Max Payne’s Baretta
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And you fucking morons think Take two is off the table lmfaoooo
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Breaking: Microsoft to acquire Activision-Blizzard in near 70$ billion deal
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yurinka
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Wow, this is a bold move. It must have been an expensive acquisition. This move is more important than the Bethesda one, it will really help them to compete against Sony putting them beyond Sony in some areas where they were behind.
They now will have more games and teams on the console & PC side, a key player on mobile gaming and will be also a key player on eSports, plus now as gaming division will be generating more revenue than Sony.
Let's hope they integrate now the Activision Blizzard into the same store and PC launcher than the other MS games. There are a lot in PC and would be nice to keep reducing them.
And I assume that this move may also help to remove the assholes at Activision Blizzard (the ones really proven guilty of bad stuff once properly investigated).
I also think this move is going to cause more consolidation: Sony, Tencent, Embracer, EA, Take 2, Epic or even Nintendo pretty likely will react with big acquisitions. In fact, I think Tencent or Sony may try to buy EA, Epic or Take 2 to counter it.
They now will have more games and teams on the console & PC side, a key player on mobile gaming and will be also a key player on eSports, plus now as gaming division will be generating more revenue than Sony.
Let's hope they integrate now the Activision Blizzard into the same store and PC launcher than the other MS games. There are a lot in PC and would be nice to keep reducing them.
And I assume that this move may also help to remove the assholes at Activision Blizzard (the ones really proven guilty of bad stuff once properly investigated).
I also think this move is going to cause more consolidation: Sony, Tencent, Embracer, EA, Take 2, Epic or even Nintendo pretty likely will react with big acquisitions. In fact, I think Tencent or Sony may try to buy EA, Epic or Take 2 to counter it.
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SLB1904
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70b is too much money.
i week ago i thought about buying activision stocks... but i thought they would never recover. fuck me
i week ago i thought about buying activision stocks... but i thought they would never recover. fuck me
kyliethicc
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what the fuck lol
Amiga
Member
Nintendo have been successful without Acti/EA/Ubisoft and many other big publishers. Sony need to double down on producing 1st party games. Said it many times before, lack of an FPS is big hole they need to fill(now also Diablo). Sony should count their blessings this is happening at the decline of CoD and when most of the mainstream are hooked on Fortnite.
Mr Moose
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Ogbert
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Of course they will.
They will continue to make great games and hopefully develop a handheld.
This move will force them to evolve. Good stuff.
gamechanger87
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They agreed to a price per share. Everyone gets the same. Individual shareholders don't get to negotiate a separate price.
Its a standard public acquisition.
Lognor
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That actually would be a good counter, I think. I would guess the cod audience and madden audience are largely the same. If Sony could get EA they'll still give that audience a reason to buy a ps. Because right now, there are millions of people that only play cod and madden every year. Why buy a ps now for that crowd?
Bonfires Down
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This is insane. I am indeed posting in legendary thread.
Basil King
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I mean honestly that’s one way to kill Spartacus. Make sure it doesn’t get COD exclusives.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I do not necessarily have faith in Microsoft to right this sinking ship. The IP stable alone is worth a lot, but every one of these series is on the decline, and MS's usual hands-off approach probably won't help much.
That said, there's a lot of leadership shake ups going on at Activision-Blizzard, so hopefully they get the right people. It's definitely going to realign a lot of their business priorities.
That said, there's a lot of leadership shake ups going on at Activision-Blizzard, so hopefully they get the right people. It's definitely going to realign a lot of their business priorities.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
70 Billion dollars?
25 Million Gamepass subscribers?
Basically every first person shooter.
Accessible to all * except playstation players.
Fuck me, what a big dick move by MS. My ps5 doesn't look quite as sexy anymore.
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Bartski
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isnt that how much disney bought fox for?
Disney closes $71 billion deal for Fox entertainment assets
Disney has closed its $71 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment business, putting "Cinderella," "The Simpsons," "Star Wars" and "Dr. Strange" under one corporate roof.www.cnbc.com
Microsoft announces its plans to buy Activision Blizzard for Xbox
Another seismic gaming acquisition.
www.windowscentral.com
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That deal wouldn't be approved by any of those companies parent countries.
Still below where it was pre-allegations 6 months ago though.
VFXVeteran
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BIG game changer here guys!!
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Honestly, as big as this is, it doesn't change much for me. I haven't played an Activision Blizzard game since Overwatch and nothing on the horizon interests me.
But holy @#%$.
nightmare-slain
Member
quite possibly yes...
gamepass and you get the call of duty games as they come out. any future crash bandicoot/spyro games too
diablo 4 and overwatch 2 will also likely be day 1 gamepass titles.
DaGwaphics
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I knew that Spencer had been hinting around about Candy Crush for months, I thought King might be coming. I had no idea that King was tied to Activision/Blizzard.
I take it that CoD would probably still be multi-plat right? I guess it depends on what percentage of revenue PS represents there and how much MS is willing to absorb. Regardless, GP and the Xbox ecosystem just got a lot more enticing.
Here I was thinking Sega might be too expensive. Yikes
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Sentenza
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The wording makes pretty damn obvious that he's just holding his position temporarily and getting the boot (well, more likely the golden parachute, in fact) as soon as it will be feasible.
Banjo64
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Sekiro permanently on Game Pass man.
Max Payne’s Baretta
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This is what happens when your competitors keeps buying timed exclusives.
Nocturno999
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Makes me think that Sony should have bought Konami and Square Enix ages ago.
Tiago Rodrigues
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As a Playstation user? I'm not sure what to think anymore, honestly.
ryzen1
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I actually would prefer Microsoft would have spend this money on new talents and new IPs.
LordCBH
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Expect Warzone to still get significant updates and support on PlayStation. That’s your multiplatform title because it’s a gold mine and it’s already out there.
Michele
you.
I don't think it would kill Nintendo though. They're like, different sides of same coin. The one likely to be competiting with might be Sony, but I think Nintendo just has a separate style from Microsoft.
nightmare-slain
Member
i wonder what will happen to the battle.net client on PC now.
maybe they'll shut it down and release WoW, Diablo, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the storm, Starcraft on the MS Store and maybe Steam too.
maybe they'll shut it down and release WoW, Diablo, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the storm, Starcraft on the MS Store and maybe Steam too.
SenjutsuSage
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I don't believe Microsoft is removing Call of Duty from Playstation. This is a move purely for the overall money that it will bring in to Xbox for the big COD franchises, but it does mean that Game Pass is officially an unstoppable juggernaut of a service.
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