Microsoft acquire Activision

DIABLO · 22 Sep 2023 at 17:56

McBain said:
Can't lie the new Xbox looks all sorts of nasty.

No 4K drive = me no likely even though I've gone fully digital for games.

I'm not sure how the designers could not see the resemblance between it and the Apple computer everyone hated.

ooStevo · 22 Sep 2023 at 23:01

Some people are calling it XBOX T (trash)

Chuk_Chuk · 23 Sep 2023 at 11:00

Oh Boy those leaks look bad. Supposedly there was documents talking about MS pulling elder scrolls 6 from PlayStation if they managed to acquire activision blizzard.

It is interesting to see the negative outlook MS has on its own game pass numbers.

MattTheTall77 · 13 Oct 2023 at 08:06

The CMA have approved the deal.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67080391

spaceman · 13 Oct 2023 at 10:03

Great, i think it took about 3 days after the acquisition for some Bethesda games to go on GamePass. Lets see if we have some ABK games next week.

Kyle009 · 13 Oct 2023 at 10:43

Very good news for us with a gamepass subscription. I know there is some carry on in the USA with the FTC trying again to block it but I think Microsoft can ignore them at this stage as they've already had an appeal rejected.

Goody_GTI · 13 Oct 2023 at 13:48

Kyle009 said:
Very good news for us with a gamepass subscription. I know there is some carry on in the USA with the FTC trying again to block it but I think Microsoft can ignore them at this stage as they've already had an appeal rejected.

This was my first thought as I woke up and saw the news story this morning!

Game pass must be being very successful for Microsoft

MattTheTall77 · 13 Oct 2023 at 14:36

spaceman · 13 Oct 2023 at 14:37

article here --> https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard

TonTom · 14 Oct 2023 at 08:04

Does this mean we may see Diablo on game pass.

biron_w · 14 Oct 2023 at 09:19

TonTom said:
Does this mean we may see Diablo on game pass.

Not this year.

Vandle · 16 Oct 2023 at 06:23

So part of what got them over the line was to agree to a 10 year deal to keep COD on other platforms. What's to stop them just re-naming COD amd launching it as their exclusive meanwhile just re-skin COD and BLOPS each year alternatively until 2034?

b0rn2sk8 · 16 Oct 2023 at 07:02

Because they don’t just have to abide by the letter of the contract but also the spirit. That’s how the legal system works in this country.

hyperseven · 16 Oct 2023 at 14:26

Vandle said:
So part of what got them over the line was to agree to a 10 year deal to keep COD on other platforms. What's to stop them just re-naming COD amd launching it as their exclusive meanwhile just re-skin COD and BLOPS each year alternatively until 2034?

Is an advantage having it on all platforms as PlayStation, Nintendo etc will have to provide dev kits and software for current and future hardware if they want the games to come to that platform. Quite handy when you are making a competing product

Kyle009 · 17 Oct 2023 at 09:11

Vandle said:
So part of what got them over the line was to agree to a 10 year deal to keep COD on other platforms. What's to stop them just re-naming COD amd launching it as their exclusive meanwhile just re-skin COD and BLOPS each year alternatively until 2034?

Whilst they could do this I don't think they will because CoD makes so much money on other platforms. Microsoft (and all businesses) love money. What CoD will do, when it launches for "free" on Gamepass day 1 will sway some people to come over to the Xbox platform to play it.

hyperseven · 17 Oct 2023 at 13:01

Kyle009 said:
Whilst they could do this I don't think they will because CoD makes so much money on other platforms. Microsoft (and all businesses) love money. What CoD will do, when it launches for "free" on Gamepass day 1 will sway some people to come over to the Xbox platform to play it.

They also said it will be released on Switch, assume they meant Switch 2, so that will be a few more million players.