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[marrec]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-94#post-80459798

You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?

This dude is like in his 40s and I remember his meltdown when Microsoft acquired Bethesda

I hate to be that guy, but this sounds like print from a PR response sheet cooked up at Sony.

"Remind your readers that they will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future"

"Remind your readers that there are millions of gamers who will be affected by this"

[Snoopycat_]

I only wonder what happens if a future PlayStation console flops out of the gate where an Xbox console comes out as the Victor. I know it won’t happen since Sony is too big to fail

https://www.resetera.com/threads/reuters-sony-brings-a-knife-to-global-video-games-gunfight.541343/

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-94#post-80459798

You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?

This dude is like in his 40s and I remember his meltdown when Microsoft acquired Bethesda

I hate to be that guy, but this sounds like print from a PR response sheet cooked up at Sony.

"Remind your readers that they will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future"

"Remind your readers that there are millions of gamers who will be affected by this"

Being fair, every time someone shills for Gamepass also sounds like that:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-pass-has-more-than-25-million-subscribers.540830/

(Yeah, yeah, Gamepass is a great service... to bad that it wants to be the Netflix of video games but shits the bed on PC  )

[marrec]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-94#post-80459798

You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?

This dude is like in his 40s and I remember his meltdown when Microsoft acquired Bethesda

I hate to be that guy, but this sounds like print from a PR response sheet cooked up at Sony.

"Remind your readers that they will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future"

"Remind your readers that there are millions of gamers who will be affected by this"

Being fair, every time someone shills for Gamepass also sounds like that:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/game-pass-has-more-than-25-million-subscribers.540830/

(Yeah, yeah, Gamepass is a great service... to bad that it wants to be the Netflix of video games but shits the bed on PC  )

I don't know what you're talking about Boredform it's simply that Game Pass (tm) provides amazing value to gamers by giving them the option to play the newest Microsoft (C) studio games as well as many of the newest games from our amazing partners around the world for a low monthly subscription fee.

*waits for his paycheck*

[SmokyDave]

Eh, I kinda get the gamepass shilling. For a lapsed oldie like me, the choice is two four hundred quid boxes. One plays games at £70 a pop, the other at £12 a month. I much prefer the latter and given that '£50 - £70 a pop' has been the rule since the Megadrive days, the sub model is the kind of bargain proposition that fires people up.

Obviously all that changes if you are locked in to exclusive titles on either machine, and it's all irrelevant given that Sony and MS are both behind Nintendo and mobile gaming, but Gamepass is some mad shit.

(Disclosure: I only own a Switch  )

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-94#post-80459798

You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?

This dude is like in his 40s and I remember his meltdown when Microsoft acquired Bethesda

I hate to be that guy, but this sounds like print from a PR response sheet cooked up at Sony.

"Remind your readers that they will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future"

"Remind your readers that there are millions of gamers who will be affected by this"

For only 50 cents a day, you can give an underprivileged Sony fan access to Gamepass. *pictures of starving African children with flies on them*

[marrec]

Eh, I kinda get the gamepass shilling. For a lapsed oldie like me, the choice is two four hundred quid boxes. One plays games at £70 a pop, the other at £12 a month. I much prefer the latter and given that '£50 - £70 a pop' has been the rule since the Megadrive days, the sub model is the kind of bargain proposition that fires people up.

Obviously all that changes if you are locked in to exclusive titles on either machine, and it's all irrelevant given that Sony and MS are both behind Nintendo and mobile gaming, but Gamepass is some mad shit.

(Disclosure: I only own a Switch  )

Not to sound like a shill, but I was paying for Game Pass Ultimate before I even owned an Xbox Series X. Shit is mad value and has saved me a boat load.

[nudemacusers]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-94#post-80459798

You don't think it's bad that millions of gamers who recently spent $500+ on a new PlayStation will be losing access to some of their favorite titles in the near future?

This dude is like in his 40s and I remember his meltdown when Microsoft acquired Bethesda

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jeff-grubb-starfield-is-exclusive-to-xbox-and-pc-period.425951/page-2#post-64993661

So Bethesda is just dead to me then. Awesome. So glad I wasted so much time and money supporting this company for the last 10+ years of my life.



What a fucking joke.

[Drainage]

Not to go against the grain of everyone making fun of Sony fanboys but this is what we all expected when Microsoft initially joined the industry over 20 years ago. I’m surprised it took this long honestly, but I think consolidation of development tools like UE4/5 really mitigates some risk of trying to manage all these development studios fucking up projects with their own custom shit that no one else understands.

[nudemacusers]

it took this long because ballmer was too busy missing the boat on mobile phones and playing (pointless) catchup for ages before throwing in the towel.

even without these acq moves xbox would be doing 'ok', which is far less embarrassing on a corporate/personal level than being utterly crushed in a whole product category by the competitor that had to grovel at your ms office-gilded feet years ago.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard.540824/page-76#post-80449703

User Banned (5 Days): Trolling, fear-mongering.

Man, this really really sucks. Microsoft consolidating the industry and trying to create an effective monopoly is horrendus for the entire industry. Im not even a console player, PC only, but even I can see that this is major bad news. The ppl in this thread who are saying "Oh so awesome, great gamepass value" are braindead and they will be the first hit by this. Just to give you a few ideas of the stunts Microsoft can pull once they have a majority of the industry by the balls (some of these might seem outragous now, but they are all perfectly within the realms of possibility for a company that doesnt have to worry about competition):

"We have decided to double/triple the price of gamepass. What you cant afford that? Tough shit."

"We have decided to pull all of our titles from retail and make them only available through gamepass. What, you cant afford a monthly subscription? What are you gonna do, miss out on all your favorite games? LOL."

"The Xbox console will from now on be 75% more expensive. What are you going to do, buy a God-of-War-station? LOL."

"We have decided to pull all of our games from steam and put them only on our shitty windows store app. What are you going to do, miss out on the latest Elder Scrolls/COD/DOOM/Blizzard thing? LOL."

"Company heads have decided that we want to push our new Windows 11/12/X OS, so from now on all new games will arbitrarily only run on the latest undercooked and broken OS we have released. What are you going to do, miss out on all the latest and greatest games? LOL." <- Pretty sure this will happen, sincerely hope Im wrong

You all have to realize one thing: Microsoft does NOT care about the gaming industry. For them gaming is just another leveraging card in their crusade to monopolise a large portion of the entire tech sector.

I really really hope that this aquisition gets blocked. If Microsoft and Activision Blizzard were based in my country, this aquisition would definitely get blocked by regulators.

That ban, that bolded part on the ban 

[BikeJesus]

PC users stay winning.

Console babbys stay mad.

[Uncle]

though really has any MS acquisition borne fruit yet other than MS soaking up money from everyone buying rereleases of skyrim

has obsidian made anything new yet

[Crumb]

Minecraft

[nudemacusers]

though really has any MS acquisition borne fruit yet other than MS soaking up money from everyone buying rereleases of skyrim

has obsidian made anything new yet

impotent rage is one of the most valuable commodities on the market.

Minecraft

haha my kids are minecraft addicts and I always forget M$ owns that. All those microtransaction skins robbing me of my income :'(

[Uncle]

MS buying mein kraft was the best thing that could've happened to it, fuckin thing stagnated for like a decade like they were afraid to add any new content to it at all and let mods do the heavy lifting, MS has actually been improving it 

[HaughtyFrank]

Not to go against the grain of everyone making fun of Sony fanboys but this is what we all expected when Microsoft initially joined the industry over 20 years ago. I’m surprised it took this long honestly, but I think consolidation of development tools like UE4/5 really mitigates some risk of trying to manage all these development studios fucking up projects with their own custom shit that no one else understands.

It is the first time M$ actually makes sense.

70 billion is such an insane number

[Taco Bell Tower]

Mein kraft?  Are you telling me Microsoft bought a Nazi game? Gonna uninstall that before the feds get suspicious.  Holy moly, how did I not get the connection

[Joe Molotov]

Get back in the mines, citizen.

[TacoWallace]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/french-actor-gaspard-ulliel-dies-in-ski-accident-aged-37.541424/#post-80531219

The second time I ever went down a ski mountain, I crashed into two trees, got run over by a snowboarder, lost both of my poles in the snow and wound up having to sled down the second half of the mountain on my ass. I was so bloody and miserable - I have never gone skiing again since.

It's honestly one of those sports that despite being a New Englander I just can't do. I'd rather play full-contact hockey than go skiing, and I have the body type of a chocolate pretzel branch.

A man is dead and yet all this man can think of is how to spotlight his own misery

[Don Rumata]

"Competition is good!"

*competitor makes a competitive move to increase its competitiveness*

"No wait, not that competition!"


 

[Snoopycat_]

Well it sounds like those comedy classes have finally paid off.

[Uncle]

PlanetSmasher:

[thetylerrob]

"Competition is good!"

*competitor makes a competitive move to increase its competitiveness*

"No wait, not that competition!"


 

I get that we're all having a laugh at Sony ponies but it's gonna suck when Xbox brings back Xbox Live subs for PC online play and Halo 6 is exclusive to Windows Vista 2.

[Snoopycat_]

Nintendo should buy EA

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/french-actor-gaspard-ulliel-dies-in-ski-accident-aged-37.541424/#post-80531219

The second time I ever went down a ski mountain, I crashed into two trees, got run over by a snowboarder, lost both of my poles in the snow and wound up having to sled down the second half of the mountain on my ass. I was so bloody and miserable - I have never gone skiing again since.

It's honestly one of those sports that despite being a New Englander I just can't do. I'd rather play full-contact hockey than go skiing, and I have the body type of a chocolate pretzel branch.

A man is dead and yet all this man can think of is how to spotlight his own misery

That should have killed him unlike the ice spike that went through his windshield and was inches away to get hit on the neck, inches away from death!

I was 13 years old and my friends fucked off without me, and I accidentally wound up on the double black diamond course because I couldn't see the signs. So yeah, I was in the absolute wrong fuckin' neighborhood for someone on his second time ever going up a chair lift before.

[Don Rumata]

"Competition is good!"

*competitor makes a competitive move to increase its competitiveness*

"No wait, not that competition!"


 

I get that we're all having a laugh at Sony ponies but it's gonna suck when Xbox brings back Xbox Live subs for PC online play and Halo 6 is exclusive to Windows Vista 2.

This isn't 2004.
MS has to beg people to even look at a Halo game.   

[BisMarckie]

I think the only logical thing for Sony and Nintendo is to merge.
I already wrote a fanfiction and drew Mario and Nathan Drake pissing on Phil Spencer.

[Taco Bell Tower]

That's terrible.  Have you posted that so I can give it a bad rating?

[Nintex]

Sony brought this on themselves.
They decided to focus on walking simulators literally any studio can develop as opposed to a wide variety of exotic content from the orient
Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.

Microsoft has been slowly eating away at them for 2 decades, stealing all the PlayStation exclusives like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider.
The biggest difference between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is a $60 removable cover and some PlayStation 4 games that run better on PS5. 

[HaughtyFrank]

Sony brought this on themselves.
They decided to focus on walking simulators literally any studio can develop as opposed to a wide variety of exotic content from the orient
Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.

Microsoft has been slowly eating away at them for 2 decades, stealing all the PlayStation exclusives like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider.
The biggest difference between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is a $60 removable cover and some PlayStation 4 games that run better on PS5. 

Final fantasy actually seems to be mainly back on playstation. An Xbox version of FF7 Remake is still not in sight, there's no Xbox version of FF14 and FF16 is so far only announced for Playstation.

I imagine Sony is paying them some good money for that exclusivity, however, we also know that this isn't as safe as it used to be, like when they had all those time exclusive Bethesda titles and then MS just bought the whole of Bethesda

[Potato]

Does anyone even care about Final Fantasy any more? It's not a console seller series anymore.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Sony brought this on themselves.
They decided to focus on walking simulators literally any studio can develop as opposed to a wide variety of exotic content from the orient
Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.

Microsoft has been slowly eating away at them for 2 decades, stealing all the PlayStation exclusives like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider.
The biggest difference between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is a $60 removable cover and some PlayStation 4 games that run better on PS5. 

Final fantasy actually seems to be mainly back on playstation. An Xbox version of FF7 Remake is still not in sight, there's no Xbox version of FF14 and FF16 is so far only announced for Playstation.

I imagine Sony is paying them some good money for that exclusivity, however, we also know that this isn't as safe as it used to be, like when they had all those time exclusive Bethesda titles and then MS just bought the whole of Bethesda

Yeeeah, 7R was a timely exclusive and it disappeared for Xbox.

[tiesto]

Does anyone even care about Final Fantasy any more? It's not a console seller series anymore.

Not since it went fully ARPG for its main line games.

[Uncle]

Does anyone even care about Final Fantasy any more? It's not a console seller series anymore.

Not since it went fully ARPG for its main line games.

do you think there's a correlation there or coincidence? like would it still be an amazing system seller if it was turn based and just octopath/bravely default

[Nintex]

You can change Final Fantasy with Resident Evil or Crash or another PlayStation tentpole release.

After Resident Evil bombed on GameCube, Sony had a chance to lock it back in on the PlayStation but they didn't.
In fact, they apparently allowed Monster Hunter to slip away to other systems even though Capcom had offered them exclusivity.

The point they need to hammer on behind the scenes is that on Microsoft systems the third parties will soon get swamped by original content and if they want to stand-out in a sea of content they should head to PlayStation.

[Don Rumata]

Sony brought this on themselves.
They decided to focus on walking simulators literally any studio can develop as opposed to a wide variety of exotic content from the orient
Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.

Microsoft has been slowly eating away at them for 2 decades, stealing all the PlayStation exclusives like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider.
The biggest difference between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is a $60 removable cover and some PlayStation 4 games that run better on PS5. 

The Playstation brand is still massively strong in the hardcore gaming sphere, and built on the prestige those daddy-oscar-baiters bring in.
As long as they aren't idiots clinging on to the idea of "selling the box" for the next 20 years, they are not in a terrible position.
But they know this and they already started to loosen up the grip, with big titles coming to PC.

The aim is to make a profit and grow, not destroy the competition.

When the future will offer the possibility to play XYZ in 4K on any device (phone, TV, PC, etc) through 5G and X-cloud-like services, you can't expect to still be selling your very specific 500€ box to that many people.
Not an immediate future, granted, but you gotta prepare for it.
They need a very strong software storefront yesterday, and it's not going to be PSnow or PS+ in their current state.

[ShutUp]

"Competition is good!"

*competitor makes a competitive move to increase its competitiveness*

"No wait, not that competition!"


 

I get that we're all having a laugh at Sony ponies but it's gonna suck when Xbox brings back Xbox Live subs for PC online play and Halo 6 is exclusive to Windows Vista 2.

This isn't 2004.
MS has to beg people to even look at a Halo game.   

Did you miss the December sales for Halo somehow? Made bank even being on Gamepass day one.

[mormapope]

The number of grown men exposing themselves as clueless, naive, bumbling dumb fuck rats is the sweetest gaming meal that's taken place in a long time.

Gotta love anti trust experts and industry strategists taking a break from anime and Disney movies to give their insight on this scenario.

[Potato]

The number of grown men exposing themselves as clueless, naive, bumbling dumb fuck rats is the sweetest gaming meal that's taken place in a long time.

Gotta love anti trust experts and industry strategists taking a break from anime and Disney movies to give their insight on this scenario.

Uninformed idiot X console fanboy is the sweetest mix

[Boredfrom]

PC users stay winning.

Console babbys stay mad.

 

We are talking about the same microsoft that ignored PC for years? the same microsoft that has a terrible videogame storefront? whose PC version of gamepass is terrble?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-am-shook-the-new-graphics-king-is-here-and-it-is-a-first-person-multiplayer-game-nobody-here-is-talking-about.541253/#post-80509580

Things that technically aren’t racist, but feel racist.

"War of Rights"?

whatcanisaybutyikes.gif

War of Rights feels like calling something War of Ethics in Games Journalism

Graphics so good you can practically feel the hard R.

"War of Rights, specifically the one to own people but Jim stop typing this we're not going to include this part in the title"

For anyone wondering I’ve seen this game pop up on Tik Tok and it’s probably exactly what you’d expect.

Seen multiple videos of a black guy playing the game and every video is the same joke of talking about hating black people and killing yankees and then usually another player decides he sounds black and they all sceam at him and team kill him.

Dennis got duration ban

User Banned (duration pending): Creating a troll thread with regards to the American Civil War, history of serious infractions

[Pissy F Benny]

but guys if sony buy Namco and atari they'll be right back in the mix

[Boredfrom]

Sony brought this on themselves.
They decided to focus on walking simulators literally any studio can develop as opposed to a wide variety of exotic content from the orient
Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.

Microsoft has been slowly eating away at them for 2 decades, stealing all the PlayStation exclusives like Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider.
The biggest difference between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is a $60 removable cover and some PlayStation 4 games that run better on PS5. 

The Playstation brand is still massively strong in the hardcore gaming sphere, and built on the prestige those daddy-oscar-baiters bring in.
As long as they aren't idiots clinging on to the idea of "selling the box" for the next 20 years, they are not in a terrible position.
But they know this and they already started to loosen up the grip, with big titles coming to PC.

The aim is to make a profit and grow, not destroy the competition.

When the future will offer the possibility to play XYZ in 4K on any device (phone, TV, PC, etc) through 5G and X-cloud-like services, you can't expect to still be selling your very specific 500€ box to that many people.
Not an immediate future, granted, but you gotta prepare for it.
They need a very strong software storefront yesterday, and it's not going to be PSnow or PS+ in their current state.

Then again, their own storefront (and their gamepass service) is terrble in PC.

[Pissy F Benny]

no one cares about pc tho other than astral plane autistys and paedophiles

[Boredfrom]

Does anyone even care about Final Fantasy any more? It's not a console seller series anymore.

Not since it went fully ARPG for its main line games.

Does anyone even care about Final Fantasy any more? It's not a console seller series anymore.

Uh...isnt Endwalker doing gangbusters and stealling players from WoW? Technically, is a PS console exclusive...

[HaughtyFrank]

Dennis got duration ban

User Banned (duration pending): Creating a troll thread with regards to the American Civil War, history of serious infractions

Did Dennis end up reporting himself?

OK, I have asked for the thread to be closed as it seems the game itself is in poor taste.

[paprikastaude]

The number of grown men exposing themselves as clueless, naive, bumbling dumb fuck rats is the sweetest gaming meal that's taken place in a long time.

Gotta love anti trust experts and industry strategists taking a break from anime and Disney movies to give their insight on this scenario.

tbf there's only one reliable analysis in a situation like this: Look at what Nintex says, then think of the complete opposite.

[Nintex]

Your loss if you don't follow my advice and lose out on some great opportunities

[Boredfrom]

. Sony has this weird idea in their head that console gaming can be a sort of 'premium entertainment' while the Xbox Series S and Switch fly off the shelves.   

 

That is a pretty awful take on sales.

[nudemacusers]

personally i'm just eating off all the snake/kratos (or even combinations of both!) avatars chiming in with their impossible gripes. 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/of-all-of-the-toilet-seats-your-ass-has-graced-which-particular-one-do-you-think-has-seen-the-most-unique-individual-asses.541697/

[Don Rumata]

thrn you don’t get it. I own a PS4/5 and a Switch and if either console maker dont support GamePass. Where does that leave me? “Oh shit, I have to blow $299 on a Series S plus $50 for a year gsmepass sub just so I can play Call of Duty 2022 or 2023 and Overwatch 3 in 2024 plus a $150 proprietary SSD for me to plug in so I can play more digital games. Don’t even try to suggest a Series X when I can get 4/8k gaming with the console that I already have so there’s not really any incentive for me to buy a Xbox console except to play franchises that Microsoft currently have locked down on their own console and the PC. That‘s why I view this whole episode as anti competitive for me. But I think I’ll end my conversation with you because you seem incapable of understanding that.

"I made a bad purchasing decision, everybody stop the markets!" 

Why would you even buy a ps5 so close to launch, if you're this tight on cash? Everything is cross platform, anyway.

[bork]

Gotta love anti trust experts and industry strategists taking a break from anime and Disney movies to give their insight on this scenario.

Please tell me at least some of them see the irony in  raging over what Microsoft is doing, then  going and watching movies and TV shows from various studios all now owned by Disney.

[Lonewulfeus]

I don’t get why these people seem to think they are owed access to every game ever.  Such a ridiculous display of privledge

[Snoopycat_]

They have every console known to man and ultra mega gaming pcs but a 250 quid console will push them into poverty

[nudemacusers]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/of-all-of-the-toilet-seats-your-ass-has-graced-which-particular-one-do-you-think-has-seen-the-most-unique-individual-asses.541697/

this is a legitimately good question.

I'd go with an airport toilet, probably ATL.

[Potato]

Gotta love anti trust experts and industry strategists taking a break from anime and Disney movies to give their insight on this scenario.

Please tell me at least some of them see the irony in  raging over what Microsoft is doing, then  going and watching movies and TV shows from various studios all now owned by Disney.

That would require self-reflection and we have well established that no one who remains on Retatera has a single ounce of that personal quality.

[Don Rumata]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/of-all-of-the-toilet-seats-your-ass-has-graced-which-particular-one-do-you-think-has-seen-the-most-unique-individual-asses.541697/

this is a legitimately good question.

I'd go with an airport toilet, probably ATL.

Missed opportunity for a "your mum's mouth" tbh.

[Uncle]

in any given city, there must exist a normal-sized room that has had fewer people enter it than any other room in the city

in fact it is possible that in some dingy forgotten basement there is a room which has never been entered since the building was constructed

where is that room?  and is anything inside it?