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Considering how dominant Sony is, and how the sales in Europe move around the big multiplats, taking one of them and making it exclusive is definitively going to push the XBox way more that it has ever been done before. Will Sony keep their big advantage over there? Will they still lead, but only slightly?



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what does activision have that is even any good? cant think of the last time i played a good quality activision game



Depends on what games the European market likes. If the European market likes Call of Duty and other activision games mainly, then it might affect them hugely once MS makes those games exclusive to Xbox. If the European market doesn't care much about call of duty and such, then it's not a big deal.



                  

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the-pi-guy said:
TheMiffedFeline said:

what does activision have that is even any good? cant think of the last time i played a good quality activision game

- Call of Duty

- Candy Crush

- Crash

- Diablo

- Guitar Hero

- Overwatch

- Spyro

- Starcraft

- Tony Hawk

- World of Warcraft

So only diablo? I guess theres not much loss then. 



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the-pi-guy said:
TheMiffedFeline said:

what does activision have that is even any good? cant think of the last time i played a good quality activision game

- Call of Duty

- Candy Crush

- Crash

- Diablo

- Guitar Hero

- Overwatch

- Spyro

- Starcraft

- Tony Hawk

- World of Warcraft

Guitar hero, Tony hawk, crash, and spyro are irrelevant in 2022. Call of duty can still bring in money, but not like it used to. I don't think candy crush has much more life in it. Not sure on the status on wow. So I think your post proves my point. They definitely sold high. 

Last edited by TheMiffedFeline - on 18 January 2022

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eva01beserk said:
the-pi-guy said:

- Call of Duty

- Candy Crush

- Crash

- Diablo

- Guitar Hero

- Overwatch

- Spyro

- Starcraft

- Tony Hawk

- World of Warcraft

So only diablo? I guess theres not much loss then. 

He recited this list as if this stuff has the same weight as Mario, zelda, smash bros, Mario kart, animal crossing, and pokemon lol

Last edited by TheMiffedFeline - on 18 January 2022

Call of Duty is huge in Europe and Game Pass is becoming more popular so of course it'll help to push Xbox consoles here.



TheMiffedFeline said:
eva01beserk said:

So only diablo? I guess theres not much loss then. 

He recited this list as if this stuff has the same weight as Mario, zelda, smash bros, Mario kart, animal crossing, and pokemon lol

He merely responded to a users question about what the relevant games are in this purchase. Not sure how you construe that with him trying to equate them to having the same weight as Mario, Zelda, Smash, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, and Pokemon. It sounds like you're just a bit angry right now, take a minute to chill.



Playstation will still have a big advantage this gen there but this will shorten the gap and could bring the PS5 under 40m and the Xbox Series over 20m for a gap similar in size to gen 7. Long term it will make things more competitive in Europe for sure.

Last edited by Norion - on 18 January 2022

Darwinianevolution said:

Considering how dominant Sony is, and how the sales in Europe move around the big multiplats, taking one of them and making it exclusive is definitively going to push the XBox way more that it has ever been done before. Will Sony keep their big advantage over there? Will they still lead, but only slightly?

CoD is not nearly as popular in Europe as it is in the US. I don't know about Diablo etc. The impact of this aquisition won't be that big.