So... Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard...

Mike Prof Chuck

What was your first thought when you read that news?

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PIEBALDconsult

That they went to DQ?

Maximilien

Nothing, zero. Maybe, good for them ?

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jeron1

I realized how glad am that I don't play video games.

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Lost User

jeron1 wrote:

I don't play video games

Have you tried Candy Crush? Please click [CANCEL] to continue not playing video games. :-D

jeron1

:laugh:

Randor wrote:

Candy Crush

Actually, that's one of the several items that are immediately uninstalled when I get a new machine.

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Slacker007

very surprised. 68.7 billion all cash. Wow, MS has some serious money at their disposal. Microsoft saved Minecraft, so hopefully, they can save the games that Blizzard and Activision have created. I mean, come one, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone,....

OriginalGriff

I hate the whole idea, but ... could they please buy The Expanse TV series and make the rest of 'em? Pretty please with sugar on? Or would they just give it a Ribbon and stick the Roci in the middle of the screen and call it a new series? :-D

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David Crow

I was thinking the same thing.

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raddevus

Mike (Prof. Chuck) wrote:

What was your first thought...

Money-grab!

Super Lloyd

Overwatch 2!!!

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Stepan Hakobyan

1. Less competition now. 2. Bobby fount a way to get more money while his company was on a decline. 3. Some of the games could be saved, because many talents were leaving the company, and now it could be stopped. Maybe.

DerekT P

Honestly? "What is Activision Blizzard?" ...

Mike Prof Chuck

you are kidding, right? it's like asking "what is porsche" or "what is australia" :wtf:

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DerekT P

No, I'm not kidding. I know a Canadian finance company called Blizzard and Activision vaguely makes me think of VR goggles or something. However from the discussion above I'm assuming it's a computer games company. As per a thread elsewhere in the lounge today, I don't play them (occasional sudoku and 2048 aside) so have never had any reason to come across them.

oofalladeez343

So the old rivalry *Halo* vs. *Call of Duty* is no more... they are owned by the same company!

englebart

Activision is a trigger word to me that causes a flashback to Pitfall on the Atari 2600.

Mike Prof Chuck

My first console! Phoenix, Pitfall, PacMan - The three big P's of our time :-)

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