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[Robochobo]

Yeah, dumbfuck.

 

[BbMajor7th]

I said nothing about popularity, both Halo and Gears last entries are great games unless you are a ps fanboy pretending they are bad only because they are not as popular as they used too, you just confirmed my point.

 

[scydrex]

Let's see what dev will MS buy next. Sega? EA? I think they will try to buy Ubisoft next. MS will stop here. They want it all.

 

[Jboemios]

Making a petition to add a Salt reaction. It is hilarous

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

Just dump all of BNETs games there imo, no reason not to.

It's either going to result in everything being on steam, or Xbox trying to use bnet as their new launcher for all Xbox PC games. I say steam is most likely by far but I could see this as an attempt to form their own marketplace now that they own a competent launcher of their own for once

 

[bosnianpie]

8IIIIIIIIIIIID <<< Robochobo

 

[SEGAvangelist]

It's a nice first party xbox avatar though, not gonna lie.

It's quite beautiful, yes.

 

[splattered]

MS just took on like what, nearly 15,000 employees? I would be surprised to see them try and go after another BIG publisher anytime soon.

*Imo if they do anything else at this it would be scooping up some ips and stuff from embracer but that's it.

 

[Fabieter]

It's either going to result in everything being on steam, or Xbox trying to use bnet as their new launcher for all Xbox PC games. I say steam is most likely by far but I could see this as an attempt to form their own marketplace now that they own a competent launcher of their own for once

Its in fact the only launcher alot of pc players accept besides steam so it's actually their only shot tho. Good point.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

What do you want? With your shitty gifs.

Sorry mate.

Out of interest, what did you want in reply to your comment?

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

What's your point? I have no idea what you're trying to say. Who tf cares about MS "warchest"? They're a cancer in every pie they have their finger in.
I guess you're for consolidation then?

I have no point as I usually don't I just remember when many here said these types of deals would never happen

And honestly I don't care one way or another about these acquisitions as I play everywhere and just play what games I want on the platform I want

Makes me no difference I have bigger things in life I would prefer to concern myself over

 

[Sacred]

Soaking up all the salt in here, congrats to MS for finally getting it done.

 

[X-Wing]

I said nothing about popularity, both Halo and Gears last entries are great games unless you are a ps fanboy pretending they are bad only because they are not as popular as they used too, you just confirmed my point.

 

[Bernardougf]

Congrats to Phil Spencer, absolute legend. Took over when Xbox was in desperate state and has constantly delivered. Minecraft, Bethesda and Activision added to the greatest first party line up in history.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I look forward to the new studios that will be created when all the talent from Activision leaves.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

This was the same thing said 10 years ago about anyone buying Activision…..just saying

Was there a company that tried to buy activision back then?

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Ha! Quality over quantity…every…damn…time!

 

[Banjo64]

Makes me no difference I have bigger things in life I would prefer to concern myself over

No need to brag mate. Leave me alone in my cellar, sniffing these knickers I bought on eBay.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

“Phil begged me to stay on, as I’ve done such an incredible job in the past.” Bob

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

We won

Grats

 

[NickFire]

I think Phil is just letting him retire gracefully. He's basically staying on for an average severance period. But in the end, Bobby won. Probably getting enough from this to retire on a private island. Can't knock that kind of hustle.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Ok. who is next?

Disney….

 

[Represent.]

Call of Duty will go the way of Halo and Gears once it’s exclusive to Xbox. Unless they work on brand power

 

[Ozriel]

I see alot of people here forgetting that if this doesn't make hand over fist dollars and fast, within the next couple of years if those leaked documents are anything to go by, then there is far greater shit on the horizon.

I hope all those warriors put their wallets where their mouths are because 7$ a month isn't going to cut it.

‘Fast’?
It’s already making $8bn a year revenue, $1.5 - $2bn profit. Just maintaining status quo is already a very nice boost to MS earnings.

I also don’t know where you’re getting $7 a month from.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Just like Minecraft eh?

Naw, more like Bethesda which has been a total dud of an acquisition

 

[Negotiator101]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

No, but really, I couldn't care less about COD or Crash. But MS being allowed to buy everyone is only good for MS, not for any of us.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I really don’t want more consolidation but I am also not particularly bothered.

Not sure what will change TBH, other than exclusivity of games. I dislike that as I prefer playing on PS5 if I’m gonna console but I’m also mainly a PC gamer so I can’t cry too much. I’ll play on my barely used XSX if I have to lol

 

[Fabieter]

10 years from now this will be seen as yet another failed acquisition that a company paid way too much for and whose identity and brand has completely eroded

All in the name of career moment empire building power fantasies

They just need like 35 years so avb can pay for itself. That's really "good"

 

[SidViscous]

Microsoft’s problem wasn’t a shortage of studios. This sucks, feel bad for the upcoming layoffs, a lot of middle management won’t be needed much longer.

 

[Bernardougf]

Here, I can't link to the tweet



Microsoft basically made Sony agree to sacrifice the guarantee of everything ABK has for Call of Duty and please don't misunderstand, whilst it's true Sony didn't HAVE to agree to this deal, it was also made very clear by Sony that every other deal Microsoft offered regarding Activision content was either unacceptable or not fit for purpose.

So fans like me who love and grew up with Crash and Spyro etc. Can pretty much go fuck ourselves. If we get it, we have to be really happy. But Microsoft clearly intend to withhold content from PlayStation.

And Microsoft are very likely going to continue purchasing more major publishers and companies until they virtually devour the market until they're the majority. As much as I hate this market consolidation it pisses me off even more when people say, "well if Microsoft don't do it Tencent will!!" What a crock...

Mate.... to withhold content one has to create content... so... you get the gist

 

[RickMasters]

The armada and the arsenal. Pretty impressive when you just look at it in isolation.


I just hope a lot of cool games come out of this at a high quality. And with a regular sort of pacing. There potential here for a lot of quality exclusives on a regular basis.


Let’s see how they run it though.

 

[SHA]

Okay, now what?

 

[IllegalLemon]

Took em' long enough. Now gentlemen, can we go back to talking about actual games? This entire bonanza has been going on for long enough. Time to move on to someone more... desirable!

 

[OverHeat]

Call of Duty: ODST warfare when MS?

 

[X-Wing]

The only positive in this is that Ubisoft will have a boost thanks to the deal, for the rest I personally think that the disappearance of the biggest third party publisher is an absolute negative for the industry even if it doesn’t affect me personally since I don’t really play any of their games.

 

[jumpship]

I must've missed the part where Sony owns Square Enix or Capcom

 

[spartan30gr]

Phil spencer right now

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Call of Duty: ODST warfare when MS?

Let's get a decent made Halo...by Activision LOL

 

[Bernardougf]

Took em' long enough. Now gentlemen, can we go back to talking about actual games? This entire bonanza has been going on for long enough. Time to move on to someone more... desirable!

Yes I agree.. lets take xbox and Phil out of the conversation and talk about some good games for a change!

 

[Banjo64]

Took em' long enough. Now gentlemen, can we go back to talking about actual games? This entire bonanza has been going on for long enough. Time to move on to someone more... desirable!

Switch 2 reveal in a couple of months, will be nice to have some new hardware next year.

 

[djjinx2]

So all the MW3 monies is Microsofts now? Would have been weird for this not to go through before that releases. Biggest game of the year for sure.

 

[Bernardougf]

Switch 2 reveal in a couple of months, will be nice to have some new hardware next year.

You know Nintendo is going to let you down in the hardware front ... dont you ? ...

 

[RickMasters]

Let's see what dev will MS buy next. Sega? EA? I think they will try to buy Ubisoft next. MS will stop here. They want it all.

Ubi….. well maybe they have already sowed the seeds for that by giving them cloud rights….


Really I think sega is why they need though. Sega, treasure and mistwalker.

 

[RickMasters]

The only positive in this is that Ubisoft will have a boost thanks to the deal, for the rest I personally think that the disappearance of the biggest third party publisher is an absolute negative for the industry even if it doesn’t affect me personally since I don’t really play any of their games.

People tend to shit on ABK for being a COD machine that strangles the rest of the publishers, with their massive success. I would imagine some of them are glad. Ubisofts president was certainly in favour of it as were others so…..

 

[Banjo64]

You know Nintendo is going to let you down in the hardware front ... dont you ? ...

Literally impossible because I’m expecting an LCD screen and only moderate power increase. But Nintendo do a lot with the power they have on hand.

 

[RickMasters]

Call of Duty: ODST warfare when MS?

That would be kind of awesome but I think ODST should be more stealth and tactical, with elements of rainbow six/ ghost recon style squad based gameplay . if they ever revisit it.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

We can count on them not doing anything with the franchises they acquire.

 

[Fabieter]

People tend to shit on ABK for being a COD machine that strangles the rest of the publishers, with their massive success. I would imagine some of them are glad. Ubisofts president was certainly in favour of it as were others so…..

So some of the publisher were behind the aquisitions because they have mote breathing room on Playstation now? But cod stays on ps5 how does this change?

 

[CherryFalls]

Okay, now what?

Now wait 5-10 years for an actual exclusive be released from these studios, and don't have high expectations above games like starfield/redfall

 

[CatLady]

OMG this is Soooo good!!! I'm still laughing.