Microsoft buying Activision (World of Warcraft, Call of Duty etc)

Gamepass is going to be quite some platform soon in terms of the games on it. When you consider the IPs of MS, Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda and some EA games and soon some Ubisoft titles. Gamepass is going to be a no brainer in terms of the games on it. Theres going to be so many day one games for barely any cost at all
 
Mint8 said:
You really think they are going to massively increase the content and keep the price the same ?
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No, I personally expect them to either raise the price or possibly do a two tier price system, similar to EA Basic and EA Pro. However you're missing my point, my point is that there are many deals around at the moment where you can get 3 years of gamepass for what works out as £1 a month, so if people have any braincells they will sign up for those deals now and thereby protect themselves against any raises for the next X years.
 
arknor said:
probably someone who remembers gaming before money killed it

it's a horrifying future coming for consumers.
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Gaming hasnt been killed for me, I've spent the last few days playing God of War and its been a superb experience, before that I was having a blast in Project Zomboid and GTFO, before that I was thorougly enjoying myself with Pathfinder 2, Resident Evil Village and Ghost Recon Breakpoint. So gaming is far from killed for me.

Call me a naive optimist but I've yet to see any big purchase in any industry turn out to result in a horrific future for me and I doubt this purchase will result in a terrible gaming future for me either. But like I say, I'm a glass half full kind of guy :)
 
Armageus said:
Personally EA buying Westwood, and Activision buying Blizzard were both stand out points that damaged franchises that I enjoyed.
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I was never really a big player of Westwood games, most of their games didnt click with me anyway. The only 2 Blizzard franchises that I enjoyed were the Warcraft and Diablo IPs. WoW was already dying to me anyway before Activision bought them, for me the WoW decline began just after TBC (which was prior to Activisions buyout), Diablo 3 wasnt as good as Diablo 2 imo yet I still got a good 400+ hours out of Diablo 3 so I cant in all truth say I didnt enjoy it and of course I cant yet comment on what Diablo 4 will be like but I'm assuming I will equally get several hundreds hours out of it. I guess I just dont really agree with the guy who wrote that article as he smacks far too much of a running around shouting that the sky is falling, the end is nigh, repent, repent, sort of a guy to me
 
Darujhistan said:
I don't understand the need to lighten up when reporting the news.
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Its not so much the news, if you read his article he talks about more than just this piece of news. He talks about the wider scope of the business world. Like I say, maybe he and I are just two people who wouldnt get along in real life, I've no time in life for miserable doom and gloom merchants.
 
Darujhistan said:
So what's wrong with telling a story within a larger context? In this case it definitely deserves that treatment. I think calling people miserable doom and gloom merchats is a bit childish really, especially when he's discussing serious issues we're all facing as the Global corpps become ever more powerful, and ever more unaccountable.

But if nasty man say things you don't like then I guess he should shut up right?
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I fear you are taking this way too personally, seems that you are also someone that I just wouldnt get on with in real life.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
I’m in 2 minds over this:

Activision/Blizzard have been in a bad place for a while now and could perhaps use some fresh direction. However, should that come from Microsoft?

That’s debatable but then they have been in a good place recently IMO and they’ve not trashed the other IP they have bought yet and they’ve had Minecraft for awhile now and put out some other good games recently.
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I'm in only one mind about it really, which is that its much too soon for me to say whether its a good thing or a bad thing. All I can say is that no other buyout in history in any industry has been hugely detrimental to my life and I dont believe that this purchase by Microsoft will be either. Life goes on and my entertainment and life is largely unimpacted by any buyout so overall, maybe all will be bad from now on in for gaming or maybe it will be good from now on in gaming or maybe it will make no real difference. Too early for me to say but one thing is fairly certain, it wont make much of an impact on my gaming (other than perhaps meaning that I can get many games on Gamepass for a few quid instead of £40-50 per title.)
 
Darujhistan said:
LOL! Me taking it personally? it was you that got upset by the article...LMFAO.

:cry:
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You really could do with getting a better understanding of emotions if you think my comment was indicative of me being "upset"

But nevertheless, I think what I think of the article, you think what you think, neither of us is going to change the others mind and to continue debating the articles content is a waste of time, so I would suggest that you and I simply cease wasting our time with that conversation and move on with other things as I dont see any further need for us to talk with each other. One of the beauties of us being our age is that we can pick and choose who we interact with :)
 
Random Guy Esq. said:
https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1484273335139651585?s=20
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Must admit I thought they would keep it going, it brings in too much money not to. I think what they will hope instead is that maybe the COD games being on gamepass and thus being considerably cheaper than buying them on Playstation will , over time, cause more xbox hardware sales. I could imagine xbox owners rubbing it in PS owners faces that they have CoD for a few quid rather than £50+
 
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