Why did they spend 69 billion on Activision if theyre gonna do this

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Blue_Inigo
02/05/2024
12:50 PM
#1
Seems like a waste of money to buy the competition if you can't afford exclusivity tbh
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Jagr_68
02/05/2024
12:51 PM
#2
They intentionally spent the money so everyone on the internet would say nice
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masterpug53
02/05/2024
12:51 PM
#3
Microsoft: 69 billion dollars!
The entire gaming world: nice .

That's the only reason.

EDIT shoulda known I'd get ninja'd on that one.
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s0nicfan
02/05/2024
12:52 PM
#4
Microsoft doesn't care about exclusivity outside of preventing Sony from using it against them. Microsoft would rather sell what they own on every platform and make the most money than go to Sony route and watch as games like final fantasy 16 underperform expectations cuz they're locked to one console.
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Blue_Inigo
02/05/2024
12:53 PM
#5
Jagr_68 posted...
They intentionally spent the money so everyone on the internet would say nice
And what did it cost them
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Jiek_Fafn
02/05/2024
12:55 PM
#6
To make money. Microsoft doesn't care about your console wars.
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superbot400
02/05/2024
12:57 PM
#7
s0nicfan posted...
Microsoft doesn't care about exclusivity outside of preventing Sony from using it against them. Microsoft would rather sell what they own on every platform and make the most money than go to Sony route and watch as games like final fantasy 16 underperform expectations cuz they're locked to one console.

Not a new practice either. They did that with Minecraft.

They
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