Xbox Series X / S

I have to wait on Redfall. My GamePass expires 30/04 and with Tears of the Kingdom around the corner, I don't want to renew just yet as I'll be paying for months of not using it. Guaranteed I won't be playing anything else for a while
 
Sarg3_ZN said:
I am planning to get the collectors edition... but you still gotta buy the game :/
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Have Ultimate Edition in my Wishlist, was holding off on this deal.
Sadly even if they appeal and win, it is still gonna take waaay longer than D4 release date to conclude, so I am fighting very hard with myself on not hitting that buy button.

Edit: Eina

Activision's comment:

""The CMA's report today is a major setback for the UK's ambitions to be a tech hub, and we will work with Microsoft to reverse it on appeal.

This report is also a disservice to UK citizens, who face increasingly dire economic prospects, and we will need to reassess our growth strategy in the UK.

Global innovators large and small will take note that - despite all its rhetoric the UK is closed for business."
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AlphaJohn said:
Have Ultimate Edition in my Wishlist, was holding off on this deal.
Sadly even if they appeal and win, it is still gonna take waaay longer than D4 release date to conclude, so I am fighting very hard with myself on not hitting that buy button.

Edit: Eina
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Appealing might add an extra year on to this whole story. The only way for them to get this over the line is to hope EU approves and then do some more negotiating with the CMA in regards to the cloud concerns.

I see many people are all doom and gloom busy taking this all to seriously. The competition and it's more diehard fanbase are celebrating like it's 4th of July. Many saying the deal is buried. It was a definite setback but i think this thing is far from over if MS and AB are serious over this deal.

I'm waiting patiently for it all to unfold. So before people get too depressed or start popping bubbly I would maybe just sit back and see how it unfolds. It's dragging on but i think things might get more interesting as time rolls on.

The whole FTC case that Sony got itself stuck into must still unfold in a couple of months as well.

The big question is what are MS/Xbox going to do with that $67B if they decide to pull out and leave AB to it's fate.

That's a lot of money to invest or purchase individual studios/locking down content. COD will be the least of Sony's concerns going forward.

Get your popcorn/biltong/scotch ready gents.
 
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WaRLoRd ZA said:
Appealing might add an extra year on to this whole story. The only way for them to get this over the line is to hope EU approves and then do some more negotiating with the CMA in regards to the cloud concerns.

I see many people are all doom and gloom busy taking this all to seriously. The competition and it's more diehard fanbase are celebrating like it's 4th of July. Many saying the deal is buried. It was a definite setback but i think this thing is far from over if MS and AB are serious over this deal.

I'm waiting patiently for it all to unfold. So before people get too depressed or start popping bubbly I would maybe just sit back and see how it unfolds. It's dragging on but i think things might get more interesting as time rolls on.

The whole FTC case that Sony got itself stuck into must still unfold in a couple of months as well.

The big question is what are MS/Xbox going to do with that $70B if they decide to pull out and leave AB to it's fate.

That's a lot of money to invest or purchase individual studios/locking down content. COD will be the least of Sony's concerns going forward.

Get your popcorn/biltong/scotch ready gents.
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*$67 billion, ABK still gets $3 billion if the deal doesn't go through.
 
WaRLoRd ZA said:
Appealing might add an extra year on to this whole story. The only way for them to get this over the line is to hope EU approves and then do some more negotiating with the CMA in regards to the cloud concerns.

I see many people are all doom and gloom busy taking this all to seriously. The competition and it's more diehard fanbase are celebrating like it's 4th of July. Many saying the deal is buried. It was a definite setback but i think this thing is far from over if MS and AB are serious over this deal.

I'm waiting patiently for it all to unfold. So before people get too depressed or start popping bubbly I would maybe just sit back and see how it unfolds. It's dragging on but i think things might get more interesting as time rolls on.

The whole FTC case that Sony got itself stuck into must still unfold in a couple of months as well.

The big question is what are MS/Xbox going to do with that $67B if they decide to pull out and leave AB to it's fate.

That's a lot of money to invest or purchase individual studios/locking down content. COD will be the least of Sony's concerns going forward.

Get your popcorn/biltong/scotch ready gents.
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To be honest the only reason I backed the deal is for Diablo 4 to be on GamePass. Now that that is off the table I actually hope EU and US follow UK and the deal fails.

Microsoft should start playing Sony's game, buy exclusive rights, and up the production count and value of the studios they already have. I mean $67 billion can greece an awful lot of GamePass exclusives if you get my drift. ;)

There is also a lot of smaller studio's up for the taking that don't need the same vote of approval.

eg: they can go pick up Gameloft for the mobile market and maybe ArenaNet for the MMO's and so on.
 
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It's a win-win situation for Xbox fans methinks.
So i'm not too phased.

However this whole fiasco just opened my eyes again to what a pathetic cringeworthy hypocritical company $ony is. /spit
 
SeRpEnT said:
It's a win-win situation for Xbox fans methinks.
So i'm not too phased.

However this whole fiasco just opened my eyes again to what a pathetic cringeworthy hypocritical company $ony is. /spit
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Ironically its Sony that's been killing Cloud gaming, buying up start-ups and ending them after purchase (Example OnLive and Gaikai) just so that they don't have to compete and keep selling consoles. Hell, they don't even push their own streaming making people believe you need PS5 to stream their games.

Sony is the most outspoken company re GamePass so would not surprise me if they were the ones whispering into CMA's ear.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Ironically its Sony that's been killing Cloud gaming, buying up start-ups and ending them after purchase (Example OnLive and Gaikai) just so that they don't have to compete and keep selling consoles. Hell, they don't even push their own streaming making people believe you need PS5 to stream their games.

Sony is the most outspoken company re GamePass so would not surprise me if they were the ones whispering into CMA's ear.
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Be that as it may, UK f'ed themselves.

MS withdrawing operations and investment in the UK will have a worse impact on the UK than an acquisition deal being blocked for them.

If they don't get their way with Activision they will acquire someone else and life will go on for them. But the consequences of the CMA's decision will continue well into the future.

This is not the end of it if Smith's comments and tone are anything to go by...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Be that as it may, UK f'ed themselves.

MS withdrawing operations and investment in the UK will have a worse impact on the UK than an acquisition deal being blocked for them.

If they don't get their way with Activision they will acquire someone else and life will go on for them. But the consequences of the CMA's decision will continue well into the future.

This is not the end of it if Smith's comments and tone are anything to go by...
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So they didn't get their way and are going to try and bully things through? In other words, abuse a dominant position?

I hope you folks spot the irony.
 
Splinter said:
So they didn't get their way and are going to try and bully things through? In other words, abuse a dominant position?

I hope you folks spot the irony.
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Sony does it all the time. Last I checked MS is third in the gaming space.

I hope you folks can spot the irony...
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Sony does it all the time. Last I checked MS is third in the gaming space.

I hope you folks can spot the irony...
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Hang on - we've been through all this before. Sony have bought developers and then created great IP to become one of the top players in console gaming.

MS has not been able to compete in this same manner, and thus are looking to use profits from one monopoly to buy up IP and thus become number one.

A big difference.

And I don't recall Sony threatening an entire country based on economics.
 
I can't see Microsoft doing anything negative to UK because of this, everything being said is just knee kerk reaction to the deal being turned down by the CMA.

At the end of the day this is about regulators not understanding the cloud gaming space, Cloud is open and available.to anyone to use, why the CMA thinks that if you provide cloud gaming services you need your own infrastructure is beyond me. Is that then not what cloud was based on to begin with... Ie no big capex layout as you don't own the infrastructure.... Anyone can have cloud services even you and me.

Hell even Sony has deal with Microsoft Azure for cloud services (I think, ponies to confirm).

There's more at play here, how you can turn deal down deal based on a market share of 1.7b for cloud vs 11.8b for VR is beyond me (the 2 smallest categories within gaming), the impact is negligible to begin with from a cloud gaming perspective. Is it Microsoft fault for being a front runner in the cloud space and being able to couple it with gaming. There have been others in this space and failed, yes Google Stadia looking at you....

Anyone spinning this off as anything else is just a fanboy, this is big corps vs governments... And governments for some reason running scared... more so first world governments.

Oh well never really played COD anyway, BUT what I'm hoping for is Microsoft taking their small boy pants off and coming out swinging with either buying some other studios or what not. At the end of the day it's good for all gamers on all platforms the more the competition there is in this space
 
AlphaJohn said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/comments/132c820
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Shotto busy reading this while renewing my gamespass ultimate for 3 years, will confirm if it works when done (just as record for the next person that might want to try but uncertain if it will work).

So I guess I'll still be around when the ABK deal gets declined again/approved after the appeals process

I use the Microsoft authenticator app always for my account, luckily I ain't valuable account like some of the comments in this post. I'd lose my mind denying multiple request a day, guess it's luck of the draw for the hackers one wrong click and they have access
 
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