Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard Discussion Thread (Part 1)

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ at that Colin tweet. Almost as pathetic as the one asking for the Government to step in.

[Shadowgasm]

I know the mods want us to be “better” than the obvious fanboys, but sometimes you just have to have a good laugh and point out fools like Colin.

[Failwood]

@Shadowgasm

I know the mods want us to be “better” than the obvious fanboys, but sometimes you just have to have a good laugh and point out fools like Colin.

I agree. We need to be better, but Moriarty always deserves to be clowned, so meh.

[AtticusFincher]

The entertainment value of Xbox acquisitions is unrivaled.

I need Phil to get a Japanese company for maximum fuckery.

[Failwood]

@AtticusFincher

The entertainment value of Xbox acquisitions is unrivaled.

I need Phil to get a Japanese company for maximum fuckery.

A Japanese company would cause literal meltdowns in the JRPG community lol.

[No-1HoloLens-Fan]

So COD games will become exclusive to Xbox and PC… No need to develope the game for 3 PlayStation SKUs

This will definitely save resources and make yearly COD viable with less technical and development issues

Yearly COD is going no where… But devs will have less to work on

[SheepDip]

@Failwood

A Japanese company would cause literal meltdowns in the JRPG community lol.

Microsoft acquires Activision:

Microsoft acquires Gust:

[KakkaKarrotKake]

I dont really understand all the gamepass on playstation/nintendo talk, MS is targeting billions, not millions, for anyone without an xbox they have a phone/tablet/television, billions of potential customers

Targeting the competition and sacrificing a large cut of your subscription to them when there are much bigger fish to target out there seems misguided

[floop]

@KakkaKarrotKake

I dont really understand all the gamepass on playstation/nintendo talk, MS is targeting billions, not millions, for anyone without an xbox they have a phone/tablet/television, billions of potential customers

Targeting the competition and sacrificing a large cut of your subscription to them when there are much bigger fish to target out there seems misguided

Didn’t Phil say he wants gamepass everywhere?

[Staffy]

@Deadwing88

But lemme guess, when Sony went after Bethesda games behind MS back it was fine? When they decided for SE it was time to make FF a PS only IP again it was fine?

[Swanlee]

@SheepDip

…I’ve harped on this before but it’s clear that to many people, it’s not enough for Sony to compete with MS, it’s not even enough for them to win, they have to utterly dominate, anything less is unfair and shouldn’t be allowed. Sony is not going anywhere. They’re not doomed. PS5 is not Dreamcast. Just the possibility that Microsoft might outsell Sony for one generation is not reason enough to run around with your hair on fire. People really wanted the Xbox One generation all over again where Sony humiliated MS. It’s clear now that that’s not happening and worlds are being shattered. Well we survived Xbox One, Sony fans will survive a gen where they probably still beat MS but just not by as much.

Sony fans are nuts and to be honest “gaming” is a secondary hobby to alot of them. Some of them bind their self identity to Sony and anything that even remotely threatens Sony’s dominance freaks them out. They care more about forum wars and trotting around forums trolling others to make themselves feel better. Actual gaming has little to do with how obsessed they are with Sony.

So you got to understand these people are Sony fans and trolls and that is their hobby, gaming is just some secondary activity that they may or may not even participate in.

To some of them the idea of even having an Xbox in their house is some type of foreign concept they cannot even imagine. Like owning an Xbox might burn down their house and kill their dog.

[power]

@Deadwing88

Imagine paying this guy to hypocritically whine about Xbox when you could use that money to subscribe to Game Pass instead.

[jfsolo]

@SheepDip

…I’ve harped on this before but it’s clear that to many people, it’s not enough for Sony to compete with MS, it’s not even enough for them to win, they have to utterly dominate, anything less is unfair and shouldn’t be allowed. Sony is not going anywhere. They’re not doomed. PS5 is not Dreamcast. Just the possibility that Microsoft might outsell Sony for one generation is not reason enough to run around with your hair on fire. People really wanted the Xbox One generation all over again where Sony humiliated MS. It’s clear now that that’s not happening and worlds are being shattered. Well we survived Xbox One, Sony fans will survive a gen where they probably still beat MS but just not by as much.

Great post

[Sparda3g]

I think it’s a good time to say multiple rumors on PS side that is nothing but fans pleasure in order to make it so redeemable, starting with Silent Hill.

[dehnus]

@Cortana117

…aggressively still try by keeping ‘‘lifetime’’ timed 3P exclusives off Xbox, it’s business sure but they’re one of the most ruthless companies out there. So who gives a F about Sony. They never played nice so why should MS ? Plus, Sony is still nr 1 even with the Activision acquisition. MS is still 3rd in that space. I don’t want Sony to go away (and they’ll never do), but I do want MS to kill the childish nostalgia that brand has associated itself with the crazies, I wouldn’t mind if they slip down to 3rd for once. And they’ll still be fine then. But all of this is just the start, Sony deserves to be humbled imo. And these people need to stop pretending like Sony needs to do anything when they’re still 1st. They know Sony will be fine, they’re just afraid Sony might not be nr.1 forever lol.

Well it’s interesting from a perspective of “How will Sony keep up”. As the other big tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Meta, etc) will start buying game studios and publishers soon as well. Sony might be over it’s head and needs to do something quick, lest they fall very far behind.

[clashfan]

@Deadwing88

a tweet from someone name Colin

This is a grown adult, right? If not I’m sorry for making fun of a child. This is the problem with society right now. If something happened in the world that I don’t exactly want it has to be evil. What is wrong with people?

[halo4able]

@Weaam

time for third one

Not sustainable

[PoderickPayne (Travis Norris)]

@Deadwing88

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Oye, Colly. Who took the jam outa your donut?

[SteadyMercury]

@dehnus

Well it’s interesting from a perspective of “How will Sony keep up”. As the other big tech firms (Apple, Amazon, Meta, etc) will start buying game studios and publishers soon as well. Sony might be over it’s head and needs to do something quick, lest they fall very far behind.

They’ll make targeted investments in studios that make sense for them in order to secure content they need and fill some gaps. See buying Insomniac and that dedicated porting studio.

They don’t have the same purchasing power so they’ll have to be smarter. But if every big publisher, premiere studio becomes a bidding war between MS/Amazon/Google/Facebook then Sony won’t be competitive in most of those battles and will have to aim for smaller targets with a disproportionate benefit to their business.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@floop

Didn’t Phil say he wants gamepass everywhere?

I think people are taking everywhere too literally.