Abraxas
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What am I supposed to care about as an Xbox owner? CoD? A load of crap.
To be fair, if there's one thing I think we'll agree on it's probably not that Microsoft will improve Activision's output.Blizzard haven't made a good game since diablo 2. Maybe microsoft will change that, miraculously.
Ah yes, that's true. They own Riot, don't they. Also a part of Epic but what else I don't know. Still, not much western presence.Tencent actually own more than Microsoft.
Of course I’ll call Microsoft out, they are trying to destroy something I’m passionate about.
All companies want to make money but there’s different approaches one platform has tried new IP’s brand new experiences and has helped developed some of the best known single player experiences another has just tried to buy up the market instead of investing their near unlimited resources into procuring talent and creating new experiences.
The last one was quite good.Damn. Only thing I give a shite about is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series.
You don't wanna go down that rabbit hole they have their fingers in every pie.Ah yes, that's true. They own Riot, don't they. Also a part of Epic but what else I don't know. Still, not much western presence.
I haven't played the others after it. Just wasn't interested in it.The last one was quite good.
But...but you don't need to buy the discs for the game pass, right?Which reminds me, the one thing I really don't like about Game Pass is that you still have to buy the dlcs. That's how they get you. And if you go down that road - it's over. Subscribed for life.
https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/every-game-company-that-tencent-has-invested-in/Ah yes, that's true. They own Riot, don't they. Also a part of Epic but what else I don't know. Still, not much western presence.
Very much agree with this. Very weird behaviour.I'll never understand this. It's like reading something from a football fan but it's about consoles?
Why do people support one over the other and brag when the company they like does something? I just buy the one that has the most games I'm interested in. If Xbox got exclusive to all the games I like then I'd switch consoles. I always win whilst big corporations duke it out.
The MW setting is the only one I've been interested in to be honest. The Cod: MW multiplayer was really fun.I haven't played the others after it. Just wasn't interested in it.
Anti monopoly isn't a thing in America is it to the same degree as EuropeBut...but you don't need to buy the discs for the game pass, right?
Edit: DLCs. I see .
Fairly major coup for Microsoft. I wonder will this be allowed to go ahead. It seems kind of anti-competition/bad for the consumer.
WoW on Xbox might be OK...not really playable without keyboard and mouse though. Not well, anyway.
CoD I can't see them making it fully single-platform. Too much money.
Haha, it sounds a bit fake but I do believe there are some anti-monopoly laws in the US. I remember a number of high-profile buyouts being blocked before by the FTC. Not as big a thing as it is in Europe but you'd expect that with the States. If I remember correctly, Nvidia and ARM were stopped combining recently enough, probably a similar argument could be made here. This seems quite bad for everyone really....good for my MS gamepass though I guess.Anti monopoly isn't a thing in America is it?
There are absolutely anti-trust regulations in the US.Haha, it sounds a bit fake but I do believe there are some anti-monopoly laws in the US. I remember a number of high-profile buyouts being blocked before by the FTC. Not as big a thing as it is in Europe but you'd expect that with the States. If I remember correctly, Nvidia and ARM were stopped combining recently enough, probably a similar argument could be made here. This seems quite bad for everyone really....good for my MS gamepass though I guess.
Yep, this is what I said.There are absolutely anti-trust regulations in the US.
This would just be unlikely to register on that scale.
Yeah it was. It was the first cod I'd played for about 10 years and there was some serious original MW nostalgia at times. I'd have paid for the new MW probably, but refuse to buy any of the others after getting CW refunded because of how shit it is and Vanguard isn't much better, which I've played on the free weekend.The MW setting is the only one I've been interested in to be honest. The Cod: MW multiplayer was really fun.
I didn't trust my first impressions of CW (That it was wank), I should have and asked for a refund immediately.Yeah it was. It was the first cod I'd played for about 10 years and there was some serious original MW nostalgia at times. I'd have paid for the new MW probably, but refuse to buy any of the others after getting CW refunded because of how shit it is and Vanguard isn't much better, which I've played on the free weekend.
It felt like a mobile game to me. And the matchmaking was horrible.I didn't trust my first impressions of CW (That it was wank), I should have and asked for a refund immediately.
I disagree with this. iOS/Google Play Store are platform plays that are tied to a device and the user has no alternative. There's no reason that Sony subscription service can't exist and be incredibly successful, and be accessible on all the same devices (minus Xbox) that Gamepass is on. When streaming is a real practical reality for the masses, Sony will still be able to kill it from a Playstation subscription service based on first-party output. It just means they will have less 3rd party strength and won't necessarily be the market leader anymore. I don't think they'll need to put their games on Gamepass though to continue.No they are angling to have consoles/hardware to be non existent it will all be cloud based and you will have to subscribe to gamepass to play their games.
They will have such a monopoly on publishers that everyone will have to be on their platform and Sony if they want to continue would have to publish games on their platform.
Think more Microsoft running an IOS/google play Store and to have any games you have to go through them and they get a cut of everything
Totally agree with this level of monopolisation being bad for the industry, but it's consumer demand and behaviour that is driving streaming services and has always been absolutely inevitable, regardless of anybody 'pushing it'. All that is happening is gaming is what happened in TV, music, films 10 years ago.. The only reason it isn't already there is because of the latency barriers which those other formats don't have to worry about.Now you pay to temporarily own a game on your system at home (could be years could be months) then you will pay to temporarily have access to a game being run on a server in a data centre streamed to your tv/phone/tablet etc both parties are guilty of the cloud one but Microsoft seemed to be pushing it hard.
You're forgetting things like WoW, Candy Crush etc.70 billion is insane and seems way too much. That's not far off what it would cost them to buy PlayStation or NIntendo.
They should have gone for Take Two (if they would sell). It would have have been MUCH cheaper and got them GTA.
Good question, I'd like to know too.How do I get Gamepass locked in for cheap? I know you but gold for 12 months but I already have the ultimate game pass - is there a way I can still do it?
Sure in a perfect world but it's a fraction of the profit they'll get from these IPs. Candy Crush alone brings in £1bn per annumImagine if, instead of shelling out 70 billion, they'd just started 5 - 10 new studios to create brand new IPs at a fraction of the cost. These could then be the Xbox exclusives of the future.
How do I get Gamepass locked in for cheap? I know you but gold for 12 months but I already have the ultimate game pass - is there a way I can still do it?
Believe you have to let it run out, so turn off recurrent billing and hope it's not changed before then. Mine runs out beginning of Feb, so I'm gonna stock up on 3 years.Good question, I'd like to know too.
Last time I did it, I let me ultimate sub run out then bought 12 months of Gold and did the £1 upgrade. I don't think this works if you already have Ultimate.