ColecoGamer Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) I know people aren’t happy about Microsoft’s buyout of Activision, but something had to be done to save the company after all those toxic fraternity accusations came to light last year. Edit: Even the World of Warcraft team was canned due to creating unsettling, toxic-like work environments for junior employees. It’s been already mentioned, but a lot of these titles will more than likely appear on Gamepass. Edited January 20, 2022 by ColecoGamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Sony have issued a brief response to the news. In a quote shared with The Wall Street Journal via a Sony spokesperson, the firm said: "We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform." https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/01/sony-responds-to-activision-blizzard-buyout-expects-games-to-still-come-to-ps5-ps4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I think this is my favorite one of these thus far: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMaddog Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Might as well copy & paste postings about the Bethesda buyout here... Yeah, this is defintely to add content for Game Pass (see Quake Remastered) as well as continue to indepently publish on competing platforms. Plus I'm really hoping that MS will clean house at ActiBlizzard and put an end to that obnoxious frat boy culture and heavy dependence on constant microtranscations (I'll take a subscription I can actually afford over giving half my paycheck to Bobby Kotek for each buggy game, thank you very much!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Is it just me or does that look like a shopping list? ? 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Matt_B said: Is it just me or does that look like a shopping list? ? Given the utterly disgusting longer term antics of A and B, I'd welcome it if it meant salvaging the IP and cleaning house both on garbage people and garbage policies and tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 @atari2600land in his blog speculated that Disney will enter the buyout circus soon. If they do, I would think that e.g. EA is just as much on their radar as it is on anyone else's. What about Capcom, are they too small to be really significant in a discussion of this size? I suppose Sega are minions these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crade Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 5 hours ago, carlsson said: @atari2600land in his blog speculated that Disney will enter the buyout circus soon. If they do, I would think that e.g. EA is just as much on their radar as it is on anyone else's. What about Capcom, are they too small to be really significant in a discussion of this size? I suppose Sega are minions these days. I predict whoever Disney buys will immediately stop making anything and start suing everyone and their dog who is trying to make anything for copyright infringment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Tanooki said: Given the utterly disgusting longer term antics of A and B, I'd welcome it if it meant salvaging the IP and cleaning house both on garbage people and garbage policies and tactics. I don't really have the faith that they will operate better under MS though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I really hope that MS puts a brand new effort into getting Diablo 4 made. I understand that the team behind that game all quit or stopped coding it entirely, plus the Mobile version of Diablo stopped getting any development ( I don't care about that one, though). I was looking forward to getting a new Diablo game for the Series X, but I don't see that happening now, any existing Diablo 4 code is probably way outdated and it needs a ground up renewal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 3 hours ago, crade said: I predict whoever Disney buys will immediately stop making anything and start suing everyone and their dog who is trying to make anything for copyright infringment And start making content that appeals to the Chinese Market, lot of talk before Christmas about films etc having content removed that could in anyway offend China. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Mate sent me this earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, Lostdragon said: Mate sent me this earlier. Key word is "existing". What happens when those agreements expire? Will they still publish to playstation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 minute ago, zzip said: Key word is "existing". What happens when those agreements expire? Will they still publish to playstation? I wouldn't hold my breath. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 LOL - All Sony has to do is let GamePass run on Playstation and all the titles will be available. But seriously, why would anyone comment on something that wasn't already agreed upon at this stage. Even if Phil and his whole team think that it would be crazy to drop support for Playstation, they wouldn't commit to anything they don't have to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzie.P Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 54 minutes ago, zzip said: Key word is "existing". What happens when those agreements expire? Will they still publish to playstation? they have an "intent" to honor existing agreements, but only a "desire" to keep COD on PS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Razzie.P said: they have an "intent" to honor existing agreements, but only a "desire" to keep COD on PS. Time to print out "weasel word bingo cards" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Can someone buy Konami so they can stop self destructing all their IPs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, zzip said: Will they still publish to playstation? Microsoft now calls a LOT of the shots. I expect that relationship to erode over time. They really don't need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, cimerians said: Microsoft now calls a LOT of the shots. I expect that relationship to erode over time. They really don't need them. It depends if MS intends to play the exclusive game or push GamePass to as many platforms as possible. 100+ million PS4s out there plus around 20 million PS5s is a lot of players to ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Tanooki said: Given the utterly disgusting longer term antics of A and B, I'd welcome it if it meant salvaging the IP and cleaning house both on garbage people and garbage policies and tactics. I'd prefer someone else bought them, or that they were broken up. Being bought, closed down, having the name buried and the IP languishing on the back burner would be a fitting end for EA. It's what they did to everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 7 hours ago, zzip said: I don't really have the faith that they will operate better under MS though. Probably not, but who knows. Also that key word of existing, odds are they'll let the contracts expire and take them exclusive to what they control to maximize the return on that insanely expensive investment to earn it back. What better way to sell more games, more consoles, and importantly more gamepass subs too. Knocking Sony down to a bit player in comparison would be ideal. Sony controls enough they'll be fine, but being competitive they won't be if that happened. They'd be how Nintendo was considered since the later 90s, your 'other console' to get the exclusives. 2 hours ago, Matt_B said: I'd prefer someone else bought them, or that they were broken up. Being bought, closed down, having the name buried and the IP languishing on the back burner would be a fitting end for EA. It's what they did to everyone else. EA would deserve as much, but people who enjoy games and franchises they've crippled, exploited, buried or destroyed I think deserve better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Tanooki said: EA would deserve as much, but people who enjoy games and franchises they've crippled, exploited, buried or destroyed I think deserve better. Sure, I'd like to see the games reunited with their former creators where possible. I was more thinking of the EA branding itself, Origin, "Surprise Mechanics" and so on. All that lot could vanish off the face of the Earth and we'd surely be no worse off for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Oh Phil https://www.pcgamer.com/phil-spencer-wants-to-bring-back-the-activision-blizzard-games-he-loved-as-a-kid/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1RECBeGLtc6cInqu1l48hz0F_C14FFXMVlGVFLQpCREBeP_jDgrFzQ2so 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 8:31 PM, Mikebloke said: Can someone buy Konami so they can stop self destructing all their IPs. And rehire Team Silent, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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