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Ryuu96 on 15 November 2022
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gtotheunit91 said:
Machiavellian said:

I would believe that MS would also accept COD not on GP but such an agreement would be very limited in years.  I personally believe that COD is not important to MS the way Sony or the CMA believe and that MS real purpose is their push to get their content on as many of those billion mobile devices as possible.  I have said this before, I do not believe MS is in the console war anymore.  They have conceded to Sony and Nintendo on that front and are looking and working towards a much bigger prize.  When MS get their mobile store up and running, they would just put full COD there as a streaming game or something along those lines.  If COD is the sacrifice to get this deal done, I believe Phil is more than happen to do that deal.

I'm still curious how or what this "mobile store" will entail? MS bringing back Windows Phone? lol. Ngl, I loved the Windows Mobile OS! It felt like a breath of fresh air in the Android/iOS space and the keyboard was to this day the BEST digital keyboard I've ever experienced. There was just.......no apps

And I doubt Apple or Google will allow MS to run their own mobile stores on their platforms.

They seem to be betting on EU to crack open the mobile store market, it's a longshot but EU could probably do it. Microsoft can already put a store on Android, but they can't monetise it, IIRC.

Also, once they have ABK under their belt, they have a couple huge Mobile titles to use as leverage and their support of Epic, they're slowly applying the pressure and getting EU to notice.

DroidKnight said:

Ryuu96 said:

Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Gungrave G.O.R.E, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Dune: Spice Wars, and More - Xbox Wire

Is Ghostlore only on PC?

Yeah.

shikamaru317 said:

The EU's position on the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal is compromised | Windows Central

I don't agree with everything Jez says in here, especially with him saying that Xbox should put CoD onto both Gamepass and PS+ (CoD at least needs Gamepass service exclusivity if we're not getting any exclusive CoD games), but he is definitely right that the EU saying that those are his personal views and that he doesn't work in the anti-trust department anymore, simply isn't good enough. The dude was in the anti-trust department just 6 months ago, and was in there for like 17 years, he clearly has alot of pull within the department and would have discussed the acquisition with his co-workers within that department even before the official investigation opened, coloring them with his opinions.

Hoeg made a video essentially saying the same thing as Jez, it's not a good look for the EC, I posted a summary on the last page or two.

Also, I can sorta see where Jez is coming from with PS+ as there is zero chance that Sony ever pays for day one CoD into PS+, it would simply cost far too much, hundreds of millions at minimum for a month I would guess.

So, if Microsoft is made to agree to those terms, would they even care? Game Pass would get CoD day one and PS+ would get it months, maybe years later, when the price finally comes down, Microsoft can agree but as long as Sony pays what Microsoft thinks is reasonable and what would be reasonable would be way too expensive.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 15 November 2022