Where do you stand on Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard?

[Machiavellian]

I guess the key question would be does this deal allow MS to be more competitive or does it allow them to dominate the industry. Its hard for me to see this deal really giving MS a big advantage. Money wise COD is a win but its not like MS is hurting for money. Can MS lockout games from Sony which would case customers to choose the Series consoles over Sony. I just do not see it. Sony mainline games are incredible strong and Sony brand around the world is way stronger than MS. I believe most PS gamers would just move to another MP game because the market definitely have a lot of alternatives. The other properties from Activision like Overwatch also have a lot of competition in the free to play space. The only real property that plays on console from Activision that I can see that does not have a lot of competition is diablo. When you go to Activision page its all COD and then a bunch of games that have not seen the light of day in years.

I really do not see a competitive advantage for MS. They will need to keep COD on all platforms if this deal goes through. I doubt they will lock out Overwatch and Diablo. If they do lockout Diablo its probably not going to be Diablo 4 and going by how long it takes Blizz to get a game to market, their next effort should show up in about 5 years or better.

I believe that Activision will get purchase by someone, Tencent, Netease, some Saudi conglomerate you name it, putting my American bias on here, I rather it be an American company then anyone else, so I am in favor of the deal.