Description

In this episode of Tech2Take, we debate whether Microsoft's announced acquisition of Activision is good or bad idea, and is it time to panic due to the recent stock market fall or time to double up?

Recorded Date: Sunday, January 23, 2022

Time Stamps

• 00:00:25: MSFT buys Activision Blizzard
• 00:07:01: Stocks: Time to Panic?
• 00:10:16: Portfolio Check

Highlights

• The realm of Azeroth has fallen, King Nadella now sits on the Frozen throne
• Microsoft is paying straight cash homie
• Is this Microsoft embracing its post-Xbox future?
• Microsoft's mixed history with acquired game studios may doom its Activision acquisition
• Is this Microsoft's metaverse play?
• Where is the value of metaverse going to be? Gaming? Work?
• Are we in a tech correction?
• Is it time to panic and run for the hills?
• Is now the opportunity to invest while the market is down?

Links

• Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device
• Monopoly money: is Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard good for gaming?
• Microsoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet
• Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service grows to 25 million subscribers
• Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on reviving old Activision games as Microsoft positions itself as tech’s gaming company
• Nasdaq tumbles 2% Friday, notches worst week since 2020 and falls deeper into correction territory
• Nasdaq is on the brink of plunging into correction territory. Here’s why Wall Street predicts more pain ahead
• A much-needed market correction