Estimations are ~12,5 million consoles end of 2022. The xbox360 sold 10,9 millions after two years. Series has no real appeal outside of america, so sales will be very limited for the future.
Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for $69 Billion on 2023-10-13
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And these are multiplatform. If Sony bought Epic and made Fortnite PS exclusive, there'd be potential XB owners who'll buy PS just to play Fortnite, and there's nothing MS could create to bring them back to XB. A new Halo or Fable or brand new IP won't win Fortnite fans away from Fortnite to play this new game on XBox. (Sony would of course lose insane revenues and this'd be a really dumb move!).
I'm not at any point arguing about the realism of COD going exclusive nor the damage done or not by this proposed acquisition, nor even if Sony is right about COD's importance to PS. Only eastmen's idea that Sony can just knock up a replacement - "10 years puts us a few years into the ps6 likely. Plenty of time for that company Sony just bought to come up with a competitor...". Sony feel that COD is worth 10+ million players or something to them and they can't afford to lose the franchise. Creating a replacement isn't a valid option. That's my only point on COD.
absolutely.Creating a replacement isn't a valid option. That's my only point on COD.
I'm totally in agreement with the perspective, but a 10 year contract is extremely generous from this point of view, with the expectation that after expiry that COD will continue to stay multiplatform.
These titles can only gain real revenues from spreading to as many users as possible. There's not going to be real value here for MS taking the title exclusive. If Sony is really going to Seattle to meet with MS, I would say it's not about access, but instead about payment. They would be willing to drop their case in exchange for more favourable profits for the next 10 years. I'm fairly positive they are sure they will have access 10 years an beyond.
Whose estimates? Thurrott had over 12m in January 2022. That's 14months. They are way ahead of 360 pace.
I didnt notice Sony stating it is the most importat IP in gaming. But they made a point that it is very important. No natter the case, I am not Sony and I didnt make such a point, so why bring it? Thats not what you and me were discussing
Sure you can look, but whats the point? They are not direct competitors. The numbers speak for themselves. The examples you mention and COD are games that are not one offs (finish once and put it o a shelf). They are different games that last through constant huge online engagement, and all enjoy massive audience, without one cannibalizing the other for playtime, they exist in their own separate ecosystems and have their separate audiences, because they are different games. Therefore they are not relevant to the subject we were discussing regarding how easy it is to create a substitute for COD in case one platform loses it.
The same goes for any popular title. If any super popular multiplatform title that millions of players are investing huge amounts of playtime, suddenly become an exclusive to one platform, it will affect the purchasing decision of many, and it will be experienced as a significant loss to those that are stack on the platform that lost it. It is not like millions who play Fortnite will start playing Counterstrike, or millions who play COD will go to Overwatch.
Popular franchises with massive audiences affect purchasing decisions because thats what people want to play, and studios cant just pop out substitutes that are equally popular because they said so.
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I'm not sure who you quoted, but they've not understood how phase 2 of the CMA investigation relates to phase 1.
Let me put it another way. Further to the many parties consulted in phase one of the CMA's investigation, the second phase sought further evidence from six third parties who are competing in the same markets as Microsoft. Three of the six had concerns, two parties did not have concerns in the context that they didn't feel it would impact them (that is not an assessment on the industry at large), and one party said it was too early to tell.
The CMA only got to phase 2 because of all of the concerns received in phase 1. Phase 2 exists to seek clarification on aspects they feel they need to collect more evidence on.
Oh, Twitter must be down. It was the Activision representative.
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Shocking but it's in their interest to present the situation as best they can, including how the CMA (and EU) process got to phase 2.
Exactly like it's in Sony's interest to present it as the absolute worst that they can. It's corporations being corporations.
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Absolutely, but I have not seen Sony comment on the process for weeks. I presume their legal team told them to STFU.
One third-party in China said to express concern with Activision/Microsoft deal
At least one-third party in China has expressed its worries about Microsoft's (MSFT) planned $69 billion acquisition of videogame giant Activision (ATVI).The third party expressed...
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And now China regulator will scrutinize the deal too.
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And "The publication previously reported that two Chinese game operators, including Tencent (OTCPK:TCEHY), were supportive of the transaction.".
This is logic, Tencent is in a run for acquire game company overseas. Funny but netease seems to have buy Quantic Dreams.
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Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth
Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies, as the tech giant eyes global expansion to offset slowing growth at home in China, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
www.reuters.com
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It's logical only if you expect big companies to adhere to their own narratives, which I generally don't!
I mean, Microsoft supported Epic in court to lobby Apple to drop their 30% AppStore cut but refused to drop their 30% cut on Xbox. This is what I expect of Apple, Google, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony and Tencent.
NetEase acquisition of Quantic Dreams was reported on last year, March 30 2022 initially. Also that they closed the deal on August 31, 2022, but it seems that tweet isn't around anymore. ( https://forum.beyond3d.com/threads/netease-acquisitions-2022-2023.62805/ )
I don't know why folks have been chattering about NetEase and Quantic Dreams today.
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It's definitely been discussed in forums here. I mean it was very unusual in that something happened regarding a French company and there were not riots in Paris. Weird.
It's definitely been discussed in forums here. I mean it was very unusual in that something happened regarding a French company and there were not riots in Paris. Weird.
It seems maybe it was just getting more details of the deal today?
Exclusive - NetEase Acquired Quantic Dream for Around 100 Million Euros - Insider Gaming
Sources have revealed that NetEase purchased Quantic Dream for around 100 million euros, or 105 million dollars.
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China has an antitrust regulator? Presumably it doesn't apply to the operations of Chinese organisations...One third-party in China said to express concern with Activision/Microsoft deal
At least one-third party in China has expressed its worries about Microsoft's (MSFT) planned $69 billion acquisition of videogame giant Activision (ATVI).The third party expressed...
And now China regulator will scrutinize the deal too.
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It absolutely does. China made significant reforms to their anti-competition law last year.
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