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[Aguero9320]

Speechless. That’s almost not fair

I think it’s now fair to say Microsoft aren’t planning on getting out of gaming any time soon…

 

[Nautilus]

THIS IS FUCKING BIGGER THAN THE BETHESDA BUY. MY GOD, WTF IS HAPPENING TO THE GAMING INDUSTRY?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

LOL. Holy shit.

This is a huge deal but funny enough, I literally can't remember the last time I bought an Activision game, their stuff just doesn't interest me.

It's pretty wild though, I figured Activision/Blizzard would be too costly for a company to just buy. The coming years are going to be really interesting.

Microsoft is one of the richest companies on the planet and they did just go buy Acti/Blizz. probably will hardly make a dent too.

 

[nani17]

Gamepass 9:99 lol

 

[Interfectum]

holy fuck.

 

[WoodyStare]

I just woke up and feel like I’m still dreaming.

This is insanity.

 

[Vaelka]

Sony may eventually regret giving up on Japan...

Sadge, I remember when Sony was the attractive option to me because it was '' the Japanese '' platform.

I don't think they've '' given up on Japan '' or anything tho they've made big investements in Anime in recent time.
But they've definitely been kinda giving Japanese game devs the finger and pandering hard to NA at the expense of them, I mean they don't even fucking communicate with Japanese devs in Japanese they force them to communicate in English...

 

[dotnotbot]

Listen up nerds.

You’ll be buying an Xbox whether you want to or not.

I think I need new hobby

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Holy fucking shit.

 

[Wunray]

MS is the defacto place to play fps games now...... unbelievable. Spyro game might not be dead.

 

[Whitecrow]

All they care about is for Sony to starve. I will always say this. And that why I will never buy a MoneyhatBox

 

[Plantoid]

Well, M$ CEO did say they were all in in gaming, we didn't listen

 

[DarkestHour]

This explains why he hasn't been fired. He's going to handle the transition and then take his golden parachute.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

zenimax was just a warm up for them lol.

 

[Coolwhhip]

What does it mean for the woke virus at Blizzard? Will it get better or worse with MS?

Nevermind got my answer.

 

[Emerging lbrowsky]

I gotta say, the salt spilled out of my fucking pocket right here.

Sony can't possibly recover from that and I'm PS fanboy since I remember.

 

[The Fartist]

Microsoft's gonna Microsoft, I guess.

 

[Punished Miku]

Microsoft is one of the richest companies on the planet and they did just go buy Acti/Blizz. probably will hardly make a dent too.

It's not like they even lose money really. When you buy a $50 bill company for $70, you lose 20. You still own a $50 bill asset you could sell. It will just get more valuable so they barely lose anything in the end.

 

[tusharngf]

. Godammm 70 fucking billion.. competition is over guys.. they got candy crush developers as well. They made a smart move. This is pizza money for a trillion dollar company. They own sekirooo wtfffff.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Vanguard was the #2 selling game on the PS Store in 2021. MS now owns that franchise.

People underestimate how much COD will sell consoles IF it ever went exclusive, I know alot of pros have requested to move back to Xbox for the pro scene for a long time

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Mother of God

Be afraid. Very afraid.

 

[Michele]

So what the hell does this mean? I'm not sure what is going to happen, and this does raise some ... trust issues, what is Microsoft thinking about while buying that company? Will there be less monetization?

 

[TonberrysKnife]

WHAT THE FUCK???

 

[Umbasaborne]

Sony the time is now!!!! No more fucking around, consolidation is the name of the game. Its time to buy square enix, and sega. I cant believe this, this basically leaves square, ea, and ubisoft as the only other three big third party publishers in the game.

 

[Anchovie123]

Someone needs to call up Jimbo NOW. Need to buy Square and Capcom ASAP.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Nautilus]

I mean, MS is brute forcing their way to victory. This is almost unfair. With Blizzard, Activision and Bethesda, they bought their way into relevance. Its like "People complain that we only have Halo, Forza and Gears? Well, we now BOUGHT your favorite franchises!"

 

[Damian black]

So whos left now of big publishers?
Ubi, Ea, take 2?
I wouldnt be surprised if Ms goes after take2 in the next couple of years just to get gta.

 

[Mr Moose]

Is he still working at Activision?
MS to Mike

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Well, M$ CEO did say they were all in in gaming, we didn't listen

too many people on here were quick to ignore and laugh.

MS ain't fucking around. the crazy thing is that even after this they might not be done. they could go after EA or Take Two next.

 

[TransTrender]

Wakes up
Sees this
Goes back to sleep

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Satya Tweeted

Need me some more inclusiveness for sure, thanks Satya

 

[Bonsaibäumchen]

Thats actually quite the impressive move by MS. Hope they can fix Activision/Blizzard in the long term though.
I mean even blending out the internal issues, Blizzard products have been declining for at least a decade.

 

[pratyush]

70 billion dollars. Wow this is insane.

I dont play any Activision games but it has a huge market. This is basically turning into a monopoly. Are we going to see entire gaming industry gobbled up by Microsoft?

 

[Insane Metal]

Holy Fuck!

Insane. This is fucking insane.

Seriously. This can't be good for the industry, right?

 

[Lognor]

What was I saying just the other day about consolidation?

The gaming landscape is going to look very different in 5 years.

This is AWESOME news for me! Maybe bad news for you, but hey you can always buy a series s and continue to enjoy Activision games

 

[LordCBH]

#BringBackSingularity

 

[phil_t98]

Market cap is $50 billion. They overpaid by $20 billion.

And they will be set for BILLIONS if true

 

[Ogbert]

Also, good stuff keeping Kotick on board.

He should dress up like a pharaoh and get some grunts to carry him into the office on his first day.

 

[kruis]

Biggest acquisition in entertainment ever probably. 2nd place is Disney buying Marvel and Star Wars.

Disney bought Marvel & Star Wars for peanuts. This is comparable to Disney buying 20th Century Fox for 71 billion dollars.

 

[DonF]

Sorry but I can't post what I want because I can't upload gifs for some reason...but pics upload fine.

Anyone know why?

MS bought the ability to post Gifs. its now exclusive to series X

 

[Umbasaborne]

Xbox owns crash bandicoot and spyro lmfaooooooooooo!

 

[clarky]

In for the meltdowns. Shit gonna be gold over the next few days.

get ready for endless posts of no way xbox wont put COD out on PlayStation right?? they be mad to miss out on those salez??????

 

[dotnotbot]

Sony the time is now!!!! No more fucking around, consolidation is the name of the game. Its time to buy square enix, and sega. I cant believe this, this basically leaves square, ea, and ubisoft as the only other three big third party publishers in the game.

It's over anyway

 

[Jaybe]

Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard

Phil Spencer and fellow Xbox leaders are 'disturbed and deeply troubled' by reports about the publisher.

www.engadget.com

This aged like milk lol

Phil is a suit through and through

 

[Smoke6]

At this point MS should just become a third party publisher.

I’ve have said this multiple times before that this was there exit from console strategy

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING

 

[Damigos]

I cant understand how people are happy about this...
This is actually the beginning of the end

 

[GHG]

So this was the plan all along huh?

 

[Vaelka]

I think he's out it's a matter of time, it's politics they're giving him a '' graceful exit '' so to speak.
It looks way worse ( for him ) if they just kick him out immediately there's probably some kind of a deal where he'll stay for a couple of months then leave '' on his own ''.

It's probably pretty impractical too for him to just leave right away this stuff takes time.