368: Is the Microsoft/Activision Deal Bad for Gamers?

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 6:23 a.m.

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Here are all of the questions we answer this week:
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\\n- Is the Microsoft/Activision deal bad for gamers?
\\n- Will Microsoft buy more publishers or be satisfied with what it has?
\\n- How will Activision Blizzard change under Microsoft?
\\n- Will PlayStation have more MP games if Call of Duty becomes an Xbox exclusive?
\\n- Should Phil Spencer make Call of Duty an Xbox exclusive?
\\n- What Activision IPs do you want brought back?
\\n- Would Sony acquire Square-Enix to answer Microsoft\\u2019s acquisitions?
\\n- What publisher would make sense for Sony to acquire?
\\n- Has Microsoft\\u2019s Activision Blizzard acquisition upended Sony\\u2019s plans?
\\n- Would it be easier for Microsoft to acquire a Japanese studio now?
\\n- What is the likelihood of publishers leasing their IPs to Sony?
\\n- Will the PS4 be Sony\\u2019s answer to the Xbox Series S in 2022?
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