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[Ogbert]

MS just paid 70 billion to buy the US and Europe gaming markets.

 

[AJUMP23]

THIS IS THE BIGGEST MEGATON IN GAMING!


MS gonna save Blizzard......

 

[Michele]

Please don't use reason, facts or logic in a Gaming news thread

FTFY lol

I'm curious what are the meltdown gonna entail, is it from the unhappy Sony fans?

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

Wait what the fuck

 

[puebla]

The warchest was always real

 

[BigBooper]

Wow. Did not expect anything like that. This is incredible.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Microsoft right now:

 

[ryzen1]

you want to play Call of Duty? Better buy an Xbox or build a PC.

But that does not fit with their saying "bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device" right?

 

[Lognor]

I have 2 perfectly capable devices that can play all of Microsoft's games you dolt.

So chill then. There's no need to panic. You'll just no longer be able to play their games on one of those devices

Not going to let you bring me off this high though!

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[GHG]

Kind of funny while Mike was still with Xbox they tried to back to money truck up to Act and get COD at least as a timed exclusive but the asking price was way too much so now he goes there and this happens

He was the leak all along.

They got a big discount on this deal when you consider what their share price was before the scandals.

So chill then. There's no need to panic. You'll just no longer be able to play their games on one of those devices

Not going to let you bring me off this high though!

Oh do be quiet you child.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Holy shit.

 

[kruis]

I think he's out it's a matter of time, it's politics they're giving him a '' graceful exit '' so to speak.
It looks way worse ( for him ) if they just kick him out immediately there's probably some kind of a deal where he'll stay for a couple of months then leave '' on his own ''.

It's probably pretty impractical too for him to just leave right away this stuff takes time.

Kotick will probably be a billionaire when Activision is officially sold to MS for 71 billion dollars. This is the best moment to leave the gaming business.

 

[Erebus]

Now Sony needs to buy EA.

 

[jm89]

Jimbo gonna retaliate by buying another pc port studio.

 

[Nikana]

That's one way to get exclusive map packs for COD.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

But that does not fit with their saying "bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device" right?

by every device they probably mean PC, xbox consoles, and xcloud (smartphones/tablets/tvs).

 

[Iced Arcade]

Holy shit Xbox dropping a second nuke

 

[Clear]

Kinda think this is going to run into issues with regulators, but we'll see.

 

[Rien]

Jesus lol! Sony might as well be bought too by MS at some moment. Let’s move to a monopoly people. Are hail to lord spencer and the infinite MS money.

 

[mansoor1980]

70 billion? todd howard must be unhappy getting peanuts in comparision

 

[SaucyJack]

Genuinely surprised by this move. Heck of a premium price.

Definitely going to shake up the industry a tad.

 

[Kev Kev]

SEVENTY FUCKING BILLION DOLLARS, WHAT?

that's over 9 times Bethesda.

isnt that how much disney bought fox for?

Disney closes $71 billion deal for Fox entertainment assets

Disney has closed its $71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment business, putting "Cinderella," "The Simpsons," "Star Wars" and "Dr. Strange" under one corporate roof.

www.cnbc.com

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Wasn’t there a few rumours last year of some sort of partnership with Nintendo ? Or was that verbal horse farts?

 

[Mister Wolf]

why not just buy Sony and be done with it lol

More fun to have a nemesis. Ozymandias needed a nemesis too.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Just keep Relic on CoH. I’d rather have CoH3 than SC3.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Ogbert]

Christ. I just realised MS now own Warzone.

Fucking bonkers!!

 

[MilkyJoe]

But that does not fit with their saying "bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device" right?

Are we going to go through the "But DOOM and Elder Scrolls are too big to be exclusive" again?

 

[Auto_aim1]

They have Call of Duty now wtf

 

[Von Hugh]

I hope they stay multiplat.

 

[Alpha Male]

 

[Roberts]

I'm probably super naive, but if this will somehow lead to MS cleaning that cesspool and fix Activision's reputation, then more power to them.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Activisions stock up 36% as of today, holy moly

 

[Jaybe]

I think he's out it's a matter of time, it's politics they're giving him a '' graceful exit '' so to speak.
It looks way worse ( for him ) if they just kick him out immediately there's probably some kind of a deal where he'll stay for a couple of months then leave '' on his own ''.

It's probably pretty impractical too for him to just leave right away this stuff takes time.

I mean, since this is not a hostile takeover, Kotick would have been one of the leads in putting this deal together. His bread will be buttered.

 

[Bombolone]

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

Feels good man.

This is the bleeding heart retort I always see when shit like this gets brought up.

We are all talking/engaging in a space exclusively dedicated to a luxury hobby.
I don't care that Timmy can't afford the Xbox over the Playstation he already has.

Food. Shelter. Clothing. Smart Phone. Medical bills. Transportation.
In 2022, After that what you spend your money on is a luxury and or career choice.

Save.
Budget.
Find a higher earning job.
Su** some D***

Whatever you wanna do to afford your luxuries in life. None of my business.

 

[Unknown?]

This consoladation is a fucking nightmare.

With this news, I 100% believe that Sony is looking into buying Square and Capcom.

I say this with zero irony: We have entered a new stage in the console wars, and consolidation will become common place for the next 5 years.

Don't worry, Phil says he wants to do this to bring gaming to everyone.*

*everyone except those not on a MS platform.

 

[ManaByte]

Now maybe Sony will realize they own the SOCOM IP.

 

[Plantoid]

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

When you say "from everyone else" you are saying just the PSONLY playerbase right?

Thought you all had "capable PCs"

 

[ButchCat]

Sony has two options either buy Take Two or

 

[Vaelka]

Time for EA, T2, Square-Enix, and anyone with the UE5 engine downloaded to get in the phone with their attorney and put out the for sale sign.

I dunno how much I trust big publishers like Microsoft to not fuck around with the games and micromanage them.
Games like the Nier and Drakenguard franchise and FFXIV + FF series are not games I'd like to see get '' big corpo Mericuanized ''.

I mean Activison Blizzard is just fucked in general so I don't care much about what happens with it, I just have zero interest in them anymore it doesn't matter rly if Microsoft buys them I probably won't change my mind.
At the same time I don't want the influence of these large publishers to be literally everywhere they won't release games that haven't been sanitized and made '' safe '' for their brand.

Kotick will probably be a billionaire when Activision is officially sold to MS for 71 billion dollars. This is the best moment to leave the gaming business.

Yeah but it's about image, I don't think it looks too good for him to leave right away.
I think it's about him wanting to save face.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard

Phil Spencer and fellow Xbox leaders are 'disturbed and deeply troubled' by reports about the publisher.

www.engadget.com

This aged like milk lol

I mean...they didn't lie...they did re-evaluate their relationship. They bought them, lmao.

As a Playstation user this is me right now:

Not because i care about these franchises...but imagine the day MS turns to Square-Enix, Sega, etc...after a 70 billion dollar acquisition the sky is the limit.

Also, with this acquisition, this means Sony loses Call of Duty, and 2 franchises that are connected to them since the beginning: Crash Bandicoot and Spyro.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Saber]

Buying CoD and Crash?

Lol, they aren't kidding anymore. Things are starting to get serious over there. Wonder if this strategy can be counted as monopoly.

 

[tommib]

I honestly think PlayStation won’t survive this. It is what it is. They might scale down and become some kind of boutique publisher for their games on PC. We won’t see another PlayStation console after the PS5.

 

[AGRacing]

Oh!!!! THATs why you were so opinionated about their troubles, Phil - they were YOUR troubles!!! I get it now!!

Well I'll be darned!

 

[Fake]

Meanwhile... at Sony...


Microsoft gonna buy every company at this point.

 

[wolffy71]

People just had to force MS to get more "exclusives" right?

Well you got what you asked for and then some.

 

[ZywyPL]

Just like Bethesda, this came out of nowhere. Dunno what's more shocking, the fact they bought CoD or that they paid 70B.

Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard

Phil Spencer and fellow Xbox leaders are 'disturbed and deeply troubled' by reports about the publisher.

www.engadget.com

This aged like milk lol

It probably went something like this:

Spencer: Bobby, you have to start acting nice or we'll buy you out and fire you
Kotick: LMFAO good luck with that
Spencer: Hold my (Satya's) wallet

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Sony has two options either buy Take Two or

i reckon Take Two would cost about $30-40b. not sure sony has that kind of money to splash out.