@@thesuperintendent4290 disney has kept some franchises alive , whatever you say or the marvel and star wars shows / movies wouldnt be breaking box office records
@@nullandvoid287 The Star Wars TV shows are alright and the end of the infinity saga was brilliant. But the Star Wars movies and the way Marvel is moving, I have no hope for them.
I completely forgot Crash Bandicoot was owned by Activision. So after all these years, Microsoft is the one who bought Crash, and not Sony. That's the world we live in, and Crash is supposed to be the crazy one!
I hope Microsoft does a master chief collection but for call of duty... imagine all campaigns together, random maps across all call of duty games, multiple progression systems based on each game and overall playtime... would be awesome
Would also love to see a standalone Zombies game, with every Zombies map remastered, including Exo, Infinite, and WW2 Zombies. As well as brand new original maps with a completely new story, and maybe a continuation of the Chaos story.
@@doitfaster9553 that's true... but they could have the possibility of adding/ removing them similar to dlc or expansions to the main game.. so you could pick which ones
If Microsoft decided to make their own smash bros that would be INSANE! Just imagine Spyro, Tracer and doom slayer fighting in a candy crush inspired stage!
They could go even further than that with so many rpg developer royalty under them. Imagine a massive open universe game that played with all of these IPs and powered with the cloud (see Microsoft Flight Simulator) to be the biggest experience possible.
Xbox now owns the RPG (Obsidian, Bethedsa, Fable, inXile) , FPS (Halo, Overwatch, Doom, Wolfenstein, COD), Strategy (StarCraft, Warcraft, AoE, Halo Wars, Gears Tactics), MMO (Wow and ESO), and arguably the racing market (Forza, Forza Horizon, Crash Nitro Carts). That's not even looking at the 20 other AAA games they have cooking. I'm personally excited for COD Zombies. Everything else from Activision not so much. But free Activision games on gamepass rocks! Condolences to my PS brethren. A moment of silence please.
Yeah I'd love them to give treyarch free reign on making a zombies focused cod without having to worry about padding it out with a campaign and multiplayer. Back 4 blood was great but couldn't come close to left 4 dead but I think treyarch could
Lots of _potential_ in this lineup for sure. Many of these franchises are on a downward trajectory or already on ice, but they have the _potential_ to be amazing. But Microsoft has a lot of work ahead of them.
That is true and all the IP's are not a decision maker for getting a console I like my doom and COD in PC rather than a PS not a deal breaker for me I guess
@@abhishek2275 probably get warner bros games with its ips like mortal kombat, shadow of war, and they further can license dc characters to make exclusive just like Sony
That's the beauty or at least the hope is the executives at Microsoft understand the studios and titles and franchises they have on their hands and we'll do just that extra due diligence that activision etc just didn't want to do
Personally I think Xbox will allow all of these “support” studios to go back to be actual studios and make their own games. Move the CoD cycle to every 18 months instead of 12. That will give each of the 3 main CoD developers more time to make good games again.
@@randalica92 I agree. But if they kept the cycle of Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer each studio would get roughly 4 1/2 to make their games. I think that amount of time could be great for those studios to avoid crunch, have time to polish, and give all of the “support” studios freedom to make their own games.
There not a monopoly, a monopoly is when one company controls to much of a certain industry, Sony, epic, take two, Tencent and Nintendo all exist and as long as they exist Xbox will not be a monopoly since there is still competition, Which is a good thing, for fans and The Government.
totally, consolidation is upon us, for better or worse and I'm not even looking at Sony to do something similar, maybe Amazon will buy some of the other big publishers
@@sweet0mistral Sony had, arguably in all practicality CREATED their exclusives. Their strategy was to buy very small game companies and support them alot, incorporate them into their studios etc. In the same way, Microsoft had essentially obtained Halo and Forza with a similar strategy. This was all perfectly fine as all franchises started as a first party exclusive, for example Rachet and Clank wasn't first loved by both platforms- ONLY PlayStation Players. However, since Microsoft had been in a pure drought of creative originality for the past 7-9 years, having no truly overwhelming intellectual properties obtained, they simply just bought out a publisher. Why is this bad? Surely Sony started it right? Well as a first , both Sony and Xbox had both obtained first party exclusives on a reasonably fair strategy. And secondly, it's much more 'anti-consumer' persay than what Sony were doing. Leeching pre-established companies through cheap cash grabs incentivises anticonsumer practices when talking about exclusivity. Bethesda games were enjoyed on both platforms, it's very anticonsumer to just stop the franchise on one platform- that's like stopping FIFA on just Xbox or vice versa... If that wasnt bad enough, microsoft just did another cash grab for Activision, further consolidating the industry and making much less room for change and innovation.. The future results of this? Well first of all prices will rise- significantly, ESPECIALLY for game pass. Let's say Microsoft made all Activision games exclusive, Microsoft could make the games exclusive on game pass and up the price by a considerable margin, especially considering there's no other place to go. This is not good for consumers , even Xbox players^. In addition, it is also worthy to mention that the acquisition of many studios provides large problems considering game quality. Firstly, it's incredibly difficult to micromanage many studios at once - yes, even for Microsoft, I know - and secondly , the acquisition of massive publishers drives out the need for competing with the other company, ergo the need for improving quality of games For example, if Microsoft just flat out bought most of the significant game's and developers on the market, Sony has no way to combat that in all actuality, because Microsoft influence too large of a percent of the market, by buying all the studios Microsoft have essentially just driven out the space for Sony to compete. Ever heard the saying 'Competition drives innovation'? Something along those lines.. If Microsoft doesn't have anyone to compete with, why would they improve? There's no incentive. In fact, it would be less costly to stay the same quality as no one has space to move to Sony if all exclusives are gone
Let’s just hope to god we get another game like MW2019. Best CoD in years. Hopefully with the new leadership the devs will also get to spread their wings a little more too. Maybe getting rid of paywalls and definitely DESTROYING the ONE YEAR CYCLE. Let’s just hope. CoD is an absolute mess rn and maybe Activision will finally end the franchise but if they do it better be with a bang. MW2 could be a good place to stop.
If you would've told me that Halo, Call of Duty _and_ Doom were owned by the same company, I would've laughed you all the way to the local game store. And yet, several years and games later, it is finally a reality. Who knows where the future heads to now.
@@109destiny Actually it would be 75% where monopoly is considered but the key is MONO Mono=One. 50% is nowhere close to being dominated by ONE company.
I really wish more people on UA-cam would talk about the older IP as well. There aren't a lot of Third-Person games people are ignoring, but the ones they are getting *do deserve* attention, too. Like... - The *True Crime* series - *X-Men Legends 1&2* - Prototype 1&2 - The *Tenchu* series Microsoft is guaranteed to release Activision from the yearly Call of Duty cycle, and free all of the developers to make what they want to make and have a passion to make. If any team wants to tap into one or more of those franchises, or create a new IP inspired by any of those listed, they will be able to do so. Personally, I'd love to see all of the aforementioned get some love. But most importantly at the moment, I'd love to see Raven Software get the X-Men license again, because I would love to see them make a multiplayer X-Men game, or even an X-Men Legends 3. 😁
Oh man, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was the bomb. My friend and I would play versus every weekend for a couple years. And that Savage Skies game, too, but I don't think the devs are around anymore.
Please bring back Tenchu. I understand MS wants to let studios creat whatever they want but you have to find a way to revise some of these older franchises. Also can we finally get a Smash like brawler and Kart racer.
Great comment . One of the best psx games ever , now owned by Microsoft , that would be smart move , imagine a new tenchu on today’s graphics … cure the princess is still the best ost still brings tears to my eyes 😭
@@joesunday199. Items alone would be nuts. Imagine like a spell from Elder Scrolls, a Plasma Mine from the Fallout series, there are so many possibilities in items alone.
Praying Microsoft bring backs CoD and other Blizzard IPs that aren't looking too good st the moment back to their prime. Hopefully they can lower Activisions trademark monetization and rushed products.
Given that several games under Bethesda (Fallout 76 for example), got several more quality of life updates, and their letting the game bake a little longer
I have faith they will and I hope they will but I wouldn’t get my hopes too up, you never wanna be too optimistic about something no matter how good it seems
Microsoft is doing another big step, but this does not come for free. For me, they are still tasting the happy moment of customers enjoying more games into the game pass. Although, at the same time, they are under pressure to release good games and show that these studios are still the same as we remember. These games don’t last forever, and new games are a must. There is a lot to prove, and I hope they correspond to the expectations.
This is insane! So much value in owning an Xbox. My #1 played game on my Xbox last year was that free Sony exclusive MLB The Show. Every time I booted it up and saw the PlayStation logo I chuckled.
@@makemsayugh You fanboys are so dumb. Monopolies like this make quality of products decline. Just think of what will happen to the quality of games, when all these developers have to start splitting the $10 a month or whatever it is for gamepass, rather than making $60 for each sale of their games. AAA gaming quality has already tanked due to microtransactions and paywall DLC, but this is going to make them even worse than they have been the last few years.
To me the good news is, the more Studios MS buys, the less is left for EA to destroy. The best news would be MS buys EA and save those poor franchises stuck in EA's purgatory.
Personally I see T2 in the crosshairs. Imagine having GTA and COD IPs lmfaro xbox will be the home console for casuals which wether we like it or not is the 90% of gamers. This will flip the gaming industry and Xbox will be so far in front.
I mean, these games were already coming on Xbox. Fallout, Cod, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, etc. all came out on Xboxone/PS4 and had installments coming for Xbox Series and PS5. The only difference with Microsoft buying them is that they won't come out on playstation now. MS didn't create any new games for xbox they just took away games and franchises from playstation. I like when MS/Sony buy independant studios like Insomniac and Playground and offer them financial security and the ability to create games they wouldn't be able to. I don't like the precedant MS is setting by buying and consolidating entire third party publishers and what that may entail for the future. Consolidatation is ruining creativity in Hollywood and now it may ruin gaming.
@@AllThingsInfamous1 You act like Sony is the one who develops these games. They too just acquired studios who in turn, make games. The only difference is that Sony did this a long time ago when gaming was on a much smaller scale, just like an old man who bought property for cheap which is now worth millions.
I feel like what truly *makes* a studio valuable relies a lot on the people/talent (which can never be bought). Like, you could buy a restaurant that has really good food or a basketball team with really good players, but if the head chef leaves or your star players get traded, what are you really left with? It’s not all about the IP. Hopefully Microsoft finds a way to make the star players stay. But is it insane my first thoughts were to see a Halo Call of Duty crossover? Lol
@@kellz1703 they most likely will, I’m sure Microsoft won’t mind losing millions initially by keeping Cod exclusive cuz they’re playing long game They have a lot of factors to easily make that money back along with the $69B purchase -there a trillion dollar company so they don’t care for the intital money loss by no COD on PS -They have the 3 biggest mobile games in the world under their belt that are cash cows (cod mobile, candy crush, hearthstone) so all that alone will repay the millions lost by no COD on PS VERY QUICKLY -warzone will stay on PS so any PS players wanting more content the money they pay will go to Microsoft - they have a chance at reviving most of the franchises they bought and if they do expect to see the money coming in -gamepass is a good deal w these games along w Bethesda games
MS just been playing nice with Sony for those past years lol if MS makes cod exclusive yh they gonna lose millions but they gonna make millions back because the PS players will buy an xbox to play it lol also of MS keep buying big studios Sony lost since Sony don't have the money to do what MS is doing lol
@@PlagueVirus2001 so the Playstation division alone is only worth as much as Microsoft just spent on activision, all of Sony is worth less than 150 billion so yeah Sony could never hope to match that buying power and that's what gives Xbox such a huge advantage right now their parent company is worth almost 30 times entire value of Sony and because they're on Xbox PC and mobile they have a much larger group of potential customers than Sony because if Sony does put a game on PC its usually years later
Sierra games, an old popular studio that worked on PC games during the 90’s, is also categorized under the umbrella of Vicarious visions; which could mean a ton of classic PC games for game pass PC, plus potential properties to work with.
Oh indeed. I am on PC and they drop games all the time. Games I never even heard of that get to have a life on Game Pass. There are tons of games I would most likely never buy but will try out. I am downloading Deaths Door right now.
this is exciting in some ways, especially with the budget I'm sure microsoft will throw at some IP's that have been semi-dormant, but also this is massively worrying from a consumer/anti-monopoly standpoint. We'll see how it shakes out I guess.
I think the fact that they are upholding the PlayStation exclusive deals shows that they are not going to be making everything exclusive for Xbox. And it would ultimately hurt Microsoft by lowering sales from the studios they own
@@schmeleanor i think they’re going to eventually make them exclusive. They already said all future unannounced bethesda games will be exclusive to windows/xbox. In other words if it didnt already say it would be on playstation it wont be. I fear this will happen with activision blizzard games now too
I don’t think so. They are going to bleed Sony dry. Even if it means losing money in the short term they (Microsoft) have more than enough to win a battle of attrition
Hopefully for anticipated games like Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 5, COD 2024. Microsoft can use some other studios to speed up development while keeping quality in check.
I hope Microsoft puts some of these new 1st party studios to work on IP that's been long-dormant. A modern action/Adventure take on "Pitfall," or "The Last Ninja." Or even bring out "StarCraft Ghost" from the dead and give it a modern twist.
so since this wasnt covered in the video what franchises does activision owns that have been death for some time now... I can think of only "PROTOTYPE" but there are probably some more and just coz activision didnt want to do anything with them doesnt mean that XBOX cant revive them and for some reason i feel like warcraft4 is also one of those forgotten games
As a PlayStation player I'm really gonna miss the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. Oh and I like Minecraft ofcourse, but they can't really take that away anymore
@@NicklausHaynie well it seems like you got some serious money in your pockets lol, all you need is a PC and playstation and you have access to everything, marvels wolverine and god of war ain't missing me.
@@thewildcat7972 Until the quality of games drops because developers will be splitting $10-15 a month rather than each making $60 per sale. You fanboys are really foolish if you think a monopoly in gaming will be anything but bad for every consumer.
@@trashsplashtucker btw 15$ × 12 × 25 million = 7.5 billion per a year and that number increases with the number of subscribers, it's win win deal , to us and to the devs
@@thewildcat7972 That's not how it works .. No one benefits in the beginning of the monopolisation of any given industry... The quality of the games will definitely decline, not only will it be harder to micromanage individual studios - even with Microsoft being as large as it is - but it will also cause a lack of competition therefore draining quality out of the games - if the opposition won't get better, why should I spend money on getting better? Its incredible how in just 2 years , Microsoft's lack of creative originality has began the deformation of the industry, and what's happening? People are cheering for them...? This isn't good for anyone, not even Xbox fans, PC fans or anyone who plays games related to console. All the games will drain in quality, prices will rise significantly and gamepass won't seem very good value anymore when it's directed at players for 'only' $1000 a month. Microsoft's lack of respect for pre-established franchises and publishers will soon prove to be a massive problem - just wait and see...
@@thecalamity278 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow the amount of sailt and idioticy is really high in ur comment, first of all the gaming market already has been monopolized long before xbox bought Activision by sony coz they control 75% of gaming platforms in PS4 era and I didn't see u complained about that when that happened before and I didn't seen u speak up against sony anti consumer monopolization policies like not accepting crossplay and " exclusives " , so don't cry when the other company done it 2 + there will be always a big competition in the gaming industry like Facebook and Netflix and Amazon and Microsoft is ready it self for it so sony is a joke now comparing for this big corporation and indi Dave's they always be there ,, so my friend keep crying when call of duty and the elder scrolls will not be available in ur favorite plastic box coz u deserve it by supporting sony $#@++!y anti consumer policies and kept saying exclusivity is great for the industry
I wonder if we'll get a new Guitar Hero out of Microsoft. Back in the 360 days Guitar Hero was such a big deal it'd be nice to see things kinda go back to the way they were.
I wonder if this will have an impact on World of Warcraft, I really miss that game but it just has changed so much, it feels more like doing chores instead of actually playing a game to have fun
I think vicarious will be back together think about it gamepass needs content and they're supposedly making cod a 2 year release which we all wanted so toys for bob Beenox and vicarious will be back making crash spyro games but will also be able to do banjo and conker games.
My brother in law lives and breathes Call of Duty. He just listed his PS5 for sale on eBay. He’s now desperately trying to get a Series X. I bet a lot of people are doing the same. Xbox just gained back all of the market share that they lost last generation.
Wow. I was of the mindset that people who love COD but have not upgrade to the PS5 would opt to get a XBOX series X/S but not sell there PS5s. Some people will stay loyal (which is weird) but many will simply go to where there preferred games are located on. People can hate COD all they want people like your BIL love COD.
Nah I’m sure there will be a CEO replacement after Bobby leaves but it’s just that Activision wont report to the new CEO they’ll all report to Phil Spencer
Yeah, if you discount Take 2, UbiSoft, EA, Valve and the fact, that Apple, Google and Amazon are also pushing to enter the games market, they totally are.
@@VGVindaloo my point exactly! Just 10 years ago, there were way more developers. Khaos studios, telltale, THQ, Relic, Infinity Ward, Maxis, Pandemic Studios, Visceral games, ect. There all gone now, and if things keep going they way there are, we might have like 6 companies making all our games. That’s scary.
As far as I remember , that was even before they bought Bethesda, Microsoft said they would branch out to other consoles because exclusivity isn't worth it.
Tbh it was Sony going for exclusives they should all scrap it and sell on everything all 3 will make a killing. But if Sony keep up with this paying to keep games off xbox I think Xbox will end up locking them out when they buy up the industry after only 1 year Phil has taken xbox from no games to home of FPS and WRPG already. They now have the best selling game on playstation every year far outselling their exclusives So even if they dont keep cod exclusive they will be getting lions share from Sony players lol. Rumours for last 2 year they're gunning to get Take Two. Imagine Sony when GTA and COD are both xbox IPs xbox will be the home for casual gamers which lets be real is like 90% of the market. Sony after activision deal are being forced to become 3rd party.
@@Killverine1984 Cross platform ban. If you are banned on an Xbox network for whatever reason you are banned other places as well. to crate a safe space for gamers. It doesn't make sense why Sony or Valve or EA would listen to Xbox and reject a customer but we never know what kind of deal Xbox may be able to negotiate.
If Microsoft bought another company, it should be Bandai Namco. They have some great IPs. 2 games I'd like to see them remaster are Xenosaga and the Tales series. They should have 343 Industries work on remastering both games on the SlipSpace Engine they used for Halo Infinite. Just imagine playing Xenosaga and Tales of Symphonia with the graphics of the SlipSpace Engine. This would also give 343 Industries more recognition than just making Halo games.
Microsoft is finally doing what they were suppose to do in the first place and that's being a software company/publisher. It's about time! TBH Phil Spencer should be the CEO of Microsoft. This is the direction Microsoft should be focused on. I will not be surprised if the major earnings for the company will come from the Xbox division.
@@AllThingsInfamous1 Mindshare amongst games journalists, and influencers is won and this will mean mindshare to the less in the know casual audience will be won in the next year or so too. The cloud and value for money war is absolutely won because no other company can even compete with microsoft in that regard even if they wanted to, Sony is being forced into a corner by microsoft to the point they will have to operate through Microsoft like they do with azure, by thr end of the gen Microsoft and tencent will be the most valuable and profit making gaming entites mark my words.
@@kjikj the campaign will most likely go exclusive. This is why ponies are crying. What story campaign games has Playstation shared with Xbox since buying studios? Let's talk about this.
@@kjikj That's the whole point of it. Make it exclusive and more people will buy their console. Sony has been doing the exact same thing with their games. People buy Playstation to play Spiderman, God of War (which isn't an exclusive anymore) and such. Even if they lose players, they will gain more when people buy their console.
Funny thing is, you only scratched the surface of the IP treasure trove they got with Activision. If they really start reviving dormant series, like Phil said, they could be having more games than any single person alone could reasonably play. With the Sierra and Infocom IPs alone they could be pushing out story driven games, that already have an established name in the business, for the next decade. Then they have Pitfall, which could easily become the next Uncharted, when done right, Metal Arms just screams for a new game, and maybe add the old one to backwards compatibility. Activision also owns Bizarre Creations, which no longer exist under that name AFAIK, but maybe the people are still there, so why not release a new Project Gotham Racing? This just goes on and on.
if there's any new entries into those franchises... Microsoft will most likely make them PC & Xbox exclusive. (As it'll be Microsoft first-party studios developing them and Microsoft funding the game's production)
I know the older versions will all be on GAME PASS for sure. When the Bethesda deal was done almost all of there games showed up on game pass....Fallout, Doom, Elder Scrolls etc)
I think they’ll licence them, same for COD etc, they’ll charge Sony an arm and a leg to get them however so it’ll make financial sense and keep the fps player bases massive. Xbox could sell game pass across all platforms including PlayStation for the ultimate licensing win. They’ve got very deep pockets though so i imagine Sony HQ feeling some pressure - any more massive studios purchases from either Xbox or Ps this year? ….Time will tell
Everyone always compares MS too Sony. But too me it seems MS has its eyes on Tencent as its biggest competition Sony just so happens to also make a gaming console.
Thats true Sony cant compete With tencent, Amazon and Google In the long run Sony needs to find a niche like Nintendo as they dont have the money to really fight the big players
With acquisitions of Bethesda and now Activision/Blizzard, I hope we now get more quality Xbox first party games to compete with Sonys PlayStation Studios
A lot of you don't seem to be realising it right now but Microsoft isn't thinking if Sony but tencent! There moves have always been for the long run sony haven't been thinking like that and eventually they are going to feel it.
Best games in recent time, I enjoyed, were small old school indie games . I got to the point that something like Hollow Knight excites me more than Call of Duty or Halo.
Check out dead cells, saltandsanctuary, hades, blasphemous, morbid, deaths gambit, carrion, ender lilies, chasm, curse of the dead gods, bloodstained, hyper light drifter, aeterna noctis.
I can finally add new ones to my XBOX top 30 exclusives list. Rogue Legacy 2,Killer Instinct, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Sea of thieves, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 5, Ryse son of rome, Gears 5, Halo Infinite, Crackdown 3, Ori, Quantum break, Halo wars 2, Forza Motorsport 7, Gears Tactics , Recore definitive edition, Fable 2, Song of Iron, The gunk, Grounded, Tunic, Sable, State of Decay 2, New Super luckys tale, Alan Wake, Artful Escape, Rare replay, 12 Minutes, Adios etc.
Actually it’s COD 2022 which will be MWll (sequel to MW2019) that will be the very last cod to PS users. The cod after that (Cod 2023 or 2024 or even 2025 depending if Microsoft delays it or not to give their devs extra time) will be the first cod to be xbox/pc/cloud/gamepass exclusive
One AAA game every year is actually a pretty crazy pace. What they do lack these days is variety but really that's the way the whole industry has gone. But in terms of sheer number of games, they're a very active studio.
Now that Microsoft owns Radical Entertainment (which is under Activision Blizzard) they should reboot the Prototype series. Just do something with that IP, it's too good to be left to die.
This is crazy how much Micro$oft has paid for ALL of these new acquisitions... What is going to be of concern is management. This is A BIG UNDERTAKING to manage all of these studios, making sure there is quality in their games and not just quantity. Owning these studios looks good, but managing all of it could be a logistics headache for Executives. And now Sony has taken a stock market hit, I'll be curious, as a PS5 owner, as to what their response will be. Sony needs to bring their "A GAME", not not just Horizon Grand Turismo, and God of War. We need either old favorites (SOCOM for example), or new IP's that can offer great "AAA" alternatives to what Microsoft will label as "Exclusive Only". I really hope Sony doesn't make me sell my PS5 for an XBox....
Well... Microsoft has had the financial power to monopolize gaming for forever, and only now is doing it. People who kept yapping about exclusives really should've known what company were they yapping to.
From 4 to 34 studios in about 5 years of time. Thats insane.
Technically xbox has over 40 now. Blizzard alone has 9 studios.
@@jackd6148 Microsoft is becoming the Disney of Gaming but might actually be good at keeping those franchises alive.
@@thesuperintendent4290 disney has kept some franchises alive , whatever you say or the marvel and star wars shows / movies wouldnt be breaking box office records
@@nullandvoid287 The Star Wars TV shows are alright and the end of the infinity saga was brilliant. But the Star Wars movies and the way Marvel is moving, I have no hope for them.
That is your opinion. Shang Chi and No Way blew the charts as well the Mandalorian season 2 was a very strong first show from Disney +
I completely forgot Crash Bandicoot was owned by Activision. So after all these years, Microsoft is the one who bought Crash, and not Sony. That's the world we live in, and Crash is supposed to be the crazy one!
crash was playstation poster for many years
Ninja Theory were almost a Sony exclusive developer and now Microsoft owns them too. Gaming industry haven't been this chaotic since 1990's and 1983.
@@V3ntilator What happened back then?
Just asking.
Spyro too
I hope Microsoft does a master chief collection but for call of duty... imagine all campaigns together, random maps across all call of duty games, multiple progression systems based on each game and overall playtime... would be awesome
Also, some kind of remaster of older ones would be nice. Like with first Halo where You can choose "classic" or "enhanced" graphic
Lol would be like playing the same game campaign over and over 🤣
Would also love to see a standalone Zombies game, with every Zombies map remastered, including Exo, Infinite, and WW2 Zombies. As well as brand new original maps with a completely new story, and maybe a continuation of the Chaos story.
Don't forget it's cod so thats 5 terabytes
@@doitfaster9553 that's true... but they could have the possibility of adding/ removing them similar to dlc or expansions to the main game.. so you could pick which ones
Xbox took the “no having exclusive “ very personal.
So they bought franchises other than building their own lol
Emotional damage
@@gamerforlife3946 Sony does it aswell, what's your point?
@@gamerforlife3946 Cope
@@daksans6764 A broken record as usual lol
Its actually interesting to see Obsidian and Bethesda under Microsoft together
New Vegas remastered!
Along with InXile! the original writers/creators of the Wasteland & Fallout style we all love!
There's bad blood between them, though. Let's see if money can fix that, lol
@@Trevorizsick remake*
"Fallout New Vegas: Extended and Enchanced" a man can dream
The future of Xbox is monstrous. So many studios, so many games! 😱
Just a greedy company
@@alvinwhitehead1069 cry more
@@alvinwhitehead1069 And cry harder.
Still won’t make people buy an Xbox lol maybe they can win next gen
@@alvinwhitehead1069 Us Xbox owners are eating good over here, but your salt does make it even more flavourful
If Microsoft decided to make their own smash bros that would be INSANE!
Just imagine Spyro, Tracer and doom slayer fighting in a candy crush inspired stage!
@@alejandrocampollo buying Activision-Blizzard for over 70 billion dollars was also unrealistic.
add fallout cartoon character, DOOM guy and Crash Bandicoot
*master chief vs doom guy could be possible*
They could go even further than that with so many rpg developer royalty under them. Imagine a massive open universe game that played with all of these IPs and powered with the cloud (see Microsoft Flight Simulator) to be the biggest experience possible.
i could finally watch banjo kazooie fight crash and spyro with doomguy masterchief and the lich king from warcraft
Xbox now owns the RPG (Obsidian, Bethedsa, Fable, inXile) , FPS (Halo, Overwatch, Doom, Wolfenstein, COD), Strategy (StarCraft, Warcraft, AoE, Halo Wars, Gears Tactics), MMO (Wow and ESO), and arguably the racing market (Forza, Forza Horizon, Crash Nitro Carts). That's not even looking at the 20 other AAA games they have cooking. I'm personally excited for COD Zombies. Everything else from Activision not so much. But free Activision games on gamepass rocks! Condolences to my PS brethren. A moment of silence please.
Yeah I'd love them to give treyarch free reign on making a zombies focused cod without having to worry about padding it out with a campaign and multiplayer. Back 4 blood was great but couldn't come close to left 4 dead but I think treyarch could
@@Drakevid honestly, don't. I have one, but it's better just to get gamepass and stream on your other devices. It'll save you a lot of money.
Dont forget Platformer (Physconauts, Ori, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Conker, Blinx, Battletoads, Viva Piñata, Banjo Kazooie) & TPS (Gears of War, State of Decay) & Sandbox (Minecraft, Microsoft Flight Sim, Grounded, Sea of Thieves) & Horror (Hellblade, Evil Within, Ghostwire Tokyo, Prey, Cod Zombies).
😂😂😂 From your PS brethren 😂😂😂
@@thaddeusbeadle6546 cloud gaming is joke 🤣🤣
Lots of _potential_ in this lineup for sure. Many of these franchises are on a downward trajectory or already on ice, but they have the _potential_ to be amazing. But Microsoft has a lot of work ahead of them.
That is true and all the IP's are not a decision maker for getting a console I like my doom and COD in PC rather than a PS not a deal breaker for me I guess
i just want a new prototype ;_;
Now sony will have no multiplayer games that are not dead
@@Torcher75 too many cheaters for multiplayer games on pc
Okay. Or they'll just bury it like they did with Rare. This is bad for gamers but good for MS.
It seems like Microsoft is collecting the
Infinity Stones and heading towards
the Infinity Ward.
they got them too. next is chains of Olympus may be
Zenimax, Activision Blizzard done, EA, T2 Ubisoft and one Japanese publisher left to acquire.
@@abhishek2275 probably get warner bros games with its ips like mortal kombat, shadow of war, and they further can license dc characters to make exclusive just like Sony
Capcom , Ubisoft , take two and paradox purchase will make Microsoft the king for 50 years
Rhyme!
I hope Microsoft brings back Prototype.
If space marine is getting a sequel then there's hope for prototype
I love prototype 2 bro
@@danimals319 I also love Prototype 2. This April will mark ten years since Prototype 2 and I have always wanted a sequel.
Yo!!!!! I hope so too.
I want a Remake from the first Prototype! Alex deserves more love!!
While not likely, my dream would be to see Vicarious Visions resurrected as it’s own studio which works on its own projects.
That's the beauty or at least the hope is the executives at Microsoft understand the studios and titles and franchises they have on their hands and we'll do just that extra due diligence that activision etc just didn't want to do
Den go buy dem and do it. Oh you broke
Personally I think Xbox will allow all of these “support” studios to go back to be actual studios and make their own games. Move the CoD cycle to every 18 months instead of 12. That will give each of the 3 main CoD developers more time to make good games again.
@@AwwwBeanz a CoD cycle if 2 years is fine too, they could pull Sledgehammer off CoD and let them do something else.
@@randalica92 I agree. But if they kept the cycle of Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer each studio would get roughly 4 1/2 to make their games. I think that amount of time could be great for those studios to avoid crunch, have time to polish, and give all of the “support” studios freedom to make their own games.
we went from "Xbox has no games" to "Xbox is a monopoly". Amazing
There not a monopoly, a monopoly is when one company controls to much of a certain industry, Sony, epic, take two, Tencent and Nintendo all exist and as long as they exist Xbox will not be a monopoly since there is still competition, Which is a good thing, for fans and The Government.
@@4ProStudios 🤓🤓🤓
Microsoft going Disney mode in the Video Game Industry
i was thinking the exact same thing but lets hope they let a kid put master chief on his grave unlike disney
yes but which of those acquisitions will reap benefits like Marvel.....talk about getting it on the cheap.
Sony started the “exclusive” war. Now Xbox is doing something about it, and you people complain?! Things will be balanced, as all things should be 🤣🤣
totally, consolidation is upon us, for better or worse and I'm not even looking at Sony to do something similar, maybe Amazon will buy some of the other big publishers
@@sweet0mistral
Sony had, arguably in all practicality CREATED their exclusives.
Their strategy was to buy very small game companies and support them alot, incorporate them into their studios etc.
In the same way, Microsoft had essentially obtained Halo and Forza with a similar strategy. This was all perfectly fine as all franchises started as a first party exclusive, for example Rachet and Clank wasn't first loved by both platforms- ONLY PlayStation Players.
However, since Microsoft had been in a pure drought of creative originality for the past 7-9 years, having no truly overwhelming intellectual properties obtained, they simply just bought out a publisher.
Why is this bad? Surely Sony started it right?
Well as a first , both Sony and Xbox had both obtained first party exclusives on a reasonably fair strategy.
And secondly, it's much more 'anti-consumer' persay than what Sony were doing. Leeching pre-established companies through cheap cash grabs incentivises anticonsumer practices when talking about exclusivity. Bethesda games were enjoyed on both platforms, it's very anticonsumer to just stop the franchise on one platform- that's like stopping FIFA on just Xbox or vice versa...
If that wasnt bad enough, microsoft just did another cash grab for Activision, further consolidating the industry and making much less room for change and innovation..
The future results of this?
Well first of all prices will rise- significantly, ESPECIALLY for game pass. Let's say Microsoft made all Activision games exclusive, Microsoft could make the games exclusive on game pass and up the price by a considerable margin, especially considering there's no other place to go.
This is not good for consumers , even Xbox players^.
In addition, it is also worthy to mention that the acquisition of many studios provides large problems considering game quality.
Firstly, it's incredibly difficult to micromanage many studios at once - yes, even for Microsoft, I know - and secondly , the acquisition of massive publishers drives out the need for competing with the other company, ergo the need for improving quality of games
For example, if Microsoft just flat out bought most of the significant game's and developers on the market, Sony has no way to combat that in all actuality, because Microsoft influence too large of a percent of the market, by buying all the studios Microsoft have essentially just driven out the space for Sony to compete.
Ever heard the saying 'Competition drives innovation'? Something along those lines..
If Microsoft doesn't have anyone to compete with, why would they improve? There's no incentive. In fact, it would be less costly to stay the same quality as no one has space to move to Sony if all exclusives are gone
The buyout of Activision blizzard makes the buyout of zenimax seem like the biggest bargain in the history, present and future of bargains.
Let’s just hope to god we get another game like MW2019. Best CoD in years. Hopefully with the new leadership the devs will also get to spread their wings a little more too. Maybe getting rid of paywalls and definitely DESTROYING the ONE YEAR CYCLE. Let’s just hope. CoD is an absolute mess rn and maybe Activision will finally end the franchise but if they do it better be with a bang. MW2 could be a good place to stop.
The black ops series needs a reboot/remaster too, just as long as it can be as good as the originals
@@FlyingPenguin196 bruh only black ops 1 and 2 were good
@@blem5376 now what do you think “the originals” original black op games where
@@dragonballz641 black ops 3 , 4 , Cold War (5)
@@blem5376 were*
If you would've told me that Halo, Call of Duty _and_ Doom were owned by the same company, I would've laughed you all the way to the local game store.
And yet, several years and games later, it is finally a reality. Who knows where the future heads to now.
Halo, Doom, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Quake, Wolfenstein, Hexen. Insane legacies.
@@jarodnorth7134 not sure you know the definition of a monopoly lol
@@jarodnorth7134 not yet
Not even close to a monopoly yet
@@109destiny Actually it would be 75% where monopoly is considered but the key is MONO
Mono=One.
50% is nowhere close to being dominated by ONE company.
The Activision lawsuit definitely lowered the price for the acquisition
I really wish more people on UA-cam would talk about the older IP as well. There aren't a lot of Third-Person games people are ignoring, but the ones they are getting *do deserve* attention, too. Like...
- The *True Crime* series
- *X-Men Legends 1&2*
- Prototype 1&2
- The *Tenchu* series
Microsoft is guaranteed to release Activision from the yearly Call of Duty cycle, and free all of the developers to make what they want to make and have a passion to make. If any team wants to tap into one or more of those franchises, or create a new IP inspired by any of those listed, they will be able to do so.
Personally, I'd love to see all of the aforementioned get some love. But most importantly at the moment, I'd love to see Raven Software get the X-Men license again, because I would love to see them make a multiplayer X-Men game, or even an X-Men Legends 3. 😁
Oh man, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was the bomb. My friend and I would play versus every weekend for a couple years.
And that Savage Skies game, too, but I don't think the devs are around anymore.
I would LOVE a new Tenchu game
@@Calz3n
Aw, man! The memories...!!
@@Archangel125
Right?!?! I'd be *so down* for a new Tenchu!!
Activision sold Tenchu IP to from software.
Please bring back Tenchu. I understand MS wants to let studios creat whatever they want but you have to find a way to revise some of these older franchises. Also can we finally get a Smash like brawler and Kart racer.
I friggan loved Tenchu Z!
Yeah man, I think the time is perfect right now for a new ninja game. Imagine it with unreal 5 graphics...GEEEEZUSSSSS!!!!
It's been my dream to have an Xbox Smash Bros style game! Just imagine all the characters, items and stages we could get!
Great comment . One of the best psx games ever , now owned by Microsoft , that would be smart move , imagine a new tenchu on today’s graphics … cure the princess is still the best ost still brings tears to my eyes 😭
@@joesunday199. Items alone would be nuts. Imagine like a spell from Elder Scrolls, a Plasma Mine from the Fallout series, there are so many possibilities in items alone.
Praying Microsoft bring backs CoD and other Blizzard IPs that aren't looking too good st the moment back to their prime. Hopefully they can lower Activisions trademark monetization and rushed products.
and also make them treat their staffs better
Given that several games under Bethesda (Fallout 76 for example), got several more quality of life updates, and their letting the game bake a little longer
I have faith they will and I hope they will but I wouldn’t get my hopes too up, you never wanna be too optimistic about something no matter how good it seems
@@Lol-rv5bv
True
Kinda figured cod would get bought considering the fact that vanguard is awful
Microsoft is doing another big step, but this does not come for free. For me, they are still tasting the happy moment of customers enjoying more games into the game pass. Although, at the same time, they are under pressure to release good games and show that these studios are still the same as we remember. These games don’t last forever, and new games are a must. There is a lot to prove, and I hope they correspond to the expectations.
Last year releases
Flight Simulator
Psychonauts 2
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
still they are under pressure to release good games? I don't think so.
@@alishafqat9404 and deathloop
Activision couldn't be worse than it is now
They own pretty much all the FPS games and I love it. Gamepass forevah
Theu been proving and exceeding the standard so not sure where you been. Game award after award best performance best value no gimmicks straight heat.
This is insane! So much value in owning an Xbox. My #1 played game on my Xbox last year was that free Sony exclusive MLB The Show. Every time I booted it up and saw the PlayStation logo I chuckled.
I am on PC and hope it shows up on PC game pass. I have not played a video game based pro baseball game since I was a kid.
I don't know why it hasn't showed up on Switch either.
That made no sense homeboy
One of the most savage moves ever. A slap in the face of ponies i love it
@@makemsayugh You fanboys are so dumb. Monopolies like this make quality of products decline. Just think of what will happen to the quality of games, when all these developers have to start splitting the $10 a month or whatever it is for gamepass, rather than making $60 for each sale of their games. AAA gaming quality has already tanked due to microtransactions and paywall DLC, but this is going to make them even worse than they have been the last few years.
To me the good news is, the more Studios MS buys, the less is left for EA to destroy. The best news would be MS buys EA and save those poor franchises stuck in EA's purgatory.
Spore II, we need a Spore II.
dante's inferno sequel
Personally I see T2 in the crosshairs. Imagine having GTA and COD IPs lmfaro xbox will be the home console for casuals which wether we like it or not is the 90% of gamers. This will flip the gaming industry and Xbox will be so far in front.
Shout out to all the Sony fans that spent years trolling "Xbox has no games". Your hard work finally paid off! Thanks guys!
Relax, they stopped trolling because they know what the green monster is capable of.
Funny thing is I saw someone make that comment today. I was like really dude??
Ikr, they salty and saying now Xbox is a monopoly😂
@ödīñ ŵïlšøń *cope*
I mean, these games were already coming on Xbox. Fallout, Cod, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, etc. all came out on Xboxone/PS4 and had installments coming for Xbox Series and PS5. The only difference with Microsoft buying them is that they won't come out on playstation now. MS didn't create any new games for xbox they just took away games and franchises from playstation.
I like when MS/Sony buy independant studios like Insomniac and Playground and offer them financial security and the ability to create games they wouldn't be able to. I don't like the precedant MS is setting by buying and consolidating entire third party publishers and what that may entail for the future. Consolidatation is ruining creativity in Hollywood and now it may ruin gaming.
For being a fan of the gaming industry, Well played Microsoft. 👏🏾
They are not fans of industry. If they were they would develop their own games instead of buying major studios
@@AllThingsInfamous1 like sony bought spiderman film rights instead of creating new superhero, where I the creativity here?
@@tharunpn I mean Sony does have a movie studio and they owned spider way before disney
@@cybercop3108 they don't own the movie they own the character my guy spuderman belongs to Sony
@@AllThingsInfamous1 You act like Sony is the one who develops these games. They too just acquired studios who in turn, make games. The only difference is that Sony did this a long time ago when gaming was on a much smaller scale, just like an old man who bought property for cheap which is now worth millions.
I feel like what truly *makes* a studio valuable relies a lot on the people/talent (which can never be bought). Like, you could buy a restaurant that has really good food or a basketball team with really good players, but if the head chef leaves or your star players get traded, what are you really left with? It’s not all about the IP. Hopefully Microsoft finds a way to make the star players stay.
But is it insane my first thoughts were to see a Halo Call of Duty crossover? Lol
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GUYS FORGOT THE RAGE FRANCHISE!!
Me, you and the other 4 people who liked rage are very frustrated
@@thejomah part 2 was released and no one really cared or was rather interested.
@@thejomah you might say we're filled with... displeasure
Starting 2023 every new cod will launch on gamepass day one. That’s crazy.
What will be even crazier if they decided to make them a exclusive.
@@kellz1703 imagine
@@kellz1703 they most likely will, I’m sure Microsoft won’t mind losing millions initially by keeping Cod exclusive cuz they’re playing long game
They have a lot of factors to easily make that money back along with the $69B purchase
-there a trillion dollar company so they don’t care for the intital money loss by no COD on PS
-They have the 3 biggest mobile games in the world under their belt that are cash cows (cod mobile, candy crush, hearthstone) so all that alone will repay the millions lost by no COD on PS VERY QUICKLY
-warzone will stay on PS so any PS players wanting more content the money they pay will go to Microsoft
- they have a chance at reviving most of the franchises they bought and if they do expect to see the money coming in
-gamepass is a good deal w these games along w Bethesda games
MS just been playing nice with Sony for those past years lol if MS makes cod exclusive yh they gonna lose millions but they gonna make millions back because the PS players will buy an xbox to play it lol also of MS keep buying big studios Sony lost since Sony don't have the money to do what MS is doing lol
@@PlagueVirus2001 so the Playstation division alone is only worth as much as Microsoft just spent on activision, all of Sony is worth less than 150 billion so yeah Sony could never hope to match that buying power and that's what gives Xbox such a huge advantage right now their parent company is worth almost 30 times entire value of Sony and because they're on Xbox PC and mobile they have a much larger group of potential customers than Sony because if Sony does put a game on PC its usually years later
I wonder if Xbox is going to ever make a supersmash bros type game we’re i can play as captain price, masterchief, doomslayer, and Steve
Might, might not. Now that Smash Bros is finally finished, it seems more Smash style games are being developed.
Sierra games, an old popular studio that worked on PC games during the 90’s, is also categorized under the umbrella of Vicarious visions; which could mean a ton of classic PC games for game pass PC, plus potential properties to work with.
Imagine this psychonauts crash bandicoot Spyro banjo kazooie and c o n k e r of Conker's bad Fur day imagine them in a crossover together
Game pass is gonna be amazing next few years !
This just makes me excited as a GamePass subscriber
Oh indeed. I am on PC and they drop games all the time. Games I never even heard of that get to have a life on Game Pass. There are tons of games I would most likely never buy but will try out. I am downloading Deaths Door right now.
@@jcaashby3 This gen I think xbox and pc are gonna be flooded with games.
Absolutely cannot wait for a
Avowed. That spellcasting animation was nuts - let's hope it's the same ingame
this is exciting in some ways, especially with the budget I'm sure microsoft will throw at some IP's that have been semi-dormant, but also this is massively worrying from a consumer/anti-monopoly standpoint. We'll see how it shakes out I guess.
I think the fact that they are upholding the PlayStation exclusive deals shows that they are not going to be making everything exclusive for Xbox. And it would ultimately hurt Microsoft by lowering sales from the studios they own
@@schmeleanor i think they’re going to eventually make them exclusive. They already said all future unannounced bethesda games will be exclusive to windows/xbox. In other words if it didnt already say it would be on playstation it wont be. I fear this will happen with activision blizzard games now too
I don’t think so. They are going to bleed Sony dry. Even if it means losing money in the short term they (Microsoft) have more than enough to win a battle of attrition
In a monopoly stand point lets be real COD was dying and literally everything else they had was ded
It's a great think. This was a vertical integration. Sony is still competing.
Hopefully for anticipated games like Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout 5, COD 2024. Microsoft can use some other studios to speed up development while keeping quality in check.
I hope Microsoft puts some of these new 1st party studios to work on IP that's been long-dormant. A modern action/Adventure take on "Pitfall," or "The Last Ninja." Or even bring out "StarCraft Ghost" from the dead and give it a modern twist.
so since this wasnt covered in the video what franchises does activision owns that have been death for some time now...
I can think of only "PROTOTYPE" but there are probably some more and just coz activision didnt want to do anything with them doesnt mean that XBOX cant revive them
and for some reason i feel like warcraft4 is also one of those forgotten games
Guitar hero darkwatch and many more that escape me for now.
@@justinterry8894. Don't forget True Crime, there's also the Transformers games that High Moon Studios used to work on, and at least 20 more.
Don't forget Sierra.
Hope they can remaster the raimi trilogy games
As a PlayStation player I'm really gonna miss the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. Oh and I like Minecraft ofcourse, but they can't really take that away anymore
Playstation has no GAMES lol. Come over to the xbox brand. It's the best place for gamers
@@jc2462 we would but us hard to find a series x and I don't want an s because I buy all my games physically
@@NicklausHaynie and also playstation have wolverine, spiderman and god of war that's in the works lol that's the reason why I don't buy Xbox.
@@devoncarter7222 to late allready bought a series x in retail
@@NicklausHaynie well it seems like you got some serious money in your pockets lol, all you need is a PC and playstation and you have access to everything, marvels wolverine and god of war ain't missing me.
“Every Major franchise Xbox owns” nah fam, they ARE the Major franchise
I suspect Sega next year as well
@@emptysoul2757 def want sega man
@@emptysoul2757 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I am batting they will buy sony next
@@thewildcat7972 Can't monopoly laws
@@Theemptythroneistaken nop they can ,, look at the size of embrace groups and tesons
Microsoft is boutta buy Sony and make Xstation360
I doubt they have enough money to buy Sony they own Spider-Man for god sakes
@@Stillhovering 🤪
@@Stillhovering sony is worth like 130Bn while Microsoft is worth 2.5T and counting
@@kellz1703 he is trying to be sarcastic
Microsoft is right now really dominate in FPS,RTS and Westran RPG
Microsoft now they are the God of modern gaming industry
@@thewildcat7972 Until the quality of games drops because developers will be splitting $10-15 a month rather than each making $60 per sale. You fanboys are really foolish if you think a monopoly in gaming will be anything but bad for every consumer.
@@trashsplashtucker btw 15$ × 12 × 25 million = 7.5 billion per a year and that number increases with the number of subscribers, it's win win deal , to us and to the devs
@@thewildcat7972 That's not how it works ..
No one benefits in the beginning of the monopolisation of any given industry...
The quality of the games will definitely decline, not only will it be harder to micromanage individual studios - even with Microsoft being as large as it is - but it will also cause a lack of competition therefore draining quality out of the games - if the opposition won't get better, why should I spend money on getting better?
Its incredible how in just 2 years , Microsoft's lack of creative originality has began the deformation of the industry, and what's happening? People are cheering for them...? This isn't good for anyone, not even Xbox fans, PC fans or anyone who plays games related to console.
All the games will drain in quality, prices will rise significantly and gamepass won't seem very good value anymore when it's directed at players for 'only' $1000 a month.
Microsoft's lack of respect for pre-established franchises and publishers will soon prove to be a massive problem - just wait and see...
@@thecalamity278 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow the amount of sailt and idioticy is really high in ur comment, first of all the gaming market already has been monopolized long before xbox bought Activision by sony coz they control 75% of gaming platforms in PS4 era and I didn't see u complained about that when that happened before and I didn't seen u speak up against sony anti consumer monopolization policies like not accepting crossplay and " exclusives " , so don't cry when the other company done it 2 + there will be always a big competition in the gaming industry like Facebook and Netflix and Amazon and Microsoft is ready it self for it so sony is a joke now comparing for this big corporation and indi Dave's they always be there ,, so my friend keep crying when call of duty and the elder scrolls will not be available in ur favorite plastic box coz u deserve it by supporting sony $#@++!y anti consumer policies and kept saying exclusivity is great for the industry
I wonder if we'll get a new Guitar Hero out of Microsoft. Back in the 360 days Guitar Hero was such a big deal it'd be nice to see things kinda go back to the way they were.
I don't think so, Guitar Hero died long time ago. It was just some sort of a trend at that time, just like Kinect was but after few years it wanished.
You never know, I don’t think anyone expected Microsoft to bring back Battletoads…and yet, there they are. LOL.
@@lenardz
That's true
guitar hero was sick but was always a rock band fan over hero
Clone Hero exists on PC, it's free and well supported.
I wonder if this will have an impact on World of Warcraft, I really miss that game but it just has changed so much, it feels more like doing chores instead of actually playing a game to have fun
People on 2018: Xbox has no games.
Xbox: And I took that personally.
I hope we see some of these studios that got put into call of duty only development be allowed to start creating new games.
I hope they set Vicarious Visions free.
I think vicarious will be back together think about it gamepass needs content and they're supposedly making cod a 2 year release which we all wanted so toys for bob Beenox and vicarious will be back making crash spyro games but will also be able to do banjo and conker games.
@@sully8317 I need NS and Luxoflux to be back bro
@@sully8317. If they so choose to, of course.
@@DimensiaTime. While that would be nice, you know that's not happening anytime soon.
My brother in law lives and breathes Call of Duty. He just listed his PS5 for sale on eBay. He’s now desperately trying to get a Series X. I bet a lot of people are doing the same. Xbox just gained back all of the market share that they lost last generation.
It’s mind blowing that starting 2023 every new cod game will launch on gamepass day one
Wow. I was of the mindset that people who love COD but have not upgrade to the PS5 would opt to get a XBOX series X/S but not sell there PS5s. Some people will stay loyal (which is weird) but many will simply go to where there preferred games are located on. People can hate COD all they want people like your BIL love COD.
l'll buy it for 70 bucks. including his games, of course
How much is he selling it for? I have a friend that’s interested, he’s willing to pay $700 max tho.
@@jcaashby3 well if ur a ps user your last cod u can get is cod 2022
We need an X box Smash Bros with Crash, Spyro, Raz, Ford Cruller Banjo, Conker, Doom Guy, Master Chief etc
6:21 The new goblin design for Warcraft look good!
Phil Spencer is the new CEO if Activision instead of boby? Is definitely a hugh difference
Nah I’m sure there will be a CEO replacement after Bobby leaves but it’s just that Activision wont report to the new CEO they’ll all report to Phil Spencer
Well, yes, as Spencer is boss of Microsoft Gaming division.
So, basically Microsoft IS the Western Video game market now??
Yeah, if you discount Take 2, UbiSoft, EA, Valve and the fact, that Apple, Google and Amazon are also pushing to enter the games market, they totally are.
@@VGVindaloo my point exactly! Just 10 years ago, there were way more developers.
Khaos studios, telltale, THQ, Relic, Infinity Ward, Maxis, Pandemic Studios, Visceral games, ect.
There all gone now, and if things keep going they way there are, we might have like 6 companies making all our games. That’s scary.
This is freaking insane
Very informative, thank you!
Can't wait for BlizzCon/MicrosoftCon. It's gonna be crazy with all these games/characters now under in 1 roof.
As far as I remember , that was even before they bought Bethesda, Microsoft said they would branch out to other consoles because exclusivity isn't worth it.
I hope so, but I feel like they might have changed their minds by now
Tbh it was Sony going for exclusives they should all scrap it and sell on everything all 3 will make a killing. But if Sony keep up with this paying to keep games off xbox I think Xbox will end up locking them out when they buy up the industry after only 1 year Phil has taken xbox from no games to home of FPS and WRPG already. They now have the best selling game on playstation every year far outselling their exclusives So even if they dont keep cod exclusive they will be getting lions share from Sony players lol. Rumours for last 2 year they're gunning to get Take Two. Imagine Sony when GTA and COD are both xbox IPs xbox will be the home for casual gamers which lets be real is like 90% of the market. Sony after activision deal are being forced to become 3rd party.
Microsoft: fine i'll do it myself
Xbox after this: Lets see who needs a quick revive *stares at Spyro intensely*
its already teased in crash 4. And the dev hinted to look in the book and it has a picture of spyro 4
Microsoft is the Disney of gaming now. I think Phil Spencer's goal of cross platform bans will become a reality very soon.
Crossplay ban? Is that when someone cheats with crossplay enabled it gets them banned on every platform?
@@Killverine1984 no lol
@@Killverine1984 A personal ban list. Basically if I block you on Facebook then you’re also blocked on twitter, MySpace, etc
@@Killverine1984 Cross platform ban. If you are banned on an Xbox network for whatever reason you are banned other places as well. to crate a safe space for gamers. It doesn't make sense why Sony or Valve or EA would listen to Xbox and reject a customer but we never know what kind of deal Xbox may be able to negotiate.
If Microsoft bought another company, it should be Bandai Namco. They have some great IPs. 2 games I'd like to see them remaster are Xenosaga and the Tales series. They should have 343 Industries work on remastering both games on the SlipSpace Engine they used for Halo Infinite. Just imagine playing Xenosaga and Tales of Symphonia with the graphics of the SlipSpace Engine. This would also give 343 Industries more recognition than just making Halo games.
I have an idea… hear me out “Microsoft Smash Bros.”
I hope the COD developers have the ability to branch off and have creative freedom to make their own games. That alone would be exciting.
Microsoft is finally doing what they were suppose to do in the first place and that's being a software company/publisher. It's about time! TBH Phil Spencer should be the CEO of Microsoft. This is the direction Microsoft should be focused on. I will not be surprised if the major earnings for the company will come from the Xbox division.
Windows and Azure...?
@@YT-yn2cy exactly
Pipe down fan boy. Nothing is won yet.
No Satya is better at being CEO of entirety of Microsoft, let Phil manage XBOX in peace
@@AllThingsInfamous1 Mindshare amongst games journalists, and influencers is won and this will mean mindshare to the less in the know casual audience will be won in the next year or so too. The cloud and value for money war is absolutely won because no other company can even compete with microsoft in that regard even if they wanted to, Sony is being forced into a corner by microsoft to the point they will have to operate through Microsoft like they do with azure, by thr end of the gen Microsoft and tencent will be the most valuable and profit making gaming entites mark my words.
Imagine how happy I must be as Xbox's biggest fan.
Im not xbox user but still happy for this 😆 ok microsoft whats next?
@@kjikj the campaign will most likely go exclusive. This is why ponies are crying. What story campaign games has Playstation shared with Xbox since buying studios? Let's talk about this.
@@kjikj other You got to leave it to FTC.
@@kjikj That's the whole point of it. Make it exclusive and more people will buy their console. Sony has been doing the exact same thing with their games. People buy Playstation to play Spiderman, God of War (which isn't an exclusive anymore) and such. Even if they lose players, they will gain more when people buy their console.
Wasn't sure if in the outro he was convincing me what GameSpot is or himself. If I was intended to be confused the great job and even better video. 😁
Funny thing is, you only scratched the surface of the IP treasure trove they got with Activision. If they really start reviving dormant series, like Phil said, they could be having more games than any single person alone could reasonably play. With the Sierra and Infocom IPs alone they could be pushing out story driven games, that already have an established name in the business, for the next decade. Then they have Pitfall, which could easily become the next Uncharted, when done right, Metal Arms just screams for a new game, and maybe add the old one to backwards compatibility. Activision also owns Bizarre Creations, which no longer exist under that name AFAIK, but maybe the people are still there, so why not release a new Project Gotham Racing? This just goes on and on.
Outside of Tony hawk and crash bandicoot, that's a really big list of games I've never played.
Have you not played games in like 15 years?
Same for me,i only care about diablo and maybe elder scrolls and fallout from all of these game franchises Microsoft owns 😂
Another casual....here
Yet cod is the biggest selling and most played paystation game so obviously it’s gonna effect you weather you like it or not 😂
38,627 ponies died of terminal salt loss from watching this. :)
Sony: we have spiderman!
Nintendo: we have mario!
Microsoft: we have gamepass. 😂
Sony: we have golhen 9.00‼️😉😉😉
The list of IPs NOW OWNED by Microsoft/Xbox after acquiring Activision Blizzard.
- Prototype
- Spyro the Dragon
- Crash Bandicoot
- Call of Duty
- Tony Hawk's Games
- True Crime
- Zork
- Tenchu
- Guitar Hero
- Blur
- Overwatch
- StarCraft
- Warcraft/World of Warcraft
- Candy Crush
- Diablo
- Police Quest/S.W.A.T.
- Gabriel Knight
- Laura Bow Mysteries
- Scarface
PROTOTYPE!!!
Definitely a W for Xbox. They needed it
So this means, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater, and Spyro are now X-Box Exclusives?! Or will they continue to go multiplatform?
They will be exclusive....
if there's any new entries into those franchises... Microsoft will most likely make them PC & Xbox exclusive. (As it'll be Microsoft first-party studios developing them and Microsoft funding the game's production)
They’ll be exclusive.
I know the older versions will all be on GAME PASS for sure. When the Bethesda deal was done almost all of there games showed up on game pass....Fallout, Doom, Elder Scrolls etc)
I think they’ll licence them, same for COD etc, they’ll charge Sony an arm and a leg to get them however so it’ll make financial sense and keep the fps player bases massive. Xbox could sell game pass across all platforms including PlayStation for the ultimate licensing win. They’ve got very deep pockets though so i imagine Sony HQ feeling some pressure - any more massive studios purchases from either Xbox or Ps this year? ….Time will tell
Now I’m just imagining Microsoft making their own Smash Bros clone..
Everyone always compares MS too Sony. But too me it seems MS has its eyes on Tencent as its biggest competition Sony just so happens to also make a gaming console.
Thats true Sony cant compete With tencent, Amazon and Google
In the long run Sony needs to find a niche like Nintendo as they dont have the money to really fight the big players
It’s weird. All of these franchises and studios, yet the only one I care about is Crash Bandicoot
He’s the OG man
to think Xbox now owns Crash Bandicoot - A PlayStation and Sony Exclusive ICON - is just a very weird feeling
They can easily buy Sony it’s just Sony won’t say yes
Reports have just come in that Xbox does indeed have games, more than Sony in fact
Sony is a huge company that makes a lot of things mostly Electronics and movies
With acquisitions of Bethesda and now Activision/Blizzard, I hope we now get more quality Xbox first party games to compete with Sonys PlayStation Studios
PlayStation still dominates the generation
@@unicorntomboy9736 🤭
Compete? Lol
A lot of you don't seem to be realising it right now but Microsoft isn't thinking if Sony but tencent! There moves have always been for the long run sony haven't been thinking like that and eventually they are going to feel it.
@@Theemptythroneistaken Did this Tecent just appear out of nowhere or something
Best games in recent time, I enjoyed, were small old school indie games . I got to the point that something like Hollow Knight excites me more than Call of Duty or Halo.
Check out dead cells, saltandsanctuary, hades, blasphemous, morbid, deaths gambit, carrion, ender lilies, chasm, curse of the dead gods, bloodstained, hyper light drifter, aeterna noctis.
Xbox Gamers rn: 😃
PC Gamers rn: 😏
Ps Gamers rn: 🤡
Switch Gamers rn: 💪
I can finally add new ones to my XBOX top 30 exclusives list.
Rogue Legacy 2,Killer Instinct, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Sea of thieves, Sunset Overdrive, Forza Horizon 5, Ryse son of rome, Gears 5, Halo Infinite, Crackdown 3, Ori, Quantum break, Halo wars 2, Forza Motorsport 7, Gears Tactics , Recore definitive edition, Fable 2, Song of Iron, The gunk, Grounded, Tunic, Sable, State of Decay 2, New Super luckys tale, Alan Wake, Artful Escape, Rare replay, 12 Minutes, Adios etc.
these aren't very good sorry dude
@@pewpew327. Subjective.
@@pewpew327 hi pony
Could this be a era where microsoft doesnt push release of games early and give people what they want? and have a monopoly
Does that mean I can finally play WoW without paying a ludicrous membership fee?
Imagine an XBOX pass. where for the price of monthly subscription of wow you get wow and 500 other games
@@aliseb5. Or just make at least part of the WOW subscription part of Game Pass.
Fallout hurts the most
Forgot about Prototype and Guitar Hero
You missed Guitar Hero as another major franchise that Xbox now owns, really hope they bring it back!
call of duty 2023 main entry is the last entry for playstation... After that say bye bye to cod on ps 😂🔥🔥
@ödīñ ŵïlšøń yes millions
Yeah that's kinda crazy ain't it. Wouldn't be no skin off my back tho, I said bye bye to COD in around 2009.
Actually it’s COD 2022 which will be MWll (sequel to MW2019) that will be the very last cod to PS users. The cod after that (Cod 2023 or 2024 or even 2025 depending if Microsoft delays it or not to give their devs extra time) will be the first cod to be xbox/pc/cloud/gamepass exclusive
@ödīñ ŵïlšøń considering cod vanguard and cold war were the two highest selling games on any platform in 2021 I would say cod has players
I think this year will be the last one then. Mid 2023 the deal will be done.
Activision: How many franchises do you want?
Xbox: Yes! 💰💰💰
Playstation: 😰😱🥶🤢🤮
MICROSOFT/Rare need to get a new killer instinct game going. Love KI but it’s been nearly a decade since it launched
microsoft fr about to make candy crush a xbox exclusive
This video aged very well now that the deal has been approved for purchase.
I don't have any loyalty to consoles. But I'm glad I chose Xbox this generation. I'll miss Gran Turismo and GOW though.
They could keep CoD multi platform but I could see them making Overwatch exclusive. I really could.
Nop cod will never be on ps5 after that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@thewildcat7972 well, DOOM and Wolfstein are also now XBOX/Windows games only, so it can be point, or they will make COD like Minecraft.
@@michazmuda1477 nope only cod warzone will be cross plat ,, any new cod like black op Infiniti whatever will be exclusive to xbox and PC
I'm just surprised how few interesting games Activision actually makes these days.
All their focus has been on COD since all they cared about was profits. I'm hoping something will change now, but it may remain the same.
the COD factory
Fishing for COD is all they do
One AAA game every year is actually a pretty crazy pace. What they do lack these days is variety but really that's the way the whole industry has gone. But in terms of sheer number of games, they're a very active studio.
Spoken like a true pony
What about the dormant IPs like Prototype?
Now that Microsoft owns Radical Entertainment (which is under Activision Blizzard) they should reboot the Prototype series. Just do something with that IP, it's too good to be left to die.
This is crazy how much Micro$oft has paid for ALL of these new acquisitions... What is going to be of concern is management. This is A BIG UNDERTAKING to manage all of these studios, making sure there is quality in their games and not just quantity. Owning these studios looks good, but managing all of it could be a logistics headache for Executives.
And now Sony has taken a stock market hit, I'll be curious, as a PS5 owner, as to what their response will be. Sony needs to bring their "A GAME", not not just Horizon Grand Turismo, and God of War. We need either old favorites (SOCOM for example), or new IP's that can offer great "AAA" alternatives to what Microsoft will label as "Exclusive Only".
I really hope Sony doesn't make me sell my PS5 for an XBox....
Why not have both?
Well... Microsoft has had the financial power to monopolize gaming for forever, and only now is doing it. People who kept yapping about exclusives really should've known what company were they yapping to.
@@roguespartan2854 is that a fact?
Excited to play all those games in the same system! Now more Than ever, gamepass ultimate will worth it 👌
They have become the Disney in videogames. It's kinda scary when 1 company owns so many franchises!
Scarier thing is I don't think they are done
we need a petition to get Raven out of the CoD-cycle and then move it on id Software's side! Quake.. Hexen... :O
Owning studios like bethesda,obsidian and zenimax was the biggest flex move xbox ever pulled on sony.