Also it was the number selling game on Steam
In a letter to Activision Blizzard employees, CEO Bobby Kotick told staff that he wants to “reinforce my confidence” that the acquisition will close. “The allegation that this deal is anti-competitive doesn’t align with the facts, and we believe we’ll win this challenge,” he said. The company also posted an internal email penned by Jeb Boatman, Activision’s SVP of litigation, regulatory, and public policy law, outlining its position on the deal.
Microsoft President Brad Smith signaled that the company would fight the lawsuit, saying in a statement that the company has “been committed since Day One to addressing competition concerns."
“While we believed in giving peace a chance, we have complete confidence in our case and welcome the opportunity to present our case in court,” Smith said.
It's only depressing because one company can buy it and the other one can't.
PS3 DIDN'T survive if you were in America(by about 18 million)or UK. 360 is the second best selling home console EVER in USA and UK. COD contributed to that a$$ whopping 360 gave PS3 in those territories.
Special or unique in terms of driving people to by other games. Sony says COD drives people to buy other games and Microsoft is saying that COD doesn't do that.
Sonic ask Disney the same question
Clearly it doesn't bring in the revenue that COD brings in, so in terms of everything combined it is a mid-sized game compared to COD. How many COD games have been released since 11/11/11?
I'm pretty sure they are talking about the period that they have the marketing rights.
CROWS90 yeah yeah yeah PS3 was outsold in the biggest market(USA) by almost 20 million and also went from 155 million(PS2) to 87(2017)(PS3). You can't sell 68 million less and be considered a success. That's not how business works. It was a failure
They failed to compete during the 360 generation? Could've fooled me
Guitar Hero in there as well
Ps3 was a failure. You can't go from 155 million to 87 million and be considered a success.
Darthv72 Remember Sega is a Japanese company, so at the minimum Dreamcast would always be better than the Xbox max. Keep doing well in America and Japanese companies won't be able to skip the console like during the 360 generation. To make money in America, you had to be on 360 and that's why Tekken, Final Fantasy and others couldn't afford to skip the 360.
Bioware had a good relationship with them since the first Xbox(KOTOR, Jade Empir,etc), so they was just going to make Mass Effect a trilogy for Microsoft, so there was no deal. If you recall Microsoft published Mass Effect 1, but of course that change when EA bought the parent company because they eventually put it on Playstation. That Bioware is gone now. It's only Bioware in name only because that team broke up a long time ago. EA would be a good purchase.
I think Europe will be a lot more like the 360 gen. Japan is one-sided, but it looks like they are overperforming(for them) and PS could be underperforming or maybe this is the new normal for them in Japan. Nintendo owns Japan now and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
Redevils Not in America and UK Ps3 was dead last in both places. Who was influenced third place. One didn't come in that gen with achievements or a fully operating online network, but left with both. Who influenced who?
CROW90 Wow inflated by 20million lol. XboxOne outsold PS3 in America as well and I guess RROD helped that too. A system that lost all of 360s momentum STILL outsold PS3 in the biggest videogame market. Ps3 era in America and UK was the biggest loss the Playstation brand has ever taken. Sony was irrelevant for the first time ever in those territories
BOLSTERLI It was first in America and UK and PS3 was dead last there. Nintendo won anyway overall
Okay, but it's still doing good there, so maybe they are in the minority.