I referenced the “call to that one congressman” in my original reply. 
And yes, you’re being very condescending to a lot of people when you give them your “expert” interpretation and analysis when they disagree with you.
Anyway, I think your interpretation is wrong. I guess we’ll see. 
Oh yay, this conversation again.
It’s gonna be a long couple of months.
Yes but you keep arguing with people saying that call of duty will definitely be multiplatform because a politician said something Vague about assurances and are connecting dots that don’t connect to make assumptions no one can possibly know.
And his opinion of the tweet is merely an opinion. As far as I know Hoeg is not involved with this deal and isn’t a Microsoft lawyer.
I think they had to concede having Spring Showcases
Why you have to personally hurt me like pg2g?
I thought we were cool man.
This is good to know and seeing from what I see the vast majority of politicians are over 50 years old and have no clue what games like Call of Duty are, so they definitely won’t be looking at this market.
Ok well if you don’t want me to tell you what I’m referring to then don’t get spicy when I reply and cite that info. We shall see what happens, but Xbox fans here should not die on the hill of twisting Phil’s tweet to reinforce what we want to be true rather than what is most likely to be true. That just leads to ppl freaking out when they are wrong and we get nonstop doom 'n gloom shitposting thereafter. As I explained many times in the past in other threads, MS doesn’t need CoD to be Xbox-only to peel those PSX owners away. Hell, even contrived ‘uncertainty’ is already peeling some away.
I’m replying to ppl who replied to me. That’s known as a discussion. I am not the one declaring CoD will remain on PlayStation. Phil said that. What Ken Buck says is not especially vague. What Phil said is not vague ‘coded language’. He didn’t tweet that in an environment where everyone online presumed CoD was exclusive as some reverse psychology move to somehow say the literal opposite, yet secretly intending to reinforce what everyone presumed.
Yes, all of our discourse here are opinions and predictions about the future. But not all opinions are created equal and Hoeg’s is far and away more informed than ours is here.
All the ppl with the position to know better than us are saying CoD will remain on PSX. Phil, Sony, the FAQ that ABK put online, Ken Buck, and outsiders like Hoeg all line up in the same direction here. Just pretending what Buck said was super vague when it wasn’t all that vague, or pretending Phil super secretly meant the polar opposite of what he actually said in plain language for [reasons], or dismissing Hoeg’s views as if they are not more informed than anyone else’s…those are not things that contribute to the discourse. They do the opposite of that.
Getting real “Will Bethesda games be exclusive” thread flashbacks in here. Some of the same people as well.
Some of the same arguments as well.
Thought the same, but we know how that turned out, no need to go through the same here.
Nadella CEO of Microsoft who has bought like 15 companies says they dont expect to make concessions and we got keyboard lawyers arguing the contrary.
Y’all realise Microsoft can just make a F2P spin off called Shit Call of Duty BTW PS5 Sux edition and make it utter unplayable garbage and that still counts?
Real CoD and game pass will be inseperable. You best believe it.
Government: Call of Duty can’t be exclusive.
Xbox: Here’s our new military themed FPS series Duty Calls
He’s telling em to kick rocks
At the end of the day, I find it funny how CoD has the attention of many (not this forum) wrt this acquisition, but these people blissfully ignore the continuous revenue stream from King’s Candy Crush (which is reportedky far more than CoD) and potentially Blizzard (with Overwatch, WoW) when they are re-energized and back in form.
You mean that ?
Or just Modern Warfare 3: Duty and Calling.
This deal cant close soon enough.
How many has he made since the new FTC regs got in place? Zero, since they aren’t in place yet. Also, note that they already are committed to keeping CoD on PSX. Nobody is suggesting new concessions in the future. They made their assurances and got their greenlight already, which is why sensible ppl agree it will go through pretty smoothly.
And you can make the same kinda irrational claim you did here as to why Nvidia’s bid to take over ARM just has to go thru no problem, but that is not how things work. Things are complicated and risk is involved, as are politics and legislation which itself is open to interpretation/application. Legal teams have to make their case for/against, etc.
Hoeg has mentioned the King element a bunch of times. You’re right that most of us are not thinking about that though. Hoeg thinks if the FTC were to force them to divest any of the ABK subsidiaries it would be King, but he doesn’t appear to think that is likely either way.
