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[GHG]

They got spyro and crash in this deal.

Jim Ryan asleep at the wheel.

 

[Elog]

It is really up to MS now to make these two acquisitions work. It is not crazy to argue that they have bought two companies that were accelerating into mediocracy.

Both Zenimax and Activision Blizzard are to some extent turn-around cases with very strong back catalogues. Interesting times.

 

[Excess]

They smelled blood in the water, that's for sure.

And even though I love Game Pass, I don't like monopolies, so this one has me a little worried about the state of the industry.

 

[TheShocker]

Got dayum! Huge news.

 

[Wooxsvan]

unreal. and its official

 

[Editaur]

Will Act/Bliz actually improve though? Only time will tell I guess.

 

[Gloomnivore]

That does seem to be a killer blow. I’ve got an Xbox and PlayStation so it’s no skin off my nose but there really is nothing Sony can do to respond to this.

It’s like all the oil money coming into random Premier League clubs while giants like Man Utd and Liverpool have to sit there and watch themselves get left behind.

 

[SLB1904]

Dude, I'm more sided with MS this gen but these recent buys are disgusting.

nah industry needs a shake-up. its more interesting this way

 

[8BiTw0LF]

I never understood how Disney could just buy such huge chunks of the film industry, and if Microsoft can buy ActiBlizz without a hassle, something is wrong with the monopoly structure in the US.

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

$70 billion? Is Microsoft out of its fucking mind?!

 

[mansoor1980]

This isn't even MS's final form ....

seriously they can buy the whole planet

 

[O-N-E]

meh

I literally don't play a single Activision-Blizzard game.

Good luck to them though, lol.

 

[Basil King]

Will Kotick be fired?

Probably stay on until deal closes and then that place gets gutted like a house renovation

 

[plasmawave]

At this point MS should just become a third party publisher.

 

[Inviusx]

Bungie escapes Microsoft AGAIN!

 

[Hendrick's]

Looking forward to Diablo 4 again.

 

[Bobb]

Been waiting since 2013. Fuck you Sony! Hah hahahaha

 

[Low Moral Fibre]

What the fuck..

 

[Mr Moose]

hmm. maybe it was typed up on the 14th and only went public today?

i'm sure they were getting all their ducks in order and had to wait for some kind of market deadline? i don't know.

Yeah. Says "REDMOND, Wash. and Santa Monica, Calif. – Jan. 18, 2022" in the article its self.

 

[thegame983]

Some Logan Roy style maneuverings from Microsoft here.

 

[SLB1904]

Been waiting since 2013. Fuck you Sony! Hah hahahaha

this is funny lol

 

[Wooxsvan]

ramifications are unreal. warchest memes for days.

 

[dem]

HOLY SHIT

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Board agrees to deal. Signs purchase agreement. Final approval put up to shareholder vote. The shareholder vote will be a mere formality considering all the index players.

I'm more of a forex guy than stocks, but pretty sure this deal is assuming a 100% control of the shares. So technically they wouldn't really pay 70B, but a specific price per share that would add up to 70B should all investors decide to sell.
Pretty weird though, normally these sort of deals are announced way before and allow competitors to make counter offers, etc.
Something feels off to me, but again, stocks is not my forte.

 

[MDSLKTR]

 

[ManaByte]

$70 billion? Is Microsoft out of its fucking mind?!

They’re a $2 Trillion company. This is pizza money to them.

 

[nightmare-slain]

welp i better go buy a series x.

exclusive games like Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Call of Duty, Starfield, Elder Scrolls VI?

 

[whyman]

WAIT! Does this mean Crash is Microsoft exclusive now? What a twist!

 

[Plantoid]

People said I was crazy when I said ma would buy ubisoft

They said it was too big even for Ms

 

[FunkMiller]

Been enjoying GamePass on my PC, but this will probably get me to buy a Series X when I can get one. The glut of new stuff on GamePass is going to be HUGE.

 

[Alpha Male]

Sorry but I can't post what I want because I can't upload gifs for some reason...but pics upload fine.

Anyone know why?

 

[SLB1904]

I'm more of a forex guy than stocks, but pretty sure this deal is assuming a 100% control of the shares. So technically they wouldn't really pay 70B, but a specific price per share that would add up to 70B should all investors decide to sell.
Pretty weird though, normally these sort of deals are announced way before and allow competitors to make counter offers, etc.
Something feels off to me, but again, stocks is not my forte.

yeah this isn't a over night deal

 

[Ogbert]

This is fucking nuts.

Biggest change in the gaming landscape of my lifetime.

Bonkers.

 

[Gameplaylover]

Dude, I'm more sided with MS this gen but these recent buys are disgusting.

Yeah at first i thought great, more free games on Game Pass, but on the other hand it's dangerous. Imagine them also getting EA or Rockstar. That would be game over for Sony and all gamers would suffer on the long term.

 

[Boy bawang]

Yeah, like japan would make a difference without call of duty and other big hitters

No, but now they are between a rock and a hard place. Microsoft may (will) become the place to be for people wanting to play western games in the upcoming years. As for getting Japanese games, the Switch has it covered, and probably increasingly so; thus, I'm wondering where Sony goes from here beyond their undeniably strong (but probably insufficient) first party games.
I don't have a dog in this race, I own a Switch and a PC. But it's funny to see everything unfolding.

 

[Foilz]

This would be a nightmare to get theough if it goes to Congress for anti competitive stuff.

I don't see cod being exclusive, I'm sure it would be a timed exclusive

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Don’t care for most of those games , wow tho, some move that.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire

Creators of Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more join Team Xbox As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all know that gaming is the...

news.xbox.com

 

[nightmare-slain]

WAIT! Does this mean Crash is Microsoft exclusive now? What a twist!

Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are now owned by Microsoft.

 

[PaNaMa]

>CoD
Same game since 2007, last ones are especially awful apparently
>WoW
Hasn't been good for a decade
>Overwatch
Pretty much dead and 0 hype for "2"
>Diablo
Nothing will be ever as good as 2 anyway
>Tony Hawk
Maybe a remake or two, but don't expect anything new
>Spyro
Dead
>Crash
4 was okay I guess.

So it's nothing then, no reason to buy a zombie company.

Username checks out

 

[Sub_Level]

Old new: https://news.microsoft.com/2022/01/...ty-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/
January 14, 2022

It says january 18 if you click your link lol

 

[Fbh]

Holy shit it's real.

Massive purchase from MS and at a pretty good time as they can blame all the issues on the previous administration and, if they are smart, really turn things around for some of these IP's

 

[Jaybe]

Damn, and I used to get laughed at for thinking MS would buy EA (maybe next )

 

[Hendrick's]

Kotick out had to be part of this deal. Though he probably got a nice chunk of that payday.

*edit - I guess not. Its probably to big a move to make during an acquisition. They must want to phase him out though

 

[shaddam]

 

[Punished Miku]

And it's not even Wednesday.

Wednesday is dead to me now forever.

 

[DarkestHour]

This is the best thing that can happen to Activision with the way things have been going. I'd be fucking stoked if I was an employee.

 

[DonF]

megaton of the year and its just january... god damn, thats a power move right there....

 

[Moonjt9]

So what, is Microsoft just going to buy everyone? Not a fan. I mean at least the silver lining is that activision Blizzard is terrible and doesn’t make good games anymore.

 

[N30RYU]

MEGATON indeed