No politicians do this, Phil will go after new challenges in a new place.
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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Im seeing a new cope from xbox fanatics that this third party talk is an elaborate scheme to trick regulators into allowing MS to acquire more publishers. I do think MS is a scummy enough company to do something like that. However the damage to the brand if this starts to settle into the hardcore gamers subconscious cant be understated though.
Yeah, again 4d chess move, right?
Right after all courts and phil, nadella and others testomonies and many leaked or shared documents.
Xbots are dumbest of the dumbest.
The head of 343 left to spend more time with her family.
If they feel MS needs to "trick" regulators so they can go buy more publishers, and they support the idea, it's time for them to accept that THEY'RE anti-consumer and openly support the creation of a monopoly. Like, that really says a lot more about them than anyone or anything else.
Too late to matter in this case but it is refreshing to see a judge that doesn't give MS 110% of what they want.
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Judge Denies Microsoft's Demand for More Documents from Sony in Activision Blizzard Acquisition Case
The endless Saga of the legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, but a Judge just shut a door in Microsoft's face.
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Ppl need to remember how bad the quality of Xbox games are every time they want to complain ps is releasing games to slowly. Crossfirex, redfall, forza motor sport were all doa because a complete lack of quality control. Releasing stuff like that furnishes the brand. I go for quality over quantity every time.
This is a fair point for royalties, there must be something somewhere in the license.
But I take issue with the notion that they don't need to care about quality because it's a rental service. Outstanding games coming out on a regular basis is what keeps people coming in and what keeps them in.
Cutting on development quality in the wrong way can be much more expensive than just paying whatever it's worth to make the games (they also need to hire the talent and manage it in a way that brings these games out).
-Toys for bob-Gone
-Cod 2025- No lead developer
-Blizzard game cancelled and mass staff- laid off
-Lead devs of COD- Laid off or fired
-Ubisoft owns streaming rights for 15 YEARS.
Am I missing anything else ? Sounds like the biggest waste of 70 billion dollars imaginable.
Good then, let them waste all that money and get as little as possible in return.
Deals done it won't be undone , Microsoft has bitten off more than they can chew with this acquisition lol
We should be actually happy. This is what led to Microsoft going by the next generation slowly in 3rd Party route. MS did miscalculate, they thought everyone from PS would jump ship. This is indeed a waste but also good for us PS fans.
This is the last publisher I see MS buying. Xbox is standing on his last legs.
I don't think they miscalculated user reactions. They just only really wanted the mobile and PC storefronts all along.
lol
lmao even.
They will not stop.
MS's aim is still the same: becoming the most powerful company in the tech world, gaming included.
They'll still have hardware, niche, but still.
But they'll publish their games everywhere.
This doesn't change their overall strategy, it actually is more in line with the rest of the company.
MS doesn't have exclusive software, never did.
Office is everywhere, Azure is platform agnostic, Windows is an open platform.
Gaming was the odd one and now it isn't anymore.
MS is multiplat as a company for decades now.
The thing about that is that mediocre software doesn't cut it in gaming
But it does.
CoD has been mediocre for decades and it's still going strong.
And Pokémon?