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[marjo]

Forza and Starfield received scores in the mid-to-high 80s. Does that make Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Horizon: Forbidden West, Death Stranding, and Ghost of Tsushima “middling” too?

Besides all that, COD has reviewed in the 70s for years now and it hasn’t effected consumer interest at all.

Don't forget Hi-Fi rush which is at 89 on open critic.

Of MS's 4 first party games released this year, only Redfall scored badly (cause it sucked).

 

[djjinx2]

And yet I still don't want gamepass.

Better keep getting that chequebook out.

That's because you love Sony though? Some people like Gamepass too and that's OK

 

[DenchDeckard]

Trash/Trash/Trash/Trash/Super Trash/Very Good/Trash/Good/Ok

Good/Trash/Good/Ok/Trash/Good/Super Trash/Ok/Good

Since regulators allowed this, let the bloodbath ensue. Any other acquisition by Sony should be allowed no matter the size.

And any future xbox buy will be down played as small and meaningless in comparison so they'll let that through too.

im gonna sit here while gaming is slowly destroyed.

The best part is that COD will soon be sold for what its worth, $9.99

Is this what we came for?

 

[Dcr1d3r]

We're only about 6 months away from ultimate gamepass costing $20 a month. Who the hell wants to pay that

Lol... They better not even dare think about it. But good job in the acquisition MS...this will only force Sony into stepping up their 'game' too!

 

[CuteFaceJay]

So when is Gamepass gonna get a reup?

 

[RoadHazard]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

No, but really, I couldn't care less about COD or Crash. But MS being allowed to buy everyone is only good for MS, not for any of us.

 

[The Stig]

Finally I now know what the K stands for in ABK.

Who the fuck is King?

edit - this buyout doesnt really affect me as AB lost me at Diablo 3 but buyouts like this are usually bad for the consumer so I'll just contribute with this:

 

[CuNi]

I was told everyone moved on and there won't be any meltdowns!!
Why would you lie to me like that GAF!!
I trusted you!!

 

[BbMajor7th]

Inevitable, but still bad news for an industry that has seen far too much consolidation in the last decade. The more IP and studios these PR-conscious, product-pipeline operations buy up, the less variety gamers will have. But sure, if you're a brand evangelist, you'll probably be have a stake in this separate from the games and studios themselves.

 

[FF:Enhanced_Reality]

When did this happen?

Here, I can't link to the tweet

Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that Sony's 10-year Call of Duty deal is limited to CoD. Microsoft originally offered to keep "existing Activision console titles on Sony”, including future versions of current Activision games on PS till end of 2027.

Microsoft basically made Sony agree to sacrifice the guarantee of everything ABK has for Call of Duty and please don't misunderstand, whilst it's true Sony didn't HAVE to agree to this deal, it was also made very clear by Sony that every other deal Microsoft offered regarding Activision content was either unacceptable or not fit for purpose.

So fans like me who love and grew up with Crash and Spyro etc. Can pretty much go fuck ourselves. If we get it, we have to be really happy. But Microsoft clearly intend to withhold content from PlayStation.

And Microsoft are very likely going to continue purchasing more major publishers and companies until they virtually devour the market until they're the majority. As much as I hate this market consolidation it pisses me off even more when people say, "well if Microsoft don't do it Tencent will!!" What a crock...

 

[fred420170]

this is a problem buying COD is not going to solve. Forza and Starfield just came out to middling reviews from critics. This is a CULTURE thing, not a studio thing

They might have had middling reviews from some of the bias "journalists" but seems like millions and millions of people love Starfield and FMS outside gaming forums and twitter...

 

[Iced Arcade]

Now what would be real funny is if Sony bought Ubisoft and had control of the Xbox/Activision streaming rights lol

Now... Put those games on gampass asap philly

 

[acm2000]

now rebrand call of duty as a new ip called call to duty ruining all those contracts and make it xbox exclusive

 

[Crayon]

Congrats and I hope they continue to fuck up everything they touch!

 

[LordBlodgett]

Yeah Bobby Kotick is going to be like this in a few months:

The man is rich enough he doesn't need to give a shit about anything except what he wants to mess around in for the rest of his life.

 

[64bitmodels]

Congrats and I hope they continue to fuck up everything they touch!

I hope they touch themselves : )

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Wheres the games man??? I keep refreshing the xbox app.

What a swizz.

/s

 

[saintjules]

Who's next?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Looking at the few replies that tweet has gotten here, I would too.

People are all kinds of charged up on social media right now, both positively and negatively.

Change. Always gonna be strong stances on both sides. Especially when it’s change for the GREATER GOOD.

 

[Codes 208]

 

[SirTerry-T]

Green light that remaster, Phil.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Well it's over.

We have to wait and see how much this changes things.

 

[Davevil]

 

[Ozriel]

metacritic and opencritic are only part of the equation- gamers matter too. There is a major difference in the sort of conversation a game like fucking Spider-Man gets compared to Starfield. Look at this forum. Look at the videos. Look at the user scores of both games on Steam. Metacritic will have you believe these are games on the same tier.... they're not

And yet HiFi Rush is rated higher on Steam than all these games you cite. released this year from the same ‘culture’ you speak about.

Your point?

10 years from now this will be seen as yet another failed acquisition that a company paid way too much for and whose identity and brand has completely eroded

All in the name of career moment empire building power fantasies

Yes, Phil Spencer convinced Satya Nadella, Brad Smith and the rest of the Microsoft board to sign off on their biggest ever acquisition by telling them it would boost his career.

Jeez.

Looking at the revenues and profit ABK brings in, you’d be hard pressed to argue that they’ve spent way too much on the deal.

 

[Little Chicken]

 

[FoxMcChief]

 

[kirby007]

wow on GPU pls

 

[havoc00]

Embracer group hurting; Xbox should help out and do some purchasing.

 

[solidus12]

Congrats and I hope they continue to fuck up everything they touch!

Ancient Greece had Midas touch; Xbox has Mierdas touch.

 

[Fess]

Found a summary on X showing the first party studios under Microsoft from here on

 

[64bitmodels]

And yet HiFi Rush is rated higher on Steam than all these games you cite.

I cited 2 games which were brought up first by analog_future , so i have no idea what you're on about. Getting a good game every 3 bad games is no cause for celebration.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Yes, Phil Spencer convinced Satya Nadella, Brad Smith and the rest of the Microsoft board to sign off on their biggest ever acquisition by telling them it would boost his career.

Jeez.

Looking at the revenues and profit ABK brings in, you’d be hard pressed to argue that they’ve spent way too much on the deal.

I’m sure these deals looked great at one time as well

Paying for past performance doesn’t always pan out

Microsoft: Here are five buys of Microsoft that went bad - The Economic Times

Microsoft bought Finish company Nokia for a massive $7 billion when Nokia had almost lost their entire market hold to Apple, Samsung etc.

m.economictimes.com

 

[adamsapple]

Next year's E3 is gonna be LIT.

Xbox + Bethesda + Activision showcase.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Ozriel]

I’m sure these deals looked great at one time as well

Paying for past performance doesn’t always pan out

Microsoft: Here are five buys of Microsoft that went bad - The Economic Times

Microsoft bought Finish company Nokia for a massive $7 billion when Nokia had almost lost their entire market hold to Apple, Samsung etc.

m.economictimes.com

Ah. Yes. The good old cherry pick.

Cleverly avoided Mojang, LinkedIn, GitHub and any other success stories, eh?

 

[Little Chicken]

Their first action needs to be removing the Lillith Moira skin in Overwatch 2 from the pay wall.

 

[Varteras]

Looks like a shitty sci-fi movie you'd see on Netflix

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Ah. Yes. The good old cherry pick.

Cleverly avoided Mojang, LinkedIn, GitHub and any other success stories, eh?

$70B is quite a bit more than any of these other “successful” examples

 

[tusharngf]

Holy shit.. Biggest game company as of now

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I wonder if Blinx is sad about Crash and Spyro making him even more irrelevant.

 

[NEbeast]

They did it, the fucking madmen did it.

Shows you can achieve anything, even triple the size of your gaming division revenue in less than 10 years, as long as you have passion.

Great job to everyone involved.

This shit is embarrassing. "Passion"? fuck off, they bought their way to this point because they have no idea how to innovate and make exciting games. Let's see if this moves the needle, I doubt it when cod remains on PS.

 

[Varteras]

I wonder if Blinx is sad about Crash and Spyro making him even more irrelevant.

I mean can you go any lower than rock bottom? I guess if you have those two down there with you but sitting on your face.

 

[OverHeat]

PlayStation fans right now.

They still have better games…

 

[SEGAvangelist]

$70B is quite a bit more than any of these other “successful” examples

Well that adds pressure for this one to be even more of a success. Not exactly a bad thing in a lot of ways.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Well that adds pressure for this one to be even more of a success. Not exactly a bad thing in a lot of ways.

It also increases the risk of it being a massive failure if the two companies don’t integrate well

 

[lefty1117]

Warthog in COD please

 

[bosnianpie]

I will never buy Xbox.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Holy shit.. Biggest game company as of now

No, they can't compete...

Take Two and EA are next

 

[adamsapple]

I will never buy Xbox.

Plot twist: because you already have!

 

[lefty1117]

Barrett as a SPARTAN in Halo please