Microsoft is THE biggest company in the world. are you implying that with a net worth of $3 trillion, they would suddenly be in danger of going bankrupt for pissing away billions?
if yes,
how? if buying ABK was THAT much of a risk and it also risks no ROI then why would they even take that risk?
if no, then they should just take the damn losses and move the hell on. they will survive and they will be fine. if they are not in danger of completely collapsing, then they shouldn't even be allowed to be concerned about taking some (what is in their filthy rich perspective) minor losses, given how much they have in their pockets.
again, what do you mean that they cannot keep doing it? what happens if they keep on doing it? will this trillion dollar company collapse because of the billion dollars they spent? if not, then from every point of view the attitude should just be "tough luck. suck it up, and move on to the next money making project" and if so, then it was extremely foolish of them to spend that $70 billion in the first place and they should have known better.
when you say I'm out of touch with reality, I just want to remind you
like we talked about here that I
get that these bloodsuckers just want to continue being #1 as big tech, but that isn't a respectable reason for them to be doing things like slaying their employees. correct me if I'm wrong, but their ex-employees were slain just to protect the higherups' salaries, not because the company was in any danger. the higherups could have taken paycuts and their quality of life wouldn't have shifted nearly as much as the thousands who have ended up having their lives ruined.
I truly believe that CoD being on gamepass will make the subscriber numbers grow and continue to grow from here on out. you can call me naive for that it's totally fair. but that's how much power I believe CoD has, until proven otherwise.
but it's already been devalued. like, we're already there. it's not like gamepass is still in its concept stage; it's been here for more than half a decade, its built a reputation for
value. how could it be that gamepass loses value by adding the biggest video game IP to it day and date?
those weren't
my words man, it was
Sony themself who said it.
this is you being your usual comedian self 😂 never change, JVZ!
we're veering into conspiracy theory territory here, but I can definitely entertain this thought - sure, it's possible that they're doctoring their sales numbers. but we have absolutely no way to prove that. the only thing we can tangibly go by is their yearly announcements of CoD's status as the top selling IP.
the rest of what you are saying is pretty much just personal opinion, or anecdotal. you and I can both spend all day talking about other shooters let alone other video games that are better than CoD, but all of that talking would do nothing to change the fact that the vast majority of other video games' sales are a fraction of CoD's.
back when the deal was still in negotiations, before Sony even signed a deal with Microsoft to keep CoD on playstation for 10 years, Microsoft already said they'll commit to doing exactly that. and after the 10 years, Sony should have enough time to create their own competitors. I had my doubts that Sony would be able to do that, but I think they may have already gotten it with Helldivers 2.
I agree with all of this. gamepass may seem like a good service especially for consumers, but I don't think and never thought the video game industry was one that could have the same thing happen to it that movies and music did with the likes of Netflix & Spotify; it's just too different of an industry. they are certainly comparable in many ways, but this is one of the ways where I believed it didn't compare.
but it's too late now. gamepass is here, it's disrupted the market, and unless Microsoft decides again to just axe everything Xbox, then it is here to stay.
