Do you want the Microsoft/Activision deal to go through?

Makes no difference. Activision doesn't have anything i care about. Like not even one game.

Of course. Out of principle. Two companies agree on the acquisition, it should go through. The government has no place in such dealings.

Yes, they’re doing like Sony did, buying good developer teams to make games. That’s how you compete.

I think it would be cool in the aspect of seeing crossover stuff between varies IP’s, different developers working on different things, possible revivals of various dormant IP’s, seeing a boatload of games hitting Game Pass, and getting a shakeup of some people who are currently running the show over at Activision-Blizzard. Ultimately though don’t really care too much and am just looking forward to this being over and done with either way.

These type of deals are never good.

Obviously not. Why would taking a huge 3rd party publisher and its IP away from competing consoles be good for the industry? It only benefits cheap Xbox owners

The real question is, what is really going to change with or without the acquisition? COD will remain multiplatform, along with Overwatch, Diablo and Crash. Is there anything else noteworthy from ABK that is a genuine concern to gamers?

Rather Microsoft than someone else like Tencent

Yeah, true.

Where is the "the deal will go through and when it does Sony saps and the lying company they shill for will be crying buckets" option?

Xbox studios call of duty, PlayStations biggest and best game

I am for gamers getting their hands on more games, so of course I support it.

Ditto that!

What lying company? you’re telling me Sony has a history of lying when in just the last 6 months alone Phil Spencer has released a shit ton of contradicting statements?

CMA will see right through MS’s poor me bullshit.

I hope it goes through for a few reasons.

1. Activision has a lot of talented devs that they have chained up in the Call of Duty factory. I would like to see what they could do give time and proper support.

2. Workplace culture for employees would improve drastically

3. I'd like to see a proper return Blizzard when backed by creative freedom and proper (hands off) support

Sony and MS have a history of lying. But we still buy their shit.

Sorry but I just don't care if MS wins this deal or not. Doesn't benefit me as a PC gamer. As long as Call of Duty games still coming to PC, that's all that matters. (And I rarely play any CoD games myself)

Voted: I don't care. Yeah it's not on the poll so I made one.

This deal is the one thing keeping the Lem army afloat, so I hope it goes through for their sake.

Really? What are they getting from the deal?

Imaginary internet bragging rights they can use to troll cows on Twitter.

honestly, there's no change for end-users other than another payment option via Game Pass and more overall access due to cloud streaming..

that said, the deal should go through but it's not going to make a huge impact for consumers either way..

the larger impact is for Microsoft, who will gain a number of high-profile IP for thier gaming portfolio.. and since cows claim they "want Microsoft to compete", this concept shouldn't be an issue; particularly if many of those games will remain multiplatform.. 🤷🏽‍♂️

But they get nothing.😂 This ABK deal feels like the most expensive nothingburger in gaming history. I guess bragging rights is worth something even though it translates to nothing.🤷🏽‍♂️

You shouldn't apply logic to fanboys on social media, Pedro.

I don't care. Is it consensual for both sides? Then yes.

I couldn't care less cod is even coming to switch if it goes through nothing else interests me in the Activision blizzard portfolio.

If Sony were to buy Activision, I get COD. If Microsoft were to buy Activision, I get COD.

I win.

If Nintendo were to buy Activision, I don't get COD.

I lose.

Funny whiners keep acting like Xbox is taking something away from PS gamers, maybe just the honor of having timed exclusive access to content.

They can still buy COD at full price for the next decade and Xbox gamers can play it with their Game Pass subscription.

Oh that's right. I forgot, Xbox gamers get COD "free". 😎

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Got 'em!🤭

Yup, I certainly do

Yes, just for the entertainment it'll create.

Hell no!

I’m not a genius,nor am I even smart but from what I’ve seen and read so far from this deal having issues going forward I think it’s going to benefit all gamers if it goes through?

makes no difference to me, dont care

Are folks really in here being this disingenuous? When Deathloop launched and scored well, Lems were running around acting as if they just blessed Cows with gaming gold. Now it’s “we have nothing to gain blah blah blah.” Come on…

This place, I swear

No MS will destroy gaming and they have doing a great job so far

What have they done so far to destroy gaming?

Mostly no:

This is too big. Microsoft scooping up one of the biggest and oldest players in the game is industry consolidation on a scale I don't want.

But sort of yes:

Activision needs a change of leadership. MS may not be the best fit, but would certainly be an improvement.

Activision is a garbage company .... maybe MS would improve them and potentially bring back some of their IPs.

Plus there's some stuff from them that I'd like to have come to Gamepass and possibly see get Series X enhancements. So I'm for it... but if it doesn't happen I'll live.

@my_user_name: MS is even more garbage at managing game studios. If they acquire ABK, they will give them the kiss of dogshit.

Uncharacteristically, I do... Unless Actiblizz just wants to dissolve itself into smaller studios and kill the publishing side. That would be cool. Actiblizz, as it is, is irredeemable.

This is why ISPs are always rated the worst companies in the US. The problem is simple: they lie. We could talk at length about how corporate self-regulation is a horrible joke, but this isn't the politics forum. So I will just say I disagree.

The government you’re looking to for intervention with the ABK deal is the same government that is responsible for the ISP mess we have today… Are you SURE you want them MORE involved in things???

@ghostofgolden:

I hear you, but no regulation at all is just a nonsense extreme viewpoint. There is obviously a balance that needs to be found, and we need to do better at holding corporations accountable for when they lie - not reward them for it.

If one more liar uses the Bobby Kotick/workplace as an excuse. Idiots will ignore and crack jokes about more important matters in their country but "worry"about Bobby Kotick. Hilarious excuses.

From a gamer perspective I personally don't care. I don't play call of duty or any Activision games for that matter, and I game mostly on PC so it wouldn't effect my availability content wise.

Form an outside perspective, yes. Any massive merge from a corporate conglomerate isn't ever good for the little guy in the long run in my opinion.

Some folks foolishly believe that companies should regulate themselves. There is not much you can do for folks who subscribe to such foolery.

The only development in the acquisition that leaves an uneasy feeling is with the Nintendo deal. I have nothing against Nintendo getting COD games. The more the merrier and all that.

But I worry MS placed the COD developers in an untenable position to put the COD games on such weak hardware that they'll either have to resort to streaming only on Switch devices, which right now is what Capcom is doing for RE games, or having the games run like Outer Worlds did when it hit the Switch. Then again Activision has done some impressive porting in past on weaker hardware so there's no saying. However, despite performance considerations, game size will no doubt be another humongous issue to contend with. Even with cloud streaming, initializing servers with such sizeable games for such a large audience has already been an excuse that COD wouldn't be a threat to streaming competition and it makes me wonder if that itself would make a streaming option untenable.

Then again I can see these games with the right scaling and care in execution being doable and Activision devs certainly have shown some impressive ports in past, this is a big wild card.

But it reminds me of the unilateral decisions Xbox executives made regarding putting Halo MCC on PC in the midst of Halo Infinite's development. This is likely why they did so much outsourcing in development and why the final product of Infinite fell short of its potential. I would believe 343 didn't have a choice and Xbox leadership dumped this challenge in their laps wanting to prioritize growing Game Pass on PC, and sure it helped there, and that itself was an important goal to grow the service, but it came at a cost.

And here I feel they made the promise with the ultimate goal of getting the deal over the finish line, without maybe thinking through fully whether they can honestly execute this promise.