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@IronMan30 Black Ops 5 was Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War

@XboxistheBestBox Phil Spencer once said that he dreamed of PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Classics being on Xbox, vice versa.

I think Microsoft is setting the way of the future.

I also think this opens up for Microsoft to do more acquisitions, without the fight of the commissions.

I see Microsoft going after Sega and a few smaller studios.

@Banjo- you and I usually agree on things. I love Sea of Thieves, it’s still really popular and evolving. It’s so underrated.

@DonaldMcRonald they need the talented developers too.

The IP’s help with gamepass.

Remember they’ve already lost the console war. You must be a most of the time PlayStation gamer, console sales don’t matter. It really is hard to wrap your head around but subscribers is the main goal.

Microsoft needs Xbox to keep cheap console customers in the Xbox ecosystem.

What Microsoft is doing is the only way for them to remain in the gaming business with there ecosystem and software, it keeps them relevant.

You can change it up however you want but Sony was and is doing the same thing but in a different way. Sony was paying for exclusives while still being profitable, Microsoft can’t do that, and it fits in with Phil’s reasoning (fact) about the lost to the console wars

@DonaldMcRonald where has he said not to believe them? Plus things have changed because Activision/Blizzard/King fell into Microsoft’s lap.

When has Phil lied? Bethesda exclusives would be case by case and the game has to make sense for multiplatform? Which Phil did say to the regulators back before they acquired Bethesda

Phil said they lost the console war? Which Phil did back in 2017. If you watch his interview he has a really great answer for why he believes this.

Phil saying that he wants to get games in more hands? Phil has done this to, game pass is available on Xbox, Smartphones, PC, handhelds (ROG device, Steam Deck, and Oculus VR), Smart TV, and some steaming devices.

Phil is an actual gamer but also a businessman and has a family. Phil has to still make Xbox money, which from the FTC case he has done that.

I really hope that Microsoft buys Sega with the intent that Sega would run mostly independent, which Microsoft has with some of there acquisitions that isn’t gaming.

@DonaldMcRonald if you followed the FTC case or read Phil’s email, his intent was to keep Sega completely multiplatform.

@ZuneTattooGuy DeathLoop and GhostWire are only on PlayStation because there was an existing contract before Zenimax was bought. Plus I think you read my statement wrong, I’m for Xbox making everything exclusive.

Pete Hines was upset, this was a fact. There’s interviews, emails, and a court case where Pete says he was upset by keeping games exclusive.

Pete retirement speech reads like his journey might be with another company or starting his own.

@Widey85 the FTC court case showed emails of him being upset about Bethesda titles, not being on PlayStation. Pete questioned why they would allow Activision’s COD to remain multi platform, but none of there titles.

I would buy four small companies first ioi, Crytek, Gearbox, and crystal dynamics. Then after that push my luck with Sega

Not one time does he say Microsoft or Xbox.

I think he’s really upset with them letting COD remaining multi platform but not any of Bethesda titles.

I still think these acquisitions are good for all companies to be competitive. I wouldn’t let Microsoft buy another big publisher again. I’d still let Microsoft acquire companies just not big publishers.

Sony did start this, whether you agree or not.

Now buy Sega! Let's Goo!!!!

Owning Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Sonic

Gearbox is up for sale, I OI, Crystal Dynamics, Projeck CDRED, Crytek

@StonyKL Most companies can’t make it by themselves.
Rare was actually seeking an acquisition. Rare tried to get Nintendo to buy them but they said no, then asked Microsoft and they said yes.

Activision actually isn’t making as much as they used to. Call of Duty has been slowly going down hill. Development cost way more. Plus there’s more studios making call of duty now. Did you know 15 - 16 studios worked on MW2?

Activision Blizzard King wanted to sell before their stock would inevitable go down, even with the accusations and or miss treatments. Can’t blame Microsoft for jumping on an opportunity. Sony would’ve done the same thing, that’s why Jim Ryan wouldn’t answer the attorney when asked question.

Sony bought and with held Spider-Man, before anyone commits I already know the whole story but at the end of the day it’s the same thing. Almost all of Sonys studios were bought. Sony can and will keep buying studios and they are the market leader by almost 72%

@StonyKL All companies do that. Microsoft is doing this for the better. Competition is always better, better products, cheaper price products for consumers, better quality.

Microsoft is in a bad position with consumers.

Both Sony and others are planning trying to buy publishers and Studios. It just baffles me that people think it’s okay for one company to buy products and make exclusive but not okay for other companies to do it.

There’s more than Sony and Microsoft in the gaming industry. Make no mistake Sony is the market leader

I bet the CMA comes back and holds its ground again.

FTC and CMA I think are in bed together.

I’m sorry but this acquisition like it or not, is not a monopoly.

If they buy another big publisher depending on who, would be a monopoly, I agree

This acquisition here is not going to kill Sony, Nintendo, Nvidia, Valve’s Steam, or Amazon

I own all three consoles, I think Microsoft is killing it this Generation, Microsoft has definitely made more hits than misses this gen. Microsoft has made great moves and acquisitions.

I’ve been a Sony guy for years. I went with Microsoft this gen for all third party games because I’m not a fan of Jim Ryan. Sony has had so many remakes and remasters. Most of Sony titles that I like have been dormant. Jim Ryan has made multiple bad moves this gen.

@Moonglow it was one of the free games - so it was on for one month

@BeerIsAwesome remember when all the regulators numbers came out for COD? It showed that Xbox gamers are more likely to stay and play shooters for a longer time, most PlayStation COD players play a total of 10 hours then never touch the game again.

More gamers equal more micro-transactions.

I would still pursue Sega with the original agreement that was made.

Buy Gearbox, Volition, and Crystal Dynamics from Embracer Group.
Buy Crytek, Player First Studios, and Gun Media

Agree. Phil Spencer said about Five Years ago, “Xbox needs 40 studios for gamepass to really be successful”. Phil Spencer did say this.

@Sol4ris I totally disagree with you.

ABK has bigger, better, quality IP’s that really bring in money. Plus there IP’s are better suited for Gamepass.

@shoeses hey, your comment about South Park.

So look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle video games, it’s all about the contract, and what said. But if you ever notice you can’t go back and buy old turtle games. The ones that came out recently. It’s a new contract.

It’s all about what the owner of the IP has in their contract for the video, game maker, and publisher. X-Men legends Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles marvel ultimate alliance. It’s all what is under contract.

Microsoft does not own the rights to South Park.

@shoeses oh my bad I miss understood.

How does it benefit Microsoft and us Xbox owners? Phil Spencer has open said that he doesn’t want a COD every year. That it’s a waste of talent and IP’s like vigilante 8, guitar hero, prototype, skylanders, Spyro, Crash, and more to just sit. These studio by Activision have also stated they would like to work on something else that isn’t cod. Phil’s also made hints at Banjo and Conker possible being worked on by toys for bob.

Phil Spencer doesn’t force his studios to work on something they don’t want, which is good because the passion wouldn’t be there

@shoeses so are you for the merger or against?

@Kaloudz I 100% agree.

I just don’t see how Sony’s fans don’t see it. Even if you believe they make bad games. It’s still competition and it pushes Sony to step up.

Example keep prices low and put higher quality parts in their consoles. More games, more quality games, and more style of games.

I’m sorry but I was blessed to play every era of PlayStation, PS4 was the worst for first party, because of lack of competition. I’m not saying Sony didn’t release good games, just didn’t release any of the ips I love. Twisted Metal and Socom was nonexistent. Socom should be Sonys live service cash cow

@shoeses you said you don’t see how this helps anything but gamepass, it helps Microsoft. Have you paid attention to all the benefits in call of duty on the PlayStation versus Xbox? Did you know that PlayStation was trying to get call of duty exclusive, and convince Activision not to release it on Xbox? Look at Bethesda they tried making those games exclusive to the PlayStation Console, using their power at being the number one market leader.

They’ve done it with companies like square Enix, they made Spider-Man exclusive, which was a multiplatform, they put in cheaper parts to the console like the heat sink then shortly after increased their prices, all this was done after Sony had already said they were being profitable on the PS 5

I don’t get how you can scream, monopoly or imply monopoly. When you look at all the monopoly tendencies that Sony is doing, and it’s on full display. But for some reason everyone seems OK with it, when Sony does it.

I don’t blame Microsoft for buying studios.

@Arcnail not all the games have been garbage.

@Thaliard they are free though. Yeah you still have the sub you have to pay for (online). anyway even when you get GamePass if you still read, it’s not free you’re still paying for it at the end of the day though those games are free.

There is a lot of games that came through gold that I wouldn’t have paid for, but I’ve actually been pretty good.

@Tasuki I’m still lost people complaining about FREE games

Give me FREE games

@HonestHick in court the judge cut the FTC off, so it was never promised.

I’m calling it here now. Diablo 5 will be exclusive.

@OrfeasDourvas hearthstone is coming to GamePass lol

@GamingFan4Lyf you said you hope that they keep historically multiplatform games multiplatform.

I hope they do make them all exclusive, that’s what Sony would do. F Sony!!

I agree it sucks to lose exclusives, but I’m a little lost on why Sony fans are OK with them making games exclusive to their platform, but it’s not OK for other companies.

I hope they continue to buy More Studios

@BeerIsAwesome call of duty will stay multiplatform

But Crash, Spyro, StarCraft, WarCraft, Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, Prototype, Vigilante 8, True Crime, Skylanders, Farm Heroes, Hearthstone, Candy Crush, and Diablo will all become exclusives!!!

I know I missing other IP’s

@HonestHick yeah but StarField was confirmed not to be anti-competitive by Jim Ryan in his testimony. Microsoft is still good and safe by PlayStation. lol

@Banjo- yeah naughty dog started out as a trade company not a private company. They found out their shares were being bought out by Sony and found out Sony was going to buy them so they quickly sold crash bandicoot because they didn’t wanna get stuck making those games forever

@Banjo- I literally said the same thing in pushsquare about Sony buying their studios.

that the naughty dog acquisition was actually a hostile one and they found out that Sony was going to buy them so they quickly as fast as they could sold crash bandicoot, because they were scared that would get stuck making crash bandicoot’s for the rest of their lives.

Evan Wells says in an interview and it’s even in the gameinformer magazine as a trivia question

@Moonglow so I agree with your points. But you’re not pointing that it’s a monopoly and that’s the thing it’s not a monopoly.

And having an advantage isn’t a monopoly it’s just good business.

But here’s the thing, the thing that you consider an advantage. Hasn’t been working for Microsoft.

Yeah, and there’s a reason for that.

I’ve been on the pushsquare website discussing the same thing over there, I own both consoles.

I’ve always been a PlayStation gamer.

On pushsquare head to the FTC article and read me my forms and I’ll explain everything.

I do believe this acquisition is good for competition, better games, and better prices.

The fact that we’re all actually discussing this and people are actually talking about Microsoft being competitive. Trust me it’s a good thing. We all know Sony isn’t gonna get hurt by this Sony will still have Call of Duty on their platform. Sony will answer back.

But I did put up really good arguments in pushsquare.

The moon if your PlayStation gamer is gonna be fine you’re gonna be just fine

@Johnnel and Conker

@Moonglow well I don’t want to engage with somebody that thinks Microsoft has an advantage in the gaming industry when all their games are multi platform.

What is Spider-Man 2 releasing on?

@Moonglow I’m sorry I meant Xdev.

Also Xbox has one studio that has 12 people and another that only has 21

@Banjo- yes it is Guerilla. I didn’t know the correct spelling. So, I just said gorilla. lol

Sony has so many good IP’s that missed a PS4. Twisted Metal, Socom, Warhawk, Resistance, EverQuest, and More.

I wish they wouldn’t have abandoned a shot at another PlayStation all-stars, the smash brothers clone

@Moonglow but it does matter and your math is off, naughty dog and insomniac are not their biggest developers. So you don’t know but firesprite which is a newly acquired Studio has 4000 developers they’re rumored to be working on the next twisted metal and a bunch of VR games.

Also, Santa Monica Studios is big too, they’re the guys that make god of war. Gorilla games (not the correct spelling of gorilla) they’re also big and they’re working on multiple games so I’m not sure where you’re getting the support studios.

Again, you are heavily underestimating Sony. There’s a reason people are saying they hope this acquisition of activision, lights a fire under them.

I’ve owned every PlayStation, PS4 in my opinion was by far the weakest for first party titles releases

@Moonglow but you didn’t call me out though. Let me ask you with out looking up how many developers do you think naughty dog actually has?

@Banjo- @Moonglow so moon I’m lost, you agree with Banjo and me on what we said.

So why do you have a problem with the merger? We’ve seen what the true monopoly can do and that’s what Sony’s been doing.

You said there was 13,000 developers in activision, did you know 15 studios worked on this last call of duty? Did you know the previous call of duty, It was nine Studios?

These crazy accusations, that Microsoft would put exclusive Content on call of duty is crazy when they’ve been on the up and up with Minecraft, ESO, and Fallout.

But moon. I also think you underestimate Sony‘s position and power that they have, and how big their studios actually are, and what they can produce.

This is not a monopoly and Sony will be fine

@Banjo- @Deshalu . Thank you banjo. You remind me of something else. most of the Activision developers only work on call of duty which means Microsoft helps bring their games out on PlayStation too.

Call of Duty, Minecraft, Psychonauts, and they brought existing Bethesda titles to PlayStation plus extra. Plus every upcoming elder scrolls online expansion and fallout 76 has also released on PlayStation.

where is the Spider-Man and wolverine game only on PlayStation. Which I don’t care because I think that it pushes both companies to be competitive. This merger for Xbox. I actually think it’s a good thing. Like the judge said, Microsoft has a good history of sticking with their word when they say they’re releasing something on PlayStation.

@Moonglow how many developers do you think Zenimax has?

How many developers do you think Sony has?

It’s already Been confirmed. Sony pays a lot less for studios and publishers to make games exclusive to its platform. Which isn’t much different than buying a publisher in my opinion.

When Microsoft purchases to make a game exclusive, they lose money in revenue, which this was confirmed in the FTC case.

Also, none of the Sony fan boys had a problem with Sony making Spider-Man exclusive when Spider-Man was on every platform

@Acurisur yes it has. They lost the appeal. It’s all over government websites and news.

@GrailUK problem is a lot of their studios are small. So, they can’t make games as fast as Sony and the quality. So, yes they need more studios.

I recommend you look up the size of these studios and compare to Sony’s. Sony will still have more developers over Microsoft even after the merger.

Bungie alone has over 900 developers. 343 industries has less than 300 developers. Insomniac has over 900 developers. The coalition has 200 developers.

Sony can develop and produce games faster then Microsoft.

In the FTC case publishers and developers said it takes 400 developers to release a AAA title about 2 years being made from scratch

@InterceptorAlpha I know! I want it now.

@EvilSilentFrame it was their putting Call of Duty® on game pass

@Traman500 the cost of making it exclusive with the small market of Xbox gamers wouldn’t be profitable. Makers need to get paid a lot. Better off to buy. How do people not get this?