Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard

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With how bad Redfall and Starfield ended up being, MS's actual first party in complete disarray, I feel like activsion is all they have going for them but cod is multiplat for at least 10 years. Oh and Mojang. This may as well be them completely starting over in a sense. Im sure we will start to see lead talent start to leave one by one here soon. I dont see how they can actually improve gamepass numbers beyond starting to make games actual gamepass exclusives but even then i dont think that will work.
 
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Like I said I am convinced XBOX won’t be there next generation when PS6 launches. They will launch that Cloud console which was reported a year ago. They will remain but not as classic platform holder. They will become a service like Stadia/Luna are. Just Gamepass.
 
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Dabaus said:
With how bad Redfall and Starfield ended up being, MS's actual first party in complete disarray, I feel like activsion is all they have going for them but cod is multiplat for at least 10 years. Oh and Mojang. This may as well be them completely starting over in a sense. Im sure we will start to see lead talent start to leave one by one here soon. I dont see how they can actually improve gamepass numbers beyond starting to make games actual gamepass exclusives but even then i dont think that will work.
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The result of their Bethesda acquisition so far has been mediocre to average at best. I can see ABK being no different. Blizzard died long before being swooped up by MS and Activision pretty much only makes COD. Crash and Spyro ain't gonna push huge Game Pass numbers. We already know Bobby K doesn't like Game Pass so wouldn't be surprised if he attempts to drag COD not going day n date as much as he can. Moreover, MS gonna have a hard time converting the hardcore COD players over to Game Pass cause those folks are casual as hell. Those folks buy one game a year which is COD and they don't care bout any other game. So good luck pitching a sub service which "selling point" is look at all of these games to those folks. Plus, lots of COD players migrated to Warzone a F2P mode, don't need a sub service for that. And MS having to sell the cloud rights of ABK games in order to get the deal is a major L for MS.
 
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Lono is popping off about all the dumb ass "so called Journalists" like Tom warren, Jez:
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The fool in this video above Gingerprime was in Lono's chat talking about how he supports Microsoft entertaining the idea of buying Nintendo because they have a "monopoly" on Mario and Microsoft buying them would allow him to play it anywhere.


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Doncortez77 said:


The fool in this video above Gingerprime was in Lono's chat talking about how he supports Microsoft entertaining the idea of buying Nintendo because they have a "monopoly" on Mario and Microsoft buying them would allow him to play it anywhere.


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He is at least 50 IQ points short of reaching room temperature, with that line of thinking.
 
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funny how y'all constantly posting these blue checks you disagree with, literally giving these people money (ad revenue)
 
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gameluster.com

In Criticism of Microsoft’s Acquisition Practices | GameLuster

Microsoft have a long history of acquiring companies; their practice being most egregious in the game’s market of late, with Nintendo as a next target.
gameluster.com gameluster.com


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Alot of people are defending the future Xbox price increase on that post and of course they're bringing Playstations recent increase as a comparison. Hey atleast they're (playstation) continuing to give us quality titles worth the money and we're positively contributing to the companies growth in house and out.
 
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They are very serious about acquiring Sega
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This was already publicly released, right? Didn't it also come with a little guide to their franchises with pictures of the logos?

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That's actually an older email that was made public months ago. FWIW Sega said they want to stay independent, but we'll see. Their statement about MS valuing them more than Sony and Nintendo is bizarre given which fanbases actually buy games.
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I don't see that statement being made anywhere. Sony and Nintendo weren't actual targets on Microsoft's narrow list (or the big one,) whereas Sega I think was, and was apparently actively pursued. They didn't mention it but, of course, price was also part of what made Sega attractive. In theory their gaming assets could have been good value for money to them.
 
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This was already publicly released, right? Didn't it also come with a little guide to their franchises with pictures of the logos?

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I don't see that statement being made anywhere. Sony and Nintendo weren't actual targets on Microsoft's narrow list (or the big one,) whereas Sega I think was, and was apparently actively pursued. They didn't mention it but, of course, price was also part of what made Sega attractive. In theory their gaming assets could have been good value for money to them.
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Sega said it about MS valuing them more than Nintendo or Sony valued them.
 
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