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[poopmcgee]

 

[Chukhopops]

Holy shit it's real.

 

[Dane]

Phil Spencer made Jimbo kneel.

 

[Kilau]

 

[adamsapple]

Phil you magnificent bastard.

 

[blakdecaf]

It was always gonna happen. They aren't gonna cut off COD's biggest revenue platform right away!

Lets move on.

 

[The Pleasure]

Phil Spencer made Jimbo kneel.

 

[xHunter]

No mention of 10 years? Seems like they got a different deal than all the others.

 

[ErRor88]

GG

 

[TheDreadLord]

No mention of 10 years? Seems like they got a different deal than all the others.

Probably worse.

 

[Dane]

This whole Journey made

- FTC to lose all appeals by humiliation
- CMA to be desperate to resume talks
- Playstation to kneel at the last minute
- SenjutsuSage rich

And most important

- Michael Pachter nailed his prediction

 

[Tomcat]

The copium almost run out now

 

[poppabk]

The question (which may never be answered) is did Sony waiting to the 11th hour allow them to negotiate a better deal or did they accept a worse deal to avoid being left out in the cold.

 

[The Pleasure]

This whole Journey made

- FTC to lose all appeals by humiliation
- CMA to be desperate to resume talks
- Playstation to kneel at the last minute
- SenjutsuSage rich

And most important

- Michael Pachter nailed his prediction

Don't worry. Senjutsu will spend all that money on anime waifu pillows and Mikasa.

 

[ActusReusJB]

Fair to say Microsoft benefits more than Sony if CoD continue to dominate on Playstation.

Do we know if the ~$1B number was just Sony's portion (unlikely) of CoD money of the full amount, because if it was just Sony's portion MS now has Game Pass pretty well funded if nobody switches?

 

[adamsapple]

- Michael Pachter nailed his prediction

 

[GHG]

Fucks sake Jimbo.

 

[Topher]

 

[GHG]

Jimbo doing deals with the enemy.

You hate to see it.

 

[WoodyStare]

 

[Varteras]

Well I'll be a son of a bitch. Thankfully I made no cum chugging bets.

 

[Kilau]

It wasn't even a prediction really. The deal could succeed or fail, binary choice. If he had predicted all the nonsense leading up to it from the start, that would be something.

 

[Gambit2483]

It's going to be historic to see Call of Duty's brand power fall under Microsoft's poor leadership.

I remember when Halo and COD were neck and neck.

Has MS' leadership improved or benefitted at least ONE IP since their purchase of said IP?

I can only think of Killer Instinct and even then it was eventually abandoned years ago.

This whole Journey made

- FTC to lose all appeals by humiliation
- CMA to be desperate to resume talks
- Playstation to kneel at the last minute
- SenjutsuSage rich

And most important

- Michael Pachter nailed his prediction

Amazing what a Billion dollar bank account can accomplish.

 

[Goblinlinguitic]

No mention of 10 years? Seems like they got a different deal than all the others.

Yes
next COD on Gamepass , terms dictated by Microsoft

 

[Topher]

This whole Journey made

- FTC to lose all appeals by humiliation
- CMA to be desperate to resume talks
- Playstation to kneel at the last minute
- SenjutsuSage rich

And most important

- Michael Pachter nailed his prediction

lol....no one predicted any of this. I don't see this CMA desperation when they seem to be delaying the acquisition.

 

[adamsapple]

Yes
next COD on Gamepass , terms dictated by Microsoft

Not until 2024, they will have no other choice but to honor existing contracts.

 

[feynoob]

 

[TheDreadLord]

The question (which may never be answered) is did Sony waiting to the 11th hour allow them to negotiate a better deal or did they accept a worse deal to avoid being left out in the cold.

Obviously worse. MS had the green light to move forward. Sony had to play the catch up game a this point.

 

[Topher]

It wasn't even a prediction really. The deal could succeed or fail, binary choice. If he had predicted all the nonsense leading up to it from the start, that would be something.

Exactly. The majority in the GAF poll predicted this was going through as well.

 

[feynoob]

 

[Astray]

Sure, but Microsoft is going to get crucified by the gamer community if they make COD exclusive. Not to mention it would be financially stupid. But it seems some here are eager for Microsoft to go back on their word. Anything to win the console war, I guess.

I think the fact that the CMA saw fit to kill the COD foreclosure theory on consoles is a big hint that the insider data tells us that the idea of COD going exclusive is simply unworkable from a financial POV.

Until now, Xbox has been largely hidden away from investor scrutiny because the level of Microsoft's financial investment has been low to moderate, 69bn spent changes that imo.

They will need to start posting numbers on the board and we will likely see greater investor oversight during their calls.

 

[mrmustard]

 

[Timberwolf25]

So Jim signed the deal. Must be a good indication of what we will hear from the CMA soon-ish?
Otherwise, I would think he would hold out or did he think he would get a worst deal if he waited?

 

[Kilau]

I see the Phillatio will continue in full force. If you guys are impressed by someone spending $70 billion of not their money, you should start looking at the government for some real heroes.

 

[TheDreadLord]

It wasn't even a prediction really. The deal could succeed or fail, binary choice. If he had predicted all the nonsense leading up to it from the start, that would be something.

The main narrative in this topic after CMA initial block was that the deal was dead.

 

[kiryani]

The craziest thing about all of this, is how invested the gaming community has been in it from start to finish, while the average gamer is going to scroll Facebook tomorrow, see lots of headlines saying 'COD free on Game Pass' and go "cool, COD is free on Game Pass' and move on.

 

[Chukhopops]

So Jim signed the deal. Must be a good indication of what we will hear from the CMA soon-ish?
Otherwise, I would think he would hold out or did he think he would get a worst deal if he waited?

It's a good indication that the initial plan of blocking the deal was changed.

 

[GHG]

It's unfathomable to me that both Sony and Nintendo have been willing to do deals with these serpents.

Personally I'd do everything in my power to ensure they've just lit a torch under 70 billion dollars, but that's just me and I'm petty like that.

 

[Kilau]

The main narrative in this topic after CMA initial block was that the deal was dead.

Whatever the narrative here or other places was, MS was still pushing on so it was still a binary choice. No great prediction was made, he wasn't alone in that view. No credit awarded.

 

[adamsapple]

I see the Phillatio will continue in full force. If you guys are impressed by someone spending $70 billion of not their money, you should start looking at the government for some real heroes.

 

[feynoob]

Fucks sake Jimbo.

Jimbo didnt have no fight.

 

[M1987]

The craziest thing about all of this, is how invested the gaming community has been in it from start to finish, while the average gamer is going to scroll Facebook tomorrow, see lots of headlines saying 'COD free on Game Pass' and go "cool, COD is free on Game Pass' and move on.

I thought COD can't be on Game Pass until 2025?

 

[GHG]

Jimbo didnt have no fight.

They should replace him with Ass of Can Whooping .

I'd trust him to do what's right.

 

[Ic3man]

Check mate

 

[Kilau]

.

Gamers are a fickle bunch. Xbox fans were cursing his name weeks ago, now back to bowing down. I've always disliked him.

 

[Gambit2483]

The craziest thing about all of this, is how invested the gaming community has been in it from start to finish, while the average gamer is going to scroll Facebook tomorrow, see lots of headlines saying 'COD free on Game Pass' and go "cool, COD is free on Game Pass' and move on.

Because the gaming community has seen what MS has done to their favorite IPs over the years and are well aware of their "buy out the competition" practices and how that can negatively affect the industry.

Whereas the "Average gamer" could give a shit as long as they can get their
quick dopamine fix from the latest/hottest F2P mobile game.

 

[GHG]

By the way, I now think the deal 100% closes on monday. That CMA meeting might not be what we think it is (or what theyve billed it as).

Because the gaming community has seen what MS has done to their favorite IPs over the years and are well aware of their "buy out the competition" practices and how that can negatively affect the industry.

Whereas the "Average gamer" could give a shit as long as they can get their
quick dopamine fix from the latest/hottest F2P mobile game.

The "average gamer" plays shit like fortnite, apex legends, ark, minecraft and roblox, etc.

Why should most people who post here care about what they think?

 

[Kilau]

By the way, I now think the deal 100% closes on monday. That CMA meeting might not be what we think it is (or what theyve billed it as).

Then they have been misrepresenting things pretty badly.

 

[feynoob]

By the way, I now think the deal 100% closes on monday. That CMA meeting might not be what we think it is (or what theyve billed it as).

The move was weird.
I guess this means MS cracked down UK to their will.
Wonder how Banjo64 feels when he hears this news.

 

[Adam_802]

I see the Phillatio will continue in full force. If you guys are impressed by someone spending $70 billion of not their money, you should start looking at the government for some real heroes.

lol, gonna be real entertaining watching the meltdowns as the deal is finalized