Acti-Bliz bought by Microsoft

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by NorrisAlan, Jan 20, 2022.

  1. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    $68.7 Billion dollars.

    I am in the wrong business.
     
  2. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    I'm optimistic about the deal. Activision has pretty much stopped trying. Maybe a change in leadership and organization will breathe new life into their IP.
     
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  3. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Blizzard is just a shell of its former self. 15 years ago, Blizzard meant the game was going to be top-notch killer, and if it wasn't, they wouldn't publish it. Now its "don't you have phones?" and buggy money-grabbing crap.

    Of course, this means Call of Duty will be Xbox only...
     
  4. cpninja

    cpninja Member

    Microsoft cant make Blizzard any worse than they've been over the last 5 years. The only thing they haven't totally screwed up is Hearthstone

    plus they have the whole rape-y culture thing they have to fix first and I'd pick MS to clean house over letting Acti-Blizz handle it themselves
     
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  5. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Bobby needs to be sent packing ASAP.
     
  6. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Today’s episode of The Daily podcast is talking about this and saying it’s primarily Microsoft’s attempt at getting involved in the metaverse.

    I still don’t really even know what the metaverse is.
     
  7. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    the OASIS and we are all going to be sucked in
     
  8. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    Yeah I don't buy the "primarily" part. the metaverse is a buzz word that podcasts will throw around to get saps to tune in. The deal is to make money. The acquisitions increase the brand power of Xbox and in particular GamePass. Look no farther than that.
     
  9. Indy

    Indy Pronoun Analyst

    Well, I listen to the Daily most days anyway, so joke's on them.
     
  10. fl0at_

    fl0at_ Humorless, asinine, joyless pr*ck

    I can only hope they limit it to Xbox only, and people on PC finally move to a good shooter.
     
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  11. JohnnyQuickkick

    JohnnyQuickkick Calcio correspondent

    In a champagne supernova in the sky
     

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