Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

[Old Gamer]

A lot of people support the deal. The deal is bad mainly for sony users because xbox will pull their games from them.

A large portion of consumers are going to be harmed by this. Thank you for agreeing.

As for the vox populi argument, just because "a lot of people think it's good", that doesn't make it so. Even majorities can be wrong. Look at Trump or a certain national socialist party in 1930s Germany for examples.

 

[Cool hand luke]

how am i a shill? Because i said the truth? Whether or not MS is a turd company or not is irrelevant. A lot of people support the deal. The deal is bad mainly for sony users because xbox will pull their games from them. Xbox should just keep all exisiting ips on playsation and new ips from abk xbox/pc only. That would be more fair. Nintendo doesnt really need ABK at all. Its just a free lunch for them.

As if there's any point arguing with someone who gets their marching orders from Phil Spencer, but here goes:

There is nothing good about an independent multiplatform PUBLISHER being absorbed into the umbrella of not just any platform holder, but the worst platform holder in history. The only thing Xbox has proven is that they will try to kill the competition through underhanded tactics funded by profits earned outside of gaming while simultaneously running their internal studios into the ground.

They're trying to tank the industry by forcing people onto the GP model, which is proven to devalue gaming and has earned every member of Microsoft's exec team a spot in front of the firing squad as far as I'm concerned.

No one gains anything from this acquisition that they couldn't have gotten otherwise, but gamers lose on every franchise except for COD. And as for COD, MS could've paid to get COD on GP, Bobby would have ported COD to the next Switch (it'll be unplayable or a cloud version if they try to port now), and those cloud gaming BYOG providers got the second worst deal in history, after this one, because they get no benefits and will be ground into dust by xcloud.

 

[Crow]

As if there's any point arguing with someone who gets their marching orders from Phil Spencer, but here goes:

There is nothing good about an independent multiplatform PUBLISHER being absorbed into the umbrella of not just any platform holder, but the worst platform holder in history. The only thing Xbox has proven is that they will try to kill the competition through underhanded tactics funded by profits earned outside of gaming while simultaneously running their internal studios into the ground.

They're trying to tank the industry by forcing people onto the GP model, which is proven to devalue gaming and has earned every member of Microsoft's exec team a spot in front of the firing squad as far as I'm concerned.

No one gains anything from this acquisition that they couldn't have gotten otherwise, but gamers lose on every franchise except for COD. And as for COD, MS could've paid to get COD on GP, Bobby would have ported COD to the next Switch (it'll be unplayable or a cloud version if they try to port now), and those cloud gaming BYOG providers got the second worst deal in history, after this one, because they get no benefits and will be ground into dust by xcloud.

Nobody gets their marching orders from anyone. Watch your mouth you bafoon.

ABK was looking to sell. So they were going to sell anyway. The highest bidder was MS. Stop acting like it was a hostile takeover. It is what is. Someone was going to get ABK. And it was MS. It is what it is. Their is nothing underhanded here. Xbox bought ABK with legal means. Xbox has the benefit of having a very rich parent company. It is what is. Sony would be doing the same if they had MS money and resources. Their internal studios arent being run into the ground. They have numerous games in their pipeline and Xbox had the best showcase this year.

Game Pass isnt good as it is right now. They need to make changes to it. If not they should get rid of it. If gamepass fails they can cut their loses.

Some gamers dont have to pay 70 for cod anymore and get to play it for 11 dollars a month. Even Sony signed the 10 year deal.

 

[Gediminas]

I love when they compare Series S to... PS4 Pro, and conclude Series S is next gen guys, stop complaining.

Like they casually forgot something...
@Bryank75 @Dodkrake can I make a thread dedicated to DF's FUD. This is ways too funny to pass up

Of course you can, but don't be cheap, search more qoutes.

 

[Crow]

Absurd. They can't even manage what they currently have...Sony cant remain idle

 

[riesgoyfortuna]

Nobody gets their marching orders from anyone. Watch your mouth you bafoon.

ABK was looking to sell. So they were going to sell anyway. The highest bidder was MS. Stop acting like it was a hostile takeover. It is what is. Someone was going to get ABK. And it was MS. It is what it is. Their is nothing underhanded here. Xbox bought ABK with legal means. Xbox has the benefit of having a very rich parent company. It is what is. Sony would be doing the same if they had MS money and resources. Their internal studios arent being run into the ground. They have numerous games in their pipeline and Xbox had the best showcase this year.

Game Pass isnt good as it is right now. They need to make changes to it. If not they should get rid of it. If gamepass fails they can cut their loses.

Some gamers dont have to pay 70 for cod anymore and get to play it for 11 dollars a month. Even Sony signed the 10 year deal.

People like you are the ones who let bad things happens with that stupid mindset

 

[On Demand]

PlayStation logo poster is a green rat in disguise if anyone didn’t notice.

They even follow the same robotic style of posting with the usual power point style pictures of studios.

Useless studios since there’s still no tangible results after all these years. Pretty pictures though.

 

[Crow]

PlayStation logo poster is a green rat in disguise if anyone didn’t notice.

They even follow the same robotic style of posting with the usual power point style pictures of studios.

Useless studios since there’s still no tangible results after all these years. Pretty pictures though.

I just call it, how i see it. I just don't blindly top off Sony like you. Sony can't remain idle. That fact doesnt change. Xbox is applying pressure.

 

[On Demand]

You do “top off” Xbox freely instead. The company that hasn’t released anything worthwhile for years and needs to spend near $100B to take games off PlayStation to TRY and be competitive.

So much pressure. Yes.

 

[laynelane]

Isn't it appalling that we all now expect the CMA process to be a formality on the way to approval of this malignant tumour of a deal?

I'm still waiting for the outcome, trying not to go either way since I don't have all the information - but it's hard not to view the proceedings as a formality. So many countries already hand waved it through, countries that identified issues still passed it (EC among others), all the evidence of anti-competitiveness was ignored at the FTC trial, and the CMA seemed to working for MS at the CAT adjournment hearing as opposed to the public.

It just seems like the whole process has been corrupted and politicized. It's unbelievable that a massive tech company is being given the go-ahead to buy huge publishers yet here we are.

 

[Crow]

You do “top off” Xbox freely instead. The company that hasn’t released anything worthwhile for years and needs to spend near $100B to take games off PlayStation to TRY and be competitive.

So much pressure. Yes.

You clearly Love Sony a bit too much(almost obsession like), as evident by your post history. It explains why you top so much. Xbox has major games coming AND they have ABK(Major publisher) joining their ranks. If you don't view this as pressure you're just dense.

 

[On Demand]

Yeah typical green rat talking points. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Games are coming soon you just wait and watch!

*Yawn*

Next.

 

[laynelane]

Nobody gets their marching orders from anyone. Watch your mouth you bafoon.

ABK was looking to sell. So they were going to sell anyway. The highest bidder was MS. Stop acting like it was a hostile takeover. It is what is. Someone was going to get ABK. And it was MS. It is what it is. Their is nothing underhanded here. Xbox bought ABK with legal means. Xbox has the benefit of having a very rich parent company. It is what is. Sony would be doing the same if they had MS money and resources. Their internal studios arent being run into the ground. They have numerous games in their pipeline and Xbox had the best showcase this year.

Game Pass isnt good as it is right now. They need to make changes to it. If not they should get rid of it. If gamepass fails they can cut their loses.

Some gamers dont have to pay 70 for cod anymore and get to play it for 11 dollars a month. Even Sony signed the 10 year deal.

Some of us are concerned about the health of the industry long-term. All I'm getting from your posts is you support MS and like Game Pass. That's fine but such myopic views are exactly what has led to XBox being in the state it is today. Many of us don't want that effect being imposed on the entire industry because, you know, we actually like gaming.

 

[Crow]

Yeah typical green rat talking points. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Games are coming soon you just wait and watch!

*Yawn*

Next.

Starfield is coming out this year? No need to wait for next year. Sony is switching to GAAS games, based on their showcase. And thats bad. We don't know what major games are coming after Spiderman 2. Might be a drought next year. All their 1st party studios just came out with games not too long ago. Might be dry

 

[Crow]

Some of us are concerned about the health of the industry long-term. All I'm getting from your posts is you support MS and like Game Pass. That's fine but such myopic views are exactly what has led to XBox being in the state it is today. Many of us don't want that effect being imposed on the entire industry because, you know, we actually like gaming.

no i hate Gamepass. Its utter shit. I like some of MS games and studios. They just need to get games out the door more often. It doesnt help they release their games on pc day and date. Which kinda works against their market share.

 

[On Demand]

Starfield is coming out this year? No need to wait for next year. Sony is switching to GAAS games, based on their showcase. And thats bad. We don't know what major games are coming after Spiderman 2. Might be a drought next year. All their 1st party studios just came out with games not too long ago. Might be dry

Lmao. Wow.

At least you tried.

 

[Crow]

Lmao. Wow.

At least you tried.

excatly lol. Can't defend or argue any points. Keep on topping! thats all you're good for.

 

[Muddasar]

excatly lol. Can't defend or argue any points. Keep on topping! thats all you're good for.

Are you so embarrassed to be an Xbox fanboy that you need to hide it by putting the PS logo in your profile.

Nothing wrong with being a fanboy. Why hide it?

 

[Crow]

Are you so embarrassed to be an Xbox fanboy that you need to hide it by putting the PS logo in your profile.

Nothing wrong with being a fanboy. Why hide it?

what exactly makes me a fanboy? Because i give MS some props? Do i have to D ride Sony every time i post something? Do i have to bash MS/Xbox at every chance? Seems to me you don't actually understand what a fanboy is.

 

[Muddasar]

what exactly makes me a fanboy? Because i give MS some props? Do i have to D ride Sony every time i post something? Do i have to bash MS/Xbox at every chance? Seems to me you don't actually understand what a fanboy is.

I know a fanboy when I see one. Maybe not now but you will show your true colours sooner or later.

Blindly following and supporting a platform.

Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade.

We all criticise Sony here when they are in the wrong.