RacingWolf7957_1550577373 0 Posted December 8, 2022 Did you know Lucas from EarthBound/Mother, shares the same voice actor with Ivy from Soulcalibur? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz_4th 6 Posted December 8, 2022 Lucas has a voice actor? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectriCole 4 Posted December 8, 2022 Mainly in Smash Bros I think Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam N 10 Posted December 8, 2022 ONLY in Smash Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 Guess the FTC didn’t like those 10 year concession contracts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectriCole 4 Posted December 8, 2022 Gotta whip out the 20 year contracts now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 Here’s a thread from the FTC on the suit: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daz_4th 6 Posted December 8, 2022 ??????okay wth is goin onI reaIIy reaIIy don't get thisIike yeah microsoft bought activision but so? isn't that the point of buying a company to keep their games for yourseIf?Iike, from a consumer standpoint this absoIuteIy sucksbut from a business "you've been a bad boy" thing I don't get why this and onIy this is being seen as an issue Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liftea 11 Posted December 8, 2022 reminder that all of this happens mostly because of CoD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 The FTC under President Biden is against consolidation in the tech industry. Activision-Blizzard is a giant in the gaming space, and the FTC, from my perspective, seems concerned that Microsoft owning them will damage the market significantly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-Kye- 10 Posted December 8, 2022 FF16 RELEASE DATE IS NIGH Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liftea 11 Posted December 8, 2022 I mean they aren't wrong. But all of this just gets so much attention because Sony does it under the guise of pretending to care about monopolization when in reality it's just CoD. They do not care about Microsoft buying studios. They only care about it when it affects them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 Can you blame them? Even as a third-party franchise CoD brings in more money for Sony than pretty much all of their first-party titles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liftea 11 Posted December 8, 2022 It's good that governments are taking a closer look at this but it feels like it is happening under the false circumstancesthis should have happened way earlierIt's only happening because of Sony being afraid of losing CoD and not because of them caring about the entire industry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 Microsoft isn’t gonna let this deal collapse, so I imagine this court case is about to be dragged out for a very long time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liftea 11 Posted December 8, 2022 I want the court trials to get livestreamedit would make great content to see this shitshow live Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 It’s just gonna be a bunch of lawyers trying to explain to old people what Call of Duty is Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liftea 11 Posted December 8, 2022 this sounds so funny tbh"Here you can see how this game is played "shows a video with a 12 year old kid screaming in voice while his mom is in the background to tell him that dinner is ready"""wait 12 year old kids are playing this game?! we should ban it Madge " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam N 10 Posted December 8, 2022 The market has far bigger concerns than Microsoft buying out a single studio Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 You mean a single mega-publisher? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam N 10 Posted December 8, 2022 Yep. That and the questionable legality of digital distribution.They're not the only publisher around, and indie publishing is easier than it's ever been Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HellboundOrc 2 Posted December 8, 2022 Yeah the market is diverse, but look at how big AB is. That’s a lot being consolidated under one banner. You can’t say anybody else is doing their numbers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam N 10 Posted December 8, 2022 They'd be doing the same numbers whether Microsoft owned them or not. I'm more concerned that the market is becoming oversaturated just because of how easy it is to get a game published. Steam will accept literally anything thanks to the Greenlight process. And hell. Even on Switch, it takes hours of paging through the eshop to find anything halfway decent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites