My 2 Cents - NPD, Microsoft, Activision/Blizzard & Square Enix

For this week My 2 Cents Nintendo/Gaming video for the week of March 14 to 20 I give my thoughts on February 2021 NPD, Microsoft could be buying Sega and Konami?, Activision/Blizzard layoff more employee while their CEO gets bonus & Square Enix held an event. Quick My 2 Cents - 0:18 to 7:25 https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/octopath_traveler_is_no_longer_a_nintendo_switch_console_exclusive https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/sonic_the_hedgehog_2_the_movie_that_is_has_officially_started_production https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/03/rumour_the_persona_series_could_be_making_its_way_to_xbox https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/03/industry_insider_expects_bethesdas_new_ip_starfield_to_launch_this_year https://www.destructoid.com/stories/evo-was-bought-by-sony-interactive-entertainment-and-rts-623214.phtml https://noisypixel.net/ninja-gaiden-master-collection-physical-release-english-switch/ https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ninja-gaiden-the-master-collection-will-run-in-4k-and-60fps/1100-6489012/ Part 1 NPD - 7:25 to 18:24 GameXplain on this - https://youtu.be/kuOgWiP81-U https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/12/february-2021-npd/ https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/top-10/video-games/ https://www.vg247.com/2021/03/12/npd-february-2021/ Part 2 Microsoft - 18:30 to 25:39 Links https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-eyeing-up-Konami-and-Sega-acquisitions-to-possibly-invigorate-waning-Xbox-console-sales-in-Japan.527726.0.html https://www.esportstalk.com/news/microsoft-supposedly-looking-to-acquire-konami-sega/ https://pokde.net/gaming/game-industry/microsoft-buying-sega-konami https://www.trueachievements.com/n44669/microsoft-buy-konami https://technosports.co.in/2021/03/15/microsoft-may-soon-acquire-sega-and-konami-to-boost-its-sales-in-japan/ Part 3 Activision/Blizzard - 25:45 to 34:45 Links Bellular News on this - https://youtu.be/j08P6-uUgIs https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334569/activision-blizzard-layoffs-esports-overwatch-call-of-duty-league-covid-pandemic https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-03-17-activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-reportedly-due-to-receive-usd200-million-payout https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/activision-blizzard-ceo-receives-200m-165908759.html https://hothardware.com/news/activision-blizzard-lays-off-employees-while-ceo-gets-200m-payout Part 4 Square Enix - 34:51 to 44:50 Links Square Enix Presents Spring 2021 - https://youtu.be/XK-E3CY6vWk https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-presents-spring-2021-everything-announced-revealed-news https://www.polygon.com/22337940/square-enix-presents-march-2021-announcements-trailers-release-dates https://www.destructoid.com/stories/it-s-time-to-watch-the-square-enix-presents-showcase-together-623106.phtml Music used for this video - Violet Letter by Aulx Studio (from premiumbeat.com) Facebook group I’m part of Links SSG: Apocalyptic Media - https://www.facebook.com/groups/521864527969240/ Brothers of Oblivion Gaming Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrothersOfOblivion/ Team Red Gaming - https://www.facebook.com/groups/369866913186786/ Subscribe to my channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/gamer55551 Follow me on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brian.solow.9 Twitter - https://twitter.com/BrianGamer5555 Tumblr - http://gamer55551.tumblr.com Blogger - http://briansolow.blogspot.com WordPress - gamer55551.wordpress.com Mix - https://mix.com/briansolow Feel free to donate to this channel (if you like to): https://www.paypal.me/BrianSolow Support my channel on Pateron - https://www.patreon.com/briansolow Tags for this video #My2Cents #BrianSolow #gamer55551 #NPD #Microsoft #ActivisionBlizzard #SquareEnix