I think you like it because of some women at Blizzard or whatever, but I think this merger isn't for the best in the long run. There's still so much focus on a console war fanboy fest that I'm not sure that's even the war anymore. All the big devs are so pozzed anyway I guess one big mega company churning out garbage isn't much different than two big companies churning out garbage.
There's still so much focus on a console war fanboy fest that I'm not sure that's even the war anymore.
Sometimes I feel like the "console war" is entirely artificially made. Because I've truly never seen a person fanboy over a Sony or Microsoft console beyond "yeah I got this one," but people online talk like its straight up warfare. But it does create constant talk about "muh exclusives" and "muh hardware" to shill those out to create random marketing all over the internet.
Not consoles, but I did have the unpleasant experience of having to work with an Apple fanboy. If he spent more time actually doing his job than bitching about the computer, he might have not been fired after 6 months.
A job that was entirely done on a web site through a browser. The whole job could have been done through a kid's tablet.
It's shocking how much of it has been fake this entire time. People went back and forth between Sega and Nintendo all the time. The sales numbers for Playstation don't make sense.
I guess I should add the people were working for the companies back and forth. The rivalry on the actual ground didn't exist. The Yakuza and others wanted there to be, and I'm fairly certain Sega was using consoles as a money laundering scheme, not an actual rivalry.
And people still go hard with Nintendo vs Anything Else, and even for a while PC vs Console.
No one has given a shit about Playstation versus Xbox since the PS3/360 era at best. They still sell, but nobody is out there getting heated and defensive about it. Things you need for a "war" in this sense.
The main reason I like it is because I heavily invested in ATVI after this deal was pushed back by the UK. I'm a lot richer today than I was earlier. Closed most of my position, I'm not going to wait for the extra $3 per share and risk what I've gained.
One step closer to not being dependent on the enemy's system to keep me hired.
Also, I can now register for Call of Duty Warzone without the enemy having my phone number. Hopefully Microsoft get rid of the phone number requirements entirely though.
I also hope that Microsoft does something with all the dead franchises they now own. Reboot of Blur would be an instant pre-order.
I think you like it because of some women at Blizzard or whatever, but I think this merger isn't for the best in the long run. There's still so much focus on a console war fanboy fest that I'm not sure that's even the war anymore. All the big devs are so pozzed anyway I guess one big mega company churning out garbage isn't much different than two big companies churning out garbage.
Sometimes I feel like the "console war" is entirely artificially made. Because I've truly never seen a person fanboy over a Sony or Microsoft console beyond "yeah I got this one," but people online talk like its straight up warfare. But it does create constant talk about "muh exclusives" and "muh hardware" to shill those out to create random marketing all over the internet.
Not consoles, but I did have the unpleasant experience of having to work with an Apple fanboy. If he spent more time actually doing his job than bitching about the computer, he might have not been fired after 6 months.
A job that was entirely done on a web site through a browser. The whole job could have been done through a kid's tablet.
It's shocking how much of it has been fake this entire time. People went back and forth between Sega and Nintendo all the time. The sales numbers for Playstation don't make sense.
Remember this statement when it comes to politics as well.
I guess I should add the people were working for the companies back and forth. The rivalry on the actual ground didn't exist. The Yakuza and others wanted there to be, and I'm fairly certain Sega was using consoles as a money laundering scheme, not an actual rivalry.
And people still go hard with Nintendo vs Anything Else, and even for a while PC vs Console.
No one has given a shit about Playstation versus Xbox since the PS3/360 era at best. They still sell, but nobody is out there getting heated and defensive about it. Things you need for a "war" in this sense.
Nintendo vs PC makes sense. I consider the PS and XB just part of the PC now.
The main reason I like it is because I heavily invested in ATVI after this deal was pushed back by the UK. I'm a lot richer today than I was earlier. Closed most of my position, I'm not going to wait for the extra $3 per share and risk what I've gained.
One step closer to not being dependent on the enemy's system to keep me hired.
Also, I can now register for Call of Duty Warzone without the enemy having my phone number. Hopefully Microsoft get rid of the phone number requirements entirely though.
I also hope that Microsoft does something with all the dead franchises they now own. Reboot of Blur would be an instant pre-order.
Yeh made 75k on 17k worth of options bought yesterday. Today was a good day.