kowenicki said:
VGKing said:
kowenicki said:
Well in theory they could buy anything they please. Everything has a price. I hope they do.... Could be funny.
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Let's use Black Ops 2 as an example. The game sold 10million+ on PS3. For Microsoft to make that exclusive they would have to pony up $600million dollars. Of course this doesn't take into account the cut that retail gets so in reality Activision wouldn't get the whole $600m. But still, its a high price to pay and that doesn't even include DLC sales. Then you have to factor in the damage this would do to the brand on that platform and the fact that not everyone will buy an Xbox to play COD. It's also worth considering that those $10m Black Ops 2 sales on PS3 wouldn't have tansferred to the 360 version.
So in order for this to be worth it for Activision, Microsoft would need to pay per game. So $600m * 5 games over 5 years = $3Billion
So no, Microsoft can't really buy EVERYTHING. Not everything is up for sale.
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Everything has its price, your figures are ludicrous.
But I don't for one minute think they would even try to buy COD. They don't need to.
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They can't. Activision isn't stupid.
