Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWorst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkWorst fear confirmed: You can't launch Modern Warfare 3 without first launching Modern Warfare 2www.pcgamer.comPotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square76fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down13·edit-211 months ago I don’t see how a game which was developed pre MS has anything to do with MS fucking up? The game will be released by Microsoft. It’s that simple. They are free to delay the release by a bit and rework the bad things. But they don’t.
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·11 months agoYou seemingly don’t understand how an acquisition works
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down7·11 months agoThey control Activision now. No grey area. Just like Microsoft controlled to show full screen ads to Xbox users.
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThat’s not how it works when major companies buy one another, it generally takes years for integration efforts wherein prior leadership and plans remain mostly unchanged for more then half that time.
The game will be released by Microsoft. It’s that simple. They are free to delay the release by a bit and rework the bad things. But they don’t.
You seemingly don’t understand how an acquisition works
They control Activision now. No grey area. Just like Microsoft controlled to show full screen ads to Xbox users.
That’s not how it works when major companies buy one another, it generally takes years for integration efforts wherein prior leadership and plans remain mostly unchanged for more then half that time.