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u/BlazeKing64 One does not simply Jan 20 '22
They couldnt go up to 69 billion
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u/Theboithatsok Jan 20 '22
420 would also be nice
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u/Theboithatsok Jan 20 '22
what lawsuit? The only lawsuit i heard was about woman issues in the workplace
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u/MrMeesiksNr10028 Dirt Is Beautiful Jan 20 '22
Yeah that's what he's talking about
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u/Empatheater Jan 20 '22
what's worse is that i've seen it reported as anything from 68 to 75 billion. With that range it's even WORSE they didn't settle on 69.
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u/Frogtoadrat Jan 20 '22
The CEO's golden parachute will make it very close. $250m at least
I imagine another $50m cost will be there. Possibly another $420m for the nice $69,420,000 price tag
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u/firefist1998 Jan 20 '22
I needa rewatch Madmen
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u/mickecd1989 Lives in a Van Down by the River Jan 21 '22
Everytime I do I wanna get into daily smoking and drinking again
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u/firefist1998 Jan 21 '22
It just looks so cool when they do it, so I think, why not? Right?
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u/TheHongKOngadian Jan 21 '22
That show always makes me want to go to greasy spoon diners and look pensive as I eat pancakes and write taglines on napkins
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u/Icy_B Professional Dumbass Jan 20 '22
Bruh gamepass players getting even more games
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u/cautixon Jan 20 '22
the only problem with this is eventually they decide to raise the price of game pass
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u/xbftw GigaChad Jan 21 '22
Right now we are in the golden age of games, 100s of amazing games for not that much per month.
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u/SaltyCanadianCunt Jan 21 '22
U can still do the 3 years of gold, and one month of game pass ultimate, ul get 3 years of ultimate and save like 300 dollars
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u/Yadolski Jan 20 '22
Now Microsoft owns the worst gaming company on the planet.
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u/CLk_546 Jan 20 '22
Because the executives of activition are more interested in money than in giving quality products.
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u/Cuantic0rigami Jan 20 '22
They have some pretty sweet IPs.
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u/DerpyDogBoi Identifies as a Cybertruck Jan 20 '22
I hope that maybe. Just maybe. This situation improves a little because of this.
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u/Moltenlava5 Jan 20 '22
yeah, for as much flak that microsoft gets, they did and are doing a decent job on minecraft
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u/-Orgasmo- Jan 20 '22
I’m hoping that will carry over to call of duty now too. Probably not but 🤞
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u/CLk_546 Jan 20 '22
I hope they stop with the year release, the studios that work in COD can do much more stuff, one single studio can make an awesome COD with enough time and dedication
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u/Karimrir Jan 20 '22
They seem to be very interested in gaining a monopoly on gaming, I'd quite not be surprised if the antitrust regulators get a little lawsuity.
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u/DunwichCultist Jan 20 '22
I'm sure they'll get right on that as soon as they're done with Disney, lol.
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u/spinwin Jan 20 '22
Game development has a very low barrier to entry and there are still several gaming platforms out there that have zero control from Microsoft. We are so far from Microsoft being a monopoly here in reality.
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u/Intrepid_Ad_9751 Jan 20 '22
Well to be fair a lot of the ceos or just higher management have stepped down or gotten fired, maybe not all of them but its a start.
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u/Witch_King_ Jan 20 '22
I mean, that is true for the executives of many gaming companies, especially those that are publicly owned
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u/3rdtrichiliocosm Jan 20 '22
That describes the executives of every company everywhere
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u/somegarbagedoesfloat Jan 20 '22
This is a good thing. Microsoft I'll not only fix thier problems , but blizzard will stop shilling for china since microsoft isn't about that shit
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u/PoisonGuitar Professional Dumbass Jan 20 '22
2nd worst
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yes lets not forget cough cough ea cough
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u/Boshwa Jan 20 '22
Because that's the order of terrible things people can do
- Microtransactions
- Workplace harassment
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u/HyperShades can't meme Jan 20 '22
And Konami
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u/JFloriturin Jan 20 '22
I would hardly consider it a game company, f them
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u/Cam0036 Jan 20 '22
They literally just released a new game 2 days ago
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u/Mage-of-Fire Identifies as a Cybertruck Jan 21 '22
AMD repeased a bike. Does that mean they are a bile company?
This is a joke btw. I know konami is a game company
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u/Siemturbo Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY Jan 20 '22
They only needed it to get ray-tracing done for powerpoint 2022
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u/Karimrir Jan 20 '22
Even though the microsoft game developers write pretty bad code, I'd expect them to get very confused after looking at warzone's code
Some Microsoft employee looking at the code: "This game seems to be running on some sort of magic, maybe black one??"
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u/Pandemic_Over Dirt Is Beautiful Jan 20 '22
Me who thought a blizzard is a snowstorm
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u/morbidhorn Jan 20 '22
Well it’s definitely not the developer of any Call of Duty game
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u/drakenkorin13 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22
I still can't believe Microsoft felt the need to acquire Activision Blizzard. Like, how big does a corporation really need to be in 2022? It's kind of absurd.
And let's face it, when Activision and Vivendi merged, Blizzard games started to take a dive in value. Mergers and acquisitions like this never seem to yield positive results for the consumer (i.e., better quality products at cheaper cost). We get shittier products at more cost.
Either way, since Blizzard dropped a bollock with WoW Classic (servers were losing players and they couldn't even offer free character transfers to keep players paying for their subscription), I won't be sending a single extra penny their way.
Though, I must say, I would prefer to see Microsoft dethrone Tencent as the world's largest gaming company.
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u/Elemental33 Jan 20 '22
Blizzard Activision have been nose diving anyway. No way Microsoft makes it worse some how.
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u/Aknniazi Jan 20 '22
That crazy bastard his father did it.
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u/GoldH2O memer Jan 20 '22
this is one acquisition I'm actually okay with. Microsoft seems to have a better record of treating their employees decently, so maybe they'll fix the issues with activision-blizzard and put them back on track making good games.
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u/yumyumpizza69 Jan 20 '22
I’m ok with it as long as call of duty doesn’t become Xbox exclusive
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u/GoldH2O memer Jan 20 '22
they'd end up losing a lot of money if COD became an xbox exclusive. the majority of COD fans wouldn't just get up and start buying Xboxes just for a single game.
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u/cautixon Jan 20 '22
it doesnt appear it will, there are rumors but i think theyre just gonna put it on xbox game pass
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u/Last-Woodpecker Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 20 '22
Let us see. They already said they're keeping the Activision CEO.
Edit: well, I'm wrong, that was an initial report, but internal sources said that he will remain only until the final agreement.
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u/BadBanana99 Jan 20 '22
That’s not what they said, they haven’t come to a final agreement yet but when that happens Phil Collins will become CEO
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u/Hephaestus_God Jan 20 '22
Btw this deal was done in just cash they had available.
Only 4 companies in the world have this much available cash on hand currently and Microsoft used half of theirs for this purchase.
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u/ThunderingRimuru RageFace Against the Machine Jan 20 '22
i dont think gates has a son
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u/mistermuesli MAYMAYMAKERS Jan 20 '22
day 374628452834 of my comment secion ruining my jokes
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u/Vesto241 MAYMAYMAKERS Jan 20 '22
*Section
Unlucky day for you bro in the comment section
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u/mistermuesli MAYMAYMAKERS Jan 20 '22
I should retire
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u/ListerineAfterOral MAYMAYMAKERS Jan 20 '22
Your mistakes just mean you're human. They don't detract from the meme either so it's cool.
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u/inoutbound Jan 20 '22
I enjoyed this deep conversation... this is why I waste my life on reddit.....
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u/Scraphead91 Jan 20 '22
Well I'm here to save your day! Bill Gates stepped down as CEO in 2014, and the current CEO, Satya Nadella, Has THREE CHILDREN! Carry on, friend.
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u/feastupontherich Jan 20 '22
Yeah, he doesn't acknowledge me because I'm an illigitamate son of a Spanish whore. No one knows about me.
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u/AlternativeSherbert7 Jan 20 '22
Tell that to all the kids online who say their dad owns xbox
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u/RobertoDeBagel Jan 20 '22
Bill took the Lolita Express to Little Saint Jeff more than once. Anything is possible.
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Bill wasn’t going to give his *son anything to begin with he said, even though he doesn’t have one
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u/Intrepid_Ad_9751 Jan 20 '22
Microsoft flexed so hard with their money recently, is it getting hot in here?
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Is that lawsuit with Activision Blizzard about the frat culture still going on? It's been awhile since I heard any news.
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u/CUMforMemes Jan 20 '22
Yep and in the meantime there have been a few walkouts, Sony and other companies officially condemned them, they fired a few people but Bobby seems to be still hanging for some reason despite how incredibly heavy some of the accusations are
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u/paragonofcynicism Jan 20 '22
It's a bad sign. People should be worried if Microsoft starts buying up more development studios. They are gonna start pushing their licensing model to games imo.
Game pass is the first step of that. If they get enough studios under them they will probably stop selling games altogether and make you buy game pass and you'll never own any games ever again.
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u/Ashamed-Ad-4867 Jan 20 '22 edited Jan 21 '22
This is what Game Pass and other game rental services will lead to in the future: The death of retail and/or most, if not all games will be locked behind a subscription.
Hell, 3-4 years from now, ES6 might be a Game Pass exclusive with no option to buy the game outright.
"You will own nothing and you'll be happy" - World Economic Forum.
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u/Equixels Jan 20 '22
Well.. i don't mind it. I prefer to pay for a service and have a shit ton of games than have to purchase them individually. It's the same thing that happened with blockbuster and netflix all over again.
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u/paragonofcynicism Jan 20 '22
I think it's funny you bring up netflix like it is a good thing. Netflix's service is shit, it barely has anything and is now basically a vehicle for their own originals. Meanwhile every production studio and their mother now has a subscription service full of garbage.
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u/Equixels Jan 20 '22
I still prefer them. I have Netflix, Prime Video and Crunchy roll. They're cheap and I always have content to watch on demand and without ads. Also i save money by not buying cable.
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u/HazzaTayTay Jan 20 '22
get ready for overwatch 3
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Overwatch: New Vegas
Featuring Master Chief, this post apocalyptic world has you using the Minecraft table to build anything your mind imagines!
What happened to Overwatch 2? We canceled that shit, one tank meta was cancer.
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u/dinis553 Jan 20 '22
If they bring back Starcraft I'll personally suck Mr.Gates' PP. At least until the bodyguards peel me off him.
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u/Parzival_43 Jan 20 '22
Does this mean call of duty will be an Xbox exclusive
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u/Agitated_Signature_ Professional Dumbass Jan 21 '22
I don't think so. Pretty much every game available on xbox in recent years has been on pc as well. So I only see PS as maybe not getting the game, but at the same time CoD is pretty big, they could make more profits by selling it on the competitor's console as well kinda like minecraft
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u/TenderChickenJuice Jan 21 '22
There’s a decent chance, the other activision IP’s will definitely be exclusive
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u/Practical-Grape7821 Jan 20 '22
You know when you have your phone at 99 percent but don’t plug it in ever? That’s Betty white
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u/inoutbound Jan 20 '22
Bobby Kotick approves of this meme :)