The $68.7 billion deal between Microsoft and Activision has taken the entire internet by storm. However, Phil Spencer’s decision of letting Call of Duty titles stay with PlayStation earned him a lot of console users’ respect. Furthermore, with the help of this deal, Xbox will become one of the world’s largest video game companies.
Although the Xbox decision has finally has ended the console war, it looks like Microsoft might be planning something way bigger. In addition to that, the latest $68.7 billion Activision deal and Xbox Game Pass for Console only for $9.99/Month might even end Sony and Nintendo’s business.
Continue reading to find out how Xbox will rule the console community in the future.
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Adam Conover shows serious concern regarding Microsoft $68.7 billion deal with Activision
Adam Conover is an American comedian, writer, voice actor, and television host. Naturally, the Xbox and Activision deal has become a hot topic and Adam decided to share his opinion regarding the deal. He even declared that according to him the Xbox and Activision deal is more frightening than many users think.
He also expressed a genuine concern that Microsoft has disrupted a huge strategy in the industry, which might give them an advantage over other consoles.
Adam said, “Most publishers sell their games for $60 or $70. Which they have to do because the game costs hundreds of millions of dollars to make and years of effort. But Microsoft has recently disrupted that strategy by introducing a service called Game Pass, where you can get 100 games for just $9.99 per month. And now they are buying game publishers so that they can put their games on the service.”
He further said, “It doesn’t matter if Call of Duty is also available on PlayStation. If you can get it for $9.99 instead of $70 and get 100s of other games too. That’s what you gonna do!! The deal is too good to pass up.”
I made a short video on why I believe the Microsoft/Activision purchase is a lot more worrying than many seem to think. TL;DW: Microsoft can use their massive cash advantage to indefinitely sell games at a loss via GamePass, undercutting & monopolizing the industry Amazon-style. pic.twitter.com/3RX6KFuT2i
— Adam Conover (@adamconover) February 4, 2022
What actions can Sony and Nintendo take to not lose their users?
Adam also dove into how Sony and Nintendo could or couldn’t make their own Game Pass competitors. He thinks they can’t. It’s mainly because they can’t afford to take such a colossal risk. He said that Microsoft might be taking an immense loss on Game Pass.
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Microsoft can afford to do that because it’s Microsoft, and Microsoft is unlikely ever to run low on cash.
At last, he suggests that Nintendo might be able to survive this haptic situation, but Sony can’t. “Actually, I think I should say Nintendo will be fine because Nintendo has Mario and Zelda. And everyone loves Mario and Zelda. But I think Sony is fu**ed.”
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