What's the general view on the medium to long term value of Unreal 5 vs Unity? We have exposure in our team to Unity (for VR apps) but equally very impressed with Unreal 5.
Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
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Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#252Like many here I'm a former Blizzard enthusiast, and frankly I can't see how MSFT can fuck Blizzard any worse than Activision did. It's a net positive.
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#253My god I hate monopolies, MS has been on a buying spree and someone needs to stop them, but it will likely never happen.
This acquisition makes Microsoft the third biggest gaming company in the world... Not even the biggest, and far from a monopoly...
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder if he realises what "fun" he's going to have over the next years cleaning out the cesspit that is Blizzard
Given that they plan to keep Bobby Kotick on, I don't think Microsoft understands the problem with ABK all that well.
Look, you almost never fire the CEO of an acquired company immediately, but I'd be very surprised if he's still there in 18 months.
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#255Will the DoJ jump in? Only two gaming consoles in the world and one of it is buying one of the biggest game developer for both platforms. Very good reason for DoJ to jump in
Nintendo would like to have a word
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
Microsoft owns CoD, Doom, Quake, Minecraft, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, and soon Warcraft, Starcraft, and Overwatch. They're becoming the Disney of gaming, which is scary, but hey, Microsoft gonna Microsoft.
They do own those legacy games but sadly Starcraft is not going to be re-born anytime soon - maybe warcraft IV but we will see. What will happen to Bobby Kotick now?
>Starcraft is not going to be re-born anytime soon
you don't need to make another Starcraft game. you can use that IPs to develop different kind of game like Warcraft is used to make Hearthstone the card game.
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard's IPs
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#257Does that mean that MSFT now owns Infocom IP?
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a GamePass subscriber, I mildly disagree. Saw an indie game last night and felt like buying it. Steam Deck is Valve opening up an alternative to Microsoft land. Although I will admit I'm tempted to cancel my pre order since I'm worried it won't run well.
> Steam Deck is Valve opening up an alternative to Microsoft land. This seems to put the writing on the wall for the Steam Deck though, right? How many people are really going to care about a Valve system that can't run any of the popular games from the MS catalog? I preordered the Steam Deck and plan to follow through with the purchase, but things look pretty dismal for Valve at this juncture. It seems like they're…
Why wouldn't it be able to? With the Proton compatibility layer almost all Windows-only games should run on it. And worst case scenario, one can dual boit Windows if Microsoft decide to be really aggressive vis à vis regulators and block their games from running on Proton.
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#259Cool. Now let’s update anti trust laws so they can be applied much more readily and start enforcing it. A healthy, competitive market that encourages entrepreneurial innovation has no room for these trillion dollar anti-competitive conglomerates.
Re: Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
#260I dread the day they switch the Blizzard app launcher to a MS account. You just know it is going to be a nightmare to sort out.
Beyond petty nonsense - Sure wish we had some antitrust laws in this country. The consolidation of every industry gross.