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What would Sony do with COD if they purchased Activision? pic.twitter.com/41ou6H19UN

— 🇩🇴JayRock🇵🇷 (@JAAY_ROCK_) January 19, 2022

made it exclusive, and made it the staple of their version of gamepass.

with a VR2 storymode or something.

It woulda been celebrations through all of twitter and gaming websites about how Sony is smart and doing a service for gaming everywhere

sh*t woulda been a super corny move on Sony’s behalf imo. I would have looked at it as them playing defense.

Sony don’t need Activision, they need to step up.

SPdaGOAT said sh*t woulda been a super corny move on Sony’s behalf imo. I would have looked at it as them playing defense. Sony don’t need Activision, they need to step up.

Sony hasn’t and doesn’t need activision lol they’ve been front running for years as far the console landscape.All they need is their competitor to GP to drop with legacy titles from PS1 to PS4 and that field will be leveled automatically


Seeing as nothing is gonna come from the MS/ATVI deal for I’m a*suming 2/3 years after the acquisition them n*ggas at Sony shouldn’t be sweating anything really.Nobody who doesn’t already have an Xbox/PS5/Switch isn’t going to go out and get one just because of this.No one wants an Xbox at this day and time

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Y’all really mad we don’t care about this move and are even happy for Microsoft lmfao

Iron Stan said Sony hasn’t and doesn’t need activision lol they’ve been front running for years as far the console landscape.All they need is their competitor to GP to drop with legacy titles from PS1 to PS4 and that field will be leveled automatically Seeing as nothing is gonna come from the MS/ATVI deal for I’m a*suming 2/3 years after the acquisition them n*ggas at Sony shouldn’t be sweating anything really.Nobody who doesn’t already have an Xbox/PS5/Switch isn’t going to go out and get one just because of this.No one wants an Xbox at this day and time

Theres no need to get an Xbox, gamepass k*lled that reality from ever happening again.

I’m interested in seeing if COD and Activision can continue to generate the same kind of revenue. I think they will and even surpass it, but how?

Microsoft paid 70 BILLION. It's going to be a long while before they recoup on that investment.

JayMurdoch said Microsoft paid 70 BILLION. It's going to be a long while before they recoup on that investment.

between the MMO's and candy crush it wont be that long at all

Ghettoquiz said between the MMO's and candy crush it wont be that long at all

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A/B averaged around 5 Billion/year of profit from 2017-2020. At that rate, Microsoft can begin to see profits in around 14 years.

Pretty long time to me, a lot can happen in 14 years.

JayMurdoch said According to this view image A/B averaged around 5 Billion/year of profit from 2017-2020. At that rate, Microsoft can begin to see profits in around 14 years. Pretty long time to me, a lot can happen in 14 years.

We gotta see if they continue generating those profits too. These acquisitions can fu*k a lot of sh*t up as history has shown.

I think MS will be ok tho, but theyre gonna find ways to get more money from their customers

SPdaGOAT said We gotta see if they continue generating those profits too. These acquisitions can fu*k a lot of sh*t up as history has shown. I think MS will be ok tho, but theyre gonna find ways to get more money from their customers

Exactly. Microsoft doesn't have a history of buying studios and putting out grade A material. We still haven't seen any of the fruits from their last acquisition. If that trend continues, it could be a while before xbox has quality exclusives that aren't COD. They can't expect candy crush to quickly generate 70 Billion in profit.

Their strategy isn't bad though, at some point i might be tempted to buy an xbox. It's just going to be a long time before it fully pays off. It might not even be in this console generation.

they would have locked down everything. The funny thing is sony has an actual monopoly but yet this passed. Microsoft has not near a monopoly and this will pass with ease.

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JayMurdoch said Microsoft paid 70 BILLION. It's going to be a long while before they recoup on that investment.

They got this money from the Mothership part of Microsoft and not just xbox...They had 130 billion in cash just sitting there and used 68 of it to buy Activision

Microsoft Mothership is gonna make that money back in a couple of years regardless of what they do with Activision Blizzard.. they made 44 billion in profit in 2020

Was just reading the report by Bloomberg that Microsoft snatched the deal from under Facebook, who was close to closing it.

For comedic purposes the Facebook acquisition going through would have been hilarious

Liquid-Science said They got this money from the Mothership part of Microsoft and not just xbox...They had 130 billion in cash just sitting there and used 68 of it to buy Activision Microsoft Mothership is gonna make that money back in a couple of years regardless of what they do with Activision Blizzard.. they made 44 billion in profit in 2020

Microsoft will be fine even if xbox fails. They can keep throwing money but that won't automatically make it good. There's no evidence the acquisition will increase the quality of xbox games. xbox could shift to mobile only games and make more profit than they are now and cancel console gaming altogether. Microsoft being profitable doesn't = quality games.

OldBusiness said Was just reading the report by Bloomberg that Microsoft snatched the deal from under Facebook, who was close to closing it. For comedic purposes the Facebook acquisition going through would have been hilarious

This actually really interesting cause I know they wanted it for the Meta bullsh*t.

I wonder if this was a case of FB getting outbid or moreso that Activision wasn’t with bucking the traditional gaming sh*t for VR

JayMurdoch said Microsoft will be fine even if xbox fails. They can keep throwing money but that won't automatically make it good. There's no evidence the acquisition will increase the quality of xbox games. xbox could shift to mobile only games and make more profit than they are now and cancel console gaming altogether. Microsoft being profitable doesn't = quality games.

LMFAO

now you change to the old ' no quality games' narrative after accepting that financially it's ok

Well...Let's see what Microsoft Studios have been up to lately on metacritic

Forza Horizon 5 - 92
Microsoft Flight Sim - 90
Psychonauts 2 - 87
deathloop - 88
Halo Infinite -87

Microsoft has smashed every single narrative used against them in the last year

SPdaGOAT said This actually really interesting cause I know they wanted it for the Meta bullsh*t. I wonder if this was a case of FB getting outbid or moreso that Activision wasn’t with bucking the traditional gaming sh*t for VR

Part of Microsofts press release included mentioning the metaverse/expanded into the metaverse

I feel like the meltdowns by everyone would have been hilarious if facebook made the deal. The meltdowns around having to link Oculus 2 headsets to Facebook accounts was a spectacle to watch on Reddit/Twitter

JayMurdoch said According to this view image A/B averaged around 5 Billion/year of profit from 2017-2020. At that rate, Microsoft can begin to see profits in around 14 years. Pretty long time to me, a lot can happen in 14 years.

and GamePass subs and future Hardware sales and future titles that will likely make them a bunch of money.......halo shows, starfield movies etc etc. shouldnt be that long imo. this deal not the last tho i believe take 2 likely next then they will chill out for a bit

OldBusiness said Part of Microsofts press release included mentioning the metaverse/expanded into the metaverse I feel like the meltdowns by everyone would have been hilarious if facebook made the deal. The meltdowns around having to link Oculus 2 headsets to Facebook accounts was a spectacle to watch on Reddit/Twitter

Facts tho

People still melting down about that sh*t everywhere lmfao funny sh*t is the Facebook not even intrusive at all YET at least lol

JayMurdoch said Microsoft will be fine even if xbox fails. They can keep throwing money but that won't automatically make it good. There's no evidence the acquisition will increase the quality of xbox games. xbox could shift to mobile only games and make more profit than they are now and cancel console gaming altogether. Microsoft being profitable doesn't = quality games.

Here we go again M$ ain’t buy Activision to simply bow out the console race. This acquisition boosts gamepass and the Microsoft eco system. Why wouldn’t more studios increase the quality of games? Some studios shouldn’t be focusing their energy on COD let them create what they want to create.

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Rare needs to hand Banjo over to Toys for Bob since they didn’t want to do a Pt. 3 and work on newer IPs

SPdaGOAT said Facts tho People still melting down about that sh*t everywhere lmfao funny sh*t is the Facebook not even intrusive at all YET at least lol

Exactly

I literally just made a blank account with my real name, linked it, turned all the privacy options on full blast and never went back to the account lol. But that sh*t would have been hilarious

Liquid-Science said LMFAO now you change to the old ' no quality games' narrative after accepting that financially it's ok Well...Let's see what Microsoft Studios have been up to lately on metacritic Forza Horizon 5 - 92 Microsoft Flight Sim - 90 Psychonauts 2 - 87 deathloop - 88 Halo Infinite -87 Microsoft has smashed every single narrative used against them in the last year

I wouldn't call that smashing the narrative.