@Grumblevolcano@Ralizah Sony looks set to be a very big loser from this, and not because of Call of Duty, but because the FTC made such a hilariously poor case (Saying Xbox could have timed exclusives and those are bad apparently) that the judge has dragged their third party deals in her response, stating that yeah, it could be bad for Sony, but no one else.
As soon as they got involved and made themselves the victim in the whole thing all those months ago, they should have surely known federal bodies would look at their deals and practices. Or maybe they hoped it would have gone smoother than this.
But now, people are pouring over everything and revealing that wow, Sony really has been predatory since entering the market. And sure, all the companies do stuff like that, but we're really getting an idea of the sheer scale here. Combine that with the Capcom leak a few years back about Sony paying for MH World to be specifically NOT on Switch, among many other stories of paying to keep games off of Game Pass etc. and its hard not to see someone along the chain of command pull out the magnifying glass and really take a deep dive.
F around and find out I suppose.
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I actually don't think this will have a huge affect on Nintendo, because acquiring even a mid-tier Japanese company is more difficult for an American company than what Microsoft is doing now. AAA western devs have usually very, very little to do with Nintendo's success and profits (and basically half the exceptions to that were Rare).
But it is a deeply concerning thing, in all aspects. Real megacorp **** happening here. And whatever respect I've gained for Microsoft the past decade is in serious doubt with how much its been made clear they want to buy out as many companies as possible. There is no "enough" for them it seems. The fact that people keep focusing on Sony is infuriating, even though they deserve it, that's not the real problem in current reality.
This is the type of thing where my personal preferences in entertainment, by accident, end up feeling comparably morally correct with Nintendo being disinterested in acquisitions barring the risk they'd lose a major partner dev like Next Level.
I don't know why Sony buying Square would be a response to MS buying Act-Blizz. Fortunately, SE has a good relationship with Sony and Nintendo and it doesn't look like they would want to be acquired. And as Raz already said, Sony would just money-hat the games they care about(which seems like its only mainline FF at this point, lol). That would just hurt Nintendo far more than MS.
@KryptoniteKrunch@Ralizah I suppose the logic behind the idea of Sony acquiring SE is "buy it before Microsoft can/does". In other words, it would be more of a defensive move more than anything.
It'll be a few years before Microsoft can open up their wallet again though as they'll be under a microscope from governments worldwide after the ABK deal.
Not sure how many care about this game like i do, but Mythforce is coming September 12th. Really looking forward to this one. Love the artsyle and world that's been created. I'm getting He-Man vibes.
@IceClimbers Pretty much this though I don't think Microsoft will lay low for a few years. SEGA's tone recently towards Microsoft for example sounds like close to acquisition kind of talk (Bluepoint shortly before Sony acquired Bluepoint comes to mind).
The Activision acquisition being approved will have a domino effect where Sony makes some defensive acquisitions with what they can afford meanwhile Microsoft makes more big acquisitions until regulators say no.
Who cares about Call of Duty, the real scary thing is Microsoft owning Candy Crush after the Activision acquisition. Soon it will just be embedded in Windows. Want to use Microsoft Word? Better beat a level first. 🧐
@Grumblevolcano To reiterate, I wouldn't worry about it. Microsoft won't be able to make another acquisition of this level after everything that happened and how much they've already paid, and whatever Sony can offer can't be worth more than keeping the Switch playerbase - except maybe for individual games that would struggle on the system, but a more powerful successor is on the way anyway. And that's not getting into how much of a headache it would be for a western company to attempt to acquire a Japanese one.
@Professor_Plumber i dont care about COD coming to Switch or it sucessor, i want others Activision Blizzard games on Nintendo consoles and Banjo Theeie
How long is the Pikmin 4 demo? It's getting frustrating constantly seeing people pick the Wii U tracks in MK8 Deluxe online when wave 5 tracks are available to play so I'm trying to figure out whether to play the Pikmin 4 demo or start another game and save Pikmin 4 for after completion.
Finally finished Breath of the Wild and now I can move on to Tears of the Kingdom.
Great game overall, I had a lot of fun and the world and its shrines felt more interesting the more I played. However, the story, divine beasts and Ganon were all quite meh... I also miss all the Zelda elements they threw away to try this new approach.
Hopefully they can find a better balance in a future game, giving us an open world while retaining dungeons, bosses and an immersive story.
@Grumblevolcano Pikmin 4 demo is pretty tedious from my experience so far. Lots of start-stopping. You can't move more than a few steps before the game takes over and stops you to deliver a cut scene or point out an item that you should interact with.
You guys had me at blood and semen.
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