If they made a new Spyro I hope they'd age him up a bit so he can actually fly and also give it a proper storyline.
I seem to remember someone posting something here last year from Twitter in one of the threads saying Warzone overtook Fortnite in players and money.
They are just playing the nice guy as of now because it is still fresh. I am pretty sure once the contracts are done they are going to make things their way. Sony is screwed no matter what.
The phone call didn't happen with Zenimax, but it sure was there for Activision. Sony bent the knee.
Microsoft also doesn't have to do sh!t for anyone and keep all that s*** to themself and still make that money back. They made their money back from Zenimax and then some within, their war chest was only half of it. I think MS will do it again when this clears up, This could take up to a year or less.
What knee is there to bend other than "we will take game pass"? Which they certainly aren't doing yet.
Of course they spoke. Its not that strange. Take a step away from your console war.
who bethesda?
I guess not, but they'd have Elder Scrolls exclusive, and they should have bought DICE way back when too. Isn't that who made Rally Sport Challenge?
So strange though, now MS has Bethesda and Double Fine.
Weird how dice went on to be the developers of Battlefield.
I'd trade Activision for Rallysport Challenge 3.
Just being a little nostalgic, that's all.
weird? Both Battlefield 1942 and RSC came out the same year. The reason RSC 3 never happened was because EA bought Dice and so began the steady decline of the once great dev studio.
They shoulda bought sumo digital
No point having a 3rd racing dev.
Though they would have been perfect now for a Kart style game
Yeah, they’re primarily known for racing games, and porting, they have many support studios…but they’ve made or codeveloped like sega tenis games, little big planet, spydr , hitman, and Kinect games.
If playground could go on a work on two new games, one of which is a reimagining, why not?
I disagree with the "bad for gaming" because it lacks context. Good or bad on specific situations prove out in time. Consolidation is just something that happens in a growing, changing industry. There are a lot of aspects about this acquisition that have the potential to be good for many but it won't be good for everyone. This is an instance of consolidation but the industry itself is still growing and fragmenting.
Size of the deal is all relative. The size of the deal and money lost vs something like Starfield is off-set by the size of the impact growing their platform by moving it exclusive. This wasn't a financial acquisition. It was strategic. That means they spent all that money to drive their strategy and build their platform. The math is based on projections 10 to 20 years from now.
That said....this move wasn't made thinking about PS5. Call of Duty's value is tied to millions of gamers on PS and that value will matter when the gaming paradigm shifts. CoD is not a game, it's a social platform. I think Microsoft may hold the community together by treating it like Minecraft. Their wiggle room may be based on community features between the platforms to streamline cross-platform friends.
I won't be surprised to see the deal get held up by politicians grandstanding but chances are highly likely it goes through. Antitrust generally comes from horizontal integration (when companies buy competitors). There are some horizontal elements (Battlenet vs Microsoft store, XGS games vs Activision games) but from those standpoints, it doesn't impact the industry much. If Microsoft tried to buy Valve, I could see that getting rejected. This deal still only makes up 11% of the industry.
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One part of deal that probably does excite hardcore gamers but is very part of the deal is the Xcloud imitative. People think it's a foregone that Microsoft can convince Samsung, LG, and other tv man. to allow them to put a streaming app on their platforms, but that could be a hard sell. It is a lot more of a compelling narrative if you can dangle COD, Candy Crush, Wow, as well as Halo in front of them.
They need to have Rare make exclusive Crash games.
We should all know (I hope) Microsoft is a software company.
They are Windows. Gamepass seems like their attempt to do Netflix for gaming, and only possible on Windows and Android probably.
I have no idea.
All I know is MS could throw around money, and now they're doing it, and really bolstering their software weight.
Apple throws out crazy expensive hardware, MS throws out software all over the place, Android/Google is somewhere inbetween these two, feels like MS and Google have a better relationship with each other than Apple does with anyone else. Does Apple have friends?
Is this the dumbest drunk post I've ever made?
Honestly, yeah it is. Lol.
But yeah, MS is a software company but GP is not limited by platform or operating system. Outside of native MS hardware and operating system it is all Xcloud...don't even need an app, all they need on any device is a web browser.
"Friends" don't seem to matter either.