Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard may go ahead in the United States, as Judge Corley sees no danger of harming competition. Microsoft will be ab...

Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard may go ahead in the United States, as Judge Corley sees no danger of harming competition.

  • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
    112·
    1 year ago

    It’s not naive, it’s the truth. They’re going to bring their games, including COD, to the switch, to steam, to mobile, and will keep releasing COD and other GaaS games on PS.

    • LetMeEatCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      COD is already on Steam and mobile. The only new one there is Switch, which Kotick all but committed to making happen if Activision remained independent.

      • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        COD isn’t the only game that ABK make. I have no doubt Diablo etc will come to steam as well if the purchase goes through. Mobile is also new as well, not just switch, as well as nvidia streaming and the multitude of other streaming services.

        • LetMeEatCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          COD was the example you chose to highlight… It’s also pretty damn close to it, here.

          Activision: basically a COD factory only. COD has its own mobile version. Blizzard: Diablo, Overwatch, WoW. OW1+2 are on everything except mobile already. WoW doesn’t make sense to move beyond where it is. Diablo is on everything except Switch, and has its own mobile versions. Presumably the lack of a Switch release is a hardware issue, as D3 was on Switch.
          King: mobile exclusively.

          Other than COD on Switch, which again Kotick all but committed to, what new platforms can they bring their games to? I’m not seeing it.

          • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Maybe I needed to be more specific - by mobile I mean xCloud. They’ll be bringing the full console versions of those games to mobile devices via xCloud. I don’t care about COD mobile or Diablo mobile, but I’ll damn sure play MW2 or Diablo 4 via xCloud when I can’t play on my console.