Its crazy that Microsoft literally holds the FPS market in a chokehold now. Halo, Doom, COD, Overwatch, Wolf.. its crazy. Xbox is in a very good spot rn. Gamepass is about to take another leap forward.
The western RPG market as well. Outer Worlds, Fallout, Avowed, Fable, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, Wasteland, Clockwork Revolution, World of Warcraft, and Pillars of Eternity. I'm sure that there's more.
As long as the IPs are taken out of limbo and the studios are freed from that demented COD factory i'll be happy, Toys for Bob in specific being put to work on that franchise is nothing short of a tragedy
@@lonewolf7396 that’s fair but it would also be weird if Xbox didn’t put two extremely profitable games that they now basically own onto their console.
The ftc and cma are on your side, even if you want the deal through, the ftc made Microsoft sign a contract for 10 year cod non exclusively that we would NOT HAVE GOTTEN if the ftc did nothing
@@rewpertcone8243false ftc didn't make MS offer that deal...MS offered that deal themselves and ftc still wasn't happy and lost in court and MS still offered same deal they didn't have to. 😂 so MS is the good guy here
@@rewpertcone8243 Xbox offered the contract to Sony for all ABK games for 5 years before the FTC said anything and Sony said no. Then they signed a 10 year contract to have CoD on PS, Everyone knows Xbox would not remove CoD from PS, so Sony got absolutely nothing.
It won't be anything, Microsoft has failed to show off their fire power despite all these acquisitions, and adding Activition Blizzard is just making things worse because Activition Blizzard has some serious issues.
@@MellowWater Absolutely. So, besides some "ol skool" games that people younger than like 28, probably didn't get to play- Xbox didn't really get anything but more games to rent out.
So happy it is over and I cant wait for the games to start rolling in and some old titles being revived or have new additions. Great time to be an XB gamer!
They’ll be some older titles available on game pass but I wouldn’t expect them to do much with the older IP that’s not really the point of the purchase
@@rewpertcone8243 Gamepass is under the xbox umbrella. If you are playing games on Gamepass, then you are an XB gamer. Sheesh. It's sad people don't understand this at this point. Screw PS5. I will play their Sony games on my PC. I'm not buying their ugly ass internet router.
@@MazziBoino they already stated diablo 4 and new cod games coming in 2024 and from there on all cod games will be day 1 gamepass like all xbox first party games
@@DJGaming-XSXdidn't blizzard confirmed that diablo 4 and the new call of duty(mw3) are not making it into gamepass on Twitter? This could be old news but im sure they did.
Sony can’t compete like this.. Microsoft has so many other streams of income well past Sony that they are just buying their way into a Monopoly. Once they do, it won’t end well for gamers in my opinion. Things like this never have before. I believe this is the slippery slope into you will own nothing and be happy. Except we won’t be happy, but by then it will be too late.
@edgarwhite9439 Nah Xbox is weak and in 3rd place, they don't have no games, Japan doesn't like Xbox yadayada and GamePass isn't sustainable... whatever those tropes were 2 days ago
I really don’t think the aim is to get gamepass on other consoles, with it already being on Xbox, Mobile and pc it’s already accessible to everyone by putting gamepass on other consoles it would take away the biggest pull to Xbox
I don’t think Microsoft is that concerned about pushing people to the console, as far as they’re concerned the console is primarily a method to get users on their subscription service. Obviously they prefer that a user buys their other games on Xbox (or the windows store lol) because they get a cut of that, but they also would prefer that people who primarily buy their other games on switch give them $15/mo instead of nothing.
True but they'd be making more money through gamepass than from console sales at that point. Eventually they might even offer their exclusives on other platforms via game pass only
I think Xbox is at the point where they need to focus exclusively on quality, not quantity, release cadency does not matter if they launch games in a state like Redfall, Halo Infinite, or Starfield...
Never really post many comments on your vids but genuinely gotta say, best gaming news channel out there. Your coverage of the ABK/MS deal was the least annoying out of all the channels I watch. Others milked the ever living sht out of the topic
@@ronmexico7256 The N64 Goldeneye took forever to get full approval, but it did finally get re-released on Xbox and Switch. So I don't think it's impossible now for Microsoft to get the rights renewed with MGM and Eon.
Feels weird for something like this to be over, I felt the same way when Baldurs Gate came out of early access, or when Starfield released... This doesn't impact me whatsoever cause I haven't played an activision or blizzard game in over 8+ years, but I've grown used to hearing about this deal.
Would love to see Microsoft leverage the MLG brand. This is one area where Xbox can leverage their competitive advantage that other platform holders cannot. They have the IP
I'll be honest Matty it felt like X-mas when i watched that video, man seeing Prototype and the possibilities of games like Tony Hawk,Crash,Spyro,..i mean lol hopefully we get WoW in gamepass!
Next summer’s Microsoft showcase should be amazing. They could also shake up the game awards with some big announcements and a roadmap of H1 legacy software migrations to Gamepass. Finally they could really throw the gauntlet down with announcements of Candy Crush or World of Warcraft coming to Gamepass.
As someone who is against the deal, I am definitely glad it's over. I don't wanna have discussions about this shit anymore it got so tiring. (My main console is Xbox, so don't bother calling me a Pony for not wanting the deal)
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The welcome video Xbox put out was really really good. Ihope they put WOW on PC GP or even as a peek. I've never played it but would try if they gave a free time period.
@@daksans6764 Well that's why I said "basically shut down" I mean they didn't outright shut them down but it's a huge shell of its former self and it's like Activision put it on life support
@@356z You asked why it is relevant. This is a mostly Xbox crowd channel. It's relevant that they may get more games on a service platform they pay for. Diablo games, some kind of WoW gamepass deal. Honestly, I don't really care, I sign up for gamepass when there is a game I want to play on there and then cancel.
@sharkh20 I wasn't sure if there was anything xbox wanted exclusively, like taking Bethesda. I dont use subscriptions on either platform. I'm a millennial that usually likes my physical copies of games lol
there is a game that activision owned called "arcanum: of steamworks and magicka obscure", which is a fallout 1&2 style RPG steampunk type game (with magick) they NEED to give that property to either bethesda or obsidian
Its pretty annoying there wasn't a drop of games of any kind. This deal should have closed half a year ago if the CMA and FTC didn't let themselves be sockpuppetted by Sony. They had plenty of time to work out the logistics.
They want game pass everywhere but they refuse to get it onto the steam deck natively. Gotta love the Microsoft mindset sometimes... They could either add it to steam like EA Play has or they could make a linux client to install but no. Even if they upped the price on Steam it'd be worth it imo
I mean if and this is a BIG if but if they'd bring WoW to game pass, now that would be something! I would immediatly hop back on! Atm it's for me personally probably the biggest thing to wait from this deal!
I agree. This is time for Xbox to re-release all the old activision classics and throw them on gamepass. Xbox needs a HUGE kick in the arse to catch-up and this would be close. Plus a reboot of guitar hero!
All the doom and gloom from all sides saying this is big bad ms flexing. Like ps hasn't flexed by moneyhatting games to stay off the competition but ms having to compete by buying whole publishers to compete because ps was and still is moneyhatting games to stay market leader. All I see is ps is good and ms is bad narratives when there are both good and bad takes on both sides. If you are one of the many poor souls that take part in these so called "console wars" I pity you and what you do cause in the end these companies only care about what is in your wallet not about you. Keep fighting that imaginary war when in all actuality there is more happening in the real world than being petty and arguing over a piece of plastic.
WoW on console is finally a true possibility. Not that, that's a huge deal to me cause WoW Is meh to me. But I'd absolutely play it on console cause honestly, consoles have very few. I play WoW a little bit now with a controller on my PC and with a few add-ons it's totally doable. Honestly it's doable without addon's too but the addon's are in my opinion much better. Plus I feel like that'd be a huge revenue they could tap into by giving WoW on Gamepass and then having the subscription for full access to the game. Just a lot of untapped green right there.
If Phil is smart, he’ll make Prototype a Rated M, “just one” (high fidelity graphics, 60fps, cinematic, open world) Xbox/PC exclusive. That would be some great salt on X
@@lavafoxxno whole point of console is couch coop easy pack and go and cheaper price. Can't pack an expensive PC into suitcase and travel, or play local coop on PC etc and it cost shit ton to build a PC that can handle the same performance a next-gen console can.😂
@@DJGaming-XSXnot really considering laptops exist , but I get what you’re talking about , I’m a pc player and very thankful that gamepass is on pc too . Great service . Used to be an Xbox 360 player and still have my 360 in my living room tbh but you can still couch game on pc tbh
It's all about Gamepass, that library will be huge in short time, no need to buy games anymore. Microsoft isn't interested in "owning the gaming market", just there for the revenue. Some of the exclusives that have been on ps will now be on Gamepass instead and don't forget that MW3 is the last cod Sony has exclusive for, that's many millions of players..
I love that they said they were still behind Sony and Tencent in revenue, that this puts them in third behind them. I guess it’s true, but whether or not it is, it makes all their pushback (mainly Sony’s) seem like a bad faith move from them. Like they’re trying to keep Microsoft down. Like MS doesn’t make plenty of revenue in other categories. Aside from that, looking forward to seeing what hits Gamepass. Hoping for old IP’s to be picked up and new games put out, but I’m not holding my breath. If the games I want coming back do come back, I’ll be super hype, but until then I’m just going to focus on what is available to me. Lastly personally kind of annoyed that MW3 isn’t day 1 Gamepass, but on a business level I completely understand that decision. CoD sells well even when it’s the worst iterations. MW3 actually has hype behind it. Likely most MW2 current players will end up buying MW3.
Honestly I don’t think MS *needs* to make anything exclusive to Xbox/PC here. Having SF and DOOM and those exclusives was smart, but with these games it might be smart to keep them cross-platform for sales purposes. Still have that Gamepass pull on PC/Xbox, and like Matty said, trying to put Gamepass on those platforms, but any sales of these games will benefit MS as the publisher now.
Hell yea bring back all those marvel activision games like X-men origins wolverine an Spider-Man web of shadows an ultimate alliance for remakes. Take my money now
Sony doesn't own Spiderman, Disney does. How do you think those prior Spiderman games were multiplatform to begin with? If Sony owned Spiderman, all of the Spiderman games from the PS2/360 generations would have been PS exclusives.
I look forward to Sony ponies saying gamepass is crap. Lol. Gamepass it’s now they best deal in gaming. PS fanboys are crying inside now. Put the crash games on gamepass a soon as possible Phil.
I heard the servers are fixed and it’s feelin really good, however I haven’t played myself so I can only give you second hand info unfortunately. Maybe someone else here will have more
They need to put Activision Games that is not on BC on Store, Crash Twinsanity,Gun COD Clássic, Singularity, Spyros, Tenchu,True Crime. Crash OTT, Crash MOM.
@@xman777b and elaborate then. Because right now you’re saying subscription service = death of physical games. Then by that logic it’s not just Xbox. Sony is putting more into their sub service now. Ubisoft had theirs for a while including DLCs yet they still publish physical media so please enlighten me instead of “you have zero foresight” sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about and just parroting
It's the death of physical games because Xbox is gonna shove them all onto gamepass.... because that's what monopoly's do once they no longer have to compete you'd satisfaction is no longer Necessry
Xbox Wire, is that where Xbox 360 games can be played? I was disappointed that game pass didn't include Xbox 360 games 😭 oh no I am thinking of Xbox core
@@dtube441the thing is... When was the last time ms spent the big bucks on a tripple A game? These studios are now going to be forced to work with gamepass in mind. Sure we might get a big hitter now and then maybe. I would have been more happy if ms spent that money on making games instead.
Oh no, I listened to a group of "financial analysts" last night on Mooch's podcast. I'm really surprised how many of these people don't already work for Microsoft and or Sony with the wealth of knowledge they have of how to run a company. According to them a Games Service is not one of the ways.
Gamepass is amazing for indie games... But the big budget games like sony makes that model dont hold up... But seeing as ms have stoped making big budget games it might work for them.
I just can't seem to get Fallout 4 to run on my Alienware computer, it is just too fast. Do you know if in the Fallout revision, are they going to fix the frame rate issues on newer computers?
I hate this industry consolidation so much, it's f**king insane. You're naive if you think they'll actually benefit you or the industry in any way with this. It literally just serves to build their de facto monopoly over the gaming industry and once it's built, here comes the ensh*ttification. More competition in the industry makes for better games, better products, more creativity from developers and studios and potentially better business practices.
What Xbox needs to do now is just focus on what they have and make great games. If they go straight onto another a acquisition then they never actually make good with what they got.
next year is pretty stacked, especially compared to the PS5 lineup. Even before the acquisition, phil said that they finally have the structure to put out 4+ exclusives per year starting late 2023, which holds true.
Lmao the studios they buy are making the games...even if Xbox buys more it's not like they just fire everyone who makes games in the studios. Xbox gives their studios alot of control over their games . Xbox concentrates on first party .. Microsoft concentrates on buying and making studios and overseeing studios. That's how it is. Xbox isn't gonna just stop I bet they're gonna do what it takes too ensure Xbox and gamepass become what they envision. It's gonna happen. Only ponys will feel different tbh.
It's nice to se xbox having some more games/devs under its sleeve since most of the games they been released lately have been low quality or not "up to the standards" Redfall and the new forza especially since both have terrible AI and lots of bugs, starfield imo it was pretty good, excellent writing etc... hopefully with this acquisition they can create better games and really show what the series x is capable of doing.
I'm in the camp of the scrutiny was worth it. I really dislike market consolidation. The market really needs competition, or consumers really will get shafted over time, little by little (foot-in-door phenomenon). All that said, I think the disfunction of ABK, the dead licenses, and the (hopefully) joining of development forces allows the overall gamer experience to become much better. I would love for ABK not to just be a CoD, Candy Crush, WoW exclusive studio. I have high hopes, but these ginormous companies never seem to fail to disappoint. I think Xbox is going to have to do a serious audit of ABK and their leadership outside of just Kotick, especially their management/HR teams to make sure that their past stays in the past.
@jeffsroyalbodyguard7642 and when has Xbox in the last 10 years made more money than PlayStation? It seems you just don't want Microsoft to compete. You'd rather have yourself a Sony monopoly. Which is pretty bad for you in the long run.
@@angeloluna529 nope, they're good now. They have about even IPs with the other console makers. But they are still third in the market. We'll see how it goes for them going forward. You are scared of having competition? It seems like it. Your proclaimed boogyman is in third place by a wide margin didn't you know????? It sounds like you're in cope mode, aka moving goalposts. It's what y'all do and it's embarrassing.
@@praisethesun6078 if microsoft wants more IPs, then they should make more original franchises like they did with halo than just buying out everything. Them buying out everything is a sign of pure desperation that they really need to have their gamepass quotas up.
Its crazy that Microsoft literally holds the FPS market in a chokehold now. Halo, Doom, COD, Overwatch, Wolf.. its crazy. Xbox is in a very good spot rn. Gamepass is about to take another leap forward.
@brandondenny226 you're delusional I'd u think they aren't. They all are great especially doom and it's coming out with new one soon
@@brandondenny226 what shooters are you talking about
@@DJGaming-XSXcod halo and overwatch are all awful. Cod and halo used to be goated
They're all dead but cod 😂
The western RPG market as well. Outer Worlds, Fallout, Avowed, Fable, Diablo, Elder Scrolls, Wasteland, Clockwork Revolution, World of Warcraft, and Pillars of Eternity. I'm sure that there's more.
As long as the IPs are taken out of limbo and the studios are freed from that demented COD factory i'll be happy, Toys for Bob in specific being put to work on that franchise is nothing short of a tragedy
Fligh raven your finaly free.
Toys for Bob is a gem and I was so sad to see they were pulled in to be a support studio.
Leaks are suggesting that Toys for Bob's next game is a new singleplayer Spryo game, so don't worry
Toys for Bob should make a banjo game
Vicarious Visions too
Imagine when Warcraft and StarCraft come to the Xbox console I can't wait
I wouldn't just assume they are.
@@lonewolf7396 that’s fair but it would also be weird if Xbox didn’t put two extremely profitable games that they now basically own onto their console.
@@lonewolf7396StarCraft will, they ported Age of Empire to Console.
Now they have all the "craft saga"
Minecraft, starcraft, warcraft.
The most unrelated of all sagas excepted by name.
@@RaphaelAmbrosiusCosteau51 Extremely profitable? We talking about the same franchises that have been dead for over 10 years?
Xbox now owns crash and Spyro kinda unreal but it happened and I’m down with it.
I can't be the only one that instinctively said, "the mysterious stranger has won." Out loud when Matty said "the fight is over".
And if anyone doesn't understand this comment, yall gotta play this classic. Stands the test of time with its great storytelling.
@@RyanNash20 💯
KOTOR 🔥 🐑
I’ve played KOTOR four times - and am ashamed that I didn’t do this 😢
🤣🤣🤣
i’m just glad it’s finally over. It could’ve been done a lot sooner if the CMA and FTC weren’t being stubborn as hell. 😂
The ftc and cma are on your side, even if you want the deal through, the ftc made Microsoft sign a contract for 10 year cod non exclusively that we would NOT HAVE GOTTEN if the ftc did nothing
That’s a good thing, why would u want 70 billion dollar acquisitions to not b scrutinized
That was a good thing the fact they even allowed them to get past the first stage was a bad thing
@@rewpertcone8243false ftc didn't make MS offer that deal...MS offered that deal themselves and ftc still wasn't happy and lost in court and MS still offered same deal they didn't have to. 😂 so MS is the good guy here
@@rewpertcone8243 Xbox offered the contract to Sony for all ABK games for 5 years before the FTC said anything and Sony said no. Then they signed a 10 year contract to have CoD on PS, Everyone knows Xbox would not remove CoD from PS, so Sony got absolutely nothing.
This could be the best or the worst thing ever happened to video game industry. Time will tell.
I'd like to hope that MS can't be worse than A/B.
It won't be anything, Microsoft has failed to show off their fire power despite all these acquisitions, and adding Activition Blizzard is just making things worse because Activition Blizzard has some serious issues.
@@MellowWater"failed to show" to whom? Some studios don't make MASSIVE BIG AAA GAMES
2 evils can't make 1 thing good.
@@MellowWater Absolutely. So, besides some "ol skool" games that people younger than like 28, probably didn't get to play- Xbox didn't really get anything but more games to rent out.
For both ps and Xbox players we hope Microsoft comes correct and brings needed competition
I hope it humbles Sony but I also hope Microsoft doesn't go evil again. Microsoft can bring back a lot of franchises with great studios.
Then who is gonna compete with Microsoft? It has been even all this time
@jeffsroyalbodyguard7642 I’m pretty sure he meant first party
@jeffsroyalbodyguard7642
He meant first-party. And Final Fantasy is a timed-exclusive SquareEnix game. It is not an exclusive PlayStation game.
@@carolinagamer2874
Agreed.
So happy it is over and I cant wait for the games to start rolling in and some old titles being revived or have new additions. Great time to be an XB gamer!
They’ll be some older titles available on game pass but I wouldn’t expect them to do much with the older IP that’s not really the point of the purchase
Not a good time to be an Xbox gamer, good time to be a pc player who also owns a ps5 and a switch
@@rewpertcone8243 God, the cope with you people is a delight to see
@@rewpertcone8243 Gamepass is under the xbox umbrella. If you are playing games on Gamepass, then you are an XB gamer. Sheesh. It's sad people don't understand this at this point. Screw PS5. I will play their Sony games on my PC. I'm not buying their ugly ass internet router.
@@jimmythegamer2231 To be fair that’s how Matty recommends playing, though obviously what Matty says isn’t the be all end all
More than happy to never have to buy a new call of duty again
Id assume they'd only be adding previous games into Gamepass, so people have to purchase the new game.
@@MazziBoino they already stated diablo 4 and new cod games coming in 2024 and from there on all cod games will be day 1 gamepass like all xbox first party games
@@DJGaming-XSXdidn't blizzard confirmed that diablo 4 and the new call of duty(mw3) are not making it into gamepass on Twitter? This could be old news but im sure they did.
@@alexandervillar7742they said till 2024 but who knows
@@MazziBoiday and date buddy.
Finally it's over can we all thank Matt for keeping us all updated though out this wild 20 months
What I really want is Xbox to treat those developers well. Also, I hope Sony competes as hard as them. New games, reboots and PC ports 🙏
Sony can’t compete like this.. Microsoft has so many other streams of income well past Sony that they are just buying their way into a Monopoly. Once they do, it won’t end well for gamers in my opinion. Things like this never have before. I believe this is the slippery slope into you will own nothing and be happy. Except we won’t be happy, but by then it will be too late.
@edgarwhite9439 Nah Xbox is weak and in 3rd place, they don't have no games, Japan doesn't like Xbox yadayada and GamePass isn't sustainable... whatever those tropes were 2 days ago
@@edgarwhite9439 I love monopoly
@@BTMaverick707 One time Xbox is weakest competitor and the next time they are monopoly. These ponies are inconsistent
@@daksans6764 Yea, these guys speak out of both sides of their mouths and keep moving that goal post.
I really don’t think the aim is to get gamepass on other consoles, with it already being on Xbox, Mobile and pc it’s already accessible to everyone by putting gamepass on other consoles it would take away the biggest pull to Xbox
I don’t think Microsoft is that concerned about pushing people to the console, as far as they’re concerned the console is primarily a method to get users on their subscription service. Obviously they prefer that a user buys their other games on Xbox (or the windows store lol) because they get a cut of that, but they also would prefer that people who primarily buy their other games on switch give them $15/mo instead of nothing.
True but they'd be making more money through gamepass than from console sales at that point. Eventually they might even offer their exclusives on other platforms via game pass only
@@irecordwithaphone1856 That will never happen
@@ScubaSnacks Xbox games will be only available on Xbox ecosystem except may be for streaming games
I think Xbox is at the point where they need to focus exclusively on quality, not quantity, release cadency does not matter if they launch games in a state like Redfall, Halo Infinite, or Starfield...
Starfield? I get that it didn’t run the best on PC but on the Xbox it’s more or less fine.
Or atleast give us something that utilize the series x... Come on MS... Wtf
Maybe now we'll stop hearing "Microsoft just hit another opposition or wall in it's acquisition of Activision Blizzard" in the news cycle FINALLY!
There is still FTC but they are toothless barking dog
Never really post many comments on your vids but genuinely gotta say, best gaming news channel out there. Your coverage of the ABK/MS deal was the least annoying out of all the channels I watch. Others milked the ever living sht out of the topic
I really hope they bring back the James Bond games.
Nightfire on the Xbox Series X and PC Game Pass?! Just imagine!
They’d need to create a new licensing agreement, which is certainly possible but I wouldn’t count on it
Quantum of Solace on modern consoles, I need it
@@ronmexico7256 The N64 Goldeneye took forever to get full approval, but it did finally get re-released on Xbox and Switch. So I don't think it's impossible now for Microsoft to get the rights renewed with MGM and Eon.
Dude, what took you so long! I was waiting for this video, man!!! 😂
Love your content. Matty, keep it up
Feels weird for something like this to be over, I felt the same way when Baldurs Gate came out of early access, or when Starfield released... This doesn't impact me whatsoever cause I haven't played an activision or blizzard game in over 8+ years, but I've grown used to hearing about this deal.
Would love to see Microsoft leverage the MLG brand. This is one area where Xbox can leverage their competitive advantage that other platform holders cannot. They have the IP
MLG?
Major league gaming
Who cares?
@@Freelancer837 It's bigger than EVO
@@daksans6764 it isn’t 😂
We did it… this is truly a new chapter for Xbox. I don’t think anything could bring down my mood for the day
Who is we?
@@Cypher652 He's just another corporate drone.
@@Cypher652 We includes Phil Spencer, Bobby Kotick and gamers
@@daksans6764 suppose it’s delightful being on Bobbys team…
@@Cypher652 Bobby is horrible but not evil
Finally! We can stop talking about it! That is what I was looking forward to most is it being over so we can move on.
I'll be honest Matty it felt like X-mas when i watched that video, man seeing Prototype and the possibilities of games like Tony Hawk,Crash,Spyro,..i mean lol hopefully we get WoW in gamepass!
Next summer’s Microsoft showcase should be amazing. They could also shake up the game awards with some big announcements and a roadmap of H1 legacy software migrations to Gamepass. Finally they could really throw the gauntlet down with announcements of Candy Crush or World of Warcraft coming to Gamepass.
Candy Crush is ftp right I don't think you would need Game pass for that one!
@@jorgealonso9792 it is ftp but if they put it on Gamepass with some free power ups they might bring millions of mobile gamers over to try Gamepass
@@jorgealonso9792unless it’s just a normal version with no micro transactions
Microsoft show case will be called Xbox + Bethesda + Activision Blizzard + You showcase
As someone who is against the deal, I am definitely glad it's over. I don't wanna have discussions about this shit anymore it got so tiring.
(My main console is Xbox, so don't bother calling me a Pony for not wanting the deal)
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An X-men legends 1&2 remake and a sequel would be phenomenal if Xbox did that. Xbox has got to get more exclusives out and ensure it’s quality.
The welcome video Xbox put out was really really good. Ihope they put WOW on PC GP or even as a peek. I've never played it but would try if they gave a free time period.
I hope they bring back Prototype since Activision are the ones that basically shut down Radical
Radical is still alive but there are very few people left
Omg yes. I was pissed about the acquisition, but if they do this you may see a big hypocrite 😂
@@daksans6764 Well that's why I said "basically shut down" I mean they didn't outright shut them down but it's a huge shell of its former self and it's like Activision put it on life support
@@irecordwithaphone1856 May be they start hiring people after Microsoft acquisition.
Thank God, the drama is over......
for now
Yes if they could activate these old marvel, Spidey and transformer games and bring it all back that would be awesome.
Matty, bring back X-Men Legends...of all the old Xbox superhero/comicbook related games, that was the best ever. It's time!
Finally so glad it's done. Now we can talk about what games we can get on gamepass.
Why is this relevant? I honestly dont follow companies. I just follow games...
Could bring a lot of games to gamepass
@sharkh20 anything in particular? Generally I'm all for games on both consoles. But I understand why some are exclusive and why it's beneficial.
@@356z You asked why it is relevant. This is a mostly Xbox crowd channel. It's relevant that they may get more games on a service platform they pay for. Diablo games, some kind of WoW gamepass deal. Honestly, I don't really care, I sign up for gamepass when there is a game I want to play on there and then cancel.
@sharkh20 I wasn't sure if there was anything xbox wanted exclusively, like taking Bethesda. I dont use subscriptions on either platform. I'm a millennial that usually likes my physical copies of games lol
I'll definitely say this is the best content Cadence for Xbox maybe ever
there is a game that activision owned called "arcanum: of steamworks and magicka obscure", which is a fallout 1&2 style RPG steampunk type game (with magick) they NEED to give that property to either bethesda or obsidian
Well said that was a fantastic game.
i hope we see more new backwards compatible games for Xbox One/ series X?
Years ago... someone at Microsoft said "Be aggressive" ...and they were.
Its pretty annoying there wasn't a drop of games of any kind. This deal should have closed half a year ago if the CMA and FTC didn't let themselves be sockpuppetted by Sony. They had plenty of time to work out the logistics.
It is finally over, what a rollercoaster.
They want game pass everywhere but they refuse to get it onto the steam deck natively. Gotta love the Microsoft mindset sometimes... They could either add it to steam like EA Play has or they could make a linux client to install but no. Even if they upped the price on Steam it'd be worth it imo
I can't wait for achievements to come to Candy Crush. Now I can increase my gamerscore whilst taking a dump! :D Thanks, Xbox!
Hopefully they fire that Activision CEO
He'll be around until the end of 2023. Sorry for the misinformation.
he is stepping down at the end of 2023, per an email he sent out to the internal teams!
Yeah the snake is leaving.
@@Rollbrand370no he stepping down end of 2023
I'm convinced Matty is a real-life Penny from RWBY with those "Salutations"
LSM fans are in shambles right now. Thoughts and prayers!
Microsoft literally owns the biggest game empire of games in the world...
Buying is half the work... I hope they have a vission for this, if not then most of these studios will end up like rare.
Today is a day that will long be remembered.
Welcome home Activision|Blizzard|King 💚🔥
I mean if and this is a BIG if but if they'd bring WoW to game pass, now that would be something! I would immediatly hop back on! Atm it's for me personally probably the biggest thing to wait from this deal!
I agree. This is time for Xbox to re-release all the old activision classics and throw them on gamepass. Xbox needs a HUGE kick in the arse to catch-up and this would be close. Plus a reboot of guitar hero!
i like to see old Spider-Man Xbox games and tony hawk Xbox games for backwards compatible on the Xbox One/ series X?
Toys for Bob better get to make more platformers...
All the doom and gloom from all sides saying this is big bad ms flexing.
Like ps hasn't flexed by moneyhatting games to stay off the competition but ms having to compete by buying whole publishers to compete because ps was and still is moneyhatting games to stay market leader.
All I see is ps is good and ms is bad narratives when there are both good and bad takes on both sides.
If you are one of the many poor souls that take part in these so called "console wars"
I pity you and what you do cause in the end these companies only care about what is in your wallet not about you.
Keep fighting that imaginary war when in all actuality there is more happening in the real world than being petty and arguing over a piece of plastic.
I mean outside of Bungie, almost every publisher Sony bought already had a really close relationship with them.
The video I’ve waited hours for!!!
one word to describe Sony. Complacent.
Loved the jazzhop background music.
WoW on console is finally a true possibility. Not that, that's a huge deal to me cause WoW Is meh to me. But I'd absolutely play it on console cause honestly, consoles have very few. I play WoW a little bit now with a controller on my PC and with a few add-ons it's totally doable. Honestly it's doable without addon's too but the addon's are in my opinion much better. Plus I feel like that'd be a huge revenue they could tap into by giving WoW on Gamepass and then having the subscription for full access to the game. Just a lot of untapped green right there.
If Phil is smart, he’ll make Prototype a Rated M, “just one” (high fidelity graphics, 60fps, cinematic, open world) Xbox/PC exclusive. That would be some great salt on X
Hear me out. " World of Warcraft on Xbox Series X Game Pass " 🙌🏼
Xbox doesn't seem to do exclusives anymore. It makes sense for them to have games release day in day on pc and console seeing as they are MICROSOFT.
yeah, its garbage. the only reason to have consoles are exclusitivities.
@@lavafoxxno whole point of console is couch coop easy pack and go and cheaper price. Can't pack an expensive PC into suitcase and travel, or play local coop on PC etc and it cost shit ton to build a PC that can handle the same performance a next-gen console can.😂
@@DJGaming-XSXnot really considering laptops exist , but I get what you’re talking about , I’m a pc player and very thankful that gamepass is on pc too . Great service . Used to be an Xbox 360 player and still have my 360 in my living room tbh but you can still couch game on pc tbh
It's all about Gamepass, that library will be huge in short time, no need to buy games anymore. Microsoft isn't interested in "owning the gaming market", just there for the revenue. Some of the exclusives that have been on ps will now be on Gamepass instead and don't forget that MW3 is the last cod Sony has exclusive for, that's many millions of players..
@@bjarnis basically microsoft decides to roll in, ruin an entire industry and sits back to profit? that sounds like MS's MO.
Mysterious stranger appreciates your intro
Toys for Bob on more Spyro and a couple Banjo Kazooie remakes, perfect team to get it done. World of Warcraft on console.
I love that they said they were still behind Sony and Tencent in revenue, that this puts them in third behind them. I guess it’s true, but whether or not it is, it makes all their pushback (mainly Sony’s) seem like a bad faith move from them. Like they’re trying to keep Microsoft down. Like MS doesn’t make plenty of revenue in other categories.
Aside from that, looking forward to seeing what hits Gamepass. Hoping for old IP’s to be picked up and new games put out, but I’m not holding my breath. If the games I want coming back do come back, I’ll be super hype, but until then I’m just going to focus on what is available to me.
Lastly personally kind of annoyed that MW3 isn’t day 1 Gamepass, but on a business level I completely understand that decision. CoD sells well even when it’s the worst iterations. MW3 actually has hype behind it. Likely most MW2 current players will end up buying MW3.
Honestly I don’t think MS *needs* to make anything exclusive to Xbox/PC here. Having SF and DOOM and those exclusives was smart, but with these games it might be smart to keep them cross-platform for sales purposes. Still have that Gamepass pull on PC/Xbox, and like Matty said, trying to put Gamepass on those platforms, but any sales of these games will benefit MS as the publisher now.
Great video! All I really want is state of decay 3 LOL
Hell yea bring back all those marvel activision games like X-men origins wolverine an Spider-Man web of shadows an ultimate alliance for remakes. Take my money now
Damn Matty, the same video two days in a row with equally baiting titles. I'm impressed.
Turn your mic up, Matty!
Glad we never have to talk about this again and we can focus on games.
IT'S FINALLY JOEVER!! 🎉
Disney doesn’t own Spider-Man Sony does, I’m doubtful those Spider-Man games ever drop in but hey stranger things have happened.
Sony doesn't own Spiderman, Disney does. How do you think those prior Spiderman games were multiplatform to begin with? If Sony owned Spiderman, all of the Spiderman games from the PS2/360 generations would have been PS exclusives.
@@jimmythegamer2231only since 2014 when they acquired the license from Activision.
I look forward to Sony ponies saying gamepass is crap. Lol. Gamepass it’s now they best deal in gaming. PS fanboys are crying inside now. Put the crash games on gamepass a soon as possible Phil.
Yoo matty, random and off topic, but is payday 3 fixed? Will I be good if I install it from game pass? Or is it still broken?
I heard the servers are fixed and it’s feelin really good, however I haven’t played myself so I can only give you second hand info unfortunately. Maybe someone else here will have more
@@karismadawngotchu, still appreciate it!
I just wish they just don’t hike the game pass prices 😢😢 at least not like Sony
this couldve been a community post
Do you guys think that True Crime NY can be brought intro backwards compatibility?
Hopefully they clean house on the leadership side. And super fire bobby boi.
They need to put Activision Games that is not on BC on Store, Crash Twinsanity,Gun COD Clássic, Singularity, Spyros, Tenchu,True Crime. Crash OTT, Crash MOM.
If one likes physical games, this is nothing to celebrate. This further empowers Microsoft/gamepass, and lack of any competition
What? Lmao can you not buy physical games of Xbox games? Like starfield and forza? Lol
@@Mr.Badoogle you have zero foresight. Sad really.
@@xman777b and elaborate then. Because right now you’re saying subscription service = death of physical games. Then by that logic it’s not just Xbox. Sony is putting more into their sub service now. Ubisoft had theirs for a while including DLCs yet they still publish physical media so please enlighten me instead of “you have zero foresight” sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about and just parroting
It's the death of physical games because Xbox is gonna shove them all onto gamepass.... because that's what monopoly's do once they no longer have to compete you'd satisfaction is no longer Necessry
@@miroo4097But they aren't a monopoly and there is lots of competition. They still have to create games that people want to play.
9:40 Split/Second was an awesome Disney game but not sure if Activision / Xbox can get ahold of it
Fuck yeah. It's finally over
Xbox Wire, is that where Xbox 360 games can be played? I was disappointed that game pass didn't include Xbox 360 games 😭 oh no I am thinking of Xbox core
I understand the excitement, but I don’t see how this fix anything, I mean this don’t mean they’re gonna make us better games.
Couldn't the opposite be said? It's part of a longer-term vision so we have to wait. But for now it's great news.
@@dtube441the thing is... When was the last time ms spent the big bucks on a tripple A game? These studios are now going to be forced to work with gamepass in mind. Sure we might get a big hitter now and then maybe. I would have been more happy if ms spent that money on making games instead.
Oh no, I listened to a group of "financial analysts" last night on Mooch's podcast. I'm really surprised how many of these people don't already work for Microsoft and or Sony with the wealth of knowledge they have of how to run a company. According to them a Games Service is not one of the ways.
Gamepass is amazing for indie games... But the big budget games like sony makes that model dont hold up... But seeing as ms have stoped making big budget games it might work for them.
@@pse2020 They haven't stopped making big budget games, but every game they make won't be big budget like Sony for sure.
I just can't seem to get Fallout 4 to run on my Alienware computer, it is just too fast. Do you know if in the Fallout revision, are they going to fix the frame rate issues on newer computers?
I hate this industry consolidation so much, it's f**king insane. You're naive if you think they'll actually benefit you or the industry in any way with this. It literally just serves to build their de facto monopoly over the gaming industry and once it's built, here comes the ensh*ttification. More competition in the industry makes for better games, better products, more creativity from developers and studios and potentially better business practices.
I think we can all agree here, [PROTOTYPE] making a return is on the horizon. About time haha
Now we just need inFAMOUS to make a return on Sony side.
bro only game I truely want to be brought back and I reckon would be massive is the prototype franchise.
What Xbox needs to do now is just focus on what they have and make great games. If they go straight onto another a acquisition then they never actually make good with what they got.
They should have done that a while ago.
If they are smart they will do it now.
next year is pretty stacked, especially compared to the PS5 lineup. Even before the acquisition, phil said that they finally have the structure to put out 4+ exclusives per year starting late 2023, which holds true.
Lmao the studios they buy are making the games...even if Xbox buys more it's not like they just fire everyone who makes games in the studios. Xbox gives their studios alot of control over their games . Xbox concentrates on first party .. Microsoft concentrates on buying and making studios and overseeing studios. That's how it is. Xbox isn't gonna just stop I bet they're gonna do what it takes too ensure Xbox and gamepass become what they envision. It's gonna happen. Only ponys will feel different tbh.
I'm sure all the studios are now focusing on the games. I think Redfall was sacrificed to get Starfield to a good state.
nice now i can finally play activision games i never played
So you're saying we're eventually gonna see Candy Crush Battle Royal in the Xbox store 😏
2023 has been a great year for Xbox and they needed it
It's nice to se xbox having some more games/devs under its sleeve since most of the games they been released lately have been low quality or not "up to the standards" Redfall and the new forza especially since both have terrible AI and lots of bugs, starfield imo it was pretty good, excellent writing etc... hopefully with this acquisition they can create better games and really show what the series x is capable of doing.
believe me… if they do indeed do a roundtable then it will be with people like mike ybarra or rod. not woth bobby
i really like to play more og Xbox titles and more Xbox 360 titles on my Xbox One?
So Age 2 and 4 don't count? Ghostwire Tokyo and quake 2 but yea they need to keep a good cadence. And more shows they will need more shows
I'm in the camp of the scrutiny was worth it. I really dislike market consolidation. The market really needs competition, or consumers really will get shafted over time, little by little (foot-in-door phenomenon). All that said, I think the disfunction of ABK, the dead licenses, and the (hopefully) joining of development forces allows the overall gamer experience to become much better. I would love for ABK not to just be a CoD, Candy Crush, WoW exclusive studio. I have high hopes, but these ginormous companies never seem to fail to disappoint. I think Xbox is going to have to do a serious audit of ABK and their leadership outside of just Kotick, especially their management/HR teams to make sure that their past stays in the past.
Um, this is competition.... When Sony does it, it's ok, when Microsoft does it being in third by a wide margin, that's not ok. Nice double standard.
@jeffsroyalbodyguard7642 and when has Xbox in the last 10 years made more money than PlayStation? It seems you just don't want Microsoft to compete. You'd rather have yourself a Sony monopoly. Which is pretty bad for you in the long run.
@@praisethesun6078so you like the idea that microsoft should monopolize the gaming market?
@@angeloluna529 nope, they're good now. They have about even IPs with the other console makers. But they are still third in the market. We'll see how it goes for them going forward. You are scared of having competition? It seems like it. Your proclaimed boogyman is in third place by a wide margin didn't you know????? It sounds like you're in cope mode, aka moving goalposts. It's what y'all do and it's embarrassing.
@@praisethesun6078 if microsoft wants more IPs, then they should make more original franchises like they did with halo than just buying out everything. Them buying out everything is a sign of pure desperation that they really need to have their gamepass quotas up.
Yes finally, now we can move on! I am happy for Microsoft but God was it tiresome getting my YT sub full with it.
Now put diablo 4 on game pass. Make mw3 day one
Finally. We can get back the real shooter. Soldier of fortune!