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ninjahmos Yeah, to me, Sony seems like one of those companies that doesn't care about anything good that can happen; only themselves.

CannonStreak You know what other companies seem to be like that? EA and Konami, except with Konami, they'll turn pretty much all of their franchises into pachinko machines.

Yeah, pretty much. It is a shame those darn Japanese laws make it harder for outsiders to buy Japanese game companies like Konami in its case. I mean, there could be better studios who could buy and improve those companies if they were allowed to. ninjahmos

As for EA, I think it should retire. I don't see any hope for them.

And another thing: Even if Sony did lose Call of Duty, that doesn't mean they should not try something new. Yes, that is easier said and done, I know, but technically, not willing to act to try and find something else is laziness, or inertia. I mean, inertia is a law of physics that, in a way, can be applied here. When a company keeps relying on something for money instead of making an effort to find something else, that is inertia, like how it is the property for an object to not change its motion without a force, only in this case, it is laziness; which inertia another word for. Whether or not they were to succeed in finding something else, I would call the unwillingness to do something like that lazy. Plus, inertia is about having the same velocity something is currently at, and in this case, trying to hang onto Call of Duty is remaining the same, and somethings do not remain the same for long, and people have to accept that.

Sorry if I sound worked up over this, I just needed to get something off my chest.

Yeah, and some studios should buy every IP that EA is doing pretty much NOTHING for, including the EA Sports BIG games.

Exactly, I have to agree there, ninjahmos!

Damn, bruh. Sony actually making a majority of autistic people on Earth look more open to change in comparison. And that's coming from me, an autistic person.

Um, what do you mean? GolisoPower

I happen to be an autistic person myself. I am not offended, and I don't think I will be offended myself after the answer, but I can't tell if you are talking bad about autistic people.

Which is why I am asking.

FYI I'm an aspie, and I'm not offended either.

Sony seems like one of those companies that doesn't care about anything good that can happen; only themselves.

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This isn't really unique to Sony or anything, this is how all corporations are

Anyways, one more thing; change happens a lot in life, and people should always prepare for the worst or best. It might not always lead to a happy ending to accept change and try something new, but nothing lasts forever.

Now, in regards to physics once more; a force, in physics, is what brings a change to an object's motion, its velocity, makes it accelerate. Metaphorically, that applies to many things that happen in life, and I think Sony trying to resist change in this context, as I have said, is pointless due to the trivial reasons they have for wanting Microsoft to not buy Activision-Blizzard. I mean, they don't have absolute control over the company to begin with, and for one game series only? While the future may lead to an successful outcome or a failure if they tried to replace Call of Duty with something else, it would technically; to me; be easier to try something different than resort to the same tactics, let alone resist this buyout because one simply does not like it. With how often change happens, something bad could have happened to them anyway, and it is better to be ready for it than to resist it. Just like how GLaDOS let Chell go at the end of Portal 2 because it was easier than just trying to kill her, you know what I mean?

Still, there are a lot of changes that happen in life, and while some of them may be worth resisting, and while a reason can be if it is not for the better; I don't find this one of them.

We all know that change can be difficult, but eventually, we all have to learn to come to terms with change, one way or another.

ninjahmos Of course.

Nah Yeah, I know. I mean, while it was probably not in the same sentence, I did mention Microsoft and Nintendo themselves, as well as third party game companies. Either way, this is why I don't like businessmen much. While I can't say all businessmen are the same (without being wrong, of course), many of them do not seem to understand there is more to life than just making money. While I am also not saying they are all doing this too, it is not good to shut out other things for money alone. I am sure there are good businessmen out there, but I do not like how many of them are nowadays. They just seem to not want to accept change that could make them less money and start anew. Irony is, they had to do a lot of work to get to their position and make lots of money, so they would have to do that again one way or the other if change came to their business in some way, right? Money is not something that is made quickly. Like all things, there is transition, and everything must take time to get what one wants.

CannonStreak It's fine. Just...I find it confusing and asinine that Sony's just being so adamant about Call of Duty of all things in this deal. It's like they want to maintain some delusional status quo that they have or something.

Pretty much. GolisoPower

By the way, I did hear something about Jim Ryan being the head of Sony. Is that just the west, or for all Sony, because I do remember Sony being a Japanese company.

IIRC Sony is a Japanese company, but then they relocated to California in...I think it was 2016?

Oh, I see. Thanks for explaining.

One last thing, Sony called a government decision to not turn down the deal between Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard "irrational". I am not sure which government it is, but they did say something like that. Thing is, there is hypocrisy here, with how irrational Sony is being over a single game franchise.

And it's a game franchise that Sony doesn't even own.

Quite a shame they are freaking out over something they don't own, huh? I guess that makes them delusional themselves in a way, huh?

Honestly, at this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if we get toxic workplace allegations out of Sony anytime soon.