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.

Just started my playthrough! I'll have to see how many playthroughs it'll take me to get that sweet 1000G though lol

Is Ghostlore only on PC?

Lol, nahh.. you know how sensitive some of the modders here are. They don't want anything to break the illusion.

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 likely would have discussed the acquisition with his co-workers within that department over lunch or around the water cooler even before the official investigation opened, coloring them with his opinions. The dude is clearly a massive Sony fanboy, he wouldn't have been able to resist discussing that acquisition with his co-workers as soon as the deal was announced in January 2022.

What gets me is that he was talking as if he was speaking on behalf of the Commission. Like it's already pre-determined what kind of stipulations there would need to be for the Commission to approve the deal. 

"The Commission is working to ensure that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my PlayStation)" Spoken truly like someone that's only expressing his personal views and nothing else. 

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.

Yeah.

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.

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) received an upgrade from MKM Partners on Tuesday, as the investment firm said the stock of the video game publisher is "severely discounting" the improvement in fundamentals.

Analyst Eric Handler raised his rating on Activision Blizzard (ATVI) to buy from neutral, noting that in addition to the improvement in fundamentals seen this year, the company is likely to see "strong growth potential" next year thanks to games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0, Overwatch 2, and World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.

However, Handler noted that Activision (ATVI) shares continue to be linked to the perception of whether its deal to be acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) gets approved, which the analyst believes it will.

If the deal does not get approved, however, Handler noted that shares should be worth $85, trading at 18 times 2023 earnings, plus $13 per share in cash.

Activision Blizzard Upgraded as MKM Says Stock 'Severely Discounting' Fundamentals | Seeking Alpha

Jim Ryan gonna end that man's whole world.

Well anyway, Somerville is gorgeous, don't you even think about skipping it.