Microsoft completes $69bn takeover of Call of Duty-maker Activision Blizzard::It comes after the UK approved the $69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard, which makes Call of Duty.

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What a shit time to be a gamer. Fuck Microsoft and fuck regulators for allowing this

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14 points

Activision already ruined blizzard and is/was a shit company. Anyone buying their games still is a sucker who loves being ripped off. Nothing of value was lost here.

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9 points

IDKY you’re getting down votes. It’s true. Nothing they’ve done for a while now is worth the time or money.

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2 points

People still playing their games are mad I called them suckers probably.

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11 points

The regulators fought it in court. Blame the judge.

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2 points

So it’s the judge biased or corrupt? Or maybe it’s the garbage laws and politicians?

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2 points

From my reading, the judge was flawed.

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Activision waa such a piece of shit, I m actually very excited for this. They shitcanned Bobby too. It can only get better.

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2 points

This is getting closer and closer to a monopoly. It won’t end well

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What monopoly? M$ revenue + Nintendo revenue = Sony Gaming revenue

If anything, playing field just got level, as M$ post merger will be about the same size Sony is.

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-34 points

Lmaoooooo that’s absurd. Y’all just want to be angry. It’s a fantastic time to be a gamer.

RE4, TotK, Hifi rush, street fighter, mk1, Diablo, starfield, armored core, lies of p, bg3, octopath 2, Hogwarts , pikeman, amnesia , like a dragon, fire emblem, age of wonders, assassin’s Creed, attic heart, blasphemous 2, company of heroes, darkest dungeon 2, dredge, Forza, immortals of avium , lords of the fallen, total war, Spider-Man in a few days, remnant, survivor, system shock, etc.

I’m sure I missed quite a few good games and that’s 23 only.

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12 points

Of your list, while there are multiple good games, I’m still waiting for the next great game that I can enjoy.

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Spiderman, few days. Already covered it for ya 😜

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59 points

Probably paid for with the money they made not paying $29B in taxes over the last 20 years.

We ain’t even playing the game with the same rules and they don’t even need to pretend anymore.

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6 points

Well hlf of it was used for that the rest came out of the couch cushions at Mr Gates summer retreat.

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23 points

I don’t know, maybe I should be angry or something. But Activision/Blizzard have been pretty shitty for a while now. This will just be more of the same and more of me continueing to not buying their games.

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3 points

I grew up on Blizzard and Activision games, but the good feelings and nostalgia wore off when they started treating beloved franchises like DLC piggy banks.

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22 points

Market consolidation 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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6 points

Whattttt. I love AOL-Time-Warner-Pepsico-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota-Trader-Joe’s.

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6 points

“more choices” per the new CEO. Speech has absolutely been neutered by corporations in the last 30 years. Literally the opposite. “Product enhancements” announced by an airline, everyone starts looking for what is worse.

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Looking forward to see how this will improve the quality of Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard-EA-Ubisoft’s games and those of the competito- oh, never mind. None left.

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