Spork3245 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 18 minutes ago, number305 said: Microsoft has repeatedly said as much. However with the tag of - wherever gamepass is available. I do think that if PS or Nintendo allowed gamepass to be on their system that MS would be all for it - but it would pretty much dry up sales of games for their hardware. MS is getting pretty close to checkmate. Imagine if Nintendo adopts gamepass via cloud streaming for switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 This is a mildly hopeful take. We've seen MS willing to let studios do their own thing to some degree. I don't think there's ever going back to "the old Blizzard," but if the structure of Xbox Gaming post acquisition has Blizz out from under the pressures of Activision, it could be really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Imagine if Nintendo adopts gamepass via cloud streaming for switch That happens, then I’m leaving my Steam Deck as a preorder. Although I’ll probably wanna upgrade to the OLED version. GOD DAMNIT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just now, silentbob said: That happens, then I’m leaving my Steam Deck as a preorder. Although I’ll probably wanna upgrade to the OLED version. GOD DAMNIT!!! Steamdeck would be worth it to run emulators on, IMO, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 this is massive. doesnt really mess with me because ive played maybe one or two activision games in the last 5 years. BUT this is definitely not good for Sony no matter how people try to spin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I just want some new Overwatch content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said: I just want some new Overwatch content. I just want new "next-gen" games now! I don't care who owns what just start pumping out games for christ sakes. Chip shortage and covid are still the biggest issues now. I'm tired of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Aside from CoD…how many games has Activision/Blizzard actually released that register in people’s radar in the last few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 This isn't good for the industry, but is probably better for the workers at activision. Sony must be shitting themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Kal-El814 said: With Overwatch, Call of Duty, Halo, and Gears, Xbox has become THE premier place to be called the n word over voice chat. This was soooo good I screencapped and sent it to my Halo crew iMessage group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaethos Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I was half listening to the radio when at the end of the national news segment they tossed in a quick line where I heard "Microsoft, Candy Crush, Activision Blizzard to help with their metaverse ambitions." I thought "What? No way!" I looked at my Google news feed and saw nothing. I came here next. This is crazy. I haven't played anything from them other than Diablo 3 in years, but I'll take a look at their other games once they hit Gamepass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Aside from CoD…how many games has Activision/Blizzard actually released that register in people’s radar in the last few years? None really, but WoW is still a helluva revenue generator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Blizzard has run their real time strategy games into the ground. Warcraft 3 Reforged is a joke and Starcraft 2 is running on legacy support. Meanwhile Microsoft has breathed new life into Age of Empires by funding really well done definitive editions of the old ones and releasing Age of Empires 4, which has sold well. Given those two things, I'm hopeful that Microsoft sees money in a new Warcraft RTS or at least fixing reforged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, johnny said: this is massive. doesnt really mess with me because ive played maybe one or two activision games in the last 5 years. BUT this is definitely not good for Sony no matter how people try to spin it. Eventually, these consolidations will mess with all of us who have used this line. As I said after Bethesda, that was just the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: None really, but WoW is still a helluva revenue generator. Oh no doubt. The revenue streams from CoD, WoW and that mobile division alone are probably worth it. Im just looking at it from the “Sony is shitting themselves” perspective. This really only complicated CoD for them. Which, granted, is a pretty massive complication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 I will bet very good money that largely the portfolio of ActiLizzard titles will indeed be Windows/Xbox exclusive. It is easy to think “they won’t give up those millions that PlayStation users drop on CoD every year”, but MS will not care about temporary reductions in revenue for the company, this is about driving customers to their platform and retaining those who are there. An absolute brutal play by MS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Mercury33 said: Oh no doubt. The revenue streams from CoD, WoW and that mobile division alone are probably worth it. Im just looking at it from the “Sony is shitting themselves” perspective. This really only complicated CoD for them. Which, granted, is a pretty massive complication. I really don't put much stock in the "Sony/Nintendo/etc. is shitting themselves" perspective at all. For all intents and purposes, these companies have been operating with EXTREMELY different corporate strategies for more than a few years now to the point where I'm not even sure that they're even competing in the same market space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 By the time this deal closes, CoD 2022 will have been released, CoD 2023 will be mostly developed and CoD 2024 will already be under development. We are probably talking about CoD 2025 -- my guess is that MS will continue to develop CoD for PS5 lifetime, and not support the next gen (PS6 in 2025 or 2026). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I will bet very good money that largely the portfolio of ActiLizzard titles will indeed be Windows/Xbox exclusive. It is easy to think “they won’t give up those millions that PlayStation users drop on CoD every year”, but MS will not care about temporary reductions in revenue for the company, this is about driving customers to their platform and retaining those who are there. An absolute brutal play by MS The only ActivLizzard products that I foresee remaining multiplatform are those with a significant GAAS presence, i.e. Warzone. It will be pretty much identical to how Fallout 76 and The Elder Scrolls Online remained multiplatform after the Bethesda acquisition while Starfield, TES VI, and future projects will be Xbox/PC exclusive. And let's face it: the MS platform is GamePass (not Xbox) and for that content is king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Diablo 4 is coming out and MS gets to push it. That's kinda big if it can still hold it's own against PoE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 24 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I really don't put much stock in the "Sony/Nintendo/etc. is shitting themselves" perspective at all. For all intents and purposes, these companies have been operating with EXTREMELY different corporate strategies for more than a few years now to the point where I'm not even sure that they're even competing in the same market space. Nintendo perhaps. But Sony is playing largely to the same demographic as Microsoft. What they each keep off the other's platform is even more important now than their hardware and subscription plans. It's why the Bethesda and Activision buyouts happened. Even Nintendo isn't operating in its own niche anymore with the Deck encroaching on them. The industry is circling around itself, and whoever gets the short end of the stick in these mergers and acquisitions will find themselves with a slimmer piece of the pie. 29 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I wouldn't doubt it. Everyone's for sale. Maybe it's more likely we see a merger soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 28 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Half-Life 3 confirmed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 By sheer coincidence... US competition enforcers launch overhaul of merger approval process WWW.THEVERGE.COM And the Senate will take on antitrust enforcement this week. Quote On Tuesday, the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission launched a joint effort to modernize antitrust enforcement, seeking comment on how the agencies can apply current law in cases against tech companies like Meta (parent company of Facebook) and Google. The announcement came at a joint press conference from FTC Chair Lina Khan and Justice Department Antitrust Chief Jonathan Kanter, who described the move as a wide-ranging enforcement modernization effort. While the announcement spans markets, it specifically questions how regulators should approach merger approval in digital markets, potentially setting new legal standards around data aggregation, interoperability, and market consolidation that can affect competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Even Nintendo isn't operating in its own niche anymore with the Deck encroaching on them. Nintendo does not give a fuck about Steam deck and those platforms are not going to compete in a meaningful way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: tf does this mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, johnny said: tf does this mean Absolutely nothing lolololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Spork3245 said: Absolutely nothing lolololol i bet he's trolling and he's going to announce something that has to do with him lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just now, johnny said: i bet he's trolling and he's going to announce something that has to do with him lol It's Gary Whitta so OF COURSE that's what it's gonna be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Finally, we will see Resistance and Killzone return in 2025. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: Nintendo does not give a fuck about Steam deck and those platforms are not going to compete in a meaningful way. Nintendo would be wise to give a fuck if they don't want to end up in a Wii U situation again with a Switch successor. The Switch sold on the back of its form factor, indie appeal, and a genuine killer app (BoTW). With the Deck entering the picture, Nintendo's historical disadvantages come back to the fore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 57 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Aside from CoD…how many games has Activision/Blizzard actually released that register in people’s radar in the last few years? Tony Hawk Reboot. Also Candy Crush and King in general still do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 People are saying Sony should allow gamepass on their platform... aren't they about to announce their own Gamepass like service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 minute ago, skillzdadirecta said: People are saying Sony should allow gamepass on their platform... aren't they about to announce their own Gamepass like service? Sort of. They are merging and changing up PS+ & PSNow into something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: People are saying Sony should allow gamepass on their platform... aren't they about to announce their own Gamepass like service? Its codename is "Spartacus" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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