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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 18, 2022 8:36:10 GMT -5
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 18, 2022 8:42:28 GMT -5
Buying them outright is certainly one way to reconsider your relationship. Hopefully they cut as many sexpests as possible although I doubt it.
I guess at least Diablo 2 and Starcraft will hit gamepass.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jan 18, 2022 8:44:53 GMT -5
So the saga of Crash and Spyro is just weird. From PlayStation mascots to being multi-console for two decades to now being owned by XBox.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Jan 18, 2022 8:48:36 GMT -5
The interesting thing is that I can see Microsoft still working with Nintendo so that they can get some titles, it'll be insane to see them freezing out Playstation owners from Activision titles.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 18, 2022 8:52:25 GMT -5
I'm honestly curious if it was cheaper for Microsoft to just buy the company and flush the garbage than it was to have Acti/Blizz try to fix itself. The brand name had quickly morphed into raw sewage. They needed a From-the-top-down makeover and Kotick wasn't going to change, thus making the whole problem into a steaming pile of shit that wasn't going away. Stock price had fallen a lot to the point where getting bought was increasingly likely.
This is probably for the best. But Kotick will hang around for like a year or so, then "retire" and get a massive Golden Parachute bigger than a lot of countries' GDP. Screw that guy.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 8:53:41 GMT -5
At this point Microsoft can probably created their own Smash game now if they wanted too.
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Post by Ganon83 on Jan 18, 2022 8:54:07 GMT -5
Speaking as somebody who albeit has zero interest in the franchise, Call of Duty potentially only being on Xbox and PC is a generation ender. Sony may finally end up losing a console generation sales wise.
Speaking of COD, the best part of this is EA losing out on their dream of just buying the company instead of being the jealous guy at the bar in regards to specifically that franchise.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 18, 2022 8:58:19 GMT -5
Acitivison has pretty much nothing I'm interested in so this purchase doesn't really affect me at all but hopefully some pieces of shit lose their jobs over this. More likely they'll just get huge paydays and remain in positions of power though.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 18, 2022 9:07:30 GMT -5
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 18, 2022 9:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 9:10:03 GMT -5
I want a new Call Of Duty Game but all the characters are from Conker Bad Fur Day.
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Post by HMARK Center on Jan 18, 2022 9:11:44 GMT -5
All the vile sexpests and enablers will likely get golden parachutes on the way out, and monopolistic media consolidation continues apace.
Personally I don't really have any interest in Activision stuff, but the big picture in gaming ain't great these days.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 18, 2022 9:13:00 GMT -5
To put a bit of perspective on this, Disney brought Lucasfilm and Marvel Entertainment for a combined $8bn. To put extra perspective on this, Take-Two just announced they’re buying Zynga for $11bn.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 9:33:34 GMT -5
Wow that is insane. I'm shocked.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 9:35:50 GMT -5
Them locking out Playstation diehards from the likes of Overwatch 2 would be insane.
I been lookin forward to Diablo 4 so I have interest in seeing how that is gonna be playing out now and...hey MicroSoft you can bring back David Brevic now and give him back the diablo franchise to run while you are at it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 9:38:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2022 9:42:05 GMT -5
And this broke Twitter.
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 18, 2022 9:51:57 GMT -5
Wot? WoW on console?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 18, 2022 10:00:48 GMT -5
Dear Microsoft, start by clearing out all the sex pests and the management that enabled them
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Jan 18, 2022 10:12:40 GMT -5
Man I’m glad I have both consoles. Mainly for D4 whenever it comes out.
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