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Given how Microsoft has managed Bethesda (giving them a large amount of autonomy and shipping the doomed Redfall) it's way too optimistic to expect any positive
by AlexandrB 3y ago
Given how Microsoft has managed Bethesda (giving them a large amount of autonomy and shipping the doomed Redfall) it's way too optimistic to expect any positive changes for Activision/Blizzard customers. It wouldn't surprise me is Bobby kept running the whole thing, just under Microsoft's ownership.
Meanwhile I do expect more Xbox exclusives - which will ultimately harm consumers.
- zamalek 3y agoI'm hoping for more along the lines of what happened with Mojang. Whatever Microsoft did there really worked.
- AlexandrB 3y agoAll I know about that is I tried to migrate my Mojang account to Microsoft - when Microsoft started "unifying logins" - and I still haven't heard back from them. So my experience has been negative. Hopefully they don't try to migrate Battle.net accounts in the future.
- charcircuit 3y agoFYI you have 2 months to migrate your account before they delete it. You will have to repurchase the game on a new account if you ever want to play it again if you don't migrate it by September 19th.
- tacocataco 3y agoThanks for this heads up! Didn't realize I had to stop Microsoft from randomly deciding they can steal the product I already paid for. I own nothing and am so grateful. /$ Is Microsoft going to buy Steam and delete my game library there next?
- johnnyanmac 3y ago>Is Microsoft going to buy Steam and delete my game library there next? Gabe's not gonna live forever. Never know what will happen in some 15-20 years if he retires and/or is simply unable to manage Valve.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoDevelopers. Developers, developers, developers. Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers...
- belltaco 3y agoBobby Kotick is supposed to leave after the acquisition. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kotick-expected-to-leave-activision-blizzard-after-microsoft-deal-closes https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kotick-expected-to-leave-activ...
- willis936 3y agoIt would be pretty hard to spin this as a loss for consumers.
- ScoobleDoodle 3y agoMicrosoft’s acquisition of Bethesda lead directly to Starfield not being released on the Sony PlayStation at all. I read the game’s developers were not happy with that. https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771828/microsoft-betheda-acquisition-starfield-playstation-exclusive https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/23/23771828/microsoft-bethed...
- MisterBastahrd 3y agoThey're gonna be even more upset when they realize that about 50% of the people who end up playing the game do so through Gamepass.
- ScoobleDoodle 3y agoI think Microsoft might be treating it as kind of a loss leader. But from an article I read the employees and executives whose bonuses are based on sales are mad about PS5 being cut out of the equation. And I can see what you site about Game Pass playing into that as well.