Activision Revenue in 2022: PlayStation Accounted for 13%, Microsoft Numbers Too Low to Register

Activision's latest SEC filing reveals that PlayStation accounted for 13% of revenue in 2022, while Microsoft's was too low it didn't even register.

[crazyCoconuts]

Activision chose to not report numbers under 10%. They were at 11% a few years ago. It's not too low "to register". This is just how Activision choose to do their reporting for what I'm sure is a specific reason...

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

^^this

[lelo2play]

Honestly, I though Playstation would accounted for more then 13%.

38% from mobile gaming is a lot.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I was think closer to a quarter or a third, then again, everyone owns a mobile, even if it's mostly casuals using it for gaming.

[shinoff2183]

That diablo mobile game just came out last year right? I dont know why mobile would be so much but like someone said everyone and they mom got a smart phone

[Shane Kim]

They also have lots of ads running in mobile games. Don't know If that revenue counts towards mobile though.

[anubusgold]

@lelo2play And world of warcraft classic servers have a 5 hour wait time each time a expansion comes out as well and thats 15 dollars a month for each user.

[S2Killinit]

These guys are all liars I tell you. I hope the FTC does its job right for once. They never win these, but if and when MS’s acquisition goes through, the gaming space will be a much smaller place. They will deprive half of gamers from games they used to enjoy as multiplatform. Its really shady business.

[thesoftware730]

Wow, that was dramatic, you need some background music when you say that.

My man 13% is not 1/2 of gamers, you just left out MS, Nintendo(who will now be added to the pie) Steam, Geforce now, Windows and mobile.

Also, you should tell Sony to sign the contract, and then see what happens in 10 years.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Yep Candy Crush exclusivity confirmed.

[S2Killinit]

Thesoftware730
The only background music needed is wa wa waaa once people realize what this will do to this industry. Get ready for the walled gardens bro. Its coming. I hope people cheering MS enjoy it when the shoe is on the other foot.

Playstation is more than half of console gamers. Unless you Want to include mobile gaming?

[OptimusDK]

You do not follow much of what is gooing on do you

[S2Killinit]

@Optimus DK
Please enlighten me.

[cbuc1125]

Aw Damn! No they Di-int...😁

[rlow1]

If the sale goes through and MS puts the “game that must not be named” on everything I wonder how this will affect Sonys numbers?
What as more surprising was how mobile sales outpaced everything else.

[porkChop]

Both Candy Crush and COD Mobile bring in a ton of money every year on iOS and Android. We can see a clear trend of mobile becoming more and more important for Activision, and we see the opposite for console. MS dropped to below the 10% threshold. Even Sony dropped from 17% to just 13% in 2 years. Between Apple and Google, mobile jumped up 9%. That's crazy growth.

[crazyCoconuts]

It is. And it's mind boggling how much money a simple game like candy crush can bring in. Given how much was spent in building it, it's gotta be one of the biggest success stories.
Talk about lightening in a bottle though, replicating that success with another game would be super difficult

[Godmars290]

Only COD's already on "everything". Everything that can run it.

To put, make it available on literally everything MS's going to have to rely on streaming, which after all this time and hype is still unproven tech.

Just realized they're trying to sell on the "potential" of what something can do before they've fully developed it and know that it can actual work. At what level it works.

[shinoff2183]

Actually thinking about it its really not surprising at all. Mobile has one of the largest install bases of anything in the world besides like people using electricity.

[MrDead]

Sony's their biggest console platform, was the same with Bethesda games too.

Skyrim Special Edition. (first week sales)
PlayStation 4 589,449
Xbox One. 349,285

Fallout 4 (first week sales)
PlayStation 4. 3,010,966
Xbox One. 1,729,944

Now with Gamespass Bethesda games need to find a new revenue stream, otherwise bye, bye.

"Xbox Game Pass damages game sales and causes a decline in base sales of a game both new and old. So much so that the company itself claims “Xbox Game Pass will lead to a cannibalization of Buy-to-Play sales.”

[Obscure_Observer]

"Now with Gamespass Bethesda games need to find a new revenue stream, otherwise bye, bye."

Don´t worry, Xbox got Bethesda´s back covered.

https://www.dualshockers.co...

https://store.steampowered....

[MrDead]

... you do know if MS hadn't purchased Bethesda those games would have had the revenue from Steam, Xbox and PlayStation. I'm sorry understand how sales and money work, and now like I said Bethesda now need to find a new revenue stream.

[mkis007]

Did you not understand what he was saying or something? Any game that Xbox doesn't release on PlayStation is going to tank vs previous entries... that's an uphill battle taking away your number one earner.

[Crows90]

@mrdead

Don't bother with observer. He'll never complain about a single timed PlayStation exclusive in the future. Especially since he has no problem with what Microsoft has been doing since it is his console choice. If it was the other way around obviously this would be a different story and he wouldn't be happy at all but because it his console of choice he's perfectly fine with a purchase of popular third party IP. The moments he complains about another time to exclusive for time anything He's the biggest hypocrite of all.

Whereas the majority of PlayStation fans have had an issue with any kind of time to exclusivity that's not a real exclusive and even claiming something is exclusive while releasing it on another platform. This specific fan doesn't care at all as long as it's on his console of choice.

[Chevalier]

Observer more blind than observant. Doesn't realize that 40-50 Bethesda revenue came from Playstation. So now their games will end up with even LESS revenue since gamepass has dropped tanked game sales.

Add idiot who thinks dropping a game from Playstation and Nintendo who collectively have 270 million consoles available between the 2 wouldn't affect sales has their green blinders on. Skyrim released on 9 platforms 5 versions between Playstation and Nintendo (PS3, PS4, PS5, PSVR and Switch). So Skyrim at 30+ million effective drop that by 50% minimum.

[Obscure_Observer]

@mkis007

"that's an uphill battle taking away your number one earner."

Not with Nintendo and NVidia 150 Million playerbase.

@Crows90

"The moments he complains about another time to exclusive for time anything He's the biggest hypocrite of all."

Lol. I don´t care about Playstation timed-exclusives at all. Already beat all of it´s remaster/remakes many years ago. KOTOR, FFVII, Silent Hill 2 on both original Xbox and PS2.

My only issue concerns on allegations of Sony´s shady practices to keep multiplatform games off Xbox forever, which we might found out if its true or not, soon!

[darkrider]

But ther numbers can't be compared with consoles.

Forsopken sold very well its on all charts everywhere..

[Father__Merrin]

Hifi is a budget game

[shinoff2183]

Thats fine that hi fi did better then forspoken but its still released on one less console due to bethsada being owned by ms. It was missed on the console where the gamers have proven time and time again we buy games.

Exactly Crow

I prefer sony because their first party and variety. It cant be beat imo, maybe nintendo but with them the first party can be hit or miss for me. Hell I actually owned a dreamcast and xbox og before ps2. I had borrowed a ps1 back in the day before all that and was hyped but as I became an adult My first bought console was dreamcast

[Godmars290]

@mkis007:
" Any game that Xbox doesn't release on PlayStation is going to tank vs previous entries..."

More like, when compared to former non-Gamepass Xbox, Bethesda looses over half of what they could have made with a full multiplatform title.

[blackblades]

MS playing a dangerous game, might not go as they planned. They want that 10 year planned on cod so they get the money from Sony to recoup. Sony be like na we dont want it on our system to help support you. No one actually jumps on xbox just to play cod and the player counts just drops and thats how CoD died.

[VenomUK]

@blackblades Sony dropping Call of Duty after the Microsoft purchase? That’s an interesting idea based on the possibility that CoD’s popularity might not be eternal. Whilst it seems unlikely it reminds me of what happened with video game football. For a long time Konami’s ISS reigned supreme with playability and always had the best review scores, whilst Fifa was the ugly stepchild. But over time for multiple reasons ISS was forgotten and Fifa became king. Now if Xbox Game Pass becomes the only place to play the full powered home version of CoD yes some people will migrate to Game Pass. But a big part of the draw of Call of Duty is that it is the event game of the year on PlayStation. If Sony is able to find a high quality replacement, a very difficult IF, then it could possibly create a massive demand and player base for that and in the process Call of Duty would lose some relevance by being only available on Xbox.

[blackblades]

@VenomUK Titan fall was most similar to Cod because it was former devs of Cod worked on it but seeing how that went thats a no. Other then that its battlefield but gameplay wise it would also be a no. Next up would have to be a medal of honor rebooted from the ashes and heavily marketed. I also say that wouldn't work it'll take a miracle to bring back people from being brainwashed by CoD.

[FGHFGHFGH]

@VenomUK

How much life does call of duty have left? They are already remaking modern warfare and before that was Call of Duty Vanguard? I think that one saw like a 50% reduction in player base. 10 years ago HALO was a top selling ip

[onisama]

first GP is not free its their main business now..
2nd why should we care about this? as long as the games keeps coming to GP and sold in stores i dont care whatever profit me im for it

[MrDead]

With the money spread thin because of games pass where do you think investment for new games is going to come from? Bethesda had PC, Xbox and PlayStation, now it only has PC paying full price, on Xbox they have to share the pool of cash with every other studio... and CEO and shareholders, and if they don't get their money we've seen what happens, job cuts in Microsofts least profitable and no/low growth areas one of which is Xbox.

Not to mention what consolidation like this does to an industry.

[onisama]

@mrdead

they get funded by microsoft their owner who get the money from gamepass...bathesda isnt getting profit now they get salaries for working for microsoft..i dont know were is the problem?

poeple dont know how much gamepass is making and how its been menaged or how it works...but use this to hate on xbox because its the trend? i see hifi rush as good exemple of what gamepass can do, a shadow drop would never be a thing without GP, you can complain the hole day but bathesda is in good care

[onisama]

@mrdead

and hey i hope sony will spend some of that money in making PS+ better instead of paying millions to block games from GP

[MrDead]

Wow, please do a little research before committing and look what happens to low performing sectors at Microsoft, which Xbox is one... Why do you think Xbox was one of the areas chosen for job cuts when MS was trying to keep its stock price from falling?

... also I have no hate for Xbox, I save it for Microsoft, the company that in it's own words is cannibalising game sales.

[shinoff2183]

onisama thats short sighted because if things dont go as good as they want profit wise then big changes would be coming.

[SoulWarrior]

Nah, according to the usual suspects here, Gamepass subscribers buy 10 extra copies of games on gamepass because reasons, so I think they're good.

[Obscure_Observer]

"I'm sorry understand how sales and money work, and now like I said Bethesda now need to find a new revenue stream."

I told you, Xbox already have it, they don´t need PS5´s 30million playerbase, dude.

Bethesda games will be available on Xbox Series consoles, PC, Gamepass, PC Gamepass and more devices via XCloud.

PC Gamepass just got expanded to more than 40 countries and in the future, Xbox games will be available on Nintendo´s consoles and NVidia.

With Nintendo and NVidia support alone, Xbox games will reach more than 150 Million gamers worldwide. Like I said; Xbox doesn´t need the Playstation userbase at all!

I just brought you the facts. If you still in denial, well... that´s your problem.

[onisama]

They dont want to hear that because this will break their dreams of the noblility of sony

[onisama]

They beleive that gamepass is hurting games and devolopers put their games on gamepass at a lost... Which is insane its like microsoft is carrying a gun and shooting devs if they dont sign a contract.... And even morr they think xbox number define xbox profits which is wrong as gamepass is on pc too, gamepass is the future anf its gaming on a budget those rich wanna be on this site aren't living in the real world were more than 100 million gamers are in average countries or third world countries that are profiting from GP and if not for GP they will be pirating games as simple as that im living outside my country and we have huge gaming community back home but they cant afford buying games and now they play on gamepass (including die hard ps fanboys that in a fun way cursing xbox and say how great ps5 is but play on xbox because they are broke lol)

Either that or they invest in midtier pc and torrent the hell out of it

[SoulWarrior]

'I told you, Xbox already have it, they don´t need PS5´s 30million playerbase, dude.'

Sure, they may not 'need' that revenue stream when they are bankrolled by windows money since their games don't sell as shown by recent MS comments, guess you'll agree that SE and Capcom don't need the Xbox revenue stream then since it accounts for so little.

'Bethesda games will be available on Xbox Series consoles, PC, Gamepass, PC Gamepass and more devices via XCloud'

That's a really bloated of way of just saying Xbox and PC, games that were coming to those platforms anyway lol. Guess I'll start saying games are on PS and PS+ to inflate numbers as well.

'With Nintendo and NVidia support alone, Xbox games will reach more than 150 Million gamers worldwide. Like I said; Xbox doesn´t need the Playstation userbase at all!'

Must have missed the announcement that Nintendo are having Xbox games on Switch, unless you're referring to only that flimsy 'contract' (when they don't even own the IP yet), you make it sound like Nintendo are close to having gamepass on their platform, unlike MS they don't need to give away games for pennies to gain adoption these days, they don't want or need it and never have.

[MrDead]

In Microsofts own words Games pass is cannibalising game sales, you think expanding Games pass reach is going to make that better buy even less people buying games?!?!

"With Nintendo and NVidia support alone, Xbox games will reach more than 150 Million gamers worldwide."

Why do you think this deal hasn't already happened if it so lucrative to Activision's finances?

"I just brought you the facts. If you still in denial, well... that´s your problem."

Child, you're as fact filled as fox news.

[shinoff2183]

Theres nothing fact wise their though gamepass being brought to more then 40 countries doesnt mean much if it dont translate to sales and thats yet to be seen. Whatever nintendo does next doesnt mean there console will be able to run most of the bethsada games. Hasnt gamepass been available on pc, gamepass doesnt help sales what so ever if everyones using it for the games.

Throwing nvidia support in there is just another environment on pc so it doesnt need to be stated since you already stated pc.

Gaming is lead by game sales period. That will never change, if games aint selling platform is doing bad. Which xbox has proven with them being disappointed in the numbers.

onisama do you have any links or anything for what your spewing. Also not everyone on PlayStation is rich, I just support my hobby. MS has shown those on its platform dont with game sales. Ill bring up ff for the 5th time. FF15 in the uk sold 80 percent on ps4 and 20 percent on xbox. Thats a problem.

[Knushwood Butt]

If MS is already making a killing with GP, by releasing practically no first party games on it, and the userbase is over the moon with the current service, then what business reason does MS have to fund multiple AAA games and studios?

I watched that Senua 2 developer video. Trips to Iceland to rebuild the landscape in the game. Looks hella expensive, and I wonder what that will bring to the gameplay.

[Obscure_Observer]

@Knushwood Butt

"If MS is already making a killing with GP, by releasing practically no first party games on it, and the userbase is over the moon with the current service, then what business reason does MS have to fund multiple AAA games and studios?"

Do you remember when people used to say:

- With Gamepass, the quality first party games from Xbox Games Studios will only get worse!
- Xbox Game Studios will ruin their new first party studios.
- Gamepass will be filled with low budge and indie games because it´s no sustainable.

Even Jim Ryan said something between those lines

https://www.gamesindustry.b...

Do you think Phil Spencer is not aware of all of that? The strategy is pretty simple really. The whole idea behind of quality AAA development at Xbox, is to make gamers question themselves which platform offers the best games for less. I mean, why would I pay $70 for PS5 games if I can get better games paying less for a subscription on Gamepass where I can play multiple quality games?

"I watched that Senua 2 developer video. Trips to Iceland to rebuild the landscape in the game. Looks hella expensive, and I wonder what that will bring to the gameplay."

More realism, fidelity and immersion. Both Melina Jurgens and the team wants to experience the real thing and bring all they learned about Iceland to the game.

It´s their first real AAA project with no restrictions of any kind, be that time, money, technology, manpower, resources... etc

Xbox want to make sure that Ninja Theory will have everything they need to deliver their vision and take Senua to a whole new level.

[ChasterMies]

Game Pass is its own revenue stream. If 25M people pay $180 per year for Game Pass, Microsoft makes $4.5B per year. Unless your game is GTA, that makes up for a lot of last game sales.

[shinoff2183]

Apperently that isnt the case cause ms isnt happy with what they are getting with so far

[MrDead]

...did you just times $180 by 25 million and think, yep that's how business works, all profit!

[MrNinosan]

No one here pays 180$ for GamePass.
If anyone is stupid enough to pay it a full year, it's most likely through all the tips and trix and freebies MS is throwing on us, to pretend they've sold GPU for 180$ to you.

I never pay more than 1-2$ for GPU/month.

[Knushwood Butt]

So GP 'makes' 4.5B a year, and there are no operating costs or taxation. Wow, licence to print money.

/s

[343_Guilty_Spark]

That’s not bad considering there were significantly more PS in the wild.

[thesoftware730]

You keep posting that quote lol.

It's actually funny that after all this time, you don't see its GP subs MS are chasing. Posting the "Cannibalize" sales quote as some sort of bash is silly, they don't care, they want $15 every month from people. raising that 30million users is what they are looking to do.

[purple101]

Then they raise the price and see subscriptions drop? ( A true possibility, where people with high income, can afford to pay an increase price, but the lower-income people can't, so they end up revieving the same amount of revenue in total, but a smaller percent of the population can access the games, but again, Microsoft would get the same revenue, so they wouldn't care, )

Then developers also have less incentives to produce high rated / award winning games, because they're getting paid anyway

[darkrider]

Bethesda is done on consoles. Got the pc market. They will lose billions. No Microsoft will lose billions because of not being where it sells more.

[thesoftware730]

No, No, that is not how that works.

When you are acquired by a company, you have all the resources that that company provides, you don't have to look for a new revenue stream, its all under the same umbrella. The only way "bye bye"(so silly) is if MS gaming divisions shuts down, other than that, they are MS and MS are them.

[MrDead]

No, Xbox is a division of Microsoft, and guess what happens to divisions that don't hit targets and have low to no growth, they get cut.
We've already seen that this year with Xbox as Microsoft made cuts because Azure revenue is lower than expected causing a drop in Microsoft share price, that resulted in cuts at Xbox as they are expendable arm of MS because of the little to no growth on the platform.

[Obscure_Observer]

"In Microsofts own words Games pass is cannibalising game sales, you think expanding Games pass reach is going to make that better buy even less people buying games?!?!"

Because Microsoft will obviously make more revenue out Gamepass subscribers, son.

With higher revenue and cash flow provided by MAU, MS can offer better upfront payments and marketing promotions as incentive to developers put their games on Gamepass while leaving those developers free to release their games on any and as many platforms they want, just like the recent Atomic Heart and Wo Long. Still don´t get it? It´s a win win scenario for developers, really.

"Why do you think this deal hasn't already happened if it so lucrative to Activision's finances?"

Because different leadership, different policies. Just look at Nintendo under the late Satoru Iwata and now under Shuntaro Furukawa´s leadership.

Under Microsoft, Bobby Kotick will no longer call the shots and Nintendo will be a partner for Xbox.

"Child, you're as fact filled as fox news."

Not offended. I know its hard for you to understand, so I don´t expect you to comprehend and accept reality as it is. All of the Bethesda IPs now belongs to Microsoft and just like Sony, the vast majority of it will be exclusive to Xbox ecosystem which as I shown you, has a much bigger and wider potential to reach hundred of millions of gamers via Gamepass, PC, Xbox consoles, XCloud on cellphones, tablets and Samsung TVs.

If you´re expecting Starfield to be a flop like Forspoken just because it will not be available on PS5, I think you should brace yourself for some major disappointment and trauma.

I´m not the one qualified to advice people on how they should deal with anxiety issues, so, to continue and be in denial is certainly up to you.

[MrDead]

Kid, why do you keep bringing up Forspoken to attempt but hilariously fail to make a point or are you trying to upset me? I'm not a console owner!

My comments are backed up by Microsofts own internal reports, call up Satya if you have an issue with what I'm saying and spout your desperate ramblings to him.

I'm a gamer watching an industry I love being brought up and consolidated by one company, your absolute lack of understanding on anything business related has made you an embarrassment on this site, just go away, educate yourself and understand not everyone is a foaming ranting fanboy like yourself, your endless circular and always speculative arguments go nowhere The industry is far more important than your idiotic console war and company worship.

[purple101]

Oh wow. It's like it's not even worth the time to make 2 versions. Just concentrate people + teams to make 1 version the best it would run on just one console would benefit the gamers more it seems in the long run you'd get better games. No doubts.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Kid, why do you keep bringing up Forspoken to attempt but hilariously fail to make a point or are you trying to upset me? I'm not a console owner!"

Maybe not. But you do have a side since the subject clearly got you upset. Otherwise you won´t bother and respond.

"My comments are backed up by Microsofts own internal reports, call up Satya if you have an issue with what I'm saying and spout your desperate ramblings to him."

Well, also according to Microsoft´s own internal reports Sony is paying developers and publishers to keep games off Xbox and Gamepass. But I suppose that you don´t think it´s true. See what I did there?

"I'm a gamer watching an industry I love being brought up and consolidated by one company, your absolute lack of understanding on anything business related has made you an embarrassment on this site"

Keep telling it to yourself, dude. Maybe will eventually believe it (if you already doesn´t) your comment history is transparent and crystal clear for anyone to see. You´re just a sad PS fanboy in "disguise" trying to pass as a "concerned neutral gamer".

Have some dignity and just admit that you can´t stand the fact that you´ll never be able to play Bethesda games on your beloved plastic box and the very idea of Microsoft acquiring yet another publisher is eating you alive making a hollow shell out of you.

"The industry is far more important than your idiotic console war and company worship."

That´s what regulators are there for to protect, not some fake ignorant self-entitled jokers like you. If the deal goes thru, just take you L and find some quiet place to scream and shout, because the world has more qualified people to judge such matters and YOU certainly is not one of them. If you own such knowledge on how business work, you wouldn´t sound so terrified like a little girl:

"I'm a gamer watching an industry I love being brought up and consolidated by one company"

Jesus Christ! Give me a break! You´re an embarrassment to yourself.

[MrDead]

"you wouldn´t sound so terrified like a little girl"

oh, I hit a nerve, real professional for a contributor to N4G. Sound's like its junior needs a little timeout from the internet.

"Have some dignity and just admit that you can´t stand the fact that you´ll never be able to play Bethesda games on your beloved plastic box and the very idea of Microsoft acquiring yet another publisher is eating you alive making a hollow shell out of you."

I guess that this PC is just in my imagination. https://postimg.cc/wyyMkWXH

"Well, also according to Microsoft´s own internal reports Sony is paying developers and publishers to keep games off Xbox and Gamepass. But I suppose that you don´t think it´s true. See what I did there?"

Yes I see what you did, it's called a Strawman argument.

"If the deal goes thru, just take you L and find some quiet place to scream"

No, if the deal goes through the industry takes the L, hence why places like the UK have already come out against the deal, the only people that get anything from this are CEO's and shareholders. Sorry that speaking out about a company damaging an industry we all enjoy is so offensive to you.

Your obsessive and quite disturbing flag waving is blinding you to what you look like on this site, please refrain from talking to me again until you can understand the basics of the subject matter that you blather on about.

Goodnight .x.

[Sonic1881]

"Xbox Game Pass damages game sales"

And this is the reason will be $30-40 dollars a month. It's just a matter of time.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Sony is only 13% oh shucks that's low

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Is the mostly from mobile gaming?

[porkChop]

Yup. Mobile accounted for 38% of revenue in 2022.

[Tres21]

Honestly I don't get the fascination with CoD like 10yrs or so from now if they keep going at the same pace that console sales wouldn't keep dropping. Same thing with Assassin Creed being pumped out like a factory then slump. Does anyone think that means bam end of the game industry? They getting talked about so much cuz of the merger if not soon the they need 2 take a break it's the same ole same talk would be strong.

[NotoriousWhiz]

13%, 18%, and 20%. That's not even close to 100%. Where's the rest?

[Chevalier]

Some wizardry to hide some numbers probably. Guess they'll be subpoenaed to get the complete sales report

[SoulWarrior]

Seems they are already pre-emptively adopting MS's misleading numbers lol.

[mocaak]

Very weird numbers, they are not showing half of the revenue.

51%+
7-9% Microsoft
3-5% Nintendo?
And the rest might be PC, maybe they don't include it since it's from their own clients.

79% from juat 3 franchises

Mobile:
Candy Crush
CoD
Diablo

Consoles:
CoD
Overwatch
Skylanders?

PC:
Warcraft
Overwatch
CoD
Diablo
Starcraft

[crazyCoconuts]

All their PC revenue for COD and World of Warcraft wouldn't go through these 3rd parties

[Godmars290]

And this justifies MS buying them how?

[Panhandler]

And now you understand why Microsoft wants to remove activision games from the Playstation. COD accounts for most of Sonys yearly revenue in sells. Removing that game alone is detriminal

[46player]

So, since MS can’t successfully produce any original first party games, they want to rip popular multi platform games away from Sony. Total BS. Sony is still King.

[SoulWarrior]

Yep, now wait for those lacking braincells to act like a handful of 3rd party timed exclusives is somehow equivalent to this.

[Thundercat77]

That's why Xbox is called the cancer of the gaming industry.

[thesoftware730]

lmao, who call it that? Sony-only fans?

You know that dont count right?

[FGHFGHFGH]

@thesoftware730
Why do pc gamers avoid ms store? They even petitoned for dark souls to not use games for windows. GAmes for windows failed, uwp failed, next up game pass on pc?

[DashMad]

fuck that shit Denuvo is owned by Sony, most cancerous application in existence.

[crazyCoconuts]

Well if the merger goes through, technically King will be Microsoft. Ba dum dum

[purple101]

Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff.

Badum tishhhh

[thesoftware730]

So if they are still king, that would mean they don't need CoD, so what's the problem?

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

The problem is they are taking games away.

[Aloymetal]

PS will still be king with or without COD just like they were before COD existed. It is xbox the trailing platform who needs COD the most.
Good thing is, we all be here to see how this gen ends.

[Thundercat77]

Xbox doesn't even care about COD. They just want to sabotage Sony with this deal fully Knowing how much COD generates on PlayStation. With this deal, COD will lose a huge install base and under MS Management, the game will eventually lose quality just like Halo and at the end, we all lost because of another game destroyed under Xbox Management.

[crazyCoconuts]

It has to be more subtle than that since MS is openly offering to have COD on PS for 10 years. I'm with you in that MS will obviously try to use this to destroy their competition. Maybe it's what PS has to give up in order to get the 10 years...

[thesoftware730]

Yup, Yup,

Where do we go from here?

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Sabotage what? Discounts? Marketing deals?

COD will still be on PS

[wesnytsfs]

This deal will go thru their is no reason for it not to. Call of Duty will be on more platforms not less. Sony will no longer get exclusive items or timed exclusives.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[thesoftware730]

@wesnytsfs
Man, your comment is short and right to the point! easy to understand, and its all Facts!

good job.

[shinoff2183]

Sony was just doing what ms did during the 360 gen

[purple101]

Although Sony have done similar in the last and will do similar in future I'm sure. I compared it (quite well I thought) to a black belt in karate or kung fu. " Anyone can buy a black belt, and a white suit. And tie the belt on. But that don't make you a black belt at all. It can't be brought. Art cannot be acquired like that,.

No my friends, it takes years upon years of development and passion.. neither of which, Microsoft has well proven, to have not been putting this level of work in over the last 20 years to 'earn' the right to produce fantastic prices of 'art' (see: GAMES).

So they still have the long road ahead and no amount of acquisitions is going to get them on the same level as a black belt, who's been practicing their skill and who will continue to practice, for years, past present and future.

People can smell cheap games a mile off. We're not stupid. Well, not all of us.

Peace.

[purple101]

Except they will till 2026 I believe when their current deal runs out.?

Could be wrong in the exact year. But there more years left

[hiawa23]

So, when the deal goes through does that become Microsoft revenue?

[hiawa23]

So, when the deal goes through does that revenue go to MS.

[gold_drake]

imagine you file a report of your sales, and the one company that tries to aquire you, has its sales share under 10%.

id be so ashamed by that.

[mastershredder]

Gun Oil / Beard Oil

[Petebloodyonion]

well I guess Phil is not a liar when he mentioned that the mobile part of Activision was more important to COD

[purple101]

Activision board of shareholders sold at their peak. There not stupid. They have projections and I can't predict the future entirety there are people far more clever than us, working on it. (Or things like these)

So they are basically going downhill now if their games are all on gamepass.

I see an exodus of the top talent.

This is why when Sony bought bungie only 1.5 billion was the sale and the other 2 billion was incentives to keep the top tallent, after the sale goes through...

[frostypants]

LOL sure. There is a lot of flexibility in reporting accounting numbers depending on motivations. Their motivation this time around is obvious.

[PrinterMan]

I sense much BS in this whole MS / Sony / Activision / Blizzard deal. If MS has that low of numbers yet they are on a buying frenzy why did they recently (before all this) say how well Xbox Live was doing, how they are so excited for their new studios, so many triple 'A' games coming, we have the greatest console ever!!! Now it's poor us, we can't even make money from a company unless we buy them. Blah blah blah MS and Phil-e-o you are so full of it your eyes are turning brown. lol. Do you think possibly a trillion dollar company is hiding something? We also know from history if MS can't buy it they kill it. So then why go through all this??? I think the answer is still to come. Grab the Popcorn honey!

[Gravesinger_]

Hahaha looks like the merger is gonna go through afterall, where are all the monopoly experts now? Not saying this will be a good or bad thing, but it clearly was NOT a monopoly on gaming as all these idiots claimed.