The Future Of Xbox - Activision-Blizzard Acquisition

[@TheActMan]

Go to buyraycon.com/actman for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Bobby Kotick bout to be banished to the Shadow Realm when this is all over

[@TehPwnographer]

@GELAS PECAH🔞 spam vs spam who will win

[@ExtraPrivatable]

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[@mercenarygundam1487]

Hope someone played Bottomless Trap Hole to banish Kotick to the Shadow Realm

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

no act man i don't want overly bassy earbuds that sound louder than my two dogs having intercourse

[@underwatermonkey3443]

@GELAS PECAH🔞 bruh

[@H3Vtux]

Blizzard had pretty much stated they never wanted to think about Starcraft again, so this is only good news to me. Microsoft *please* give us more starcraft in any shape or form.

[@InnuendoXP]

Hopefully we get a Starcraft that isn't sanitized WoW-ified full-on space fantasy again. I wanna see the bleak & grungy sci-fi.

[@RichMiniön-r2m]

amongus

[@egonieser]

Well, look at the love they have given Age of Empires 2, it's like what... 22 years old now It's been kept alive, first remastered in 2013, then again a few years ago with a fully revamped and true to original Multiplayer and leaderboards/esports and Xbox Live integration, lots of new single player campaigns and now a brand new AoE 4 has been released aswell. Microsoft love their RTS. Sure you could say Blizzard did something with Starcraft 1, but that was nothing just HD textures, literally any modder could do that and Warcraft 3 reforged... We all know what a shitshow that was.

[@marcosmauricio7805]

Time for Starcraft: Ghost to finally emerge from the shadows

[@asifcra7839]

@@egonieser age 3 is getting Dlc breaking game and getting fixed.

[@theonlyzanny]

fingers crossed now for Starcraft 3 babyyyy

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

need a light?

[@gitzmin1024]

The zan man

[@plantex625]

I need this so bad, SC2 is stale and it makes me sad

[@sparkz260]

The almighty zan clan is here

[@redacted8983]

Warcraft 4 let's gooooo

[@TevyaSmolka]

I am hoping this opens the door for good activison and blizzard games again.

[@lloydlandrum3040]

And for returning games from legal/rights hell back to being sold as buying them brings game ownership of some ips under one roof that was split up prior among afew companies for several years

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@lloydlandrum3040 that too and getting rid of microtransactions bullshit.

[@lloydlandrum3040]

@@TevyaSmolka Agreed I do hope for that one heretic game thats been in rights hell to return as it means till able to buy it new and not need to pirate/use grey sites to get it a hole exists in the ips story same with Wolfenstien 2009 as while later games reconned some facts out a good chunk of cast and story in that game still has a decent amount tied to the later games leaving gaps in those games story to varies degrees

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@lloydlandrum3040 that's interesting I didn't know about thanks for the heads up.

[@lloydlandrum3040]

@@TevyaSmolka Ya unsure which heretic game it was( As been awhile sense the one in question has been in legal/rights hell) but ya it causes a hole in the ips story and fun fact its a thing Heretic and the'' blood '' Ip are sorta canonly tied together Anyway the Wolfenstien 2009 game if I recall right the Supernatural part is the only things that don't actually matter or exist in the later games while the other parts from that game still matter for the later games

[@xxdamastaboixx9836]

They've got mojang, they've got bethesda, now they've got activision-blizzard. All they need now is ubisoft to complete the infinity gauntlet of game design.

[@juicetonn]

@@danka1167 minecraft is a cash cow are you high

[@danka1167]

@Darts9001 bad bait

[@kingclampz6081]

@@danka1167 yo I forgot about Mojang lol

[@noyew2325]

@@danka1167 Minecraft came out over a decade ago and it was the 5th most played game of 2021. I don’t think people are getting bored of it.

[@Jason-uz5mj]

Then it's just EA for the Sports Titles Then they'd have everything xD

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Microsoft: Buys Activision like nobody's business EA: *shakes in fear of being next*

[@THEGM1234]

Just a question, isn't ea too big?

[@roejogan2585]

If Microsoft bought EA they would 100% get regulated for creating a monopoly

[@Tbal_96]

@@roejogan2585 true but at the same time it's too big in the sense that if Sony tried to buy it that would be an issue as well, Xbox did well buying Activision

[@BooksInTheVoid]

Oooooh, I can't wait for them to get a taste of their own medicine. Especially if they decide to shut them down because it would make them a monopoly

[@midnightvibes5485]

@@roejogan2585 So what? Dude why do you even care? EA has to be taken over at this point, look at their damn games bro.

[@tylerswenson9297]

I was a huge advocate of MW 2019. Reminded me of MW 2. I was really disappointed that 2019 took such a hit with the releases of vanguard and Cold War, both of which were unfinished and uninspired. With the cancellation of yearly releases not only will games come out as a finished product but we can spend 2+ years enjoying fresh and polished content instead of the better games being replaced by desperate grabs at money off an audience showing loyalty to the games they love so much.

[@Hasan-hm5fy]

I feel like mw 2022 will be the game that goes beyond a year so treyarch can catch a break and double down on making a complete game but we can only hope.

[@rinkashikachi]

@@Hasan-hm5fy they still have the same amount of time to develop it

[@iiADIDASx]

I was thinking this to , if modern warfare could of had 3 years of post launch content it would of been so much better then it was , best cod in years

[@emjay604]

@@Hasan-hm5fy Treyarch washed up now. Leave it to Infinity Ward to save the franchise. All the other studios they got all booty

[@Hasan-hm5fy]

@@rinkashikachi that is true but at the same time both Cold War and vanguard had weird ideas and different studios worked on it at different times. Causing this catastrophe of a game. Unlike infinity ward who’ve made the game for 3 years straight

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Phil said they were reevaluating their relationship, Then ending up buying the whole company

[@dogbot55]

I would say thats a reevaluation

[@Jamester445]

"I can fix them"

[@Matanumi]

That was the foreshadowing

[@gokussjgssj4818]

Phill called up Activision and said i got a check with your name on it. So name your price.

[@soultaf]

maybe that was a move to make them lose value in the market and buy them cheaper

[@andrews_lego_tanks_and_more]

I really hope this video ages like a fine wine rather than milk, I want Microsoft to be able to revive and heal a lot of what Blizzard had done over the past few months to years.

[@aetherwizard3218]

Microsoft is a dumpster fire of a company. I don't even want my Blizzard games anymore if they're going on their platform.

[@hatefulgaming1800]

@@aetherwizard3218 So you don’t want blizzard to make any good games because they’re gonna be on Pc and Xbox?

[@chrisnotpratt1903]

@@aetherwizard3218 I genuinely don't care if they're being bought. I never played their games anymore so it's not really going to affect me at all.

[@SirNarax]

@@aetherwizard3218 And Blizzard isn't a dumpster fire? Microsoft is a dumpster fire sure. Blizzard is the raging inferno that consumed the entire damn landfill.

[@aetherwizard3218]

@@SirNarax Yeah but Blizzard's old games were still on a usable platform and not that garbage storefront Microsoft uses. Their store front is like it's designed for a cellphone. Flat out garbage UI. I'd rather release ownership of the games than see them put on the abysmal Microsoft store. They can't even make a desktop version of it. It only runs in the trash garbage app mode. They have abandoned PC gamers in favor of console kiddies.

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

COD: Never thought I’d die fighting side by side with Halo. Halo: What about side by side with a friend? COD: Aye. I could do that. *Bobby Kotick*

[@degan1029]

delete this cringe shit bruh 😭

[@AppleHelperITouch]

@@degan1029 it’s 🔥

[@liammclin5722]

@@degan1029 says the one with the unfunny jerma sus pfp

[@kangtheconqueror8359]

@@degan1029 How about worry about yourself? It’s a public space..derrrp.

[@1TableSpoonOfSalt]

I cri everytime

[@Ahcelaht]

What would be cool, and I'm kind of surprised I haven't heard anything about this idea, is something like a COD Master Chief Collection. Something that would rekindle the population of the old (awesome) COD games like World At War, MW1, MW2, MW3, Black Ops 1 & 2, would be really cool, especially if they kept the games' UIs as they were (and hopefully make the DLCs free) so the nostalgia is all there. Let's make it happen?

[@deanlongmire6166]

Absolute boner

[@RacerSteelz]

I hope so! Would be a dream come true

[@ye2735]

Cod captain price collection is def gonna come out now like halo mcc. hopefully it doesnt have terrible matchmaking issues like halo mcc did at launch.

[@ChannelName66]

CoD: Captain Price Collection

[@Mattznick]

That would sell easily

[@ikeflaherty8910]

Wondering if Bungie knew Activision was in talks with Microsoft when they left. Would have been extremely funny if Bungie was still under Activision and then Microsoft would have 343 and Bungie

[@why8298]

Bungie is just a subspecies of activision

[@BlazinPheonix32]

Lol just imagine a meeting between all of microsoft's developer heads and the bungie and 343 heads just kind of wave akwardly at each other

[@Niknokinater]

Lmaoooo

[@crazyjay2594]

And then Microsoft makes bungie make another halo game

[@why8298]

@@crazyjay2594 and then bungie makes it a free to play mmo and over saturates it with microtransactions and paywall locked content.

[@Pheer777]

16:56 Monopoly was actually based on “The Landlords’ Game” which was an attempt to spread Georgist ideas - namely the idea of a single tax, the land value tax. The idea is that capital and labor are productive elements because they are created by human labor but since land isn’t created, land ownership is basically an artificial monopoly on a location, along with its benefits. Land value tax aims to compensate society for the opportunity cost of exclusive land use, and it incentivizes efficient use of land rather than just idle speculation.

[@averagepersonfrommissouri751]

Interesting

[@ClankyOtter]

Dang that’s relevant as fuck right now.

[@Pheer777]

@@ClankyOtter Absolutely, and its’s always relevant as it’s philosophically and economically very sound. Many modern economists strongly praise LVT and Georgist ideas.

[@victorcontlam8886]

I sincerely HOPE that if Microsoft gives High Moon Studios the freedom it deserves, they could EASILY revive the Tranformers Cybertron games (War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron). This would be massive for the community that held on dearly to these games after Activision shut down the servers for these games and the utter failure that was rise of the dark spark. If they are given the green light for making a proper sequel to Fall of Cybertron, it could be the greatest tranformers game ever. And if luck has it, even remaster the older games.

[@Soleybipaz]

yes please

[@thegrapethief5514]

YES

[@dimasfahmi510]

i hope they revive beenox, spiderman shattered dimensions and edge of time was one of the best spiderman game ever. i also love transformer: WfC & FoC.

[@thegrapethief5514]

@@dimasfahmi510 unfortunately it’s unlikely they’ll ever get to make a Spider-Man game again since Disney has to be nice to Sony in order for Spider-Man to stay in the MCU. But it would be amazing if they made their own original superhero franchise or took something like Invincible and gave it a game.

[@jackgrove4621]

unfortunately the transformers games was under a contract with Hasbro and activation. If we are to ever have those games return, Hasbro has to give the thumbs up and they have the final say.

[@poepoe5311]

The prologue was absolute gold~!! Well done The Act Man!!! Let's hope Microsoft continues the path of righteousness for the gaming industry!

[@spore6050]

i think they’re also gonna make kodick step down from ceo which is good

[@bdcbenjie]

What game was that from?

[@RealisticMyths]

@@bdcbenjie the opening is from WarCraft 3

[@no-legjohnny3691]

Although it's not very cash-money of them to try and erase Notch from Minecraft's history, or so I've heard

[@Christ-Mann]

The acting Male*

[@somebody7205]

Microsoft is quite literally 4 parallel universes ahead of us

[@זהסודי-ה7מ]

They're literally playing 5D chess

[@HaggisDruid]

They're quite literally a bottomless pit of money, in a whole different category than Nintendo or Sony, sheer buying power that they quiver at the sight of. With Microsoft's good grace, Xbox can not fail, because it doesn't need to succeed (doesn't have to make profit, just has to dominate the market). Tbh it's slightly concerning, bordering on monopoly. As a gamepass subscriber I feel endlessly spoiled and this is great, and as a fan of games in general, I'm happy this is happening as I do believe under Phil, old IPs will come back to life and devs at Act and Blizzard can have more freedom. That said, long term I just don't want Xbox to own the entire market, I want the competition to keep flourishing.

[@DarkC0re514]

@@זהסודי-ה7מ they are playing it in 1v5 mode

[@Legion849]

@@HaggisDruid I like how suddenly everyone is a lawyer now. Monopoly is the new buzzword open a dictionary because Microsoft does not hold a monooply in the vidoe games industry they would be one if they were the only ones to publish, develop and release games

[@eduardosoisso6206]

@@HaggisDruid i wont read that

[@HummusThunder]

as much as i love call of duty, i want to see another guitar hero... please phil make it happen

[@Grivian]

It pretty much died after activision released 5 guitar hero games in a year. Hopefully microsoft can revive it

[@TheRafark]

I think it’s very likely to happen. Yknow, with all the TikTok craze and games being more mainstream, I see a fun and cool game like guitar hero being a hit again.

[@eaglekiller888dragon2]

2 men in a cave sit down, they are both so old they look like if they were to stand they would turn into dust and bone bring their sins down with them. They looked at each other in silence then they talked to each other sharing wisdom, stories, many were watching to see if they would come to an agreement they argued for a week. Finally satisfied, the man stood up, waved and started walking, he stumbled but yet didn’t stop, then finally turning to dust the last man on earth had finally passed leaving the old man to finally sleep forever alone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaWmcpZ_Ztxknck

[@masterchief9743]

How can u like cod ? Only waw and black opps 1 were good

[@camygael]

@@masterchief9743 The last good COD game was Black Ops 2

[@זהסודי-ה7מ]

Can't wait to play some CoD without having to break my wallet! Gamepass is legitimately unbeatable

[@Neo-fi3rb]

@alice that ain't call of duty

[@jjayala5512]

Game pass on PC is the best purchase you can make

[@זהסודי-ה7מ]

@@jjayala5512 I have an Xbox, but the benefits that come with game pass ultimate far outweigh the extra 5 bucks

[@speedycheese790]

@@jjayala5512 100% Agree. I have it, played FH5 for free, Halo campaign for free, Hitman trilogy for free, Doom and Doom Eternal, such a worthwhile purchase.

[@challenjour7907]

Playstation fanboys will tell you otherwise

[@wafflehousez]

This was actually a really good take, I think it’s good overall but yeah we’ve seen very few games being released under the recently acquired studios. We can only hope they don’t plateau!

[@____Carnage____]

Basically we can be excited for this but at the same time we should be very cautious and tread lightly

[@latima123ify]

How though? It's only been a year , how would a game be released in only a year? Besides one of theirs like starfield is coming out this year and more from there.

[@Blackreaper95]

All these games are in development, they do take time, althwwe have only seen trailers for them we know what is in development for the most part so we'll have to see what happens.

[@pass6749]

I mean it hasnt been that long since they got these studios and games are a very complicated thing to make that takes years to finish. And microsoft is pretty hands off with these studios, not giving them too much pressure and giving them the ability to make what they want and what they are passionate about.

[@MAVJ]

What they did with Psychonauts 2 gives me hope, they went from a crowd funding to being bought up mid development and then they gave them as much time and money as needed to make the game they truly wanted to make and they knocked it out of the park. Obviously this is just one example, but let's hope this trend continues.

[@ArkOnYoutube]

9:33 “They came in, took away features from a game from 2002, made it worse, sold it to people, and got rid of the old versions.” Rockstar Games: How could somebody ever get away with that?

[@menacingdonutz]

I think I’m most excited for the potential future of Call of Duty. CoD and Halo were my childhood, I would love if they both were brought back to their former glory.

[@Endeva09]

Halo Infinite is fucking brilliant?!

[@dogeofdojima3813]

What if halo and cod crossovers happened 😳😳😳

[@NickNov]

Umm, have you not played infinite? That shit is da bomb.

[@Endeva09]

@MetalHead4ever yeah and they have since basically admitted that they fucked up. They are reducing the cost of everything by 25% and making the in game currency earnable for free.

[@onelongwordable]

@@NickNov if you mean infinite BOMBED then yes. The buggy multiplayer, sluggish aiming, complete lack of features like Forge, Firefight and Co-op, the complete lack of a functioning theater, custom games, BIG TEAM BATTLE, infection. What does infinite have? The shell of a story being CARRIED HARD by the repetitive, one-environment, open-world with zero attention to encounter design and bosses that literally weren't play tested. Most bosses can be melee spammed on Legendary but can insta kill the player if you don't cheese them. The only functional part of the game is 4v4 and the maps are an unfocused stretched out mess because of what the movement abilities and sprint do to map design. Infinite is the shallowest halo there ever was and you're in denial if you disagree, the active players have plummeted for good reason

[@Scientist118]

I would like to point out that Microsoft brought back "Age of Empires" back to the forefront after Ensemble Studios went under, letting the fans of that specific series have the ability to remaster the games. Imagine Microsoft going out of their way to unfuck the mess that is Warcraft Reforged in the name of the fans.

[@nightdriver7216]

Worked well for AoE2 but AoM is not good quality.

[@mikerainbow11]

I would give them SO MUCH MONEY for that!

[@mancamiatipoola]

Would like to see a proper Re-reforge of WCR with all the nice features the original game had and a proper multiplayer system. Maybe cook that one for a year before re-releasing it as an apology to the fans or Warcraft.

[@VargVikernes1488]

Imagine using terms like "in the name of the fans" when describing companies such as Microsoft. Grow up.

[@FuddlyDud]

@@VargVikernes1488 Like GamePass? Can’t think of a more pro-player move than giving dozens of AAA games for $15 a month, renew and jump in whenever you want. You can legit spend $15, play through a full $60 game, then unsubscribe and move on. I get your skepticism, but let’s be positive while being skeptical, right?

[@connorross123]

Great level-headed take on this whole thing. Microsoft underutilizing their IPs has been one of the things on my mind the most. In terms of CoD, I don't think it could become any more of a punching bag than it already is, but any other title I hope will actually be put to good use

[@og_kushwhacked]

If you've been in the Microsoft atmosphere as long as I have, you know they don't settle for second place. I have great confidence in Microsoft to bring CoD back to its full glory.

[@TheChronicFiend]

Of course it aint gona b biaised comin from an x box fanboy🤣

[@abbiedoobie]

I don't think they under-utilize IPs. Making games is hard, and you need invested teams to make a good one. It may seem this way only due to Playstation 'utilizing' their IPs well, but I think that's a false equivalent, as some of their most closely associated IPs are developed by third parties. Like Final Fantasy VII+, or Spyro and Crash, which is definitely going to be interesting now...

[@FN_Himothy]

@@TheChronicFiend Imagine still being in the trenches of the console wars. Peasants.

[@ChuckFinelyForever]

They don’t have to worry about making good games, all they have to do is create a monopoly which for some reason plenty of people are cheering on.

[@LeviAuren]

I personally think, especially in terms of companies that they've held (who aren't intrinsically connected to a critical franchise like Halo) have much more of a free reign to plot their own courses for development, and therefore take longer in doing so. I would cite Rare and their self-determined process of creating Sea of Theives and now the reportedly shaky development of Everwild. Like you said, it's going to take some time as people inevitably shift between companies and likely decide as passionate groups what franchises they might want to work with.

[@caramelcandys]

Im just hoping for the cod devs to take a rest. Like I don’t play cod im just genuinely worried

[@Frame_Late]

@@caramelcandys I can just imagine the Treyarch Studio being Santa's workshop from Family Guy.

[@janitorben1434]

I’m hoping that the dev teams that Activision kept pulling out of more interesting projects to be COD Support can now be free to create what they want and not keep the bloated corpse of the COD Franchise moving

[@Drain_Life_Archive]

Microsoft has brought new hope for the doomed franchises under Blizzard, Activision, and Bethesda. I'm glad you mentioned Blizzard's TERRIBLE customer support as well. They used to have great support, but it went right down the shitter after Activision came along.

[@og_kushwhacked]

I fucking hate Activision. I don't hate them as much as EA, but they're pretty fucking neck-und-neck for the running of shittiest gaming company in my opinion.

[@soiled_it]

One of the worst things about Blizzard is how they go about bans. Ever since I received my first ban (after many warns and mutes) they'd literally ban me for anything. They just shrug and fuck you in the butt if you've broken the rules before. Because of this, I've been permabanned from Overwatch despite repeatedly asking for evidence of what I've been accused of (which was hate speech and toxicity).

[@WastePlace]

@@soiled_it that’s weird, I remember a lot of people that would never get banned even for super egregious behavior like purposefully throwing and using slurs in all chat. Their system for banning ppl is trash

[@soiled_it]

Yeah. They're pretty inconsistent and sometimes outright wrong.

[@y3l10wflash6]

@@og_kushwhacked where would ya rank Ubisoft against Activision & EA?

[@bigwhoop7929]

As unlikely as it is. I would love to see more High Moon Transformers games.

[@headband1]

Yes war for cybertron and fall of cybertron were great but like the movies they fell short of greatness

[@jonathancarter4817]

@Lisfa Ensa 📽️ get tf out of here

[@justinterry8894]

Or a new darkwatch.

[@msw1244]

I personally would like to have woc and foc remastered or made backwards compatible first before new games because if you don't have a Xbox 360, you can't play the games,but if they did make new games I would still be happy

[@avengedlol6698]

I'd love a sequel to Devastation.

[@singleplayermoments]

Since Raven is a part of this acquisition, I know it’s extremely slim, but I’m quietly hoping for a Heretic/Hexen revival. I’d love if they received the same love DOOM has gotten.

[@toasterten1293]

I'll be so happy if they actually free all the companies from the call of duty mines like High Moon and Toys for Bob

[@robloxpwnr7604]

Would fit nicely in between DOOM and Quake on Game Pass if they could do a Heretic remaster or rebuild, maybe one day…

[@andrewz6986]

Man I loved Hexen on N64 fuck me it was hard as a kid though

[@singleplayermoments]

@@robloxpwnr7604 That’s the dream!

[@jimmythegamer2231]

I know this is old but Phil Spencer said that he would like to revive Hexen in an interview, so you're (maybe) in luck!

[@itzolie]

I like how Bethesda’s games were like 40% of the games on Microsoft’s sword, minus Arkane and Tango’s games :( but still shows you just how much of a power house Bethesda’s games really are

[@good-tn9sr]

Honestly I prefer Bethesda over Activision Blizzard. Activisions only good game is Overwatch and Warzone. Overwatch is only good on PC and Warzone will stay cross play. So that deal was honestly useless against PlayStation. But Bethesda has Rage, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein, and Fallout. I don’t really like Doom but I know people love that game, which is another game thats best on PC.

[@TooLOWtoobeGone]

@@good-tn9sr It wasn't useless. They own Call of Duty which is one of the biggest games ever and will sell millions of copies every year as long as they make passable games. WoW also has similar fan base, it was a smart move, Microsoft has the resources to take Call of Duty to even a bigger level. I think they eventually want to make the game into separate entites, like warzone, multiplayer, and campaigns/zombies

[@good-tn9sr]

@@TooLOWtoobeGone yea I said Warzone for that. WoW will stay on PC and as a separate subscription because it has a small and loyal fan base and that’s an easy way to make money. The CoD franchise has been waning in popularity which is why Activision was smart to jump on this deal to be bought as its marquee franchises are all seeing or have seen an end to its dominance.

[@deadmeme4276]

Holy shit I hope we get another Evil Within

[@communistpandaz3338]

It's more like their 2 domestic games being Halo and State of Decay are 50/50 of the blade. And the merger games sharpened it. Bethesda is the poison on the tip.

[@rekingskrubs3130]

Always been a PlayStation dude but I have lots of friends that prefer Xbox. The console war continues but in reality all we want is to be able to play the same games together regardless of platform

[@pixelizeddummy2031]

This is so true Im on xbox but I want to play with my boys on ps

[@andruskungla6247]

Console war is a lie. It's just some fanboys trying to create drama because they have no life.

[@16xthedetail76]

I'm just a fan of games. Don't really care either way.

[@commander2552]

Honestly.

[@normanwestern9450]

I agree. Always wanted to play the spider man games but I own an xbox

[@firefightszz]

All I hope is that Microsoft gives cod a bi annual release and let’s the games return to greatness instead of the constant ass/meh depending on who you ask.

[@iamalozfan1240]

Same, I really love CoD but the yearly releases makes me feel like you'll never get to enjoy it cause a new one will be out next year Like next year there might be a new CoD game and Vanguard will be put in the trash pile with Ghosts

[@TimeMakerMan]

Make it 3 years.

[@firefightszz]

@@iamalozfan1240 exactly, and all of the newer cods are only fun for a few months because they develop them around the yearly release so they never expand on ideas or actually fix problems because there will just be a new game next year. So hopefully this is a good purchase and they start making good content filled cods actually worth my money.

[@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight]

Or just kill off the COD franchise and yank its life support once and for all. They’ve been at it since 2003.

[@unknownwill4th549]

@@TrueMentorGuidingMoonlight you must be on some dope shit if you think phil will casually kill off one of the biggest and most profitable ip

[@murderbus]

I want to make a defense of Microsoft not pushing some of the IPs they have. They aren't forcing uninspired devs to make games they aren't passionate for. Yes it would be nice to have a new fable, but the studio isn't behind it so they aren't making them make it.

[@dingle2987]

There is a new Fable being made by Playground games. So bad example.

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@dingle2987. Says the Pony. Playground themselves have stated that they wanted to make Fable and even hired some of the original developers of the Fable franchise to work on the project.

[@thewildwt]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 dude not everyone cares enough to see which devloper made what

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

As we know, Rare was very passionate about Kinect Sports

[@vullord666]

And there's a lot of diversity in game genre of Microsoft's current lineup. Its not just forcing literally every dev studio on a yearly COD rotation

[@lowercase3635]

Act Man: “I’m done reviewing COD” Microsoft acquires Activision and Blizzard Also Act Man: “I’m something of a COD player myself”

[@johnfreesub6482]

Well, he has reviewed pretty much every CoD except Vanguard.....

[@lowercase3635]

Woah! I got a heart from the man himself!

[@jasonx1174]

@@johnfreesub6482 he hasn't reviewed the original Modern Warfare or the WW2 CODS before World at War. Also he's working on a Vanguard Review.

[@johnfreesub6482]

@@jasonx1174 if you're trying to be literal, you forgot cod mobile....

[@jasonx1174]

@@johnfreesub6482 I was likely to miss one.

[@davidwilson2916]

My biggest hope is that this deal will result in significant, structural change at Activision-Blizzard. People tend to think that the PR issues they've dealt with in the past and present can be isolated from the development of their titles, but the truth is that the two exist symbiotically. It would be all too easy for Microsoft to simply throw a tonne of new games on Xbox Game Pass, irrevocably consolidate their position within the gaming landscape, and call it a day, but it is imperative that this not happen. Activision-Blizzard are poised to make a real comeback and regain the trust and goodwill of their fanbase, building up hype for the releases they have in the pipeline. They must not squander this opportunity. Microsoft has proven in the past few years that they are dedicated bot to viewing their products in isolation, but as part of a greater whole, and the work they've done to establish Xbox as a brand that encompasses all aspects of gaming is admirable. Let's hope that this change in management at the highest levels will have positive effects for those at the lower levels.

[@JayTor2112]

It's ironic that Microsoft is owned by one of the worst most dangerous individuals on Earth, and we're expecting a PR improvement because of this acquisition.

[@martinpadilla5224]

@@JayTor2112 lol it's owned not run by that person. Phil Spencer is in charge of xbox and he has definitely improved xbox as a whole and set them on a new direction. His actions in recent years up to now has proven that.

[@martinpadilla5224]

@MetalHead4ever lol that's such a tired response. EVERY big game company is trying to make money, that's why it's called an INDUSTRY.

[@guywithabatpic]

@@JayTor2112 are you talking about Bill gates? You do realize he only owns about 1.34% of the company through stock shares. He stepped down from his leadership position and sold most of the company. He has no say in day to day decisions or any for that matter.

[@martinpadilla5224]

@MetalHead4ever ok, I still don't see you point. Are we just gonna compare and try to determine the lesser evil? Lol basically every established company has made horrible and/or corrupt corporate money grab decisions. What's soo different about xbox/Microsoft?

[@baileypalmer103]

The possibility that High Moon could finally escape the Call of Duty mines excites me. I loved thier Transformers games so much. If they finally got the chance to finish thier trilogy that never got to be, I would be ecstatic.

[@jackalsniper]

YES!!!

[@thewadz5878]

Those transformers games were soooooo good. The third game was an absolute tragedy.

[@killer2403]

@@thewadz5878 what third game?

[@lelouchvibritannia777]

@@killer2403 I think they're talking about Rise of The Dark Spark

[@percyfones7497]

@@lelouchvibritannia777 yep, how much I hate that one

[@suhdud4646]

The use of in-game audio when hitting on new topics is absolutely epic and adds awesome atmosphere when listening to the video in the backdrop.

[@mrcraggle]

Jeff Grubb said recently when discussing this news that he expects MS to have a relatively quiet year for 2022 in terms of releases but come 2023, he expects MS to start meeting that 1 game every 3 months goal that they spoke about and maybe even more as time goes on.

[@erikcarrillo7378]

To me that sounds awful. We're gonna get pelted with mediocre, unfinished and unpolished games. Microsoft wont need quality games when all of the competition is owned by them.

[@sierrachief117]

@@erikcarrillo7378 dont be a pessimist. Microsoft does not fuck around. They listened what we wanted in halo. Gave it all to us. When we complained again, they listened and changed what we wanted to change.

[@2slowpoke929]

@@erikcarrillo7378 I sure love my one diverse games of third person one take camera pve games.

[@Drake00000010]

@@sierrachief117 listens to what? Halo infinite is unfinished with mtx. You fanboys are something else

[@mrcraggle]

@@erikcarrillo7378 why is that such a bad thing? Sony will be releasing GoWR, Horizon Forbidden West and GT7 all this year. Microsoft have so many studios they should be able to do the same. We know what a lot of these studios are working on such as: Turn 10 - Forza, Playground - Fable, The Initiative - Perfect Dark, Ninja Theory - Hellblade 2/Project Mara, Obsidian - Grounded/Avowed/Outerworlds 2, Rare - Everwild, Undead Labs - State of Decay 3, Bethesda - Starfield/Elder Scrolls 6, Tango Gameworks - Ghostwire: Tokyo, Arkane - Redfall.

[@P-lywood]

7:42 as someone who works on lots of marketing in the industry, the "Metaverse" is sort of a buzzword that really just means "Video Games" or at least a more broad description of it.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Your intros are just the best things man! This is such monumental moment.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

68 billion to buy Activision....but they can't whip out some of that to buy Star Wars? lol alright

[@bradhaines3142]

@@Nighterlev exactly

[@koopanique]

You seem to think that whoever has enough money can make this kind of acquisition, but it's not the case. Star Wars was never up for sell for anyone with the money to buy. George Lucas made the decision himself to sell to Disney specifically

[@tylerjames8727]

@@Nighterlev Disney would sell for a shit load more than $200billion guy.

[@ourosaquavaringas6061]

I want to draw everyone's attention to the idea of a Microsoft IP version of Smash Bros, imagine. Conker, Banjo and kazoie, crash, spyro, master chief, doom guy, the dragon born, call of duty characters, blizzard characters from overwatch diablo and wow, etc etc. The list of characters and personalities is massive and if they don't go after Nintendo with a smash contender I will be shocked

[@slomnim]

Someone should indie it with the intent of selling the framework to Microsoft. Their teams slap on the skins / models and bam

[@matthewmagnani2915]

Heroes of the Storm 3.0?

[@yohannnihalani5079]

Ramirez, kill the Master Chief

[@slomnim]

@@yohannnihalani5079 Imagine sargent Johnson as a playable character haha

[@SSgtJ0hns0n]

@@slomnim Microsoft knows what the -ladies- *gamers* like

[@legacynorthstar_8874]

Lets not forget about the other deal Microsoft got. The inclusion of EA Play on Game Pass. While not entirely under the umbrella of Xbox, they certainly are standing close together.

[@vtncmourao]

aint that more of a partnership than an acquisition?

[@y3l10wflash6]

@Nigward Testicles I mean after they get EA all other publishers Microsoft/ Xbox would be interested in getting will be much cheaper since all of them cost less

[@BlackMageLozi]

who play EA games? lol

[@flaminG-Ghost]

@@BlackMageLozi I got Mass Effect Legendary Edition on GamePass and Star Wars Fallen Jedi... So many won't complain...

[@michaelrichardson8467]

I appreciate your opinion. I want another banjo and Conker FOR SURE. But forcing a studio to do something their heart isn't invested in can be horrible. Of course, 343 had their heart invested into Halo 5's story and... well... so you can argue either way. The best thing Microsoft can do is give all these devs and studios the time they need and a great workplace. If they're respected, most people wouldn't want to leave and hopefully their work will show that.

[@alexsilva28]

Exactly. Rn Microsoft's top priority is to overcome the pr nightmare that Activison/Blizzard are in. I'd imagine massive organizational changes are in order, only then they will begin to worry about what games to make.

[@nicholasgakuu5223]

year phil said rare does not want to make another banjo and he wont force them so maybe he will give toys for bob the devs who made crash bandicoot its about time once they aquire activision.

[@AndroidFerret]

Wanna know our future ? completely woke and pc correct games with no white characters but a lot of amazing gay live story telling combined with a healthy amount of anti white supremacy propaganda and of course live service and a full load of awesome microtransactions and pay to win features enabling to just pay for the game to be played instead of playing it ...All of course only online playable ..and as cherry on top ..you get the same Lizence like in Windows wich is such a piece of art ...240sites of jawdropping awesomeness.. All your data ..microphone..compass ...camera..All your personal data ..used for the greater good (Microsoft earning more money) .. Yeah ..golden times are in front of us gamers ...

[@mc117slayer]

18:58 "I assume the know what they're doing" 2 years later: You know what happens when you assume?

[@mohireza1]

But something that no one really seems to be excited about is how these great studios now are able to make their own new ips. Yes old franchises are great but I'm not sure if Activision Blizzard would allow any of these studios to make something different. Now under Xbox, well I hope I see a new shooter coming from those 3 CoD developers along with a great and high quality CoD

[@CC-iu7sq]

This. Microsoft is just the puppet heads for these studios. They fund and publish, and they just take a cut of the profits. That’s their business model. They’re not developers, Microsoft, while they will have an influence in their games, they won’t control the dev cycles nearly as strict as say, Activision. AOE4 is a perfect example. Took years to develop, but is a mixture of the 2 previous titles mixed into one. While greatly received by many, but it is despised by some of the specific niche players from AOE2. Point is, this is a good move. Game studios now can control what they create.

[@MST3Killa]

@@CC-iu7sq Put it this way... it's not any worse than before.

[@mathisblair2798]

Hell... Lets have an fps set in the starcraft universe

[@starhammer5247]

@@mathisblair2798 That would be pretty fucking interesting, not gonna lie. That has some potential.

[@y3l10wflash6]

@@CC-iu7sq actually that might not be the case When Phil released that article about Activision-Blizzard being announced to be bought he said "Once deal goes through they will answer to me as CEO of Microsoft Gaming" So maybe it'll be a completely directly controlling Activision-Blizzard just like Rare BUT as much much nowadays way of doing it than what happened to Rare back then

[@Jlavi25]

Honestly, as a PC guy, a big hope for the future is the Microsoft puts the Blizzard games on Steam

[@natebit8130]

Yeeeeesssss

[@crooster1]

Why do you want the games on steam when u get EVERYTHING on PC gamepass for like 9 bucks a month. You want to buy them each for 49.99$ again?

[@Sebbz]

@@crooster1 because playing PC games on game pass doesn’t allow you to use mods or tinker with game files to improve performance

[@Nootey33]

@@crooster1 Gamepass is great but some people just want to "own" their games. Also, gamepass is still not available in a lot on countries in Europe.

[@eyedine]

@@crooster1 you are literally the living embodiment of "You will own nothing and you will be happy." That's sad.

[@enderpimp]

This has the potential to be a huge win for everyone (xbox, PS, and PC, and gamers in general). It also has the potential to go really horribly, especially if they don't revive old series' that gamers love. And it also has the potential to go anyway between those two extremes. Only time will tell.

[@aetherwizard3218]

I has 0 potential to do anything for PC gamers when they will move the games to their garbage poorly designed store front that only runs in app mode. I do not even want my blizzard games anymore if they will be put in Microsoft's abysmal store front.

[@justanuff]

This comment has potential.... or maybe it doesnt.... Only time will tell.

[@whydoistillusethissite8626]

man, 2 years since this video and the Microsoft Activision acquisition announcement time flies...

[@Joedoeem]

i feel like microsoft took the phrase "xbox has no exulsives" very seriously

[@KitKat-nj7mj]

they just started throwing around their credit card

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@vending-mech and potentially none of it goes to PlayStation.

[@level1865]

@@Slender_Man_186 cod still goes to ps. ( Atleast for a bit)

[@widget3154]

definitely the number one thing I'd want to see from this deal is a cod collection, a mcc/bf portal version for cod, so that rather than waiting for remasters we could just have all the old classics together, this would be especially good for games like bo2 and waw and their giant modding problem

[@Whyyin]

yeah, not to mention the online matchmaking servers would be alive again, unlike the older and (unfortunately) dead ones.

[@whereismyphonebook]

I can't believe the evil, anti-consumer hell that gaming has become in the last 10 years.

[@hassanali-yi4bu]

Gay

[@skylol6258]

Well, the future is looking bright

[@stickernoodle6197]

@@hassanali-yi4bu calm down hassan

[@jonasn7739]

@@skylol6258 Well, we are heading to a monopoly so not really.

[@yme3267]

@@skylol6258 it just got darker lmao 😂

[@themagicbeanbag]

The only thing I'd say is that psychonauts 2 wasn't made by Microsoft, was crowd funded and multi platform. A point that a lot of people seem to get wrong though. The ending about sitting on i.p.s is a great point. I do hope it works out well for Microsoft and Xbox but I do have serious concerns about this 'buy out' method and the consolidation of the industry....

[@heeroheero8844]

This is wrong. They crowd funded 4 million to get it started and had a publishing deal with Starbreeze Studios for additional funds. Starbreeze went bankrupt and Microsoft came in so Psychonaughts 2 can be completed based on their original vision without dropping any content.

[@varoux4278]

Psychonauts...such an underrated series

[@frynsesmadrer1]

The acquisition seems like a net positive overall, but I'm still a bit concerned about having so many IPs under one roof. Sure, people like Phil Spencer and Xbox has needed to eat the humble pie for years after Don Mattrick and the disastrous Xbox One launch. But who knows how long Phil will be CEO and how Xbox might do under new management in a situation where they have the potential to a lot of dicking around with IPs and exclusivity etc.

[@scenekidd155]

People will just have to suck it up like anyone dealing with Sonys practices had to.

[@shepergames3734]

I'm pretty sure they are grooming Sarah bond as his replacement. I don't see her wanting to change the culture negatively anytime soon. As long as Sony exists and makes kick ass games, Microsoft will have to compete for your money.

[@rhett1029]

Yeah as a lifelong PlayStation consumer when I first heard about this I was sweating

[@edw4rrss]

microsoft: we do a little trolling

[@caerxhan8313]

it's either you take it or you find another entertainment

[@viper6220]

It's shocking how the Bethesda acquisition was about $7.5 billion compare to $68.7 Biliion for Activision Blizzard meaning the Activision Purchase might be the biggest acquisition for xbox of all time (So Far)

[@Jdb63]

I'm pretty sure it was the biggest gaming acquisition of all time

[@Vanished584]

Fun Fact: Todd and Phil are friends. MAybe that had something to do with it :>

[@dark_rit]

The books on the activision blizzard side contain far more assets and such in comparison to Bethesda. You have ActiBlizz making over a billion on microtransactions in one year or about 1/7th of the sale number for Bethesda, and that's just one IP of theirs to say nothing of WoW, Hearthstone, and all these other IPs under the umbrella of ActiBlizz.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

@@Vanished584 Phil didn't buy it numbnuts.... it was MS

[@joker345172]

Totally agreed. This is an honest, down-to-earth take as always. Just something that might save you some embarrassment in the future - PR stands for Public Relations, not Personal Relations 4:45

[@Starcatplays]

EA is next on the hit list

[@camygael]

If they buy another big game developer like EA than this could be a problem

[@SL4PSH0CK]

I'd prefer Microsoft buying EA, imagine the devs not forced to use Frost Engine. Ie: Anthem debacle and Dragon Age Inqusition

[@xthewhitewolf]

@@camygael yeah, a monopoly.

[@nozakikun6760]

I say they should start buying ips from ea like dead space and titan fall

[@Yerlockk]

While this is definitely a good merge, the larger theme of the industry condensing into mega corps is very worrying. It's quickly getting to the point where companies can get away with more and more without consumers being able to rightly complain about it so they make a better product.

[@falcongamer58]

I think Microsoft is doing all this pro consumer strategy to get people on their platform while they continue buying companies, then once they think they acquired enough, they do the bait and switch and become anti consumer and end up like Disney

[@FolstrimHori]

This

[@slomnim]

Big games require big teams sometimes! The indie scene is flourishing, and games are getting "easier" to make with new engines, skilled outsourcing of 3d models, etc. Things are good

[@falcongamer58]

@Ikmi,,,, 💋👇 there are no fans, get lost

[@JayTor2112]

Video game Disney, here we come.

[@SuperPowerButton]

My concern is that with some many IPs all being held by Microsoft, chances are that we won't be seeing new entries for most of them. There are only so many studios and with each project taking years, do they prioritize new franchises? Or old franchises that may not be as relevant as people would like to think?

[@AlexGreat321]

That's the problem with holding loads of IPs. Some are going to be left behind. Although saying that I secretly hope Sony will bring back some dormant IPs to combat the newly acquired Microsoft ones. I want to see Jak and Sly Cooper combat Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. Resistance combat Wolfenstein etc. Heck if Sony can buy some Konami IPs that would be interesting

[@EziekielNightwind]

I wouldn't really be worried. Microsoft buying Activision got them at most, 3 or 4 good IPs, the rest are trash. Candy Crush, Spyro, Crash and Tony Hawk. Not a lot of gain for 70 billion imo.

[@saskys]

@@AlexGreat321 thats right, ActiBlizz was releasing so many ... well... but! what they were actually releasing was amaz... ing... uhm, you know what? fuck em.

[@Blackreaper95]

I think they are going to leave it up to the creative teams whether they want to revive old franchises or not, I figure we will get a mix of new and old franchise's over time but we won't see anything new from Activision for a few years after the acquisition.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

@@EziekielNightwind Sleeping on the money-making power of COD is a mistake. Even when those games are trash they sell better than everything else.

[@ThunderStruck115]

There was this little known game from 2010 by Raven Software called Singularity, and I would LOVE to see a sequel to it

[@dignusdingus3709]

Still gotta play that

[@ashrevyr755]

Thats such a cool game! Glad someone brought it up

[@Alphakerky]

I'm feeling optimistic about these acquisitions, there isn't going to be a new cod this year; so I'm willing to put my money on that they're going to take their time and make a good game. Especially since there's been a change in management.

[@tacogod968]

Phil spencer seems like a gamer or at the very least he’s smart enough to say what we wanna hear so I’m cautiously optimistic with him in charge but I’m worried about what happens when the next guy takes over

[@1NotN]

@MetalHead4ever Most of the games you just listed are highly rated games with great gameplay that can all be played for free with a subscription service that cost a quarter of the price it would take to buy them individually guarentee every microtransactions is cosmetics which take nothing out of the gameplay or the game so stop Phil is making playing AAA titles affordable to those who can't afford to buy 60 dollar games don't come in here crying he's not a gamer cause of some cosmetic microtransactions in big budget game they giving out pretty much free

[@abelramirez7320]

@MetalHead4ever as if his goals or anyone's goals were never to make money.

[@irrationalreasoning6368]

@@1NotN not free if you're paying a subscription. That's like saying "free with a purchase of (insert product".

[@1NotN]

@@irrationalreasoning6368 you mean a subscription that cost 1/4 of an actual game n lets you play around 150 games?

[@irrationalreasoning6368]

@@1NotN you know, downloading games instead of owning a physical copy of one isn't a viable choice for everyone. It's pointless to me.

[@robo6971]

I'm so hesitant and skeptical to call this a win for gaming. If Microsoft can't release a finished Halo game, arguably their greatest IP, with 6 years of development, I just don't see things going as smooth as they should with another 15 IPs brought into the fold.

[@starhammer5247]

To be fair, they had to scrap all of it, and they could only hire temp workers. They only had two years to work on the campaign. The other four were thrown out the window. Even then, the last thing I'd call it is unfinished. It's just rushed.

[@robo6971]

@@starhammer5247I understand covid put a huge damper on Infinite, but why not just delay it. It's been confirmed that the campaign we got was only 1/3 of what they had originally planned. There's numerous cut enemies, wildlife, biomes, vehicles, weapons, levels, routes on what levels we did get, and way too little game modes. A rushed game leads to an unfinished one. If game companies would start making games for quality again it would solve a lot of the problems they cause themselves. Infinite being a live service game and charging money for what could be unlockable is an excuse to recoup what money they lost and finish the game while having it released at the same time. The game will get better, but it's already damaged it's own reputation too much.

[@Asian_Jesus.]

@@robo6971 Delaying it even further would have bad impacts, there hasnt been a new mainstream halo game in 7 years since infinites release, and after the numerous delays more would be too annoying for the fans seeing as how many were at home due to the pandemic . Plus even if it was delayed longer at that point the hype wouldve died down and the wait mightve not been worth it

[@robo6971]

@@Asian_Jesus. I couldn't disagree more. There's 100,000s of games people can distract themselves with; having another unfinished, buggy, and borderline unplayable AAA title is not what we deserved or needed. Wanting instantly gratifying results is exactly what's put us in a slump where no AAA game is complete when released. We could've waited 10 more years if it meant the game didn't ruin it's own hype. Mint Blitz has videos about the decline in players and more often than not players who have already been soured don't come back. Would've been much better to have everyone wait and be thoroughly impressed.

[@Asian_Jesus.]

@@robo6971 except that's the thing, halo infinite wasnt that buggy of a game, and while unfinished its all planned out for the next dlc's. Multiplayer is where the problem is and while buggy, it's not actually that bad or game breaking, its what's to be expected from a new game, plus 343 is listening and actively interacting with its community to tackle said issues, plus they've lowered the shop prices by a large margin in under a month! Can you say the same about other AAA developers these past few years? And on the players leaving, yes players are leaving obviously, that's with any game, and it's due to many factor that dont narrow down to 'infinite bad, I angy', in fact halo infinites situation is way better than most AAA games in the past many years since games were actually good, has it recurred you that many people play only for campaign or multiplayer? When one is done or a bit buggy, they wait until expansions and updates, or until the situation to get better, and 343 is getting better. Now that people are done with the campaign they are actively finding and pointing out bugs or issues and 343 is fixing them in record time compared to other game developers. Dont compare 343 with the greedy companies, they've already learned their mistakes, that's already a god send in comparison to others.

[@AirLineBabyBoss]

While unlikely, I hope that this acquisition will allow High Moon Studios to make the final game in their Transformers Cybertron trilogy that Activision never allowed them to finish.

[@spoiledsalad1851]

Fuck yes every time I think of high moon studios I remember the canceled transformers game

[@BanishedSilentShadow3318]

Activision really did them dirty when transformers dark energy (I think that's the name.) Didn't do that well and pretty much made the studio help make CoD maps. Idk but hopefully after this deal is done we can see the war/fall of cybertron again with new transformers games coming out. I mean there hasn't been a good transformers game in a long time

[@chrisgoblin4857]

War for Cybertron was a criminally underrated game. Had a lot of good time with that.

[@spartanvenom5388]

I’d LOVE to see the the Cybertron games,and Devastation,be re-listed

[@brennanwn]

0:00 best intro ever ,ACT MAN

[@bioswat96]

I know microsoft is as corporate and greedy as acti-bliz, but I really don't think it can get any worse with acti-bliz. I hope Phil'll correct those mistakes

[@threatmaker]

microsoft makes over 100 billion with business software and cloud storage, so game revenue is "little" compared to that. i hope that microsoft wont become too greedy in what comes to games

[@weasle2904]

Microsoft has been pretty cool about games in the past few years. But we all know how quickly that can change.

[@yosefyonin6824]

at the very least Microsoft doesn't abuse it's workers, and doesn't scam it's customers. it's pretty sad nowadays it's enough to be considered a good company

[@kazimobasher]

What game is that in the introduction part?

[@bioswat96]

@@kazimobasher Warcraft 3? Or you talking about something else?

[@alphacenturion8423]

Such a W for Microsoft, excited to see what’s next, hoping they revive some dead franchises.

[@abdoul5176]

Like prototype!

[@nopenope2550]

Rares shriveled up corpse says hi.

[@DubiousFIN]

When they get EA lets see if they do dead space

[@nopenope2550]

@Styxx19 Sales =/= quality. I know you don't know what a good game is as you've likely never played anything made before 2013 but try to keep up.

[@USAirsoft]

Here here to the future of gaming!

[@igustibagusananda7706]

Hey didn't know you are a gamer :)

[@campie5524]

Phil spencer said before that he’s acquiring these companies for them to collaborate and learn from each other under one big umbrella. You gotta see over the next 5 years to see what happens

[@thundageon5962]

The fact that Phil Spencer respects Sony as friend not foe, shows how much he loves video games and the art of this beloved industry.

[@ericknunez8069]

Thats just pr shit talk

[@Matanumi]

Its PR because they know they can't be a monopoly without serious consequences. Look at how MS saved apple years ago

[@TheCivildecay]

Nah he doesn't see PlayStation as a threat, it's amazone, Google and Netflix that's the real enemy

[@BGRecon]

@@TheCivildecay well Sony doesn't have and OS used by most personal computers so they were never a real threat.

[@cujoh_2463]

@@TheCivildecay ye they said many times Playstation wasn't their focus and they were always doing fine anyway.

[@xkapitandb8550]

Bruh that intro had me rolling! Seeing uncle Phil as Arthus was pure gold

[@TheActMan]

"I've taken care... of everything."

[@didyfinkise9033]

Hopefully starcraft 2 can get some love again, the modding scene there has been absolutely insane right now and I hope this great game can get some support again.

[@YaBoiiMarz]

I feel like the reason Bethesda hasn't done much under Microsoft is because Microsoft may be hard delaying all their projects for one the change in leadership really effects a company's current projects and shifts there goals. Microsoft while not perfect releases some quality things the amount of time infinite got and its budget was crazy(lacking in content as it may be). My hope is its a slow burn as Microsoft figures out what they want to do and give the developers room to be creative. As deadlines seem to kill alot of what Activision blizzard and Bethesda want to do, management at those companies wanted money regardless of integrity. Under Microsoft since they just have all the money, can afford to delay and give developers ample time to make games great. If infinite is anything to go by then my hopes are shifting since infinite is a fun game at its core but there wasn't enough content to keep me around. Since Bethesda mainly makes singleplayer games along with blizzard lack of content SHOULDNT be an issue since they cant really patch in new modes. But you never know hoping Microsoft does well with these companies

[@Jmanfire2105]

Honestly, I don’t even know if anyone cares or if there’s any demand, but I really hope this can help revive dead franchises. BattleNations had a big, loyal fan base, until King bought up Z2 and subsequently took the game off steam and stopped updating it. Hopefully they can work with the fans remaking it.

[@Waais]

Oh man, I used to LOVE playing BattleNations and Metalstorm, I miss those games and I’m so sad they got nuked into oblivion.

[@y3l10wflash6]

What is BattleNations?

[@RC--ji2ov]

this gives a chance to possibly bring back one of my favorite and definetly one of the most underrated games of all times, the transformers games that sprung up in the early 2010s, that being war for cybertron and fall of cybertron. both incredibly fun third person infantry/vehicle combat in well built arenas. the company that made these were high moon studios which i had forgot existed until you mentioned them. would be so great to see another one of those come out, i have so many memories

[@jamesoclaire4512]

I remember reading the GameInformer reviews of the games in that series, back when GameInformer was cool. Never got to play them but they seemed good. Better times.

[@RC--ji2ov]

@@jamesoclaire4512 they are still some of the best looking games from their era, controls are solid af. and steam keys or xbox 360/ps3 discs are fairly cheap (around 20-30 dollars from what i've found. you should def play em

[@CRIMSON-FLAME1]

Imagine a third person looter shooter based on transformers. If done correctly that would be sick. I remembered those two games loved them.

[@ColLennox177]

I hadn’t released they were under Activision umbrella! I’ve been checking all the time for new transformers game leaks and whatnot. Would love to see another game like that again. Such a solid game.

[@CRIMSON-FLAME1]

@@ColLennox177 absolutely agree.

[@slenderprime]

I think we haven’t see a lot for games as in gameplay because Phil’s has been very much against crunch and sticking iron to developers.

[@Blackreaper95]

A lot of these games are in development as well I doubt they want to get hopes up then end up disappointing people like with cyberpunk 2077, I'm sure that's why we haven't seen much of Starfield as well in order to temper expectations.

[@MegamanXRaid]

WASSUP ACT MAN DIDNT WATCH YOUR VIDEOS IN A MINUTE GLAD YOU STILL AROUND

[@frostyleech3167]

all I gotta say is that Microsoft delivered hope to the COD community

[@jackcolson4745]

Yes. As a Halo fan, I'm considering being a part of cod again. The last great cod game was Mw2. Looking forward to another great game like it.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

how? COD still makes money so they really have no incentive to change

[@frostyleech3167]

@Jesus Barrera okay but their sales are going down and the amount of money their making have been dropping drastically and I'm kinda surprised you haven't noticed that

[@jesusbarrera6916]

@@frostyleech3167 oh are you talking about the 2019 stock downfall that was worse than this year's or are you talking how despite all that stupid crap you are spewing COD VANGUARD and COD COLDWAR were still the top 2 best selling games in the US in 2021? I'm kinda suprised you haven't noticed that....

[@frostyleech3167]

@Jesus Barrera ok fine but cod still have been hot garbage lately. There's also talks in Activision about breaking the yearly releases so you're a fool if you think there's not gonna be any changes under Microsoft

[@CaseytheComedian]

To be fair to Microsoft, the Bethesda acquisition wasn't that long ago. Don't think we'll see the fruits of these acquisitions happen for a bit yet. I think the results won't really show themselves until 2023/2024 or so.

[@Jack_DP]

Hey Actman, I'm pretty sure Phil spencer went over the list of IPS activison had, and he MIGHT bring back like guitar hero and hexen and king quest, I think, WHICH is amazing if they use treyarch and raven and all the other studios under Activision(funny that raven actually made hexen), anyway great video! I'm excited to see what happens in the next year (Actman if you have read this I really wanna hear your take on this)

[@Gunplabro]

If Phil Spencer Successfully revives Hexen I will massage his balls on stage at e3.

[@TheCivildecay]

I want a Kings Quest series S/X upgrade :)

[@Jack_DP]

@@Gunplabro It’s possible, I really hope they do something else with those Games man

[@gadzhi9843]

He looked at what games are marketable to make the most money and not what the people want. That's how it works

[@Jack_DP]

@@gadzhi9843 Suree...

[@Elend002]

What happened to the 1v1 video?

[@ZombiAstral]

I'm a fan of competition and pro-consumer services. Not so much when it comes to buying up tons of competitors. However this puts a big smile on my face for one reason, and one reason alone. It'll stop backwards Japanese companies like SONY and Nintendo from sitting with their thumbs up their bums, and treating customers like trash. I'm a fan of good service, not brands.

[@LG1ikLx]

I own a Playstation and PC and I will happily agree that Sony need to stop being so greedy. When ever I say this to people they jump to Sony's defence and they go on about how much of a rip off gamepass is and so on. They also say how everything on there is games full of micro-transactions. Its funny thou because all Microsofts exclusives don't contain that many micro-transactions other then Halo infinite multiplayer which is free. I don't even bother with PS Now because all the games on there are several years old and I can buy them on eBay for a small price. You never see games on PS Now that are less than 2 years old. There is no join subscription for PS Now and PS Plus like Xbox ultimate. Sony have gotten to comfortable doing nothing and its given Microsoft a chance to shine. I don't blame Microsoft for buying out these companies and making deals to get more new releases on gamepass. I hope this will make Sony improve there PS Now service so I will actually have a reason to pay for it.

[@ZombiAstral]

@@LG1ikLx I understand your frustrations and will add my two cents. For me the best SONY was the PS2 SONY. The library was diverse, gimmicky and passionate even.. Not flawless, but the company was a lot more pro-consumer. They got smug, and got absolutely rekt by Microsoft, who dominated the PS360 era. Sony finally got off their asses, but the PS3 didn't even start making a profit, till the PS4 was around the corner. I liked all the pro-consumer services though. PS-PLUS just being an extra service. More diverse games, etc. Microsoft completely lost its way under new leadership, and basically handed the lead to the competition. However SONY's more interested in making interactive movies than games nowadays imo. Between the censorship, appalling attitude towards game preservation and backwards compatibility, 100% trash PS PLUS & PS NOW service etc. The company's all but dead to me. I'm just glad I still have my ps2, PS3 and emulators, because there's no way in hell I'll be scalped by companies like Nintendo & Sony for ancient games. Funny enough delusional fanboys used to laugh at Microsoft porting, and preserving their games on PC, but anyone with half brain can see where things are headed now. I care for access to great games, more than exclusivity nowadays, and Microsoft is making the right moves. I won't talk about Nintendo, because I absolutely despise the company, and the way it's operated since the late Gamecube era. I'm expecting SONY and Nintendo to drag their feet with terrible online service, customer service, overpriced retro games, and terrible game preservation for the next five years....By the time they sit up, Microsoft will completely disgrace the competition. And I'm not even a big fan of M$. There's absolutely no excuse for a lot of Sony's PS3 and older libraries to not be available on the PC by now. Same for Nintendo.

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@LG1ikLx i’m sorry how could anyone call GP a rip off?

[@level1865]

@@ZombiAstral "However SONY's more interested in making interactive movies than games nowadays imo." Wdym? Spiderman, Gow , got are great games.

[@nightdriver7216]

The service of Sony and Nintendo is good. They make good games. That's the whole point.

[@FOF275]

Instead of yearly COD releases, they could just keep Warzone as an ongoing game with regular updates like Fortnite then bring out new mainlinep CODs every 3 years or so so new ideas can be explored with the series

[@americafkyeah8695]

That would be ideal but because of greed, that won't happen.

[@Teddyrific]

I trust Phil will finally bring COD back to where it needs too be

[@masterzombie161]

And Bring Heist mode from Black ops 4. I’m not kidding when I say people have been playing that mode more than the other later call of duty’s.

[@Teddyrific]

@@masterzombie161 facts

[@mr_indie_fan]

Then You put your trust in the wrong place.

[@irrationalreasoning6368]

Ended so that other IP's can actually emerge?

[@SomeGuy.with.a.Beard93]

The crazy prices on DLCs from games older than 5 years is what keeps me from revisiting older games. That content should be free with the game to promote engagement with franchises. Might even refresh interest in a few lost series

[@Borscht_Soup]

Still some of the best edited videos in gaming media. The proper research is always done

[@TatsatJha0]

microsoft: (stops the yearly release for call of duty) me: don't do that, don't give me hope

[@SDK2K9]

I agree, I hope Microsoft actually does something with Bethesda and Activision. Like get to make brand new games from old IPs, and not just put games already made onto game pass.

[@TheCpadron19]

As a former rank 1 as sneeker in Conker Live and Reloaded, I'd love to see that game make a comeback!

[@clipsmasterproductions7479]

With respect to old CoD severs being shut down, surely they wouldn’t do that without preserving the games somehow. With 360 Halos, the games were (mostly) preserved on MCC. Does that mean there’ll be a CoD collection? Only time will tell.

[@nihilistpenguin7511]

Microsoft: “Do not be afraid, I am peace, I am salvation.”

[@tarrker]

As a massive, old school Blizzard fan, I have high hopes. I'm really, REALLY trying not to get too excited. But, I mean, I literally grew up with Blizzard games and the past 10 years of Blizzard has broken my heart. I have hope because Spencer seems to actually care about video games. But I'm not holding my breath either.

[@VargVikernes1488]

You'll get new games, but every single character will be black or trans, like it has been in Hearthstone recently.

[@irrationalreasoning6368]

@@VargVikernes1488 so?

[@nestorarcilaosorio2457]

@@irrationalreasoning6368 The problem will be that their entire character will be "im black, im gay, im trans, etc." just for the PC stuff, no personality outside that, they will be shallow excuses of characters as always happens with that.

[@y3l10wflash6]

For these last 10 years we've been robbed of new franchises (Blizzard Ex-Devs have said they had 20-30 new franchises/ games being made bit it all got scrapped) & existing franchises getting fucked!!! (It should be made legal to sue Bobby after he leaves AB to high hell for destroying not 1 but 2 companies many franchises, Blizzard & Activision, and making Activision & Blizzard fans get shitty products due to his leadership.)

[@tarrker]

@@y3l10wflash6 he's probably culpable for many, many crimes but it would take a class action lawsuit to sue him. Dood is so rich he could hire a team of lawyers. Maybe even a judge. x_x

[@Vinrael666]

You get a like just fpr the Intro. God damn i laughed so hard :D

[@larrycz2803]

I just hope that WoW will get treated better and when it comes to CoD, i hope it will be actually good and worth my money (pls no more yearly releases).

[@smarty2068]

Cod needs fixed and honestly, I see Microsoft as the people to do it!! Roll on another 20 years of success for that franchise. Even though as it stands I don't touch it.

[@Jonathan-tg6qv]

Xbox and Microsoft are really collecting these studios like Thanos and the infinity stones

[@JoelJoel321]

Then they'll snap and destroy PlayStation. Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

[@jamesverner9132]

"Fine then I'll do it myself" - Spencer

[@tristanedwards7302]

I completely agree on your thoughts about Microsoft doing well by their existing IPs and particularly with Rare as an example. Rare hasn't put out games that are 1/10th as popular or notable since Microsoft purchased them and they stopped making games for Nintendo. I can accept that Rare wants to make new franchises and what not, but if that's the case, pass off Banjo Kazooie to another studio or whatever. Don't let the dust settle on your interesting IPs. Banjo is a good example because even if you're not going to make another one of those, where is a platformer from XBOX? Sony obviously kills it with Ratchet, Nintendo kills it with Mario, etc. They have massive gaps in their offerings to consumers, and I hope these acquisitions will help to alleviate that. I am quite skeptical though about how many of these studios will stay open. Like, what happens to Roundhouse under Bethesda? Surely Microsoft consolidates some of them at some point.

[@Starkiller-f6q]

Patrolling the Sprawl almost makes you wish for a “Why is Dead Space 2 so awesome?”

[@skyhawkslcb18]

i always wondered why that video never got made. dead space 1 & 2 are my favorite games of all time.

[@winlover37]

I really want to see Treyarch be given as much time as they need and make a CoD the way they want to. Past few games have been so rushed and show good ideas that weren't fully realized.

[@davidgreen3001]

Aside from completely misrepresenting the middle east and Russia in an insulting way the 2019 one was fun.

[@winlover37]

@@davidgreen3001 Sorry should have clarified, past few Treyarch games have been very rushed. Couple articles I've read appear to confirm that Treyarch had to scrap a lot of things for Black Ops 4 and Cold War on top of just having over a year of time for actual development. I feel they deserve a "release when it's ready" because their games have always tried more interesting things to me.

[@davidgreen3001]

@@winlover37 Absolutely agree, I just think part of the problem stems from an over the top need to make all their characters and situations politically correct. Especially when they take crimes committed by others in real life and portray those crimes as though they came from the Russians. That's when it's insulting.

[@ZeroOne-mp1qe]

@@davidgreen3001 that wasn't treyarch..that was infinity ward. blame still goes to infinity ward however.

[@_M41KU_]

I’ve heard that this might be a bad thing. Sony and Nintendo are 100billion dollar companies but Microsoft is a 2 trillion dollar company. Meaning they could buy out every game studio and starve the others with good deals like the game pass. They will hold a monopoly and get rid of the competition which isn’t a good thing as they have no need to better their systems. There are laws against this like the antitrust law to keep big companies from taking over which was used on Microsoft decades ago so they have history on trying to take over their competitors but hopefully they don’t go too far.

[@cocojumbo539]

Monopoly wont make games worse, because they literally cant get worse

[@Gunplabro]

Monopolies really aren't a problem in creative spaces. Look at Marvel and DC. they are floundering while indie comics are booming. Despite the big two elbowong out smaller indie creators. Cyberfrog made Ethan Van Sciver a millionaire.

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Now MS and other companies have lobbying groups in plain sight bribing gov officials for bonuses and other things

[@Gunplabro]

@MetalHead4ever what you fail to understand and what everyone fails to understand is that the video game market DID crash. It just didn't implode. It shifted focus. All of the big AAA companies turned into gambling houses. They stopped making games, and started making virtual casinos. The indie scene we have right now make video games. New Blood Studios, Devolver, Gears for Breakfast, THQ Nordic, ect are still out there making games still. The indie scene IS the video games industry as it was in the past. Nothing has changed. Just the big companies consolidated and shifted focus away from games and towards grindmills and RNG lootboxes somehow without any one noticing a thing.

[@Roadwarrior92]

@@cocojumbo539 exactly

[@Abdilion]

So nostalgic to hear Fable music :P