Of course, the money has always been in software and not hardware. They understand this because of Windows.
Gaming PlayStation 5
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It’s a big blow for PlayStation for real, when you think of the amount of streamers that mostly play COD and the players worldwide it has, there is many I feel will be making the change to X-Box which is a load of bullshit because PlayStation is a better console and Microsoft are strategically throwing money into a well known game to steal users.
I'm not sure what there is to get? As in how they could possibly be worth $70bn? They're the biggest video game publisher in the US and Europe by both revenue and market cap. They have their hands in a lot of franchises, games etc. across just about every platform.
I'm just genuinely shocked at the valuation. 70 Billion is a lot of money.
I mean... This is kinda shit isn't it? However you look at it...
What's Sony's move now?
Christ. Not even sure what to think of that.
£13 billion.I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that Activision would be worth anywhere near 70 fecking billion
I still genuinely don't understand how that is the case. I get the COD is a major game but 70 billion!
How much is Take-Two worth?
Go and have a wank you know you wanna...
That was always daft. With Satya Nadella's support they could buy any publisher.
There are people saying their goal is for PlayStation to eventually allow Game Pass on their platform. For me they're not even arsed about that, they just want to kill off the competition completely. Even if it was Sony buying Square-Enix I'd say the same that it is shit for the industry as a whole.
I won't be surprised to see Microsoft announce a deal to acquire EA by the end of the year.
Before Microsoft acquire the rights to that too
It's kind of a payback for Sony hogggling on exclusives for decades. It was bound to happen once a competent man in charge like Spencer came along. Btw, Microsoft doesn't care about exclusives, the'yll happily port these games to Playstation, but Playstation won't allow gamepass there which is basically Microsoft's whole strategy at the moment.
Nothing, they don't have a move here. This is the sort of territory where only the Googles and Amazons of this world can compete with MS.
How much cash on hand do they have?
Yeah i don't think that's driving motivation either, though of course they would do it if Sony would have it as it'd be a quick way to increase their subscriber numbers. But they're thinking long term beyond consoles into pure subscriptions on whatever device people wanna play on, likely on streaming sticks and native apps in smart tvs. At that point gamepass will be like Netflix, where pretty much every gamer will almost have to get it.
If they were to buy Take-Two and EA I'd really panic!
Nah. Bethesda was great. This is probably a little far for my liking. A bigger deal was inevitable but I wasn't expecting Activision.
Candy Crush alone (Candy Crush!) reportedly had a revenue of over $1bn in 2020.
In terms of net worth and revenue, those two put together would still be smaller than what we just saw.
Facebook mums is where the real money is at.
I haven’t played WoW for a long time so can’t comment on its current state but it would be a shame if it was dumbed down further for the sake of making it playable on a console controller.
Even when Microsoft buy Activision everyone chats about it in the PlayStation thread
It has implications for Sony and Playstation users...Even when Microsoft buy Activision everyone chats about it in the PlayStation thread
That's the thing I think if you asked Microsoft they would gladly put it on a Playstation. As you say we know the future plan is and why wouldn't they want it on 140 odd million PS4/5s. It would probably become the console with the most Game Pass subs come from. As we all know Sony would say no, but I do wonder if this deal changes that.
I think that's undoubtedly the case.
I can't support the way they're going about it atm. They're attempting to monopolise the industry to kill competition and then they can release their streaming services everywhere. At that point gamers will be at the whims of a big tech company.
I've always thought there were nefarious purposes behind Gamepass.
Sony vs Microsoft is incomparable. MS have hundreds of billions in the bank, Sony have been struggling to make profits for the last decade and it's the PS that's been heavily responsible for their profits. MS can crush Sony easily if they want to, and it looks like they want to.
I'm going to check resetters...
Loveable Phil ain't about all that though surely?
GTA 6 Exclusive boy
That should take us up to 2044
You mean GTA V: Ultimate Edition with new hat DLC.
I bet Candy crush and Warcraft are huge earners.
Unlock the thread!!
The problem with Game Pass on Playstation, at least for Sony, is that it would mean a major part of the PS store revenue would be lost and turned into sub revenue for MS. I don't see how Sony could survive something like that. There'd be no point staying in the console industry for Sony that way.
Has Alock hacked you?
But in terms of games would be far more impactful.In terms of net worth and revenue, those two put together would still be smaller than what we just saw.
Undoubtable. Candy Crush is estimated to earn 1bn a year
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/candy-crush-statistics/
I mean it is comparable, a quick google says Microsoft had cash reserves of 132 Billion in comparison to 44 Billion of Sony. It's more obvious but not absolutely huge.
Why, do you want to post me the physical edition? It's fine I've expanded my storage, cheers.
There’s no way Microsoft just spunked 70 billion (half their money) if they aren’t looking to crush PlayStation I’m afraid.
That's not my point.