"Activision are often thought of as one of the, if not the leading publisher in the video game industry. With big name franchises such as Call of Duty, James Bond and Transfomers in their vast library of games, you’d think that only the best games get put out into the market by Activision.
You would be very wrong." - TGC
The legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Microsoft countering one of the FTC's latest moves and the Judge delaying a relevant ruling.
Look, to be honest the FTC should just stop.
MS has A/B and nothing has really changed yet...if you are worried about 5-10 years from now...just drop it cause the future is unpredictable.
Take this week's news, that 4 Xbox exclusive are going Multiplatform.
The FTC and the lawyers behind the "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard are denouncing the recent layoffs within the respective legal battles.
The legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC over the Activision Blizzard acquisition continues. The house of Xbox just scored a major point but the FTC is firing back.
Yeah man I think Microsoft here getting to probe is kinda wrong unless you only have accessed to necessary information not complete access imo.
Maybe Microsoft should also talk and get help from their "congressional influencers" at The Capital. They had plenty to say on the matter before the acquisition. They are mighty quiet after the purchase went through. Almost as if they had a stake in the matter.
You should be careful upsetting Sony too much Microsoft.
You might need them to sell your subpar games soon.
This isn't a major victory. They're essentially being allowed to call witnesses in regards to agreements they reached with Sony and Ubisoft which was initially blocked because Microsoft didn't make the request through the proper channels. This case is dead, there is no way the ftc will be allowed to unwind this acquisition.
Funny, because cods is a below average game.
COD is sh*t and so is Activision
Don't find this surprising at all. They are basically what EA used to be, and what EA is going back to. Revamp a few games, then milk them till they don't sale, then say "sorry we milked them" and revamp it again before going right back to it.
EA did the same thing all last generation. Mediocore games, then their sales hit a wall when they jumped for Wii this generation. Revamped all their games, released some qualities ones (NFS, NHL, Dead Space etc...) and went back to making that average. The difference is they still have some really good titles at spots.
Other than COD, Spider-man, and Singularity I don't own a single Activision game and have never had a big interest in anything else they offer. To be entirely honest if I didn't love Spider-man I'd never buy those games at all, and I got Singularity for free by trading a game lol