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Microsoft to acquire Activision in $67b deal
Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn in 2016. It’s Microsoft’s biggest push into gaming, and the company says it will be the “third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony” once the deal closes.
Microsoft plans to add many of Activision’s games to Xbox Game Pass once the deal closes. With the acquisition of Activision, Microsoft will soon publish franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush. “Upon close, we will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from Activision Blizzard’s incredible catalog,” says Microsoft’s CEO of gaming Phil Spencer. https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/2...duty-overwatch Last edited by eDave; 01-18-2022 at 12:39 PM.. |
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01-18-2022, 12:34 PM | #2 |
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Get ready for some big name franchises to go exclusive to Xbox, if only for a limited time.
Microsoft has already shown that they are willing to at least publicly test the waters - hinting recently that they were thinking about making big name titles like Elder Scrolls platform exclusives. |
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01-18-2022, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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Shitty time to be a gamer. Glad I got to grow up with gaming and see the golden years. My kids will only know about GAAS and monopolies.
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01-18-2022, 12:45 PM | #4 |
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01-18-2022, 12:58 PM | #6 |
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Sony should buy Rockstar now as a rebuttal.
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01-18-2022, 01:00 PM | #7 | |
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I played Everquest in the beginning when it was Verant, and then Sony took over. It was good enough to keep me playing for the next dozen years. I would think having the financial backing of Microsoft would be good for the continuation of some of these franchises. |
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01-18-2022, 01:04 PM | #8 |
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Oh ****ing gross. This is terrible news.
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01-18-2022, 01:04 PM | #9 |
Needs more middle fingers
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01-18-2022, 01:06 PM | #11 |
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01-18-2022, 01:13 PM | #12 | |
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I'm no corporate big wig but I would think I'd want my games being sold on every possible platform known to man. However, Microsoft appears to want to use these as exclusives to push sales of Gamepass and possibly Xbox systems themselves. When they said they were willing to make ES6 (the eventual successor to Skyrim) an Xbox exclusive, they made it clear they're willing to cut off their nose to spite their face. As for GaaS, he's talking about streaming. Think of it like Netflix (in fact, Netflix is launching a GaaS right now). Games as a Service. |
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01-18-2022, 01:14 PM | #13 |
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Let me just say this though: Gamepass (from Microsoft) is bar none the sickest deal ever in the history of gaming. Absolutely nothing comes close to the value proposition of what it offers. They have effectively become the Netflix of gaming. The bad side of this hasn't occurred yet, namely what happens when Microsoft goes the way of Netflix by incentivizing studios to output quantity over quality. We aren't there yet, but few years down the line, this conversation will come up whwn independents and intermediate companies can't match this kind of deal, and get absorbed into Gamepass or dissolve.
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01-18-2022, 01:19 PM | #15 | |
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The AAA games will still be the major selling point (and the focus of advertising) but it's the smaller cheap games that will form the bulk of the catalog. It's a pretty weird time to be a gamer. We have more powerful gaming systems than ever, with the capability to create REALLY immersive experiences yet the gaming landscape seems to be moving towards commoditization, where games have replaced reading the newspaper as something to occupy your eyes while you're drinking your morning coffee. |
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