It seems obvious that the reason the situations is clear as mud is because whatever happens is going to require some level of negotiation (or breakdown in negotiation) between the tech giants, and if MS were to beat their chest about “CoD- only on Xbox” or something that might endanger the acquisition.

I have no horse in this race because I haven’t played a single CoD but W@W and MW2, and I didn’t even like either.

So I’m an idiot, does anyone know how the math works out between Call of Duty cutting half it’s player base vs Microsoft taking a chunk of the profits on Playstation? I always figured the reason Minecraft stayed multiplat was because they could make more money taking a cut from everywhere instead of just Xbox and PC.

In 2021 Sony has cash reserves of 44 billion. They by no means had the buying power for this acquisition. With Sony’s market cap of 156 billion even an all stock merger would use such a large percentage of their stock that it would be an extremely bad idea.

amounting to upward of a $408.5 million windfall at the $95 a share on offer by Microsoft

Listen close after he’s scored a basket. You’ll probably only hear part of it, as it gets cut off at the end of a lot of the clips.

There’s a really clear one when he has a free throw around 4:30

The sub reddit is a dumpster fire. At this point, the toxicity is feeding on itself. The community is literally eating itself and nothing will please them until the game itself collapses. Anything good from that community is being swallowed by the negativity. I’m surprised there are still mods. I would have quit a…

To me it isn’t as much that he’s blaming his marriage and kids as he is saying he was depressed and unhappy and using alcohol as a way to avoid making difficult decisions regarding his marriage. He was depressed and self-medicated with alcohol which is not terribly uncommon. I know it’s popular to dog on Affleck but I…

And this is where somebody like me posts that gif of Djimon Honsou from Guardians of the Galaxy saying, “Who?”

I don’t know if you know any real authors, but I’m pretty sure your description of their work is not accurate.

FOR COMPARISON:

Religions don’t need a release date.

Two thoughts:

I've worked for 20 years at two different studios, neither of which are or were owned by EA, if you’re genuinely curious.

No doubt there are a lot of issues with this game, but it isn’t nearly as bad as the zeitgeist says it is. Current gaming culture is rife with toxicity, bandwagoning, and entitlement. Everybody feels like they need to pile on with the most extreme take at all times. Once enough people are complaining about something…

I connected with this article. I've always been a tank main in BF games. 2000 hours in BF4, something like 25,000 kills with the tank. If I couldn't get a tank, I'd get in the gunner seat, or wait in the respawn for one. Gotta say I'm a little concerned about the new way they spawn, like I'll never be able to get in…

Just because Step 1 doesn’t solve the entire problem doesn’t mean you don’t take Step 1.

Kotick pictured as he continues to be a dick and not resign

What seat does kathy Griffin hold in Congress? I forget.

I’m not sure what they could do given the current system. The vandalism incident isn’t something you can jail him for, and no charges or restraining order was filed after the stalking. There’s no gun laws they can enforce if he owned the gun legally. You can’t just sit and wait for him to commit more crimes or he’ll…