Microsoft now owns:
Call of Duty
Halo
Doom
Hexen
Quake
Rage
Overwatch
Fucking lol
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I heard a rumour that every time you look in the mirror and say "Xbox has no games" three times, Microsoft buys a publisher
Today I learned people think 3D Audio is exclusive to PS5 lol. Hell, Xbox One even has it.
“The Series S is a potato that’s holding back gaming and causing world hunger”
Also the Series S:
I can't lie I really really wish we got the Menu screen from the July 2020 Show for #HaloInfinite. It's much nicer to the release one imo
No it wasn't
Just curious…honest question. How can you have fans of a new IP that’s yet to have it’s first game?
Was the PS5 too big to make this joke without removing the seat and lid?
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God of War coming to PC??? Why the fuck did I waste $750 on a PS5 when I could have just bought a $1200 PC and waited 3 years to play games from a totally different console instead???!!! FUUCKING WHOLE VIDEO GAME JUST SHITTED IN MY MOUTH AND THROAGT
For those of you wondering how to feel going forward, take this sage advice from Capcom
“Series S is holding back the generation”
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“lol Series S is only selling because it’s in stock”
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“Wait…stop counting Series S as Xbox sales!!”
As meh as the PlayStation Showcase was, don't underestimate Xbox's ability to miss a lay up
They really charged money for this huh?
So…when all was said and done, it was Microsoft who believed in generations?
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scoop: Microsoft quietly discontinued all Xbox One consoles at the end of 2020. As Sony continues to build PS4s in 2022, Xbox Series X / S were the only Xbox consoles manufactured over the past year. Details: theverge.com/2022/1/13/2288
Sony crying to the CMA about Microsoft taking CoD away knowing they got moneyhats prepped and ready to go
For those wondering about why this tweet exists
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People still defend 30 FPS in 2023? 
No. It is not.
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Is The Elder Scrolls 6 coming to #PS5? Well, a new ambiguous update from Bethesda has given #PlayStation fans hope.
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Same developer. Amazing the versatility. More of this type of variety from Xbox and Bethesda please
Brazil: This deal is fine for our consumers. They can just buy an Xbox if they have to
UK/AU/NZ: But what about poor Sony tho? Won’t someone think of them and their market leadership possibly being under threat?
lol
Jim Ryan: *says something childish and unprofessional*
ABK Exec: *reveals what was said*
Reset: "So unprofessional of that ABK Exec to reveal the truth"
Fucking lol
Pass. Sorry. Days of 30fps only games died for me the day the Series X and PS5 released.
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Gotham Knights is allegedly capped at 30 FPS with no performance mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X.
wccftech.com/gotham-knights
I just woke up. Did I read this right? The FTC literally lied to support one of their main arguments to sue Microsoft over the ABK deal? LMAOOOOOOOOOOO. Say it’s not true. Please.
So nearly 1,000,000 people have digitally bought Forza Horizon 5 (the expensive version) already? Despite an impending Game Pass launch?
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343 announced a #HaloInfinite gameplay demo...out of nowhere, to be shown half a day from the announcement. Game must look absolutely shit hot and they know it
I’ve played at least 15 matches of Halo and I’ve gone up 2 levels of the Battle Pass lol. Yeah they need to make a change there.
Sorry but Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart not requiring an SSD at all is just embarrassing.
Sony: "We're gonna have our worst month of PS Plus for a long time. Apologies"
Microsoft: "Hold my beer"
“Sony can’t create a shooter on the level of Call of Duty”
My man you now own the studio that made Halo. Which was CoD before CoD came along and made Destiny
If *anyone* is in a position to make “another CoD” (that’s a massive gigantic humongous if) it’s actually Sony lol
The cat seems to be out of the bag on Nintendo and Xbox. You'll hear more in the fall
I just realised PlayStation putting their games on PC means the best of both worlds. Playing those games with an Xbox controller.
So “Spartacus” is at its core, simply a merging of Plus and Now. It doesn’t have Day One new games and there’s a tier for old games, so they’re charging for the backwards compatibility you get for free on Xbox. I mean…ok. Wake me when it’s a proper “Game Pass equivalent”
What I really wanted to get my 6 year old was a $750 Series X, but I settled for the $500 Series S. Welp. Guess I’m part of the problem right?
It’s good to see Sony finally acknowledging and recognising their fans on the PS5 dash. Kudos
Kinda shocked that after *all* these years people still haven’t learned the golden rule of Xbox Shows.
Temper expectations.
Always.
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According to eXtas1s, he has received information about games that will appear at the showcase that is going to leave everyone with their mouths open.
It will leave them with their jaws on the ground
Two unexpected games are on the way & they are going to be absolutely amazing! twitter.com/eXtas1stv/stat…
Microsoft revealing they have 10% marketshare in Europe makes any EU objections to the deal over Call of Duty farcical, at best lol. Sony doing all in their power to avoid revealing their past decade of docs is just icing on this complete mess of a cake
Noticing a sudden influx of newly graduated Anti-Trust Lawyers all of a sudden🤔
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I’m kinda surprised Microsoft hasn’t considered a black Series S yet given the black grill part. Get one out there and put 1TB in it and call it a day
How much cooler would it be if it was...you know, free?
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Alright this is kinda cool. If you own Uncharted 4 or Lost Legacy you get the full remastered bundle on PS5 for $10.
The idea that Microsoft…a company who would live and breathe data analysis (hell, they almost sunk Xbox over data analysis) doesn’t have a nice little wrap up of your Xbox data for 2022 and their competitors do is lol. Nintendo doesn’t even know what the internet is
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Xbox gotta release that "Year in Review" wrap up.
PlayStation and Nintendo got it.
To this day it’s still crazy to me that Microsoft had the first Sony game of the generation lol.
Just to throw it out there...Warzone staying on PlayStation still means "keep Call of Duty on PlayStation"
Except this movie was incredible
Wait...so Microsoft - who has arguably been too hands off with their studios, has in the space of 3 months changed Bethesda's culture irrevocably that people are leaving en masse? The same Microsoft that left Bethesda to itself rather than put it under Xbox Game Studios? lol ok
It's absolutely nuts to me that almost exactly one year later, you still can't walk into a store and buy a Series X or PS5 in Australia.
The shadow drop of Hi-Fi Rush was the perfect strategy for *that* specific game because it didn’t allow a bullshit “lol not AAA”, “MS forced this trash on Tango”, “lol cartoony gwafiks” narrative to fester on Twitter and Reset for months prior to release. Smart move.
After seeing what Halo Infinite's Forge is looking like it's going to be, kinda starting to see why it won't make launch. It almost looks like a full on game creation engine in and of itself.
*Xbox presents….*
*A Zenimax production…*
*in conjunction with Bethesda Games*
“PlayStation State of Play”
Halo Infinite: “please complete this Tactical Ops challenge of killing 7 Spartans with the battle rifle”
Also Halo Infinite: *puts me in 20 Tactical Ops matches in a row without the Battle Rifle*
Xbox *did* show something at the Game Awards what are you all talking about? They showed regulators why they need ABK
Twitter is convinced that so many of us are just paid to advertise Xbox Game Pass. That’s crazy!!! Almost as crazy as having access to hundreds of games and day 1 releases for only $9.99/month and if you’re new you can even get 3 months right now for only $1!
Because I’m see a lot of speculation and a bunch of talk in my mentions, let me get this out there. Microsoft are not acquiring any of the following:
- Ubisoft
- Take Two
- EA
- Activision
Thank you for your time
aaaaaaaand I’m out
Can’t wait for “Call of Duty will be exclusive to Platforms where Game Pass exists”. If there’s one game that could get Game Pass on PS5….
Ok. Finally got a chance to watch Forza Horizon 5 in 4K. Yeah..uh, nothing else looks as good as this. Let alone open world, in native 4K and at 60. That’s just ridiculous.
Uh…we get these games day one on Game Pass lol. We gain a lot akshually
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You realize as Xbox owners we literally gain nothing from these acquisitions right. We would have been playing all these established 3rd party franchises on Xbox anyway, the ONLY diff is now we get to say "Only on Xbox" which at the end of the day means nothing.
Feels like by the time E3 2023 rolls around, Microsoft will own so many pubs and devs that whatever event they hold just…will be E3 lol
I love the idea that Sony’s own first party studios had to convince Sony they should
*checks notes*
Ignore console wars and make lots more money
I will say again why I’ve always said about ReCore. This franchise has the potential to be Xbox’s equivalent Metroid or Zelda if Microsoft actually gave it the time and budget to flourish.
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Five years ago today, ReCore released on Xbox One and PC!
That's five years of extracting cores, running around Far Eden, and trying to figure out where that last darn Cellbot ran off to. 
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Imagine if you will, a game. A game so good, that it becomes the highest rated game of the year. Then imagine…for one second. That game isn’t nominated for Game of the Year. lol
Once again, why are these regulators so worried about Sony’s best interests? That’s not their job. Like…at all. If a PlayStation gamer has to buy an Xbox for Call of Duty, hell wont freeze over. Same way Xbox gamers simply have to buy a PlayStation if they want Spider-man
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The Commission is working to ensure that you will still be able to play Call of Duty on other consoles (including my Playstation). Also on our to do list: update stock pictures. These gamers have wired controllers whereas Xbox and Playstation have wireless ones since about 2006! twitter.com/EU_Competition…
You know what could help mitigate all these game delays, crunch and development budget blowouts? If every AAA game on earth stopped trying to be a bloated “ambitious” 100 plus hour time sink. It’s actually ok if games are short as long as they’re great
$300 million for all that? Three studios and all that IP? Holy shit. That’s a steal and a half. Bonkers stuff. Crystal from under Microsoft’s nose too
Series X
Series S
PS4
Switch
Dreamcast
PS2
PS3
Saturn
Mega Drive
PS4 Pro
PS4 Slim
Xbox One
Xbox One S
Xbox One X
Master System
SNES
PS1
Neo Geo
Xbox 360
Wii
WiiU
GameCube
Nintendo 64
I’m running out of characters here…
Xbox 360 S
Xbox 360 E
PS3 Slim
All of the portables etc.
This is why I love backwards compatibility so much on . Entire franchises in one place. So good
Hey Sly fans. I guess some good news? My “normal” Sony source (was originally told by a newer source) just confirmed to me that Sly is indeed coming back. That’s it. That’s all. Just an update since many of you still DM me to this day.
Hey remember when Mixer was shut down and Xbox said they’d give us a new way to easily stream from our consoles with replacement dashboard integration? Ah…good times
Wait...I didn't realise buying Activision meant also buying the Developers of Simpsons Hit and Run. Don't a tonne of people love that game?
Apparently the original Forza Horizon has been re-listed on the Xbox store. Grab it. It’s the best Forza Horizon game and is X enhanced. Looks bonkers on Series X.
Call me crazy, but it feels like Microsoft are slowly trying to turn themselves into the backbone of all game development lol
I've got a sneaking suspicion Microsoft has done something we've all been asking them to do for years
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A few people have mentioned to me that Xbox have secured some sort of exclusivity on a BIG third party title. (Not just to launch on Game Pass)
The terms ‘delighted’ and ‘ecstatic’ are being used when describing all parties involved.
Imagine throwing a hissy fit because a marketing person changed his profile picture to use an iconic character the company he is a marketing guy for is about to acquire. lol
It's so odd that Nintendo actively pushes people towards emulation/homebrew/piracy while also condemning emulation/homebrew/piracy, all while simultaneously leaving money on the table. It would be quite impressive if it wasn't so infuriating
It’s funny that for all the crap 343 gets, not only have they made Halo feel better to play than Bungie ever did (imo) they’ve also now twice made multiplayer better than Bungie ever did. They just need to nail a campaign to have the trifecta.
Holy crap everyone. First the Director changes, then it gets delayed out of 2021 with no updated year, now we find out ANOTHER studio is helping? God of War Ragnarok is done y’all. Done.
Video game advertising has reached its summit. This won’t ever be topped.
Really happy to finally be able to reveal that has made some room for us in his ridiculously busy schedule to say hey and congrats! Looking forward to it. Thanks a tonne Phil
It’s crazy to me as I play Doom Eternal, it dawns on me that this is a first party Xbox game now. Nuts. Next game is gonna be huge.
“The UK is the only roadblock”.
Microsoft to the UK:
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I'll never understand the Uncharted movie casting decisions. Like...Nathan Fillion and JK Simmons are RIGHT there.
I’m being told we’ll see our first gameplay of the new God of War at Sony’s show too. Will be exciting to see.
FIFA 22, NBA 2K22 and MLB 22 all on Game Pass. Ridiculous if you love sports games. It’s seriously hitting that point where I’m not sure why you’d own an Xbox and *not* have Game Pass
In my “ideal” scenario, Infinity Ward and Treyarch rotate CoD games every 3 years and all the other studios are free to do whatever the fuck they want. Here’s hoping. We also get Marvel Ultimate Alliance and XMen Origins Wolverine on BC
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Seems like Yakuza isn't the only popular Sega franchise Microsoft are trying to get into Game Pass 
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