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[Bitmap Frogs]

So I guess it's still just the Xbox Game Studios + Bethesda showcase, huh? Well, glad I actually bought a copy of Diablo 4.

Game is shaping up to be fun as all heck.

 

[feynoob]

Xbox fanboy allowed?

Yes. You can use that.

 

[diffusionx]

So is it officially not happening ?

Microsoft can appeal, but that will take a long time and has a low chance of success.

Chances are 95% it is done. It just does not make sense to drag this out and raise uncertainty.

 

[Astray]

The ambassador discord is flailing right now, so many meltdowns we don't get to see sadly.

 

[bender]

Robots should never be equated to pathetic humans and their silly platform allegiances.

 

[Varteras]

Game is shaping up to be fun as all heck.

You dare censor yourself in HER presence?!

 

[Thirty7ven]

Fanboys losing their shit is one thing but the media shills crying about this is what gives me life.

 

[j0hnnix]

Someone with good Photoshop/gif editing skills change the cross to the Xbox X,

maybe put any of the faces part of xbox or xbox youtube.. just saying. take it all the way, dont just stop at the cross update.

 

[mansoor1980]

soon?

 

[PropellerEar]

soon?

Not soon enough.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Holy shit Damn, I wasn't prepared for a cooking like this. I'm literally laughing way too hard at this right now.

 

[Bernardougf]

The Sages / The Oracles / The Seers / The Three-Eyed Ravens of our generation. These 86 Kings and Queens stood where no one dared to stand.

I was right ... time fot the handfull of shills that pop out in the last month or so go back to their caves... discussions can go back to normal between fans of both brands

 

[bender]

Not soon enough.

Time to bring back Peter Moore for a surprise announcement.

Spoiler

 

[feynoob]

Chad herman vs Virgin Phil.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Yeah been saying it for a week or 2.. why people thought this was a done deal was beyond me. CMA was not having this deal, just because they fucked up a bit on the console space w/ their math didn't mean they weren't going to block for cloud.

 

[GHG]

Jim Ryan right now:

 

[solidus12]

It was never about bringing games to more platforms

 

[Topher]

It was never about bringing games to more platforms

Uh.....Colt...

 

[Varteras]

Think of all that time those poor drones spent making new Xbox banners featuring every ABK studio being owned by Team Green.

 

[3liteDragon]

I’ve ignored 800 pages of this discussion, are the people that told me this has no chance of being approved still here?

Been here with the 18% since this thread began, GHG you son of a bitch, you were right all along.

 

[Banjo64]

What gets me is that they don't ever seem to learn.

If everything I ever said was wrong and backfired I'd soon learn to stop talking, but they can never concede when they are wrong and they never do any introspection or fact finding. So my only answer is that it's an IQ issue.

It’s pay if not IQ.

 

[Bernardougf]

I have to say the level of absolute smug condescending bull shit we’ve had to endure on here ever since the CMA published their addendum last month makes this extra delicious.

Yeah... tell me about it.. people speaking from a high horse as if they where in a call directly from MS shareholders roon .. fucking pretentious

 

[MasterCornholio]

Voted that it will be approved with structural changes. Maybe with some extreme divestment Microsoft can get this through. Definitely not with 10 year deals or anything similar.

 

[Varteras]

Every developer working on Starfield now are all like...

 

[ArcaneNLSC]

 

[Varteras]

 

[b6a6es]

Idas from resetera

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Varteras]

Idas from resetera

 

[3liteDragon]

I have to say the level of absolute smug condescending bull shit we’ve had to endure on here ever since the CMA published their addendum last month makes this extra delicious.

Which makes this even better, I asked GHG about this right after the CMA 180 happened & ppl here were celebrating too early, he was 100% right. They 180'd to make the appeals process harder for Microsoft, Jedi Survivor reviews out too with great scores along with Zelda previews, today's been a good fucking day. 2023 keeps on giving.

 

[bender]

Who wants to tell him that Sony is better at this game due to being more creative with marketing and co-development, not to mention leveraging their larger user base and selling power?

 

[GHG]

Which makes this even better, I asked GHG about this right after the CMA 180 happened & ppl here were celebrating too early, he was 100% right. They 180'd to make the appeals process harder for Microsoft, Jedi Survivor reviews out too with great scores along with Zelda previews, today's been a good fucking day. 2023 keeps on giving.

I kind of wish I had to balls to publically post what I outlined in my PM to you, but there was so much euphoria here at the time that I decided against it because I knew it would result in ridicule and upset some people.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[RickMasters]

Even with this deal most likely dead, you guys still can't stop the acquisition begging.

Is that we are calling it now, when a company is spending their own money, And we simnply voice where would like them to spend that money instead? did you have this same energy for all the wetdreamers who were saying sony should buy T2 or a big publisher in response? You are aware they are a trillion dollar company with intent to pentrate the market further, are you not? yo are surely aware that there will be more aquisittion are you not? so since when was does "aquisition begging" a thing..... Has it been going on longer in these threads than the thinly veiled port begs for starfeild and other now owned Xbox games on PS? what do you say of them?

 

[Bernardougf]

Well, this makes for soggy cornflakes doesn't it.

LOL at a block over cloud gaming. leave it to the Brits. MS should have slipped Putin some money, a couple errant nukes and they would have been too distracted to bother with this.

Yeah lets blow up people so MS can play monopoly freely.... ooohooo

 

[DrFigs]

I feel like this should be an easy appeal. I don't want to celebrate too soon

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[adamsapple]

PAHCTERR !!!

 

[Varteras]

PAHCTERR !!!

 

[feynoob]

PAHCTERR !!!

Guy has the kiss of death.

 

[TheKremlinBossMan]

Wonder how ABK and Sony's relationship will be after all of this.

 

[Varteras]

Wonder how ABK and Sony's relationship will be after all of this.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I feel like this should be an easy appeal. I don't want to celebrate too soon

Who are they going to appeal to? The CMA are their own judges and jury.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Wonder how ABK and Sony's relationship will be after all of this.

Should be great

They know who butters their bread

 

[ulantan]

I feel like if Microsoft didn't play the media game and just shut the fuck up this would have been through. This fanboy marketing strategy is not working for them.

 

[feynoob]

Which makes this even better, I asked GHG about this right after the CMA 180 happened & ppl here were celebrating too early, he was 100% right. They 180'd to make the appeals process harder for Microsoft, Jedi Survivor reviews out too with great scores along with Zelda previews, today's been a good fucking day. 2023 keeps on giving.

There is a saying "never count on your eggs before they hatch".

20%

 

[DeepEnigma]

Wonder how ABK and Sony's relationship will be after all of this.

He backtracked after his initial crybaby email,

Activision PlayStation Relationship Won't Be Affected by Sony's Behavior, Says Bobby Kotick - PlayStation LifeStyle

The CEO of Activision Blizzard says the Activision PlayStation partnership will remain intact despite Sony's "disappointing" behavior.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

They know where their crème de la crème is.

 

[ToadMan]

Praise him for what? They dashed his playstation related concerns aside. this was about protecting the nascent cloud gaming market.

That's what they want you to believe.

4D chess...

 

[NickFire]

PAHCTERR !!!

Isn't the UK one of their biggest markets?

Also, why would CMA even consider foreclosing their own population from access to games?

No doubt he's wealthy, but wow. Those are some interesting takes.