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Microsoft is in talks to acquire Discord, a video-game chat community, for more than $10 billion
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Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Cheering for these kinds of things is so sad. You have really no clue.....
You have no idea what you are talking about. What do you think Evo is and what it can do for Sony? Does something only add if it's expensive?
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Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Haha all your friends and people you follow will still be on discord because they arent gits who care whats happening right at the top of an app or what cloud server is on.
So bye i guess?
P.S If they go public I wonder how much they would be worth.
Team Andromeda
Member
Would be a great move if true
Microsoft bought Skype so they could build teams using the tech and user base, I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens with Discord.
cormack12
Gold Member
Discord is massive, it's now the primary mechanism for developer/community->player interactions and official discords for most games are now expected. Plugged into this are probably the large/major clans and communities, as well as smaller communities setting up more intimate groups. Then you have most large streamers also using discord or maintaining a presence.
Even if they do acquire it, they won't be retiring it or making it xbox only. It's too big for other communities as well - from cars to sports. I'm guessing they will want to hook into the app and develop APIs for the xbox platform. It can replace things like LFG pretty quickly (or rather the tech behind it can leverage all of discords features). They can license those APIs for other platforms then (Discord is 1000 times better than game base on PS5 for example). Regardless of who ends up with it, I'd like to see someone develop something that means you don't need to leave the console to be a part of all these communities etc.
and? lol
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
I don't think this acquisition has got anything to do with Xbox.
Microsoft is anything but a failure. And they more than 40 at this point.
I tried to look up the history of Microsoft Teams and didn't find anything about it being bought. They did try to acquire Slack and failed, so they just made their own competitor.
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Negotiator101
Member
What would this do for Microsoft?
CeeJay
Member
When I cross play with friends on PC the go to chat app we use is Discord, some of them refuse to use Xbox party chat so those of us on console have to also have a second device connected to Discord. It would be a nice QOL move for cross play if Discord was integrated into party chat.
so so.. net income was around 45b if I'm not wrong (for 2020)
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Gediminas
Banned
i bet, the same was said about Sony and Gaikai, yet, PS Now is biggest and most successful subscription based service in whole gaming. Cool, right?
RoboFu
One of the green rats
It’s all about advertising.
Sony
Nintendo
I'm talking about the gaming division.
MeatSafeMurderer
Member
They want that Nitro income.
LisaMariaMartin
Banned
Thats like 1.3 Bethesdas
You could get a Capcom for that money.
You could get a Capcom for that money.
Bernd Lauert
Banned
1.5 trillion dollars in revenue in the past twenty years. 350 billion in profits. What a fucking failure, amirite
Bernd Lauert
Banned
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pasterpl
Member
I would love to fail like ms, getting billions of dollars every quarter should allow me to cope with it
? discord possible acquisition would be not just for the xbox, obviously it would help the division but not that only
MeatSafeMurderer
Member
With failure this good who even needs success?1.5 trillion dollars in revenue in the past twenty years. 350 billion in profits. What a fucking failure, amirite
Reality Czar
Banned
Cool good for Bill Gates.
Honestly who the fuck cares. I see people in here acting like they are a game company alongside Nintendo and Sony. It’s bullshit. They are one of the biggest companies on the planet. Monopoly on OS’s on every computer on the planet. They own their own media empire with MSNBC. No shit they have a lot of money.
Honestly it’s annoying to see bootlickers cheer them on. Like no shit they can buy companies they have more money and political influence than god.
Honestly who the fuck cares. I see people in here acting like they are a game company alongside Nintendo and Sony. It’s bullshit. They are one of the biggest companies on the planet. Monopoly on OS’s on every computer on the planet. They own their own media empire with MSNBC. No shit they have a lot of money.
Honestly it’s annoying to see bootlickers cheer them on. Like no shit they can buy companies they have more money and political influence than god.
Bernkastel
Ask me about my fanboy energy!
Bernd Lauert
Banned
FranXico
Member
Not so sure.
Sarcasm or a bit of stupidity?
FranXico
Member
What did buying Skype do for Microsoft?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Oh god fuck no!
The last thing we need is discord in the hands of a platform holder.
The last thing we need is discord in the hands of a platform holder.
Ceadeus
Gold Member
THEAP99
Banned
I wonder if them potentially buying discord has to do with the change to Xbox network
pasterpl
Member
it is funny that most of the time ms is not mentioned when people call out for big tech break down, it’s like ms is in a stealth mode and going unnoticed (compared to amazon, Facebook or alphabet) (probably DOD contracts help with it)
I know it is a gaming forum, but I think, if (and it is big if) ms acquires discord it might not be part of Xbox division
Team Andromeda
Member
Like SONY you mean?
JackMcGunns
Member
Discord is much more significant to gaming in general than EVO, it’s how most guilds communicate and probably makes sense to them after acquiring Zenimax Studios. They had built a significant database to offer a subscription service similar to GamePass and gave up, so I’m sure that’s also useful to MS.
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