Microsoft buys Activision!

[J203425]

Being reported that Microsoft have just bought Activision

Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard In Deal Valued At Nearly $70 Billion, Bobby Kotick Staying On As CEO

The Xbox company has acquired Activision Blizzard in the company's largest acquisition in its history.

www.gamespot.com

Sony are doomed. First Bethesda and now Activision. No more COD on Playstation?

 

[R3k1355]

I see this going exactly how the Nokia deal went, bad and very quickly.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Lol they won't give up a third of their income by f**king off PS users.

 

[J203425]

Lol they won't give up a third of their income by f**king off PS users.

They said that about Starfield and the elder scrolls and then look what happened.

 

[charltjr]

Activision Blizzard are in so much crap at the moment how can Microsoft make things worse?

Oh. Oh wait......

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

They said that about Starfield and the elder scrolls and then look what happened.

Did either of those bring I'm $5m a day from their skins/add ons?
That's a hell of a way to shoot yourself in the foot.

 

[J203425]

Did either of those bring I'm $5m a day from their skins/add ons?
That's a hell of a way to shoot yourself in the foot.

Or a hell of a way to destroy your main competition. The loss from PS software sales would likely be offset by the legion of COD fans switching hardware

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Or a hell of a way to destroy your main competition. The loss from PS software sales would likely be offset by the legion of COD fans switching hardware

But the Xbox (and ps5) will likely be near impossible to get again this year according to some reports. No one will switch if you can't get the console.

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

Can't see them sacking off PS5 games, after all they still sell PC games on Steam despite having their own terrible store they could force people to use

 

[G. Brzęczyszczykiewicz]

And they've just bought Activision, that doesn't mean Microsoft will suddenly be the ones making the games

 

[Mavez]

Sweet maybe they'll fix Elemental Shamans after 10 years

 

[BoatNonce]

Dumpster fire of a company acquired by dumpster fire of a company.

 

[N0ddie]

Dumpster fire of a company acquired by dumpster fire of a company.

How so? MS are/were the 2nd most valuable company at the end of last year. Hardly "dumpster".

 

[BoatNonce]

Financially yes, morally, ehhh. No doubt not much worse than most huge corporations but they definitely could be better.

 

[Adamm.]

No chance they'll sack off PS5 players imo. At least new COD's will be on game pass. Maybe they'll finally allow Xbox users to turn off crossplay too but that's probably optimistic.

 

[-KarL-]

No more early access for PlayStation.