Good. Now only if some developers would make games worth playing in a Mac. Literally considering buying a pc for games I really don’t want to.
Still need to deal with MS for future game compatibility in the guise of Windows 11 for ARM. Unless Apple improves compatibility on its own. Also who can force some type of partnership with Apple as far as cloud gaming for more ports. I know we don’t wish the current ignorance to continue with processor platform changes.Good. Now only if some developers would make games worth playing in a Mac. Literally considering buying a pc for games I really don’t want to.
Good. Now only if some developers would make games worth playing in a Mac. Literally considering buying a pc for games I really don’t want to.
If Microsoft could bring some real creativity into a lot of these old brands, I'd be very surprised and impressed. 😅Coupled with my belief that Activision is run by idiot suits, determined to ruin their brands with greed whereas Microsoft of today is much better equipped to foster creativity in those brands.
I thought I read an article a while back that said that the CMA was going to let it happen? Wasn’t that article here on MacRumors?
And both Microsoft and Activision are US-based companies. It seems kind of wild that the UK would even attempt to insert themselves into a matter that they have no jurisdiction in.Even though they ran into this, the acquisition still might happen because of how many other countries have already approved it. If that wasn’t the current situation then yeah I would say it’s the end of this. It might just be that CMA needs agreement restrictions to be in place before they can accept this.
Not sure how I feel about this decision.. Morally I'm against massive tech corps owning whole swathes of the market, but then on the other hand, Microsoft are being really smart with their products and how they're handling cloud gaming these last few years.
Coupled with my belief that Activision is run by idiot suits, determined to ruin their brands with greed whereas Microsoft of today is much better equipped to foster creativity in those brands.
But then again, I really don't want Kotick to get his golden parachute.
It's already an arms race to buy up all the studios. It's just a Sony versus Microsoft power war. It has nothing to do with the consumer. We will be fine either way.F yes.
Great for gaming industry.
Otherwise, it'd become an arms race to buy up all the studios.
There will always be a place for console gaming. Streaming is fine, but it will be a very niche sub-set of gaming for most of this decade. Highspeed internet is not nearly ubiquitous enough on a global scale to give it any advantage over console gaming.I don’t know if consoles will make it another generation. If apple breaks down and lets Microsoft and Sony stream then I just need streaming subscriptions and some device that will run it like an Apple TV or other. Streaming has its problems - but that seems to be the direction things are headed
You do know it's not over right? They're appealing the decision and they can easily overturn it with concessions. A lot of deals the CMA blocked were overturned in the appeals. Plus if the EU signs off on it, Microsoft and ABK can still close even if the UK blocks it
He says as Sony pays third party publishers to skip Xbox and delay PC releases
Yes the platform in last place is a monopoly.
Kotick's parachute would happen even if the deal didn't close. He's that much of a greasestain. At least under Microsoft ABK's employees could unionize, and I'd have Blizzard games on Steam FINALLY killing that god awful BattleNet launcher.
How? After Microsoft bought Bethesda we got the entire Bethesda+Zenimax catalog on Game Pass, great games like Hi Fi Rush, and Bethesda's teams are happier since they have more resources to work with. It's been a net positive for everyone...except Playstation. Hmm. 🤔
That makes zero sense. Microsoft and Apple have a good working relationship with macOS software. Microsoft owns Mojang, yet Minecraft is still on Mac, and it even got updated to be native to Apple Silicon. The iOS version of Minecraft has crossplay with PC and console. Microsoft even actively pushes Apple to let them put Xbox Cloud on iOS.
So Microsoft buying ABK wouldn't change your Blizzard games on Mac, especially since these games have a large Mac userbase. They would be fools to abandon them.
Most all of Sony's studios were either homegrown or they were 2nd party/exclusive relationships that they developed before buying them. Just a few examples...Uh that is basically what Sony did, they just did it over a longer period with smaller studios.
I don’t know if consoles will make it another generation. If apple breaks down and lets Microsoft and Sony stream then I just need streaming subscriptions and some device that will run it like an Apple TV or other. Streaming has its problems - but that seems to be the direction things are headed
Think you answered your own question there. 👍How? After Microsoft bought Bethesda we got the entire Bethesda+Zenimax catalog on Game Pass, great games like Hi Fi Rush, and Bethesda's teams are happier since they have more resources to work with. It's been a net positive for everyone...except Playstation. Hmm. 🤔
Think you answered your own question there. 👍