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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Jul 29, 2023 8:27:14 GMT
I remember when Blizzard were claiming that they wouldn’t be infected with Activision’s evil when they agreed to merge into the biomass. It has me thinking about whether they’ll infect Microsoft when it consumes them, or if we’d even notice any difference. Acti blizzard is a drop in the ocean of Microsoft. Also evil, Microsoft? Lolz |
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Post by zephro on Jul 29, 2023 23:10:40 GMT
I don't even remember when the Acti-Blizzard merger happened. But I've not really given a flying fuck about a Blizzard game since the WoW Beta when I was at Uni. I'm not sure that the blob affected that particularly.
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Post by aubergine on Jul 30, 2023 10:33:52 GMT
The main thing I’m aware it affected was the launch of Diablo 3, which was a pretty massive PR disaster.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2023 4:55:49 GMT
That company of clowns.. news.tfw2005.com/2023/07/28/sdcc-2023-hasbro-show-floor-qa-legacy-studio-series-video-games-more-488215Q: Possible to re-release the Activision TF games to coincide with Gamer Edition? A: Sadly, apparently Activision’s not sure what hard drives they’re on in their building. When a company eats a company that eats a company things get lost, and that’s very frustrating. Hope is that now that the deal is moving forward with Microsoft and Xbox that they’ll go through all of the archives and every hard drive to find it all, because it’s an easy Game Pass add. We want those games back up for people to have a chance to play. Apparently they’ve walked back on that, apologizing to Activision for claiming they’ve lost the hard drive (I mean, they ported a few of those to Xbox One for a time, before they lost the license again), but it does make one optimistic that they want to re-re-release them, and put them on GamePass. Hopefully they’re Series native ports since the brief XB1 ports were pre-X. Gimme 4K60. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 3, 2023 7:30:40 GMT
I wish they'd release the Transformers games on the Switch. It seems like the perfect home, but there's only a turn based tactics game (which looks ok-ish I guess...)
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 8, 2023 8:02:22 GMT
Fully approved in New Zealand so it's just the CMA now.
New Zealand want Blur 2!!
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Post by Blue_Mike on Aug 15, 2023 21:31:56 GMT
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 6:42:43 GMT
MS have announced they have proposed to sell the Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft so no game can release exclusively on MS platform.
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Post by stixxuk on Aug 22, 2023 7:00:17 GMT
Weird move... Presumably that's instead of rather than in addition to Game Pass?
MS must be looking at bundling Ubi+ in with GP in some way, perhaps use it to justify a big price bump when it all happens.
Also only mentions cloud streaming rights, not subscription downloads, though surely it wouldn't make sense to separate them...
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 7:14:54 GMT
Think they know how unimportant cloud gaming is right now.
This doesn't really hurt MS but CMA still being awkward it seems despite MS being able to close.
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 22, 2023 7:27:01 GMT
So games will be in game pass but not cloud enabled, and if you want to stream them you'll need ubisoft+.
I'm alright with that, in my experience xcloud is a way worse streaming service than U+.
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 22, 2023 7:36:29 GMT
Actually I might take that back. No cross play with cloud and console takes away the only useful benefit that game streaming has for me.
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 7:38:44 GMT
Maybe I read it incorrectly but Smiths letter made it sound like they simply won't release them exclusively on MS cloud service rather than not at all?
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Post by mikew1985 on Aug 22, 2023 7:40:41 GMT
What a consumer friendly change.
Regulation really don't a great job there!
I mean I get the opposition to the merger in the first place but this concession is just so bleh and it doesn't benefit the customer at all, only a third party company. It's so obviously ridiculous but by the same token addresses the cloud competition concern.
It was a dumb tact to take and this is a dumb outcome if it's approved. Thankfully I'm in the EU.
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 22, 2023 7:51:31 GMT
Maybe I read it incorrectly but Smiths letter made it sound like they simply won't release them exclusively on MS cloud service rather than not at all? Could read it either way and I hope you're correct. But "restructuring to acquire a narrower set of rights" and "transfers the cloud gaming rights" have me a little worried. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 8:00:23 GMT
Maybe I read it incorrectly but Smiths letter made it sound like they simply won't release them exclusively on MS cloud service rather than not at all? Could read it either way and I hope you're correct. But "restructuring to acquire a narrower set of rights" and "transfers the cloud gaming rights" have me a little worried. He says it stops them releasing them exclusively but everyone else is saying they are handing the streaming rights to Ubisoft Ubisoft make it sound exclusive to them as well. |
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Post by stixxuk on Aug 22, 2023 8:10:45 GMT
I guess we all await clarification on what we consumers will eventually be getting (and at what price).
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Aug 22, 2023 8:27:12 GMT
What in fucks name has Ubisoft got to do with anything?!
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Post by britesparc on Aug 22, 2023 8:38:41 GMT
They're a third-party company. If MS were going to sell streaming rights to someone, unless they went outside the core industry (eg Amazon), I guess it could only be Ubi or EA.
Anyway, if the sticking point was cloud streaming, this seems like the fairest solution I suppose. Doubt it'll get me subscribing to U+ any time soon mind.
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Post by Timo180 on Aug 22, 2023 9:18:24 GMT
While not ideal, and we’ll need more information about what this means for streaming these games on Xbox (will Ubi licence them back to Microsoft?), this seems like a more targeted solution to the CMA’s concerns than the rumour about selling all of the rights to streaming in the U.K. to someone like EE; hopefully this wraps up the CMA’s assessment quickly - this has dragged on for way too long now.
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Post by Derblington on Aug 22, 2023 9:35:16 GMT
I too hope that these giant corporations can resolve their ability to transfer ownership/vast sums of cash to each other quickly. It keeps me up at night worrying how long it’s taking them.
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 9:40:51 GMT
I think most just want this part over. It's been the largest story in gaming for what feels like 5 years now. It's just gone on much longer than it needed to.
It's holding up my Blur 2!
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Post by Timo180 on Aug 22, 2023 9:46:28 GMT
I too hope that these giant corporations can resolve their ability to transfer ownership/vast sums of cash to each other quickly. It keeps me up at night worrying how long it’s taking them. Fair snarky comment. Hehe. |
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Post by hicksy on Aug 22, 2023 9:57:22 GMT
Agreed just get it over with… it’s like a mass brawl over fake Crown Jewels…
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Aug 22, 2023 10:07:00 GMT
They're a third-party company. If MS were going to sell streaming rights to someone, unless they went outside the core industry (eg Amazon), I guess it could only be Ubi or EA. Anyway, if the sticking point was cloud streaming, this seems like the fairest solution I suppose. Doubt it'll get me subscribing to U+ any time soon mind. Oh it's what their doing to appease the CMA? Lolz Fine do it. |
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Post by Derblington on Aug 22, 2023 10:13:48 GMT
I think most just want this part over. It's been the largest story in gaming for what feels like 5 years now. It's just gone on much longer than it needed to. It's holding up my Blur 2! I know. Previous joke aside, it’s still odd that so many are wishing it to be wrapped up quickly. It affects none of us. It’s also very easy to ignore if you choose to. |
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Post by Timo180 on Aug 22, 2023 10:29:24 GMT
I think most just want this part over. It's been the largest story in gaming for what feels like 5 years now. It's just gone on much longer than it needed to. It's holding up my Blur 2! I know. Previous joke aside, it’s still odd that so many are wishing it to be wrapped up quickly. It affects none of us. It’s also very easy to ignore if you choose to. Well, I think it’s fair to ask if this is a good use of public funds as a U.K. taxpayer. Is all of this really producing a better outcome for U.K. consumers? Only time will tell, but they’ve spent a lot of time and resources on this. |
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Post by robthehermit on Aug 22, 2023 10:34:30 GMT
All this fuss over 5000 cloud spaces.
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Post by baihu1983 on Aug 22, 2023 10:44:19 GMT
MS give Ubisoft this and they give them Phoenix Rising 2.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2023 4:23:44 GMT
This is not news.
Phillip, because I know you read the illustrious Fontgeek.IO…
bring back True Crime.
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