So Microsoft Just Bought Activision

[@zachariahjohnson3406]

What’s pretty great is that the CEO of Activision talked about wanting to Xbox to revive Skylanders and Guitar hero in a recent interview. There’s hope for us yet.

[@externalboss9404]

Skylanders was fucking awesome.

[@reconscoutmaks3876]

What interview?

[@ianfairfield8373]

Is there link to interview? Pls

[@TheBoxta]

Here is the link to the interview your welcome 😎👍

[@Fire_Oasis_Gaming]

Oooo

[@Mikeinoid]

Bruh I only paid $60 for Call Of Duty. Microsoft got screwed 💀

[@Karmawhite101]

Are you sure about Microsoft getting screwed that shit is probably going to game pass while you paid 60$ I'm literally going play it for free

[@sxcredjones4034]

Until it’s on game pass tho💀

[@VexKingYoutube]

I've seen news articles about the current ceo of Activision Blizzard saying that with Microsoft's wealth they could fund a new Guitar Hero or Skylanders Game and that apparently they probably will

[@TacoLogan08]

This is the most hope we've ever had for a new skylanders game, I hope we get skylanders 7, but it'll probably come out after 2022 since they are just saying this now

[@GalaxyPolar]

From a lot of angles, this whole acquisition is a saving grace for Activision because lets just be honest, they've just been the worst company for the past 5 years... They've drove multiple great franchises like Skylanders & Guitar Hero into the ground, and the work environment surrounding the company shows why things have been going downhill. Phill Spencer on the other hand is like the exact opposite of that. He's set on making the Xbox brand very consumer friendly and cares a lot about their image. With this mentality running the ship, maybe they can actually put things back on track? Like hey, here's a stellar plan: First, you put some of the team from Xbox Game Studios onto the COD projects like Warzone or a singular forever live service COD, and stop all these undercooked trash yearly releases. THEN what you do is you TAKE Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions, Beenox, and whatever other studios needed, and you put them back to work on the projects they originally used to work good on. That means finishing Spyro 4, and then from there, either work on more Crash & Spyro stuff, OR bring back Skylanders and take the series in a new revived direction. Maybe an open world or a live service type deal??? Hmm??? I mean this really is what needs to happen. They seriously need to take more advantage of their IPs more, I'm not just talking about Activision, I'm talkin about Xbox themselves too. Skylanders coming back to a new generation of kids as well as for us OG fans could be a MASSIVE profit that they seriously need to consider. Also BRUH- BRUH WHAT ABOUT A BANJO-KAZOOIE SKYLANDER I WANT THAT NOW. I know I got a B&K Amiibo, but SKYLANDER B&K PLZ...

[@skulduggerypleasant262]

As much as respect you wit and tenacity don’t you think it’ll take a year for everyone to be set on there own protects? Never mind the time it’ll take to make said game! I believe we’ll have to wait for at least 3 years for the reales of an open world skylanders! What do you think? Hmmm…

[@Wayfinder2039]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@GalaxyPolar]

@@skulduggerypleasant262 Okay? I never said it would be like coming out tomorrow or anything like that? Of course it's going to take a long while, making something like this would be huge, much more massive and ambitious than anything the Skylanders brand has ever done. Certainly the biggest thing Toys for Bob has ever developed. But that probably is the only way for the series to go moving forward if they want the franchise to actually be sustainable and stable long term. Same thing for like if they brought Guitar Hero back. Same thing. They kept releasing too many GH games and sets, it flooded the market, and the franchise fell off. They would need to do some version of the game that would update with music DLC. And it's come out now that Activision are actually talking with Microsoft about the prospects of bringing back BOTH Skylanders & Guitar Hero. They didn't have the funds to continue both franchises, but with Microsoft they would now. BUT both games will need LOTS of planning, development, and they need to manufacture tech for these games Skylanders, Portals of Power, Guitars, and other instruments for GH. On top of that, Toys for Bob is probably still developing Spyro 4. So before they can even begin work on a Skylanders revival, they need to finish and release their current project. So yeah I know, I get it. These things take time. I'm just sayin that this acquisition is actually the best fate for Skylanders. Microsoft will be able to fund the cost of it.

[@tman.cullen]

Phil Spencer recently mentioned that he wanted to revisit old ips, such as Spyro, Crash, Henxen and Guitar Hero, so that could be good for Skylanders I guess

[@amitavrashmi17]

Personally the 2 main reasons I think they bought Activision is call of duty and overwatch

[@jiggyjones3338]

As soon as I saw the news I hoped they would do something with skylanders

[@King-Birby]

Long live Skylanders!

[@Prime4867]

Skylanders 7 for WINDOWS LETS GOOOOO

[@kirbyfan2088]

The only thing I hope is that they don’t become XBOX exclusives Mainly Skylanders,Crash and Spyro don’t become XBOX exclusives

[@RoninRampage08]

The only downside that I’m thinking about is that skylanders might become Xbox exclusive.

[@Bamster_]

If they don’t do anything with the game then they will most likely put ssa and giants on game pass or just make them an available Xbox 360 game. Not saying it will but I that there is a good chance

[@TheManOfPenguin]

We still are not gonna get a new one

[@dragonslight4531]

I want guitar hero

[@ZaphX796]

👍

[@r3s3trun]

ayo he own Xbox

[@bringbackskylanders1639]

🤞🤞

[@JACK-O-MAN]

I don't know but think you might be wong like Disney the Rat buy star wars and they kill it soo bad and now maybe Xbox people might kill Skylanders as will and I Want it in a PlayStation

[@meme_market5949]

Skylanders was trending on Twitter and the CEO of activison acknowledged skylanders so maybe there is hope

[@brandonwagner5819]

I'm a teen but skylanders was my childhood and I would love to see it return

[@bourkekarl6328]

Lets be real here. They bought it for COD. But crash, spyro and tony hawk were other factors possibly. But skylanders is just one of nearly 40 titles that Activision abandoned nearly 5 years ago. Idk. But at least the people working on these titles will be a lot safer now

[@bessieburnet9816]

We all know they didn't get it specifically for Skylanders, but as fans, we're allowed to gleam hope from this. They wouldn't buy it for nothing. Obviously it won't be instantaneous, we aren't stupid. We want the game, and we want it good. No rushing. And sure, the franchise was niche, but you have to remember it was a massive phenomenon and still has a dedicated fanbase. If they started making the game, it wouldn't be random with no reason. The fanbase have been championing for a new game last year. There is profit to be made.

[@Kalfuyama]

Imagine they release cloud patrol 2 instead of Skylanders 7

[@JomasterTheSecond]

I _really_ hope this leads to a new THPS or Skylanders game _eventually._

[@nuttmann]

I am looking forward to the future of Activision-Blizzard-Microsoft and all of their IPs. . . . "Great things come to those who wait" - Sun Tzu probably

[@woutvrancken2742]

As a skylanders fan it is awesome to know that there might be a chance a new skylanders game will be released. However i do not have a xbox and have never used one. What does this mean for me? Well any new game from Crash to skylanders to cod are only going to be available on xbox and let me tell you i am not buying a whole new console just for one game(franchise). Just like you said it is awesome that skylanders may get a new game and that all the other games that weren't used for years might get new installments. But that doesn't mean it is happy news for everyone.

[@coopere.2677]

I’m in the same boat as you…

[@Karmawhite101]

Skylanders Halo dlc the flood can obviously be the undead element, the Covenant can be the magic element, the bruts can be the rock element and humans can be the life element and the forerunners and banished can be the light and dark elements 😂😂😂

[@Doofy1906]

That would be the dumbest decision in gaming history. If they would make every new cod only available on xbox they would lose SOOO much money, and that's just cod alone and not talking about the other titles they now own. Not a doubt in my mind that they will make (most of) their new titles multiplatform.

[@stingray3198]

I at least want them to make imaginators, trap team, and swap force digitally buyable again

[@Peashooter_Land]

If I had 68 Billion dollars, I would buy every Skylander 20 times.

[@Oskar_464]

And you would still have 68 billion

[@FazcoinToyFreddy]

I really hope because of this, we could get a skylanders rerelease! Maybe a legacy version without the toys, or just rerelease specific skylanders for perhaps a skylanders all stars. Or who knows. Maybe they’ll do nothing with it.

[@superhenrybrother7359]

If skylanders ever return I hope it still be play for all consoles like Nintendo

[@Wayfinder2039]

I just realized that they could put banjo and kazooie in skylanders now. Just imagine the possibilities.

[@wojciechstanuch1737]

Hope there's more backwards compatible titles on xbox including Skylanders Spyro's Adventure and Giants :) Also Guitar Hero Games would be nice. Hope for a bright future for ActiBlizz after the aquisition.

[@PopHappi]

Bobby Kotick said in an interview he wants to bring Guitar Hero and Skylanders since Microsoft has more materials.

[@eliasheris4850]

Eon: hello portal master, welcome to skylands. We need you to stop Kaos. ???: please call me, THE MASTER CHIEF. Stealth elf: Dad, is that you? Jet-Vac: Who is this guy? Spyro: He's not a guy, you're a guy. He is a man!

[@amazingperson3228]

So your saying there’s a chance for probably a new SkyLanders game Don’t give me hope…

[@jace.d0t]

Im a be honest if Microsoft would decide to make skylanders they wouldn't go with a new game just remember what activison did crash bandicoot remasted it did well so they did a new crash . Microsoft might do the same because Microsoft do alot of kids games and alot of adult games so a skylanders is possible within upcoming years as a remasterd .to see how it will do in modern day ( possible talk of skylanders game would possibly be game con this year or 2023 at the earliest)

[@marshamatic5762]

Nintendo is deffinitely a bigger publisher than activision. i own an Xbox and a Nintendo switch, so i'm not biased when i say this.

[@marx3186]

Well looking at it from a certain point, it's 50/50 whether a new game is made a this point as the big point of Microsoft buying activision is Call of Duty. Plus a bunch of other franchises were bought in the deal. Also Microsoft is known for collecting IPs like infinity stones and either ruining them (Banjo and Kazooie Nuts and Bolts) or doing nothing at all. But on the bright side at least if they do it, Toys for Bon will be on the project.

[@Tavemanic]

I'm only worried about them being xbox exclusive from now on, it'd be a poor choice marketing side of things. Yeah I play on playstation but still, shouldn't mean I can't access future titles in some of my favourite series

[@GalaxyPolar]

The whole mess that was BK Nuts & Bolts wasn't actually decided by Microsoft. In fact, you look at the history of that acquisition and what happened after it, and it paints a much sadder story. One filled with spitefulness. See, Rareware REALLY wanted to be bought out by Nintendo, but Nintendo didn't want to purchase them (idk if the reason why was a whole Japanese Nationalism bias kind of business thing over there since Rare weren't based in Japan, idk that's a bit sus since they really should've bought them) they were on the verge of bankruptcy when they decided they had to bite the bullet and shill out their company to Microsoft in order to stay alive. Most of the OG devs at Rareware were extremely mad at this whole ordeal. They HATED that Nintendo didn't wanna ever buy them since they had always planned on their future to be forever linked to Nintendo. Microsoft only told Rare to produce games Rare themselves thought would sell well to boost the Xbox exclusively brand. They had NO creative strangle hold on Rare. But the demotivated devs lost their drive and their reason to really even care, and just pumped out garbage like Grabbed by the Goolies. This wasn't the future they wanted, they wanted Nintendo, and they were hella peeved about it. Now call me a conspiracy theorist, but I have much evidence to believe that Nuts & Bolts was a SABOTAGE attempt maliciously designed to show the frustrated state of Rare and harm public reputation. Cuz realize this- after all the big Xbox exclusive Rare games released in the 2000s, all the OG devs left. The game itself is riddled with so much self degrading 4th wall humor, the game is self aware that its bad, and that's because it could've been a good game and the mechanics were there, but they specifically DESIGNED it to be mediocre, as one last middle finger to the gaming industry before they all jumped ship. Don't blame Microsoft for Rareware, they and Nintendo got themselves into that mess. You wanna blame Microsoft for actual bad screw ups, take Skype for a good example of really scummy business that they were directly in control of. But yeah, there's a fun little history lesson in how to not set your expectations so high like Rare did. They should've know Nintendo isn't the best company to rely on getting bought by, they tend to wanna do their own thing, plus they were on two separate countries...

[@GalaxyPolar]

@@Tavemanic I'm like fairly 100% certain the mainline COD series isn't going to be Xbox exclusive, and I'm an Xbox player and I know for a fact that won't happen. You gotta think of the logic of this in a lot of ways. 1, Warzone has been and is still going to be linked to all CODs going forward, and all of the microtransactions and progress from those CODs is accessible in Warzone. No way are they going to just cut off mainline titles from all platforms when the mainline CODs are linked to the game that needs to stay cross platform. Even moreso, it's pretty likely that at some point, COD will just be one mainline game that is a forever live service like COD Mobile and it'll just grow and grow with all studios working on all parts of it. That seems like the direction we're heading. So... 2, If they were to do that, they would INSTANTLY gain a MASSIVE load of justified backlash, and they are not at all looking to receive and deal with that mess. Remember that in the public eye, Playstation is still considered the one on top of the gaming industry ever since the PS4 eviscerated the 360s legacy. They are still to this day recovering from the PR disaster that was the failure of the Xbox One. Not to mention the Microsoft corporation as a whole & Bill Gates has already been a topic of controversy among political spheres (that's a whole other can of worms we shouldn’t even get into). If they start taking the major games like COD, Overwatch, & Diablo from the competition, they would instantly be vilified as this evil Thanos type threat who didn't make good exclusives to genuinely garner good reputation again, but instead just lazily bought and gatekeeped games like a scumbag. NO ONE will buy an Xbox then. They won't win against the market. People WILL protest. And I KNOW Phil Spencer wouldn't want that at ALL as if PR goes as bad as it did back then, Bill Gates WILL fire him from his role as CEO of Xbox. 3, it just makes sense money wise. Like why cut off millions of players generating millions of dollars from your revenue stream? Who cares if Sony or Nintendo take a chunk of the sales on their platforms, like Minecraft, they are still making money on their competitors platforms at the end of the day. They will ensure their money flow will never run dry due to that. Why would they just cease a major long term income stream like that? It literally makes no sense from all angles. Sorry that I'm going on too long with paragraphs, but Playstation literally has nothing to worry about with COD. Well- almost. The one thing I DO see happening that would really suck for Sony is that I'm sure at some point, a COD Zombies spin off will be made. But since it would be a spin off, the argument can be made that it'll probably be an exclusive. And that honestly sucks. Even if I'm not a PS player and I'd be good, I only really play COD for the Zombies, and it would suck to be the CODZ fans on the short end of this. I feel that, I remember getting mad when Bo3 switched the contract over and we had to wait a month for Bo3 Zombies maps on Xbox. To have a whole Zombies dream game locked off is awful.

[@Tavemanic]

@@GalaxyPolar I'm more concerned about Fallout, Wolfenstein, Doom, etc., I know that COD and Overwatch wouldn't be given they're both big online games, but I was a little worried that the bethesda games might become exclusive

[@marx3186]

@@GalaxyPolar Zamn that's pretty deep.

[@scwiby]

I think they should remaster SSA or Giants or they make SSA and Giants xbox 360 backwards compatible on xbox one and series x and put on gamepass

[@scwiby]

Well theres not a new banjo not cause of microsoft i think rare just doesnt want to like microsoft i think said its up to rare to make a new banjo or something

[@newbsYT]

Yo bro I need your help with buying skylanders

[@cobrangertheone3601]

Skylanders has a chance at revival!

[@thegamingteam.]

If skylanders comes back that means that toys r us will to Bc legendarys only exclusive at toys r us am i right

[@Kingofportals]

This is the greatest news since Skylanders Imaginators! Our chances of some new Skylanders content in the future is higher because of Skylanders is one of the largest Video Game franchises of all time!

[@van7915]

Um what about World of Warcraft pretty big deal

[@atg-vr2442]

I feel the first thing they will do with skylanders is revive ring of heroes.

[@oryxkingofchads2030]

Microsoft needs to buy Bungie

[@N1geljij_the_cat_fox]

Me: yes!! Skylander is back!

[@omegaraver7609]

Maybe Miracles do exist

[@wowgek7]

lol it IS bad every studio microsoft bought pretty much got killed rare is pretty much garbage now lionhead got killed bungie got killed but saved themself by getting out and there are way more there is literaly NOTHING good about this

[@Logybear2017]

Even though there isn’t a high chance, there is still a better chance than before

[@josephmichaels4123]

It wasn't because of Call of Duty

[@van7915]

World of Warcraft will be Saved COPIUM

[@Simplyflame259]

I have an xbox 360, skylanders might be an xbox exclusive and then maybe they wont do skylanders on xbox 360 and focuz on xbox one and xbox series x/s and i cant afford a new xbox. Thats why i am kinda scared ngl.

[@triggeredemoji298]

Hopefully if they try a skylanders game, it won't be exclusive to x box

[@coltkillergaming5685]

Xbox is reporting new guitar hero and skylander games

[@Hutson_10]

Hey sky lander gamer is there any way you can give me a tip for how you got so famous

[@craig_the_brute]

I don't think it will come back they'll see it and ignore it.

[@redkiller4322]

i think we wil get a new game

[@_Moongang_]

That’s a lie we are not going not so I get the Skylander

[@whitemage34]

Banjo might be a Skylander

[@Numero-uno-lildarkie-fan]

Holy shit I want prototype 3

[@cleo1488]

Why do people put Bill Gates in the thumbnail?He has nothing to do with Microsoft these days

[@X2011racer]

He is the founder of Microsoft after all.

[@Shuichisaihara5499]

Oh no. Not activision!

[@TALBTICK]

Yes

[@thethicccbear6130]

No

[@liammenheere2446]

Nintendo

[@ascheerder666]

Ayo😳

[@Mikethekingboss]

I hope they do a remaster of Spyros adventure and giants

[@lacman5459]

This comment is older then the video

[@lf9179]

Let's be honest. There won't be any new skylanders game or any other skylanders related stuff. Why should they revive a franshise which probably won't make them enough profit?

[@hazerdous9291]

Epik

[@donnicee8702]

How can Skylanders be in good hands if they were purchased just because of Call of Duty alone? I just don't get it. I don't understand it at all. It would've been best if the whole purchase never took place. Spyro and Crash may have a good chance of getting another game, but Skylanders is a "Toys to Life" concept where they will have to come up with something new and with Skylanders it'll be challenging (Which is why a remastered version of the game is out of the question). Skylanders is dead! Pure and simple. Skylanders was great in it's time but all good things must come to an end. I'm sorry to say but it is best. The franchise would've wore itself out. They are up there with Banjo-Kazooie, and Conker. Unless they can take tips from Super Mario, Skylanders is no more.

[@chompybot23]

This feels like an exact copy of boombringers video

[@johnszymanski247]

Okay, but skylanders is a square enix property

[@ChefCooksBooty]

ya know for the "small price of around 70MILLION DOLLARS meh"