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haxxiy said:

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Captain_Yuri said:

Let's hope they keep things as they are, maybe bringing some Acti games to Steam, and focus on getting more people on GamePass.

The question now is, what will Sony do? They need to do something to counter this movement and there are only two possibilities for that: EA or Take-Two.

Yeah, they definitely will need to answer. Consolidation sucks but it is what it is.

Since the large Japanese developers are likely safe from foreign buyouts, it'll probably be Take-Two or Ubisoft, or both.

After getting The Elder Scrolls/Fallout and now CoD, the only bombshell of similar size Sony has in stock is going to Take-Two to get GTA. EA could be an option becaues Battlefield is COD's closest competitor and they'd get the bonus of Bioware with Mass Effect and Dragon Age, both western RPGs (of some kind...), which is what Sony lacks at the moment.

hinch said:

Not a fan of big acquisitions like this. Consolidation is looking to be the future for gaming, sadly and can see more big buyouts like this in the years to come. Annoyingly it doesn't benefit consumers and, worst stunts good competition. Activision/Blizzard has a huge hold in the market in all fronts of gaming - PC (MMO in particular with WoW), console and mobile.

The optimist in me hopes this will help Acti/Blizz get their act together with their games and will help the company by gettingrid of the rotten apples in the company.. on the other hand Kotick is still there and a buyout of this size isn't healthy for the future of gaming and further deepens walled gardens. If MS gets EA/Ubisoft as well you might as well call it a monopoly.

Reminds of of how Disney has been basically buying its competition. Leaving only a few big names left in the movie/entertainment business.

Consolidation sucks, yes. At least it's been MSoft, not Apple or something else outside of the industry trying to get a big splash.