Bet: Will the Activision Deal close? - It has closed

[Legend]

So that means every single microsoft game will be on switch, not just cod?

Could just be streaming I guess.

[the-pi-guy]

Would Microsoft be willing to bring all their games to PlayStation and Nintendo to make the deal go through?

[Legend]

Would Microsoft be willing to bring all their games to PlayStation and Nintendo to make the deal go through?

I actually could see that. They want to move everything to gamepass anyway, so it's a pretty small sacrifice assuming it leads to playstation gamepass in the future.

[nnodley]

That always sounded like what MS's end goal was with gamepass anyway.  Just lately this deal has made them seem vindictive against sony.

[kitler53]

if MS bring all their titles to playstation then i can support them taking ownership of activision.   would basically be them transitioning to being a 3rd party in the console space.  

[the-pi-guy]

Smith is being asked again about losing Call of Duty or a specific part of Activision Blizzard to get the deal done - as the UK's regulator has suggested will be necessary. It's not what Microsoft is interested in, he says.

— Eurogamer (@eurogamer) February 21, 2023

>Today's Nintendo deal relates to current and future Xbox titles for now, and then Activision Blizzard games if the buyout is included, Smith says.

Welllllll, this might be a typo.

Nvidia deals. Not Nintendo. That will be a mistake

— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) February 21, 2023

[kitler53]

lol, if it looks too good to be true then it probably is.

[the-pi-guy]

We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo’s gamers. This is just part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms. pic.twitter.com/JmO0hzw1BO

— Brad Smith (@BradSmi) February 21, 2023

The tweet itself says Xbox games, but then the PR image just says CoD.

[kitler53]

than it's just CoD.   that image is far more prepared than the tweet.   ...or if the tweet was prepared it was probably intentional FUD.   

[Legend]

We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo’s gamers. This is just part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms. pic.twitter.com/JmO0hzw1BO

— Brad Smith (@BradSmi) February 21, 2023

The tweet itself says Xbox games, but then the PR image just says CoD.

Sure seems like xbox games just means COD, but they're happy to make it sound like more games too.

[the-pi-guy]

I don't think I've ever seen an exec this salty.

pic.twitter.com/kEYLhqQnGi

— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) February 21, 2023

[Legend]

I don't think I've ever seen an exec this salty.

pic.twitter.com/kEYLhqQnGi

— Lulu Cheng Meservey (@lulumeservey) February 21, 2023

This gen's Adam Orth I guess.

[nnodley]

and all the twitter responses inflating her ego even more.  Do people not realize she's gonna likely get a multi million dollar payday because of the deal probably.  Of course she wants it to go through.

[SWORDF1SH]

We’ve now signed a binding 10-year contract to bring Xbox games to Nintendo’s gamers. This is just part of our commitment to bring Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty to more players on more platforms. pic.twitter.com/JmO0hzw1BO

— Brad Smith (@BradSmi) February 21, 2023

The tweet itself says Xbox games, but then the PR image just says CoD.

I hate shame like this. It's so false trying to come off the good guy

[the-pi-guy]

It's a little weird to me that when the Zenimax deal was going through, we got wildly cagey answers about their intentions.

Phil Spencer interview

I'm not sitting down with Todd Howard and Robert Altman and planning their future. Because I'm currently not allowed to do that, that would be illegal. Your question is completely inbound, but I get a lot of questions right now: "is this game exclusive? Is this game exclusive?" And right now, that is not my job in regards to ZeniMax. My job is not to sit down and go through their portfolio and dictate what happens.

Phil Spencer practically made it sound illegal for them to really start planning Zenimax's stuff. (I'm sure the distinction here is that he was saying it was illegal for him to be meeting with them to make decisions as if they were acquired. But the fact that he made that connotation is super weird in retrospect.)


Whereas with Activision, they're actively signing agreements with other companies and publicly announcing them, about a property they don't own yet.