Craigsters Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Microsoft to buy game giant Activision Blizzard for $68B US --------------------------------------- my comment I have no games from this company, because they were mostly online play type games and diablo never interested me because of it's style of play and camera angles etc "You don't understand! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." On the Waterfront 1954 M.Brando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBreak16 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Yeah, Microsoft gets closer to being a monopoly, PlayStation players get f*cked, Bobby gets to get away with his sh*t whit his pockets full. What a great time to be alive Jonumb1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbzk1999 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 No games from this company huh? Never had Spyro? Or Tony Hawk? Or Crash Bandicoot? Zello and Ivan1997GTA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 1 minute ago, Dbzk1999 said: No games from this company huh? Never had Spyro? Or Tony Hawk? Or Crash Bandicoot? Gun and True crime VenusianDream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARusk Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 53 minutes ago, Dbzk1999 said: No games from this company huh? Never had Spyro? Or Tony Hawk? Or Crash Bandicoot? Pitfall and Enduro? VenusianDream and trip 2 "One day I will think of this as just another job. After all, this is what I do." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Don't forget Spiderman. Spiderman 1 and 2, Ultimate Spiderman. Failed Again and VenusianDream 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9fred95 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 6 hours ago, Zello said: Gun and True crime I'm still offended they never made a sequel to Gun and cancelled the third True Crime leading to Square Enix needing to finish it themselves. VenusianDream and Zello 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) 1 minute ago, D9fred95 said: I'm still offended they never made a sequel to Gun and cancelled the third True Crime leading to Square Enix needing to finish it themselves. Oh Activision That's why they just became the CoD/Wow/Overwatch company. I hope Microsoft brings those IPs back but they haven't with all other long dormant IPs they own. Edited January 19 by Zello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaxxerDog Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Compared to this T2 buying Zynga for "Bethesda money" seems like a bad move. Anyway as a former fan of Blizzard I think this buyout will result in good thing, like I'm pretty sure that StarCraft as a franchise is suddenly back on the menu again. Under MS Blizzard won't have to commit to games aimed at the lowest common denominator of players so things like Overwatch can have depth or balance again while a real time strategy juggernaut like StarCraft can cater to the biggest niche audiences. It's no longer about Bobby having to please the shareholders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rm93 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 JohnMcLoviin, Ivan1997GTA and Gentlebreeze 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 13 hours ago, RARusk said: Pitfall and Enduro? Freeway? River Raid? My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 9 hours ago, ZaxxerDog said: Compared to this T2 buying Zynga for "Bethesda money" seems like a bad move. Anyway as a former fan of Blizzard I think this buyout will result in good thing, like I'm pretty sure that StarCraft as a franchise is suddenly back on the menu again. Under MS Blizzard won't have to commit to games aimed at the lowest common denominator of players so things like Overwatch can have depth or balance again while a real time strategy juggernaut like StarCraft can cater to the biggest niche audiences. It's no longer about Bobby having to please the shareholders. Smaller projects like a Starcraft would be well suited to their Games Pass model for sure. Assuming it goes through, they'll have some legendary RTS franchises to use to get some 1st party RTS games on Games Pass to fill that niche on there. It'll be interesting to see how they handle monetisation in these games as some of them are reliant on lootboxes there, which MS aren't so keen on. I know when they took over Zenimax/Bethesda Elder Scrolls Online put out an update that added a free way to earn items only available in lootboxes, and typically their 1st party stuff doesn't touch loot boxes and tends to stick with battle passes and cosmetics. Gentlebreeze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaxxerDog Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, Jason said: It'll be interesting to see how they handle monetisation in these games as some of them are reliant on lootboxes there, which MS aren't so keen on. I know when they took over Zenimax/Bethesda Elder Scrolls Online put out an update that added a free way to earn items only available in lootboxes, and typically their 1st party stuff doesn't touch loot boxes and tends to stick with battle passes and cosmetics. Nickel and diming players is usually a bad look for a platform holder so chances are that consumers will benefit from that. What's a bigger question to me is if anything will happen to the Blizzard ecosystem of Battle.net and especially WoW. For example adding a WoW subscription to Game Pass could give that game a huge second wind I feel if MS is game in letting the old subscription model go. Gentlebreeze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 MS already have games with subscriptions, Fallout 76, ESO, Solitaire (yea lol), they're all extra. I don't think they'll change that with WoW but they'll certainly throw a few 1-3 month sub on GPU as a perk I bet. What they do with Battle.net will be very interesting though, the games will be put on the Xbox PC app ASAP of course, that's an absolute certainty, the million dollar question is will they come to Steam. Gentlebreeze and Ivan1997GTA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 19 hours ago, Zello said: Gun and True crime They have Christian Cantamessa who wrote RDR over at the Initiative. Reboot GUN and put him in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlebreeze Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 A True Crime reboot will be welcomed, they already have sleeping dogs on game pass. Sony was stubborn for not having a similar game pass service and they will pay for it as soon a Microsoft hits the exclusivity button. Zello 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Failed Again Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) Starcraft... https://starcraft2.com/en-us/ Diablo..I think this was a Goty in late 90's I remember looking at the retail at Gamestop, I was wow 3 CD's Edited January 20 by Failed Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiTTYReCkless Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 This blows honestly. I don't trust Microsoft anymore after what happened with XB1. Once they have the monopoly what's to stop them from going all out anti consumer? I can see where this is going. Triple A titles are for the most, sh*t and I only play COD for zombies. But having one conglomerate run everything is bad. I can sense another gaming crash coming after all games are a service and loaded with NFT's and other overpriced, mindless micro-transaction BS. For the MS fan Bois/girls, Enjoy game pass while it's cheap. It's an obvious bait n switch. sabitsuki and Jonumb1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grichka Bogdanoff Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 14 minutes ago, KiTTYReCkless said: Once they have the monopoly what's to stop them from going all out anti consumer? They've been the most anti-consumers company since the 360 days, doesn't look like they're going to stop since people have been ok with it for so long. The monopoly/Microsoft swallowing the vast majority of the industry will probably happen not too far from now unfortunately, I hope Capcom/Square/Kadokawa etc. stay independent for as long as possible. 30 minutes ago, KiTTYReCkless said: I can sense another gaming crash coming after all games are a service and loaded with NFT's and other overpriced, mindless micro-transaction BS. Microsoft is notoriously bad at managing their franchises, let's see how they deal with the mess they have now, specifically at Blizzard. A massive purge won't be enough tbf KiTTYReCkless and TheSantader25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I would love to see a new racing game from them after Blur and PGR Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, Grichka Bogdanoff said: Microsoft is notoriously bad at managing their franchises, let's see how they deal with the mess they have now, specifically at Blizzard. That's my only concern. They own a lot of IPs too but there are a lot that haven't been seen in over 20 years. I mean Sony does the same sh*t too but now that Microsoft has more of them we better see them make some games. Edited January 20 by Zello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonumb1 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) This worrying Indeed, it's hard too believe this was done with good intentions for the industry as a whole Edited January 21 by Jonumb1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 4 hours ago, Zello said: That's my only concern. They own a lot of IPs too but there are a lot that haven't been seen in over 20 years. I mean Sony does the same sh*t too but now that Microsoft has more of them we better see them make some games. https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-activision-blizzard-guitar-hero-abandoned-franchise That's a good sign I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cowboy Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I wonder how long will the gamepass with its current model & pricing last. As far as I know, gamepass still isn't profitable for at its current state, and with Activision and potentially other studios, it will be even less sustainable. I expect that there will be a major rework of how gamepass works/is priced. There is a good reason why Take Two, Sony and others talked about how they don't like the gamepass model for new/semi-new titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Failed Again Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 3 hours ago, 0909090 said: I wonder how long will the gamepass with its current model & pricing last. As far as I know, gamepass still isn't profitable for at its current state, and with Activision and potentially other studios, it will be even less sustainable. I expect that there will be a major rework of how gamepass works/is priced. There is a good reason why Take Two, Sony and others talked about how they don't like the gamepass model for new/semi-new titles. Blockbuster Video, yeah that's what we thought.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Bruh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 8 hours ago, 0909090 said: As far as I know, gamepass still isn't profitable for at its current state, and with Activision and potentially other studios, it will be even less sustainable. I expect that there will be a major rework of how gamepass works/is priced. I've been hearing/reading a different story I guess. https://tech.hindustantimes.com/gaming/news/heres-why-the-xbox-game-pass-is-so-important-for-microsoft-it-s-the-only-thing-that-is-making-profits-in-gaming-71620400051073.html My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Games Pass model is the future as proven by MS's success with it, Sony reworking their PS Now service (which is already a GP light) into something more substantial, Nintendo Switch Online plus or whatever it's called, EA Play, Ubisoft+, Stadia Pro, Amazon and Apple also have their own subscription models for games now as well. So no, no one is hesitant about it, they're ALL getting in on it. Microsoft are investing heavily now and it seems absurd that they're spending near 70b on a publisher because they're not gonna make that investment back anytime soon... but it's Microsoft. They're playing the long, long game here, they're looking 20, 30 years ahead and where they want to be in this space and realise they are, for once, in a unique position of being early on a trend after being late to the party in the console world, gaming, VR, mobile, etc, and are making sure they invest while they're ahead. It's no secret they want GP on every platform especially PlayStation and this is definitely a move where part of the reason for the purchase is to put a lot of pressure on Sony and PlayStation into making their plan a reality. They 100% are looking to box Sony into a corner with moves like this. No doubt the play will be something like let us put GP on PS5 and we'll give you your cut or something, making it feel like a win-win for them. The writing on the wall has been there for a while honestly, and I've said this a few times over the past year or two now, the future of gaming isn't platforms, it's services. Xbox is becoming increasingly platform agnostic and is becoming more of a service, one you can play on any platform you want be it console, PC, mobile or streaming. PlayStation banked on the old ways still being the future but they... were wrong. They aren't in danger of collapsing or anything, but they'll be holding crisis talks right now to figure how to go forward cause their plan A isn't looking viable long term. tldr; MS know they've got something good here and going all in to make sure they don't let anyone else capitalize on their early success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiTTYReCkless Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I can see game pass eventually becoming a home arcade style where you pay for matches and time played. This is my fear. Imagine having paid subscriptions for every game? I saw something where devs were testing this model on some battle royal. I don't think it's going over well, but if it's slowly pushed on to the public and big devs are behind it, we as consumers will have no choice, but to pay along. Just imagine in the next few years having to buy tokens to play a TDM or search in CoD. sh*t, imagine if R* charged by the hour for GTA 6? I know this where it's going. They're already putting the final nail into owning physical media. Not even going to get into the fact with everything digital all it takes is one heated message or words exchanged in VC and you're locked out of hundreds/thousands of dollars spent on apps and games with the current build of things. I am still looking forward to the new Horizon forbidden west, but I have a feeling this will be the last game I will enjoy. We are headed towards a society where we own nothing.. Maybe I am just to deep in my depression, but I feel it is sad day to be a gamer. Soon we will own nothing and have no choices in how we play our thier games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Yea, no, pay to play isn't happening in that sense, outside of select games (sub based MMO's, for example). There's a reason why publishers are pushing f2p or low barriers to entry (frequent sales etc). Getting people in, hooked, then enticing them with mtx is the secret sauce, it's proven to work while pay to pay, which has been tried a few times, just doesn't. Sub-based games like MMORPG's work but there's only a handful of them left and the those types of games can justify sub fees but most don't... which is why they died, or went free/buy to play. It would defeat the whole purpose of what MS is doing with Games Pass as well. If anything we'll see these services increase in price just like we've seen Netflix increase in price, but that's about as far as it'll go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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