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Dec

2011

Archaeox

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Microsoft is to buy gaming colossus Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68 Billion...

How do you think this will change the gaming industry?

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/

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18-Jan-2022 14:59:13

Feb

2010

Thunder Jinx

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A bad company buys an even worse company. We still won't get good games.

I guess the xbox gamepass just become even more value for money though when they finalise the deal.

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18-Jan-2022 16:35:09

Nov

2006

Miles Prower

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Anything which shakes up the competition can only be a good thing for the consumer. Phil Spencer has really managed to turn things around for Microsoft since the abysmal launch of the Xbox One. Hopefully Sony and Nintendo are taking notes and move away from outdated business practices and technology (particularly Nintendo). Low on bank space? Click here .

18-Jan-2022 17:32:34

Jan

2003

Tuffty

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I'm not sure it's a good idea. It might make Microsoft way too big and some other company might complain and then they are told to split up their business.

Also if this does happen it might put the price of games up even more then they are now.

I can see jobs going and places either shutting down or moving elsewhere and relocating the staff. It always happens when some big company takes over another big company. Jobs go and people suffer.

I suppose we have to wait and see. Just not convinced it's a good idea. Comprehensive Account Security

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18-Jan-2022 20:07:53

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That's a lot of money!

18-Jan-2022 20:34:22

Apazos

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Tuffty said :
I suppose we have to wait and see. Just not convinced it's a good idea.

This sums up how I feel in essence.

I am wondering if this also means making some franchises exclusive to only Microsoft.

Time will tell!

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18-Jan-2022 22:58:15

Aug

2013

Jeremy Cheng

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This is good news. I hope another major merger like this is next. Take notes Sony.

18-Jan-2022 23:06:49

Mar

2006

Immortalized

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$300 million more and it would have been 69 billion.

don't care though, all blizzard games are garbage and I don't even like xbox Buy Zemomarks / Chromatic Partyhats safely here

19-Jan-2022 04:57:13

Nov

2020

SlR

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I don't like having to sign in to 10 different platforms to play games so I support their move, lol. Bob says:

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