Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard to Bring the Joy and Community of Gaming to Everyone, Across Every Device

[trparky]

What will happen to uPlay? Everybody who loved it will miss it dearly. All 4 of them.

Wait. Wut?

 

[AusWolf]

I don’t like Microsoft buying up a bunch of IPs so they can load literally every game in to game pass “games as a service”. It’s pushing the market, rather than the market deciding naturally it wants to go there. This could be the only reason regulators shoot this down.

I couldn't agree more. Companies buying companies only leads to monopoly which is bad for the market and even worse for us. This should be banned practice.

 

[trparky]

I couldn't agree more. Companies buying companies only leads to monopoly which is bad for the market and even worse for us. This should be banned practice.

Yeah, but in the case of Activision Blizzard, if nobody were to buy them, I'm afraid that with all of the bad news surrounding them, they'd be probably dead within the next two years. Many considered them a dead company walking.

 

[AusWolf]

Wait. Wut?

uPlay is Activision's IP, is it not? Or wait, is Microsoft only buying Activision Blizzard? I might be a bit lost here.

Yeah, but in the case of Activision Blizzard, if nobody were to buy them, I'm afraid that with all of the bad news surrounding them, they'd be probably dead within the next two years. Many considered them a dead company walking.

A fair point. To be honest, I considered them a company that lived on IP they created 25 years ago. I was wondering how long they could keep it up. This long, it seems.

 

[trparky]

A fair point. To be honest, I considered them a company that lived on IP they created 25 years ago. I was wondering how long they could keep it up. This long, it seems.

Bobby Kotick and his shenanigans have really done the company in as of late, they've become the equivalent of nuclear waste.

 

[R-T-B]

uPlay is Activision's IP, is it not? Or wait, is Microsoft only buying Activision Blizzard? I might be a bit lost here.


A fair point. To be honest, I considered them a company that lived on IP they created 25 years ago. I was wondering how long they could keep it up. This long, it seems.

uPlay is Ubisoft.

 

[Hyderz]

MY LIFE for microsoft.... i mean aiur..

 

[ixi]

Definetly want to see WoW on consoles. In my opinion it should be done few years ago... well, WoW will be alive then forever. Gamepass cheapest comes for 7 or 8 euro? Better price than blizzard asking now.

 

[TheUn4seen]

"Microsoft" and "joy" in a single sentence? Seems like something only a hardened fanatical marketing drone could write and not burst into bloody tears.
Activision Blizzard is a cancer, but so is Microsoft and this just makes for another cancerous monopoly in the world. Yay, corporate overlords are consolidating their power.

 

[Chomiq]

Bobby Kotick and his shenanigans have really done the company in as of late, they've become the equivalent of nuclear waste.

He'll be gone once the deal is finalized, as there will be no spot for him in MS.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

It could mean the end of the WOW sub fee.

Love all the people calling Microsoft toxic, cancer etc and still have windows on their rigs

 

[EuUnit]

Any one here with knowledge about an such an acquisition stuff like this, i wanted to know:
Who has the final right to co-determination and decision-making after a company acquisition to the projects, IP’s, employees, etc..?

 

[plastiscɧ]

Any one here with knowledge about an such an acquisition stuff like this, i wanted to know:
Who has the final right to co-determination and decision-making after a company acquisition to the projects, IP’s, employees, etc..?

the shareholders only..

It could mean the end of the WOW sub fee.

NEVER! we will now buy the Game Pass for the double amount per month

we are 6 million wow players loggin in per month --- now in M$ hands

 

[shk021051]

of course, after this acquisition acti/bliz would be a better place for theire workers
and my game pass is ready for those games XD bring them all

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

I guess the cancer is too deeply seated to be removed at this stage. Im willing to bet that Kotick and the rest of the board members agreed to the sale to microsoft as a get out of jail free card for them to further destroy and hide evidence of what went on before the the acquisition.

Or is Microsoft also 'one of the boys' who is also in on it when it comes to the accusations from members of staff??

If by "one of the boys" you mean "a corporation that doesnt fire people based on speculation and claims, but rather waits for the outcome of the court case" then yes, they are far more sensible then the twitter fanatics that populate much of silicon valley.

the number of these sexual harassment claims that actually get through court are a rounding error, especially ones that claim such insanity as "company wide rape". Good money is bet on him being found innocent of such ludicrous charges, if it isnt settles out of court for a pennance after it is explained to the plaintiffs that their case is made of tin foil and conspiracy theories.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I'd bet the games would be made available through the Microsoft Store. And only through there.

Oh god i really hope not.

 

[dirtyferret]

oh well, M$ mistake, they will find out in ten years when they made no profit on this deal.

CoD, WoW, and Diablo all print money. MS will make a killing. MS shares have already gone up $8 since the news broke, for Bill Gates & Balmer alone that means $8 x 330 million shares each (roughly) = you don't want to know.

What will happen to uPlay? Everybody who loved it will miss it dearly.

The mega rich don't give a fuck about no one but themselves.

come on trickle down economics works!

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I assume the Battle.net Launcher will be outsourced in the future. One less launcher to babysit.
Just wondering, what will happen to the games that where purchased on it???

Highly unlikely. The battle.net launcher is too engrained into the blizzard universe. You can use it to buy wow tokens, add bnet balance, it hosts all their games on PC, it doubles as an authenticator for 2FA. It's too involved and it's been around for a long ass time.

What might end up happening though is that it will go on the Xbox Game Pass and the monthly subscription cost will be rolled into it. Theres going to be ZERO chance that we have to pay for both a wow sub and xbox game pass. And if they dont increase the cost of the PC game pass, the cost will come down from 14.99/month to 9.99/month.

So with that said, if thats the route they take, wonder what is going to happen to the wow token since the cost of the wow sub gets rolled into XGP? People wont be able to pay for wow with in game gold.

 

[Space Lynx]

CoD, WoW, and Diablo all print money. MS will make a killing. MS shares have already gone up $8 since the news broke, for Bill Gates & Balmer alone that means $8 x 330 million shares each (roughly) = you don't want to know.





come on trickle down economics works!

In the short term perhaps, those franchises are all dying a slow death. People have better alternatives today. That's why I said wait ten years and see.

 

[dirtyferret]

People have better alternatives today. That's why I said wait ten years and see.

Obviously people will be playing less of the current versions. Those are three great IPs (among many) and they will release new versions that will sell like crazy even ten years from now.

 

[Totally]

Obviously people will be playing less of the current versions. Those are three great IPs (among many) and they will release new versions that will sell like crazy even ten years from now.

In the current "meta," what flagging IP has seen any kind of lasting improvement or staying power? Any examples? Your crystal ball is hopeful and optimistic with it's prediction but the 8-ball I have here says "Signs point to no." As other have already touched on in the thread MS isn't after the IPs and they likely don't care about the IPs at all and will probably just sell them or license them out to the highest bidder with some game pass related condition. What MS most likely is after the established consumer base attached to to those IPs. Once they have them game pass it's far easier to keep them than attracting them in the first place. And with a large enough consumer base they'll probably have another go at steam.

 

[dragontamer5788]

In the current "meta," what flagging IP has seen any kind of lasting improvement or staying power? Any examples?

Are you kidding?

Nintendo's $80 mini Super Nintendo went up for sale overnight and sold out immediately

Here's hoping you were up literally in the middle of the night, on the lookout for pre-order chances at select retailers.

www.businessinsider.com

Nintendo's $80 mini Super Nintendo went up for sale overnight and sold out immediately​

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Nostalgia is the #1 indicator of the current entertainment market. A pretty bad "Spiderman" movie hit #1 in the box office just because it referenced the 2002 Spiderman movie, with "Spiderman" himself being an incredibly old IP decades old and running off of nostalgia.

"Madden NFL" has been a mainstay in the video game market for decades now. As has "Call of Duty", and other properties. The thing with these IPs is that once you hook someone with them, they keep revisiting years or even decades later.

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Here's a harder question: what exactly is "fresh and new" in today's gaming world? Tomb Raider? Mario? Super Smash Bros? Guilty Gear? Dragonball FighterZ? Resident Evil Village? Witcher 3? Yet another release of Skyrim?

 

[INSTG8R]

Just gonna be salty if all the CoDs come to Gamepass which I have until 2022…I’m a bit of a CoD “collector” for the campaigns…

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

In the short term perhaps, those franchises are all dying a slow death. People have better alternatives today. That's why I said wait ten years and see.

World of Warcraft isnt going anywhere. It's been around 18 years now.

 

[trsttte]

Just gonna be salty if all the CoDs come to Gamepass which I have until 2022…I’m a bit of a CoD “collector” for the campaigns…
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Wow that must have costed a fortune! CoD games are rarely on sale and even then the discounts are slim.

I also like to collect games but with multiple launchers and everything digital I don't really see the appeal.