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[bender]

@DestinRL care to explain how as a professional journalist you took the revelation that ABK had threatened to remove CoD from Xbox if Microsoft didn't give them a higher cut as Sony trying to lock up exclusivity and actually put that out to the public?

I thought he worked at IGN?

 

[Thirty7ven]

I'm just surprised Clarence didn't end you.

Too busy counting all the money he saved in expensive vacations and his children's college tuition thanks to his white billionaire friends.

 

[Varteras]

That looks like the face of a man who has 500,000 gamer score.

And you know that dude teabags. In fact, he may have invented it.

 

[Kilau]

They nerfed everything under the sun. Massive two fingers up to those who have been taking their time with the game.

Go play something else if you already finished everything, losers!

Also, fuck you losers who didn't already finish everything yet.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I'm just surprised Clarence didn't end you.

The fat fuck couldn't even get out of his chair for a 1 v 1

 

[adamsapple]

Go play something else if you already finished everything, losers!

Also, fuck you losers who didn't already finish everything yet.

What is this, an out of seaon april fools joke ?

 

[Kilau]

What is this, an out of seaon april fools joke ?

What's wrong, don't you have phones?

 

[Varteras]

The fat fuck couldn't even get out of his chair for a 1 v 1

Go back and say that to his face. But here, put this on first...

 

[Fabieter]

I wonder how certain salty 'anti merger' folks in this thread would feel had it been Sony jumping through all these hurdles to buy ABK?

Just a thought.

I dont know what to tell you except that consolidation is never good. Like seriously.

 

[GHG]

Go play something else if you already finished everything, losers!

Also, fuck you losers who didn't already finish everything yet.

That's really how it feels. It's a game I play on the deck most days 30 minutes to an hour before I have my daily nap and I didn't even notice something was wrong until I kept on dying to mobs I was previously having no trouble with. Then I saw the patch notes... I'll find something else to fill that gap until they sort their shit out. I hear dave the diver is pretty good so might go for that or DQ treasures.

What is this, an out of seaon april fools joke ?

adamsapple

Out of stuff to do in Diablo 4? "Take a break and go play something else," lead developers say

And he's not wrong

www.gamesradar.com

 

[havoc00]

The fat fuck couldn't even get out of his chair for a 1 v 1

Thomas def no scopes

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Thomas def no scopes

Naw he's a camping noob tubing twat

 

[Kilau]

That's really how it feels. It's a game I play on the deck most days 30 minutes to an hour before I have my daily nap and I didn't even notice something was wrong until I kept on dying to mobs I was previously having no trouble with. Then I saw the patch notes... I'll find something else to fill that gap until they sort their shit out. I hear dave the diver is pretty good so might go for that or DQ treasures.



adamsapple

Out of stuff to do in Diablo 4? "Take a break and go play something else," lead developers say

And he's not wrong

www.gamesradar.com

Enjoy, it looks fun.

 

[Banjo64]

W wolffy71 copping a perm for having an alt. What is it with Xbox fans and alt accounts? It's been a crazy few months for it.

adamsapple be honest, is it just you and nobody else in the green corner?

 

[havoc00]

W wolffy71 copping a perm for having an alt. What is it with Xbox fans and alt accounts? It's been a crazy few months for it.

adamsapple be honest, is it just you and nobody else in the green corner?

I'm here x bros

 

[HoofHearted]

All I'll say is the Supreme Court is Supremely Fucked after they showed me the door

Was this your perp walk?

 

[adamsapple]

That's really how it feels. It's a game I play on the deck most days 30 minutes to an hour before I have my daily nap and I didn't even notice something was wrong until I kept on dying to mobs I was previously having no trouble with. Then I saw the patch notes... I'll find something else to fill that gap until they sort their shit out. I hear dave the diver is pretty good so might go for that or DQ treasures.



adamsapple

Out of stuff to do in Diablo 4? "Take a break and go play something else," lead developers say

And he's not wrong

www.gamesradar.com

no no i know, was just riffing on that diablo immortal announcement

W wolffy71 copping a perm for having an alt. What is it with Xbox fans and alt accounts? It's been a crazy few months for it.

adamsapple be honest, is it just you and nobody else in the green corner?

I can do this all day.

 

[Varteras]

Go play something else if you already finished everything, losers!

Also, fuck you losers who didn't already finish everything yet.

Yeah. Quite literally all of my friends went from playing the fuck out of it to slamming on the brakes. Dogshit endgame. Serious quality of life issues. Builds that are incredibly dependent on a very specific gear setup. Seasonal content that your main character can't engage in. Like, you either level a whole new character every 3 months or there is virtually fuck all for you. Have fun waiting for the expansions. I don't care if these kind of RPGs are known for that these days. That doesn't mean I'm cool with it. An entire category of stats (resistance) is broken and won't be fixed until the middle of Fall. Significant qualms with the campaign and how the latter two-thirds of it felt rushed.

That's not getting into the constantly broken shit. All in all, not impressed.

 

[bender]

...before I have my daily nap.

 

[ChiefDada]

Yeah this

Yes. Because fair market value of ATVI is likely in the $85+ range even if the deal fails.

A 10% premium to market value is an unattractive proposition to Activision shareholders, it would be in their best interest to negotiate a better deal or to simply walk away

Ok, you're right this is very interesting. Activision management has to ensure foregoing $3b "free" cash is in shareholder best interest if they choose to maintain $95 acquisition price and avoid being subjected to s/h lawsuit. It all depends whether $91+ share price is justifiable based on combination of current market conditions and intrinsic fundamentals, OR because of Microsoft's offer. $3bn translates to $3.82 per share on 785 million shares outstanding. Any significant change in agreement will result in 8-k filing, aka we will know soon enough.

 

[HoofHearted]

Here I go and work for the day... and no news updates?

 

[Kilau]

Yeah. Quite literally all of my friends went from playing the fuck out of it to slamming on the brakes. Dogshit endgame. Serious quality of life issues. Builds that are incredibly dependent on a very specific gear setup. Seasonal content that your main character can't engage in. Like, you either level a whole new character every 3 months or there is virtually fuck all for you. Have fun waiting for the expansions. I don't care if these kind of RPGs are known for that these days. That doesn't mean I'm cool with it. An entire category of stats (resistance) is broken and won't be fixed until the middle of Fall. Significant qualms with the campaign and how the latter two-thirds of it felt rushed.

That's not getting into the constantly broken shit. All in all, not impressed.

Folks would rather get plowed by a bear than by Blizzard.

 

[mckmas8808]

@DestinRL care to explain how as a professional journalist you took the revelation that ABK had threatened to remove CoD from Xbox if Microsoft didn't give them a higher cut as Sony trying to lock up exclusivity and actually put that out to the public?

How can this dude just straight-up lie like this? Plus why not use the word "timed" when he says exclusive?

 

[Slicker than your average]

I wonder how certain salty 'anti merger' folks in this thread would feel had it been Sony jumping through all these hurdles to buy ABK?

Just a thought.

This is what the Xbox warriors have been parroting every 50 pages. It's a moot point because Sony hasn't once tried to buy publishers and their recently purchased in years are a reaction to Xbox buying the industry.

But to piss on your deflection. I'd argue most people will say the same thing. We don't need either console buying entire 3rd party publishers to lock them games out of people who have had access to them for 20 years.

Buying a few studios to bolster your roster is fine or in Xbox games to hide the fact you have cucked yourself for years with messing up games and mismanaging studios etc .

It became obvious gamepass was their end goal and then they realised since they announced backpac compatibility haven't had fuck all games in line so decided to start buying up.

Phil said he's going to buy more so I expect most EA , Ubiosoft or take two next. Maybe next time the FTC and similar institutions will do their job properly.

Gamers are paying the price for MS incompetence to compete normally. The deals are good for MS not gamers I'm tired of the fanboys parroting that garbage that's it's good for all gamers, when gamers will miss out.

 

[//DEVIL//]

I thought he worked at IGN?

I dunno man I like Dustin. It's not like what he said was wrong. does he show more fanboyism towards Xbox? sure. most people have a preferred system of choice from Switch to PC, it doesn't matter.

It's not like what he said was wrong anyway, Sony did try that and much more ( regardless if it's time exclusive or full exclusive. It's not like the FF7 remake is on Xbox or FF16 if ever lol ). not seeing the problem. or do people just follow a trend because X person is not a pro his opinion?

Anyways, not defending anyone. do not know this guy personally to have emotional attachments toward the hate trend, so carry on lol.

 

[bender]

How can this dude just straight-up lie like this? Plus why not use the word "timed" when he says exclusive?

He wants clicks and that's easier to garner being a disingenuous twat rather than the alternative.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Wait what happened with Diablo? I'm only like lvl 23 ffs play it every 3-4 days or so

 

[bender]

I dunno man I like Dustin. It's not like what he said was wrong. does he show more fanboyism towards Xbox? sure. most people have a preferred system of choice from Switch to PC, it doesn't matter.

It's not like what he said was wrong anyway, Sony did try that and much more. not seeing the problem. or do people just follow a trend because X person is not a pro his opinion?

Blaming Sony for Microsoft's current course of actions while turning a blind eye to the fact that Microsoft employs the exact same tactics.

 

[Dick Jones]

W wolffy71 copping a perm for having an alt. What is it with Xbox fans and alt accounts? It's been a crazy few months for it.

GAF Mods:

 

[Kilau]

I dunno man I like Dustin. It's not like what he said was wrong. does he show more fanboyism towards Xbox? sure. most people have a preferred system of choice from Switch to PC, it doesn't matter.

It's not like what he said was wrong anyway, Sony did try that and much more ( regardless if it's time exclusive or full exclusive. It's not like the FF7 remake is on Xbox or FF16 if ever lol ). not seeing the problem. or do people just follow a trend because X person is not a pro his opinion?

Anyways, not defending anyone. do not know this guy personally to have emotional attachments toward the hate trend, so carry on lol.

If he isn't wrong, can you back up his CoD and Starfield exclusive claims?

 

[//DEVIL//]

Blaming Sony for Microsoft's current course of actions while turning a blind eye to the fact that Microsoft employs the exact same tactics.

He is just saying Sony did 1 2 3, MS in response did 1 2 3. how is this blaming?

Sony is well known by now are the king when it comes to securing high-profile 3rd party games, especially single-player games. MS can't do that due to their position. like.. even starfield was about to be PS5 exclusive lol.

I am honestly all in with this merger. Just so I can see Sony being more aggressive and competitive. That is good for me as a consumer.

 

[//DEVIL//]

If he isn't wrong, can you back up his CoD and Starfield exclusive claims?

Starfield Was Nearly a Playstation Exclusive Until Sony F**ked Up - Now Salty PS5 Fans Launch Petition, Begging Microsoft for Second Chance

Starfield is all set to release this September for Xbox and PCs but some declassified documents revealed that the game was meant for PS5!

fandomwire.com

Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation

Microsoft says Sony paid third parties to keep games off Xbox

www.theverge.com

I don't know where did he get the info about COD exclusivity. you are free to ask him on his youtube. But i highly doubt he is making things up.

 

[Rac3r]

He is just saying Sony did 1 2 3, MS in response did 1 2 3. how is this blaming?

Sony is well known by now are the king when it comes to securing high-profile 3rd party games, especially single-player games. MS can't do that due to their position. like.. even starfield was about to be PS5 exclusive lol.

I am honestly all in with this merger. Just so I can see Sony being more aggressive and competitive. That is good for me as a consumer.

This guy really said: "microsoft can't afford to make 3rd party deals so they have to spend 69 billion on a publisher instead." LMAO

 

[reinking]

I dunno man I like Dustin. It's not like what he said was wrong. does he show more fanboyism towards Xbox? sure. most people have a preferred system of choice from Switch to PC, it doesn't matter.

It's not like what he said was wrong anyway, Sony did try that and much more ( regardless if it's time exclusive or full exclusive. It's not like the FF7 remake is on Xbox or FF16 if ever lol ). not seeing the problem. or do people just follow a trend because X person is not a pro his opinion?

Anyways, not defending anyone. do not know this guy personally to have emotional attachments toward the hate trend, so carry on lol.

 

[93xfan]

How can this dude just straight-up lie like this? Plus why not use the word "timed" when he says exclusive?

When you're backing the company responsible for creating the FPS genre with Doom, Wolfenstein, Halo, Perfect Dark and CoD, you get to embellish a little. Also, would we even have western RPGs without Microsoft's Elder Scrolls and Fallout series?

 

[NonPhixion]

Do these dumb fucks forget that Pete Hines said, on the stand, that they were shopping for exclusivity deals on their upcoming titles and approached both MS and Sony? Some of these losers make it sound like Sony tried to poach everything.

 

[Slicker than your average]

Blaming Sony for Microsoft's current course of actions while turning a blind eye to the fact that Microsoft employs the exact same tactics.

Gets tiring seeing the same Xbox warriors here repeat the same lies over and over that it's Sony's fault. MS fucked themselves then played the victim and then let their army of shills and Astroturfers create the victim complex narrative .

MS at any point could have secured times exclusive marketing deals but didn't.

MS paid 100 million for tomb raider not to be on playstation. Not once has Sony done a thing near that level of cuntery.

 

[//DEVIL//]

This guy really said: "microsoft can't afford to make 3rd party deals so they have to spend 69 billion on a publisher instead." LMAO

If I have to guess ( again just a guess ), it really costs MS a lot to make a 3rd party game exclusive. something like Tomb raider for example, they had to spend around 200 million ( if I am not mistaken ) just for 1 year, while Sony wouldn't have to pay that much because of their userbase etc.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I wish I had an alt

 

[Mr Moose]

Starfield Was Nearly a Playstation Exclusive Until Sony F**ked Up - Now Salty PS5 Fans Launch Petition, Begging Microsoft for Second Chance

Starfield is all set to release this September for Xbox and PCs but some declassified documents revealed that the game was meant for PS5!

fandomwire.com

Microsoft acquired Bethesda after hearing Starfield would be exclusive to PlayStation

Microsoft says Sony paid third parties to keep games off Xbox

www.theverge.com

I don't know where did he get the info about COD exclusivity. you are free to ask him on his youtube. But i highly doubt he is making things up.

Fucking Sony and their... Wait, it was Bethesda that were shopping around for timed exclusives!?

 

[GHG]

I am honestly all in with this merger. Just so I can see Sony being more aggressive and competitive. That is good for me as a consumer.

I can see why you like Destin:

Good thing I sold my ps5 for the 10th time...

 

[GHound]

This guy really said: "microsoft can't afford to make 3rd party deals so they have to spend 69 billion on a publisher instead." LMAO

Which is funny because they have third party deals as we speak.

 

[havoc00]

I need new news can't Bobby come on cnbc or something

 

[//DEVIL//]

I can see why you like Destin:

It was a joke. do you want me to send you a pic of my PS5 and my Ngaf name on it ? heh

 

[bender]

MS can't do that due to their position.

And who's fault is that? Calling out distasteful practices from a competitor when you the brand you champion does the same shit is disingenuous and tiresome. Championing consolidation of the industry lacks any sense of history or critical thinking.

 

[Slicker than your average]

W wolffy71 copping a perm for having an alt. What is it with Xbox fans and alt accounts? It's been a crazy few months for it.

adamsapple be honest, is it just you and nobody else in the green corner?

Speaking of bans. Anyone notice since all the new accounts got approved . Ban page is full of new accounts of Xbox fans warring? I'd say 95% of the neo members banned for warring are Xbox warriors gloating over the merger.

 

[TransTrender]

GAF Mods:

Thank you
I was waiting for this

 

[93xfan]

Do these dumb fucks forget that Pete Hines said, on the stand, that they were shopping for exclusivity deals on their upcoming titles and approached both MS and Sony? Some of these losers make it sound like Sony tried to poach everything.

I don't remember that so I don't believe I have to acknowledge it. I also don't consent to any fact checking.

 

[Varteras]

Do these dumb fucks forget that Pete Hines said, on the stand, that they were shopping for exclusivity deals on there upcoming titles and approached both MS and Sony? Some of these losers make it sound like Sony tried to poach everything.

There seems to be a selective memory for a lot of things. Dudes remember an inconsequential acquisition made 30 years ago and how many times Judge Corley exhaled, but can't be fucked to remember some pretty revealing e-mails.

 

[GHG]

It was a joke. do you want me to send you a pic of my PS5 and my Ngaf name on it ? heh

Well in that case maybe Destin's tweet was a joke as well.

Who knows.