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Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:49 pm
by Xeno
rinks wrote:Photek wrote:to be fair they at there lowest price right now! Bobby Kotick is gonna be fired into the sun!
He'll cope.
Under the deal, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who has faced calls to resign over the cultural problems within his company, will remain CEO and report to Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microso ... ision.htmlIt's only one source but...
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:50 pm
by SEP
Victor Mildew wrote:Tomous wrote:Sony are strawberry floated
The pointless remake of TLOU says otherwise
Sony will remake TLOU until the end of time. When the world ends, everyone will be playing nothing but the latest releases of TLOU, Skyrim and Super Mario Bros 1.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:50 pm
by Dual
Victor Mildew wrote:People with Gamepass:
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:51 pm
by Cuttooth
Xeno wrote:rinks wrote:Photek wrote:to be fair they at there lowest price right now! Bobby Kotick is gonna be fired into the sun!
He'll cope.
Under the deal, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who has faced calls to resign over the cultural problems within his company, will remain CEO and report to Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microso ... ision.htmlIt's only one source but...
Oh so when they said they were "evaluating their relationship" with Activision Blizzard they meant it literally.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:51 pm
by Dual
Imagine owning a Sony console right now. Just lol
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:52 pm
by Victor Mildew
Dual wrote:Imagine owning a Sony console right now. Just lol
If anyone could get one, they'd be pissed off right now!
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:53 pm
by Photek
Twitter is going to be amazing today!
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:53 pm
by Peter Crisp
Microsoft could have built a football stadium on the moon for Luton Town FC with that kind of money
.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:54 pm
by SEP
Someone on my team at work loves Call of Duty. Has a PS5. Ouch.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:54 pm
by rinks
Peter Crisp wrote:Microsoft could have built a football stadium on the moon for Luton Town FC with that kind of money
.
And the atmosphere would be the same.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:54 pm
by Christopher
rinks wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:Microsoft could have built a football stadium on the moon for Luton Town FC with that kind of money
.
And the atmosphere would be the same.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:55 pm
by SEP
rinks wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:Microsoft could have built a football stadium on the moon for Luton Town FC with that kind of money
.
And the atmosphere would be the same.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:55 pm
by rinks
SEP wrote:Someone on my team at work loves Call of Duty. Has a PS5. Ouch.
I'm sure they won't make it an Xbox exclusive.
...
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:56 pm
by Photek
rinks wrote:SEP wrote:Someone on my team at work loves Call of Duty. Has a PS5. Ouch.
I'm sure they won't make it an Xbox exclusive.
...
For now...
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:57 pm
by Photek
rinks wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:Microsoft could have built a football stadium on the moon for Luton Town FC with that kind of money
.
And the atmosphere would be the same.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:57 pm
by Lagamorph
Wut?
Well that came out of absolutely nowhere.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:57 pm
by Victor Mildew
SEP wrote:Someone on my team at work loves Call of Duty. Has a PS5. Ouch.
Most people outside of core gaming do though, so many people only play shite like COD and fifa, nothing else
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:57 pm
by Tomous
An Xbox and Game Pass is absolutely perfect for the "I only buy COD and FIFA" each year crowd
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:59 pm
by Victor Mildew
Tomous wrote:An Xbox and Game Pass is absolutely perfect for the "I only buy COD and FIFA" each year crowd
Very true. A series S, in camo, bundled with COD and a year's gamepass would sell billions.
Re: Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard for $70B.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:59 pm
by Monkey Man
There's going to be so many articles on whether COD, Overwatch 2 etc will now be exclusive or multiplatform.