Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard Discussion Thread (Part 1)

[Deadwing88]

Jeff Grubb

[Weaam]

i’m not going down on this rabbit hole again.

[Boosted_Gear]

This is going to be a really fun year

[Daniel]

@Deadwing88

Lmao is he trying to turn this into a Sony win? Microsoft could pull it straight away soon as they own them if they want.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

This some god tier PR speak by Phil cause you can spin that tweet into 10 different things and all be correct.

[Hindle]

Say my theory is wrong, that means Phil is giving up 3 AAA studios to make COD on Playstation.

Nah

[Cayde4Ever (Cayde)]

@2021ERA

The only thing that boggles my mind is why didn’t Xbox buy the whole of WB instead?

WB’s market Cap is close to $74 Billion.

Why not buy the whole of WB and get ton’s of IP including DC comics and Mortal Kombat.

They would also have their own TV studio’s and I believe HBO is also part of WB if I’m not mistaken.

Either way this is huge news especially for Game Pass Subscribers.

Game Pass will have a huge library very soon…

That’s not their forte. They have no ambitions to go into the movie/television business at this point. They are first and foremost a software company and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.

[anon81312630]

@Deadwing88

This won’t age well for this Greg Miller guy lol

[Daniel]

Fuck it I was sorta feeling bad for Sony for a second but these morons keep trying to big up Sony make me want MS to just dig in more, make them moan about how Xbox is ruining gaming and make them show just how stupid they really are.

[Sparda3g]

@javycane

This some god tier PR speak by Phil cause you can spin that tweet into 10 different things and all be correct.

Just have to wait for a graphic that says “Xbox Exclusive” like what they did with Starfield.

[Deadwing88]

@Daniel

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No he’s saying that COD will be exclusive… as Xbox will try to leverage it to get gamepass on playstation… but it won’t happen.

[Boosted_Gear]

Phil is really good.

[Weaam]

if phil wants GP on PS then he needs to get T2 next.

put more pressure on them with GTA

[Daniel]

@Deadwing88

No he’s saying that COD will be exclusive… as Xbox will try to leverage it to get gamepass on playstation… but it won’t happen.

Oh I read that wrong, This shit has me all sorts of fucked up.

[Deadwing88]

@Boosted_Gear

Phil is really good.

That’s how you go from intern to eventual CEO of gaming lol…

[Cayde4Ever (Cayde)]

@Hindle

Yea, 70bn only to keep spending money on Playstation? No chance

It’s not beyond reason to keep it on PlayStation. We need to look at this from an optics perspective , COD has become a platform like Minecraft. It makes sense to keep it on PlayStation and make sure that COD keeps its momentum and power as a pillar franchise that releases “Everywhere”. Including the competition.

[Weaam]

Timdog

[TavishHill]

@javycane

Gonna be honest that Phil tweet could absolutely not mean what people think it is.

It means CoD will continue coming to PSX systems. It is not just about existing contracts, but also CoD games beyond those contracts. I think this is gonna be required from an antitrust scrutiny pov. Not as aggressive as it could have been, but all in all this is still ginormous for MS/Xbox and will push many millions of gamers to buy into their ecosystem that otherwise wouldn’t have.

[Borealis]

@Searsy82

“Our Desire”

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Exactly this, he wants them to add gamepass to playstation when the contracts are up

[Resist]

@TavishHill

. I think this is gonna be required from an antitrust scrutiny pov.

Absolutely not.