Draugoth
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Activision Blizzard says it's working on adding their games to Game Pass. But Modern Warfare III and Diablo IV won't be available.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Sucks for them.
A lot of people are not going to buy CoD or Diablo IV outright when the perception is that it should be "free" on Game Pass.
A lot of people are not going to buy CoD or Diablo IV outright when the perception is that it should be "free" on Game Pass.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
The wording is a bit odd
Alright expected
Alright, so no mwIII D4 this year, but other games will?
....so nothing this year, why not just say that instead of only saying this year for MWIII and D4?
..right?
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Aka: "We will work with Microsoft to put this shit on as many platforms as possible, keep it cross-gen for the entire gen, and kill absolutely all ambition. You should expect minimal graphical enhancements, multiplatform development for even more platforms, for the rest of the gen. Please look forward to it!"
But yay. Gamepass. Give me a break. This deal will destroy COD
Krappadizzle
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
they better hurry, 100M subs to GP are on the line by the end of the year. Don't you think Michael?
dotnotbot
Member
they better hurry, 100M subs to GP are on the line by the end of the year. Don't you think Michael?
100 quadrillion. PC players probably still won't give a shit about Gamepass and realistically PC platform is the only way Gamepass can significantly grow.
Gamepass growth hit a wall and Spencer has no clue what to do next except buying more and more.
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Victor Omega
Member
The whole point of the acquisition was to get COD On game pass to for the "3 bazillion active players on launch day on game pass using elite controller " Xbox achievement
bitbydeath
Member
Must be time to extend the deal again soon.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
CamHostage
Member
So... Crash Team Rumble then, that's it?
Because it's not like modern-day Activision has a rich library of releases being shipped out. They ship a CoD every year, they update the CoDs which are already available, Blizzard puts out a game every once in a blue moon, and then that's about it. All of their game development studios behind Crash and Spyro and THPS have been sent down to work the CoD mines. (Somehow CTR escaped, but I'd be surprised if Toys for Bob is granted a reprieve unless the MS acquisition really does reinvigorate sales opportunities for other IP.) And they publish FromSoft's Sekiro but I don't think they have full freedom to flip it to other services as if they outright own it.
I just don't understand what games they say they're working on adding when they've not been working on making other games?
www.activision.com
Because it's not like modern-day Activision has a rich library of releases being shipped out. They ship a CoD every year, they update the CoDs which are already available, Blizzard puts out a game every once in a blue moon, and then that's about it. All of their game development studios behind Crash and Spyro and THPS have been sent down to work the CoD mines. (Somehow CTR escaped, but I'd be surprised if Toys for Bob is granted a reprieve unless the MS acquisition really does reinvigorate sales opportunities for other IP.) And they publish FromSoft's Sekiro but I don't think they have full freedom to flip it to other services as if they outright own it.
I just don't understand what games they say they're working on adding when they've not been working on making other games?
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View Activision's game portfolio, including games from the Call of Duty® franchise, Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ series, Crash Bandicoot™ and more.
Pimpbaa
Member
It definitely reads that way to me (the way you worded it at the end). No games from Activision blizzard this year including titles like MWIII and D4, but will get them next year. I dunno, how long did it take Bethesda games to hit game pass (I wasn’t a subscriber at the time)?
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Really? I can't wait to see all of these on GP:
- Call of Duty games
- Crash Bandicoot games
- Diablo games
- Spyro games
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games
newtypepilot
Member
d4 is already on steam, so it'll be on gp prior to next quarterly earnings report.
Kilau
Member
Nope, I bought the bandicoot collection when it came out and Diablo 3 I bought and played a ton of but haven’t been interested in anything they’ve put out since or really much before. Never was into Tony Hawk or CoD and D4 looks like a mess.
Salty Popsicle
Banned
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Thirty7ven
Banned
Can’t wait for the LTTP GP edition threads where people pretend the ABK trash they either already owned or avoided all this time is incredible value added. “Can’t believe I waited ten years to play Diablo 3 guyzz tks Phil”
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Ginzeen
Banned
you ready for closing this week?
Kilau
Member
Not a franchise I am interested but I hope it's able to come back for those that want it.
bitbydeath
Member
If I had a dollar for every week that’s been said i’d be as rich as Microsoft.you ready for closing this week?
Rac3r
Member
This fat fuck doesn't know anything, just says whatever he thinks is obvious at the time.
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Ginzeen
Banned
Hasn't been said that much. Only other time was when the deadline was very close. But during this deadline, the CMA already approved the deal. And now their done with their third party feedback. Which is pretty much a formality. One thing is for sure though, it will close before the deadline.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
MW3 and Diablo IV won't be available THIS YEAR
Here's a better topic title:
Activision: MW3 and Diablo IV Not on Game Pass This Year. Will Work to Bring Other Titles Post Acquisition Completion
Here's a better topic title:
Activision: MW3 and Diablo IV Not on Game Pass This Year. Will Work to Bring Other Titles Post Acquisition Completion
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bitbydeath
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CamHostage
Member
Ok, so Xbox 360 games. That $69bil price tag is looking like a better price tag every day...
In the Xbox One and Xbox Series eras, besides annual CoDs, Activision has put out the Spyro and Crash trilogies, 2 more Crashes (and a racer), 1 THPS remake, Platinum's TMNT, that top-down Ghostbusters, and then a shit-ton of CoD. It's a slim archive unless you go back more than 10 years.
Maybe, but I don't know that Activision will be able to bring those Cybertron games back out. They lost the Transformers brand rights in 2018. Supposedly Hasbro would be open to re-licensing those old games despite new brand managers, but those games have been delisted from XBL and Steam.
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
They're saying to not expect the new COD or Diablo IV to hit Game Pass immediately when the deal is finalized at the end of the week.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
They mean that even if the deal closes this week, they aren't added any games to game pass until next year.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The later. They wouldn't be talking about bringing games to game pass if they were not confident in the deal closing, why make tweets that will potentially be harmful to them.
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Unknown Soldier
Member
No one should be surprised that Activision Blizzard isn't jumping at the opportunity to instantly turn profitable franchises into money losers by putting them on Gamepass, especially on Day 1.
Depending on how long Bobby stays after the merger closes, I think ABK will hold out as long as they can against it and MS will be forced to come in and make then put games on Gamepass Day 1 at gunpoint.
Depending on how long Bobby stays after the merger closes, I think ABK will hold out as long as they can against it and MS will be forced to come in and make then put games on Gamepass Day 1 at gunpoint.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
No, I mean I dunno what their reasoning for D4 is, but for MWIII they obviously still have running contracts with playstation.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
They didn't put all of Zenimax's recent games on GP immediately after the acquisition closed, they put them up in batches after the initial volley for the next few months.
nial
Gold Member
So, the latter...
Then, why? Doesn't GP get every first-party game day one? (or in the case of already released Bethesda and ABK titles, as soon as they become first-party)
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
TIL that
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Call of Duty, Infinite Warfare
- Crash Team Rumble
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
are Xbox 360 games
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No, they put multiple zenimax games on game pass months after the acquisition completed.
AmuroChan
Member
So COD 2024 will be day 1 Gamepass correct?
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Nonsense.
After the deal closes, all ABK games releasing on console or PC will launch into GP on day one barring any preexisting exclusive deals, just like Bethesda.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
If the Sony marketing contract has ended by the time that game comes out, then there wouldn't be anything else stopping it from, correct.
Unless MS makes specific exemptions to their day 1 rule for Activision games. Which we won't know about until all this is done and we're in 2024 I guess.
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
Depends if there isn't a deal with playstation in place already.
AmuroChan
Member
That would suck big time if they start making exceptions to their day one Gamepass rule for all first party games.
nial
Gold Member
Oh right, I also forgot about the Sony marketing stuff with COD, so it makes sense.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
CoD games that are years old still retail for $40-70. That’s a lot of money for a short campaign, since I’m not touching the doodoo MP. Goddamn right I’ll be excited to play them as part of the subscription service I already pay for
AmuroChan
Member
I would find it hard to believe that PlayStation can negotiate a no Gamepass clause for a game as big as COD. They couldn't even prevent their own game (MLB The Show) from being put on Gamepass day 1.