal? It this to keep Apple or Facebook from buying in to gaming?
I feel like it's M$'s space now, with just a couple of multi-billion dollar "mom and pop" shops in AAA Gaming.
Also, what is the goal? It this to keep Apple or Facebook from buying in to gaming?
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RoyalLaFlame
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I know they can't, it was in jest. I'm just trying to say that this is not very good, but I can see why Xbox did it. They already won.
MrTentakel
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Why the fuck can`t MS invest money to build new studios and developing new exciting IPs?
Sean Mirrsen
Banned
Hopefully it'll be Steam now.
MadPanda
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Flintty
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Err, I mean Activision's value was simply too high for Sony. I don't know why people expect them to get into some kind of spending war with Microsoft, a $2T (TRILLION) dollar company with over $4bn in revenue a year. It just ain't happening.
But great great grab for Microsoft. Just imagine how even more enticing Game Pass would be with Activision Blizzard's deep catalog on there. Even half of it.
Honey Bunny
Member
What a shitty way to buy success in the industry. And they'll just encourage Sony to do the same with some Japanese third party that I actually care about and don't want in the hands of Sony's shitty censorship board. Fuck everything about this.
GrayDock
Member
Really big move by MS.
It doesn't impact me outside of Diablo, but the 'potential problem' is if Sony goes the same way and goes in a shopping spree (all Japan) and creates a duopoly that may force you to buy/subscribe to things that you don't want to, just like movie stream market today that you have to subscribe to a lot of services to get access to content that you could with only a device/service.
Dark times ahead...
It doesn't impact me outside of Diablo, but the 'potential problem' is if Sony goes the same way and goes in a shopping spree (all Japan) and creates a duopoly that may force you to buy/subscribe to things that you don't want to, just like movie stream market today that you have to subscribe to a lot of services to get access to content that you could with only a device/service.
Dark times ahead...
Companion Cube
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Marvel14
Banned
Videogame monopoly in the making...expect higher prices and less innovation if this type of consolidation continues..
Confirmed:
Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire
Creators of Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more join Team Xbox As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all know that gaming is the...news.xbox.com
Value was 70 Billion
NoLootBoxDev
Member
He know will be gone after this, I see him resigning before the end.
nani17
are in a big trouble
MS be like
'"Hear me and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Microsoft."
'"Hear me and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Microsoft."
Lognor
Banned
What is a golden parachute even going to look like for him? Hasn't he made hundreds of millions with Activision already?
GulfCoastZilla
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Are all those studios still COD studios or do they go back to making other games? They got candy crush money now.
Mister Wolf
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They need to start making more games in the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Overwatch universes. Grow the IPs. Expand them further into other genres and media.
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Makoto-Yuki
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where have you been the last few years?
Arun1910
Member
Full big AAA Companies being exclusive isn't something I'm fond of, there will be no 3rd parties left at this rate for people on all consoles to enjoy.
But then again it doesn't bother me cause I have a PC and a PS5
FunkMiller
Banned
Microsoft now firmly in place as the Disney of the video game industry.
SilentUser
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And I don't like that either. It is pretty simple.
LordCBH
Member
Hopefully it'll be Steam now.
I didn't even fucking think of that. Phil, if you're listening, get rid of the shitty battle.net app. Please. THANKS.
Umbasaborne
Banned
If they do this, then the deal will have been worthwhile. Also please fucking keep these games multiplatform, you have bethesda as a first party ffs, dont take call of duty and diablo away from everyone else