Xbox Acquisition |OT4| It's Acquisition Season for Xbox with $69 Billion deal, NICE!

[DeoGame (Farewell)]

@beastmode10

Good list.

Thanks.

[beastmode10]

@beastmode10

Casual Games - this is just a good diversionary tactic, I believe.

Phil is smart and understands the context and the value of information, and which panel has members like Dina Bass who is one of the foremost experts at reporting acquisition news.

He is not going to expose his cards to Dina Bass.

Treat it as a meh news info and move on.

He is continuing his E rated games message with some small alterations. I love how consistent he has been in messaging. But it should be treated as more of the same.

Phil is smart at this game. This is my takeaway.

[AllianceOfficer]

@beastmode10

He is continuing his E rated games message with some small alterations. I love how consistent he has been in messaging. But it should be treated as more of the same.

Phil is smart at this game. This is my takeaway.

I changed my mind today. His comments yesterday were priming the pump to acquire Bungie and destiny. Big social community, casual appeal. Phil loves Destiny, he’s bringing it on board.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@AllianceOfficer

I changed my mind today. His comments yesterday were priming the pump to acquire Bungie and destiny. Big social community, casual appeal. Phil loves Destiny, he’s bringing it on board.

Couldnt think of a bigger waste of money than Bungie other than cd projekt red tbh lol.

[AllianceOfficer]

@javycane

Couldnt think of a bigger waste of money than Bungie other than cd projekt red tbh lol.

Both would be great additions

[beastmode10]

@AllianceOfficer

I changed my mind today. His comments yesterday were priming the pump to acquire Bungie and destiny. Big social community, casual appeal. Phil loves Destiny, he’s bringing it on board.

Think Niantic, MercurySteam, Sega.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@AllianceOfficer

Both would be great additions

Based on what? Bungie would be a good addition in theory due to the gigantic community they have but other than that eh.

CD Projekt red a colossal waste of money(not doubting what could be the quality of games).

[pg2g]

Bungie is not what I think of when I think casual.

Casual to me means thry want stuff like Fall Guy’s where a family can pick up and play for fun. Doesn’t require advanced tactics or high skill level, just fun.

[BlackheartVinyl]

@pg2g

Bungie is not what I think of when I think casual.

Casual to me means thry want stuff like Fall Guy’s where a family can pick up and play for fun. Doesn’t require advanced tactics or high skill level, just fun.

I think he meant it as a joke until he got pushback.

[redd_sun]

@Friday

I think casual games are what casual people play . Fifa , Fortnite , GTA , COD etc .

I play none of those games, more like sims 4 a big truly casual game, no viokence or shared world either. A big bunch of gamers play the sims 4 or sim like games.

[jfsolo]

@redd_sun

I play none of those games, more like sims 4 a big truly casual game, no viokence or shared world either. A big bunch of gamers play the sims 4 or sim like games.

Yeah, all those games listed are the complete opposite of casual.

[BellaBundy (Jacob Boivin)]

@DeoGame

…sure on potential targets for the casual market. The sheer value of some of these mobile firms alone are unprecidented. Games not necessary on the enthusiast bubble’s radar make a positive killing. Social games are a bit easier to guess, but still a toughie as I’m not sure 100% what is meant. Is Co-Op social? Based on Xbox’s relationships, both existing and forthcoming, and their Top 50 most played, these seem like decent candidates for the right price.

Mainframe (the MMO devs behind the upcoming XGS MMO Pax Dei) Asobo Behaviour Interactive Turtle Rock IO (They are making a co-op MMO thing in Dragon) Dlala Stoic Bungie Studio Wildcard (if Snail sells) Hi-Rez Digital Extremes (supposedly there is growing discontentment between them and Tencent) Smilegate TT Games (if Discovery-WB will sell)

Hi Rez is an interesting one. They have notoriously struggled with bugs and polish. Smite and Paladins could both be significantly bigger with more resources. I think it’d be a very underrated acquisition.

[BellaBundy (Jacob Boivin)]

@beastmode10

Good list.

Yeah, Deo always has very good posts imo

[Butters (Sven)]

@jfsolo

Yeah, all those games listed are the complete opposite of casual.

For me that list sounds pretty casual. People that I know that own a console but aren’t that deep into gaming, are basically playing exactly this games.

In my class it was always FIFA, COD and GTA.

[Fabtacular]

@GamepadX

They completely removed EA Access purchase option on Xbox so that suggests the deal is per subscriber. You are suggesting about $1 per subscriber- a 30% Xbox cut= .70 per subscriber. Personally I think it’s higher because EA is too happy about this deal It will likely have options for increasing EA price every year.

Oh, I don’t doubt that it’s on a per-subscriber basis. Just that it’s lower than $1 and at some level that pays $100m on the high end.

I feel like we could maybe take a hard look at EA’s financial statements and get some kind of indication.

[pg2g]

@Butters

For me that list sounds pretty casual. People that I know that own a console but aren’t that deep into gaming, are basically playing exactly this games.

In my class it was always FIFA, COD and GTA.

Being a popular game doesn’t make it casual. How is COD any different from Halo or Battlefield? It isn’t really.

Both are significantly different from Mario Party, Mario Kart, Fall Guys, Among Us and other games the casual audience can pick up and play.

[DeoGame (Farewell)]

@BellaBundy

Yeah, Deo always has very good posts imo

Thanks!

[redd_sun]

@Butters

For me that list sounds pretty casual. People that I know that own a console but aren’t that deep into gaming, are basically playing exactly this games.

In my class it was always FIFA, COD and GTA.

Casual is not a pvp game which cod and gta are

[AllianceOfficer]

@pg2g

Being a popular game doesn’t make it casual. How is COD any different from Halo or Battlefield? It isn’t really.

Both are significantly different from Mario Party, Mario Kart, Fall Guys, Among Us and other games the casual audience can pick up and play.

COD is significantly different than those games because of how it’s treated in the marketplace. Everyone’s mom knows what cod is. People that don’t game know what cod is.

Phil related to those titles are things with broad casual and social appeal for a reason. He isn’t necessarily looking for some E rated thing like Nintendo has, just wants something with broad appeal and will hold a vast amount of the market.

Could it be similar to Nintendo, sure, but I also feel it’s unlikely given what’s out there. I think we need to look at other games with massive reach or potential for that.

[Friday]

@AllianceOfficer

COD is significantly different than those games because of how it’s treated in the marketplace. Everyone’s mom knows what cod is. People that don’t game know what cod is.

Phil related to those titles are things with broad casual and social appeal for a reason. He isn’t necessarily looking for some E rated thing like Nintendo has, just wants something with broad appeal and will hold a vast amount of the market.

Could it be similar to Nintendo, sure, but I also feel it’s unlikely given what’s out there. I think we need to look at other games with massive reach or potential for that.

basically event games .