Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard

Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by johnebgd on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:38PM (#29988761)

Don Mattrick might as well have been a plant by Sony he was so effective at destroying all the good will Microsoft had built with gamers during the 360 era.

Introducing Xbox One as a media center with no ownership through physical media was a disaster.

Then again, Xbox branding is a total disaster anyway. The Xbox Series X vs the Xbox One X vs the Xbox 1 are all very different things but aren’t that far apart in name…

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by babypuncher on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:02PM (#29997411)

Don't forget one of the Xbox One's key innovative features: tight integration with your cable box. You know, that worthless piece of hardware tied to a $100/mo subscription that your Xbox 360 helped you replace entirely with its Netflix and Hulu apps.

When they showed that off I knew nobody at Xbox had a single clue who their audience was.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by pharmakom on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:41AM (#29991656)

Halo 3 and Gears of War were must have games of that generation and the big hits from Sony (e.g. Last of Us) didn’t come till a bit later. These games were so successful that many looked past the RRoD and loved the 360. In this context I think buying studios makes sense.

I wonder if CoD will become XBox / Windows exclusive?

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