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Microsoft is Hungry
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I thought nintendo had licensing rights on kirby
ID: ht6svy1ID: ht6wse1What about the other way around
ID: ht6q4eqFor now...
ID: ht740zkFunny story though, Microsoft has been laughed out of Nintendo headquarters after trying to buy the company years ago. Nintendo will never sell itself, they have a kind of pride in their work most large corporations lose over time but they haven’t.
ID: ht6wl7rJust called my uncle who works at Nintendo. He's going to be sending a cease and desist to OP for this.
ID: ht6x5muWhich is ironic considering Hal Laboratory is an independant studio that is only partially owned by Nintendo.
ID: ht7f1e1this deal was for more then Nintendo market share is worth lol
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Nintendo preparing to sue this meme...
ID: ht8snqwMicrosoft preparing to buy this meme
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As a positive: Activision Blizzard is liable to become a less actively shitty place to work, and they might start releasing things worth playing again.
ID: ht7pucgMy hope is the studios that used to make their own games, but were forced into being COD support studios, now get their creative freedom again.
ID: ht7w5kgWake up Blizzard, come back.
ID: ht7dg0tYep, biggest reason to be excited
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Better Microsoft than any Tencent.
ID: ht8i4j5Please tell me we aren’t reaching Buy n Large territory?
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Everyone talking about monopolies like “inventing games to play” could ever be a cornered market. It’s about owning IP.
Steam maybe had visions of this years ago and so started pushing Linux, but unless they do something like prevent Windows systems from downloading other market places I don’t see how this affects anything other than maybe getting laptops shipped with Tracer as the background
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PC gamers: Oh no!
Anyway!
ID: ht6wfjhBut Mojang develops the 2nd-bestselling PC game of all time.
ID: ht6xe19That's the point.
Playstation fans are losing their shit over this because it's very likely Activision-Blizzard IPS wont appear on the PS5 anymore. PC is unaffected.
ID: ht7fc2cIsn't it THE best selling game of all time now?
ID: ht767ezI would say it is a win for PC gamers in a way because Microsoft actually releases their games on Steam.
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Didn't Bethesda used to be a Microsoft product a long time ago? I thought it was for some reason
ID: ht7yqz8You can be forgiven for thinking that because honestly that's what Bethesda basically was. Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3 come to mind.
Operation Ancorage for Fallout 3? 360 release in January. PS3 release in October. And lesser increments (closer to 2 months) for the rest of 3's DLC's. New Vegas got better at this but Dead Money was a 2 month difference between the two. Most were simultanious though.
I'm sure there's more than that. And more glaring ones than I can remember at the moment, but it always seemed like Bethesda favored or was in the pocket of Microsoft from the get go. I think (maybe) Todd Howard had mentioned in an interview about how Microsoft had helped them out in the very beginning or something.
I'm probably speaking out of my ass but I'm sure someone with more knowledge on it will chime in.
Edit: looks like they were exclusive for a time. In fallout 3's case. That would explain that then.
ID: ht8snvpAlso Morrowind was the first big RPG on a console, with its exclusive release on the Xbox 1 (not the Xbox One)
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In the future, you will have no choice.
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Well the good news is all the games those studios make are gonna be on gamepass
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Lot of Sony players suddenly became industry regulation experts lmao
ID: ht6uvs4or they have been that way for a while now watching all these companies buying up everything. whether it is comcast, disney, microsoft,...
ID: ht7nkfqAt some point, everything will be Disney. Then you just choose whether you want to pay for Disney+, Disney++, or Disney+++
ID: ht6q2ybIn no way is this a good thing, no matter what side you’re on.
What do you think would happen if Gamepass was the only place to play the most popular games?
Microsoft doesn’t just throw billions of dollars around as a flex. They’re expecting to see a return on that in the future.
ID: ht6sri9The thing is, Game Pass isn't the only place to play the most popular games? The only problem here is for Sony fans that won't play them anymore lol. It's not like the next COD was going to be released on switch (and that's assuming they don't let COD be multiplatform like Minecraft is, which would be the most obvious decision considering how much money it makes, it's not like the only way they can make money is by making it exclusive)
When you play on PC, nothing's gonna change because all of these games are still coming to PC through Steam and the Windows Store.
ID: ht6vq3aWhat would happen if Gamepass was the only place to play the most popular games?
Ok, so not really sure what the complaint is here?
$60 a year to play hundreds of first party and third party titles on any platform you want
vs
$70 (Sony’s MSRP) per game to play only on PS5
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To be fair Minecraft has been going from strength to strength with Microsoft Money and someone needed to stop the Skyrim 25 year anniversary edition.
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Eventually its only gonna be Microsoft and Disney
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LEAK CONFIRMED, MS TO BUY NINTENDO!
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We're getting close to there just being a straight up oligopoly on games. Each console already has a monopoly over their console.. the fight is now down to PC which is slowly thinning out. While Microsoft has so far been decent for gamers on their control, it only takes a single personnel change for that to rapidly change. Imagine if Phil got swapped out for Bobby.
ID: ht7fselThis is honestly the biggest worry. We all love Phil Spencer, but when he gets replaced by a Bobby Kotick-a-like, we won't like it as much anymore. And the danger is, its more profitable for shareholders for there to be Kotick-type in charge.
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as far as i know studios bought by Microsoft are doing pretty fine, unlike some unfortunate one`s bought by EA.
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They want to monopolize the industry lol
ID: ht741t8If other industries are any indication, Microsoft can probably take a lot more without getting into trouble.
ID: ht7zlvsThe way things are now Microsoft could start actively and aggressively manipulating the market and no one would bat an eye. Just take a look at companies like Amazon.
Antitrust laws are a joke and have been for decades. Too many companies are buying up all their competitors and consolidating like crazy. It’s only going to get worse
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I mean... can Microsoft do worse then normal activision?
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I’m concerned but, I believe for now that Microsoft doing this is for the better. I mean they took double-fine and psychonauts 2 is one of my favorite games in recent history.
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I’m not complaining. Call of Duty is going to be bearable again
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Activision/Blizzard has no effect on me, but since the next elder scrolls and fallout will be Microsoft exclusives I will end up having to buy an Xbox for just those two games.
Edit: oh shit, I forgot about Diablo 4... Whenever the hell that comes out. So the blizzard one slightly effects me. I wonder if that'll still be planned for PS5.
ID: ht7152fIf you have a good pc you don't need to buy a xbox, as microsoft also leave the games available on steam and xbox store
ID: ht71aisRight, and I had considered that. But I don't even own a PC or laptop in my life now. So to get one that I will be confident can play next gen games would be a lot more expensive than me just buying the new Xbox, right?
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It seems popular storesfronts buying companies
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All that Microsoft IP, and there was none that could replace a Nintendo IP?
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I got a chuckle seeing Microsoft being shown as a Nintendo IP.