There's a while to go - not expected to close until June 2023.
That good, I need to get another 3 years of cheap GamePass Ultimate in May. Hopefully the price doesn't increase before then
There's a while to go - not expected to close until June 2023.
RIP sony?
Scrapping consoles for PC is getting more attractive for me. Minus the shoddy ports. Not that I've played an Activision game in over 10 years but the general studio monopoly game going on makes me just want to have the most 'access' for the fewer devices.
I can't see online shooters like COD or Overwatch becoming Xbox exclusive. Those games make far too much from micro transactions, they made $1.2 billion in 3 months in Q3 2021.
This is the ideal situation as MS then avoid making a loss on the console sale and likely also gain a Windows license purchase.
I think Game Pass on PC is more of a gateway to buying an Xbox than vice versa, especially with the absolute state of the GPU market currently.
With this acquisition I think I would pay the full price even if the offers are not available when I come to renew. Previously I would not say it's a service I would pay circa 120 a year for, however the sheer volume of content on offer after this deal completes the deal for me.That good, I need to get another 3 years of cheap GamePass Ultimate in May. Hopefully the price doesn't increase before then
which is nothing Sony haven't paid Acti Blizz for in the past. In fact I seem to remember them paying for a whole years exclusivity on some DLC or game mode or something on previous COD games. They could keep the cycle going but release the year old CoD on PS and the new one on XB and PC every year.CoD on PlayStation is absolutely huge, I can't see them cutting off that market entirely. They may give them a short exclusive period on releases and content updates though.
RIP sony?
Yes they make way to much money on MTX and sales to take them exclusive. Plus they would be handing their PS market share to E.A and Battlefield.I don't think they will make those games Xbox Exclusives, but even things like feature exclusive will shift a lot of players to xbox. Whilst still reaping in all the sales for the release in Playstation. Can you imagine Ultimate Teams is an Xbox Exclusive ?
which is nothing Sony haven't paid Acti Blizz for in the past. In fact I seem to remember them paying for a whole years exclusivity on some DLC or game mode or something on previous COD games. They could keep the cycle going but release the year old CoD on PS and the new one on XB and PC every year.
There’s no way they will be Xbox exclusives. I think cross platform gaming and increasing revenue on rival hardware is the only way these buys make sense. How else are they going to pay for it? Game pass?
The new consoles aren’t able to sell in anything like decent numbers, I can’t see game pass being cheap for much longer.
That depends on how much MS want to try and push Xbox sales compared to income from PS CoD sales. I'd certainly imagine that DLC will come to Xbox first, possibly for weeks if not months.Ain't no body buying a year old CoD it's a yearly disposable game like FIFA. I'd be very surprised if they take it exclusive as they would lose billions in MTX and sales.
When you have $140B hard cash reserves what's a few billion.That depends on how much MS want to try and push Xbox sales compared to income from PS CoD sales. I'd certainly imagine that DLC will come to Xbox first, possibly for weeks if not months.