Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard Discussion Thread (Part 1)

Yep, but the potential for great stuff is there. It’s not only CoD, Overwatch, Diablo and Warcraft that we’re going to see. Some of these studios are perfect for a 3D platformer.

They now have studios known for E games and also a big mobile dev. For them financially it makes sense.

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We beat the WB allegations and got a better more expensive deal.

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It just hit me that Microsoft now owns Sekiro.

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Time to buy From

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My ignorant and innocent ass thought Focus Entertainment was the only real tier of publishers they could realistically target after Bethesda being a “one time thing” lol

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Maybe. Hopefully one day. But man once this goes through they will have like 15,000 employees at their studios alone. Adding more seems kinda crazy. Almost insane

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Microsoft just spent more money than the entire year worth of gaming consumer spending in the US on this deal.

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More platformers would be a major plus. More Crash and Spyro and I’d like it more. Transformers War for Cybertron or anything of that nature too.

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They do not. Fromsoft owns it, activision just has publishing rights.

Just some light-hearted fun. Not to be taken seriously

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I just hope they resurrect those other franchises

I’m NOT denying that this is a HUGE impact on Playstation. But Playstation will be able to maneuver and I’m sure Sony has a response. Again whether big or small. I’m just for competition. :man_shrugging:

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Xbox just took Activision away from Sony. That’s a kick in the dick. Taking From Software, that might bring on full gonorrhea

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My biggest hope is that this now saves Blizzard from the influence of Activision and allows them to get back to making great games again. I doubt it happens since most of the people responsible for that have now left, but a man can dream.

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Wait… does that mean Xbox technically owns the rights to the old Spiderman games like Shattered dimensions and web of shadows so that they can put them back compat? I know they said Back compat ended but i’m curious

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My oh my how everyone was wrong lol

That list appears to not be complete. Neither Blackthorne nor The Lost Vikings are on the list, and while not huge franchises they are two of my mid-90’s Blizzard favourites and the reason I became aware of that company in the first place. Although I don’t think they were called Blizzard when Vikings came out, but I’m almost certain Blackthorne had their logo up front.

Either way, unless they’ve sold those IPs, that Wikipedia list isn’t accurate, so Sekiro not being on that list is not necessarily indicative of anything.

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Oh yeah definitely. Sorry I wasn’t meaning to insinuate that you were denying anything. I was just agreeing with you :sweat_smile:

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Can you imagine??