They would do it with CoD itself.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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It's because of what they said. The pro-acquisition people are coming up with worse and worse scenarios and solutions with every setback. For the rest of us, they come across as being a bit on the silly side.
Yeah, some of the fanfic cope has been idiotic as hell.
How can they make Halo out of CoD when they wouldn't have ANY of the CoD studios, as those would be divested along with the IP?
The more this deal drags on, i think this generation will in part, be defined by this deal and ultimately how irrelevant xbox is in the grand scheme of things. If sony can hit their hardware sales projections, its a ps2 generation type sweep, but xbox wont even have a Halo tier (must play game) for at least the first 3 years and thats giving starfield the benefit of the doubt.
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Imagine buying CoD and being the same publisher that owns Halo, CoD, TES, Fallout and Doom...and then doing nothing with them
With what they said. I have seen people say a lot of dumb things but, this one is on another level.
A lot of them were so invested in seeing this acquisition go through that they legit are having some type of mini-mental-breakdown and are rationalizing and trying to come up with all sorts of alternate realities where this deal can somehow go through....
It's funny from a 'I don't know these people and they were horrible warriors anyway' perspective but if I was one of their parents or relatives I'd be kinda sad for them.
As long as MS continue to put Gamepass, Cloud, etc. ahead of games, they will continue to lose market share, I think. They just seem really resistant to the concept of 'gamers want great games'. I suppose it doesn't jive with their attempts to remodel the industry into what they think it should be - one where they are in control. If they retain that attitude, I can see your prediction coming true. Starfield could give them some traction, but there is the issue that sales will suffer due to Gamepass and its exclusivity leaving out the two biggest console user bases.
Starfield seems like it will be decent at least, but it's not a game for me personally. To me it just looks like a AAA-budget version of No Man's Sky, which I got bored of pretty quickly, but I could see it appealing to people. Dunno if it could beat the likes of Zelda, FFXVI, or Spiderman for GOTY though.
Avatar is Jack the Ripper from Record of Ragnarok. Pretty decent show, though the animation quality isn't the best.
Microsoft tells FTC judge that Sony has been sending numerous agents around the world to convince regulators to block the deal.
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Agreed, though I'm not seeing where it would be illegal if it is happening. Microsoft has been using various people to convince them to let the deal happen via media blitz and whatever else behind the scenes on the flip side of this.
It's called lobbying, I am sure MS is exceedingly familiar with the concept.
I've seen folks using ChatGPT to generate rebuttals to the CMA and training it to argue why behavioral remedies are enough.
343 can make it for 10 years and then it goes exclusive. Enough time to kill the IP
Most people on ERA, from what I've been reading, are convinced the deal is dead. There are a few that still believes, though.
It's a weird choice using Bobby kotick of all people to try and garner sympathy.