fighterman101
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Microsoft seems to be acquiring a lot of studios lately and doesn't seem to be stopping soon. I predict Microsoft will buy out either Valve/Steam or Studio Wildcard next.
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Predicting Microsoft's next acquisition
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OceanGaming
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Microsoft is actually buying NeoGaf and kicking all of you next year
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fighterman101
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Reported for hurting my feelings.
Hitchyhero
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Warner Bros studios if they get all the lego and batman games.
supernova8
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Hey at least it's better than this thread
SaucyJack
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Sorry to break it to you but Microsoft's “war chest” is firmly targeted at other sectors. I would be shocked if they did another Zenimax level gaming acquisition.
Microsoft is currently flying under the radar a little with antitrust enforcement paying more attention to Apple, Google and Amazon right now and are looking at targets in sectors where normally they’d come under more scrutiny than gaming. MS can make a gaming acquisition any time, as they’re not the dominant company.
They just spent $19 billion on Nuance, a health AI company, and have been looking at Discord, Pinterest and, of course, Tiktok. This is more like their other recent big acquisitions like LinkedIn and Githhub.
Microsoft is currently flying under the radar a little with antitrust enforcement paying more attention to Apple, Google and Amazon right now and are looking at targets in sectors where normally they’d come under more scrutiny than gaming. MS can make a gaming acquisition any time, as they’re not the dominant company.
They just spent $19 billion on Nuance, a health AI company, and have been looking at Discord, Pinterest and, of course, Tiktok. This is more like their other recent big acquisitions like LinkedIn and Githhub.
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TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Why do you guys cheerlead for studio acquisitions?
Buying up studios for the sole purpose of reducing content available on the competitor's platform is a garbage strategy and borderline anti-consumer. When the content would come to your platform regardless of the purchase or not, you're not actually adding anything to the gaming medium, but instead tying up investment dollars in forcing multiplatform content to become exclusive, instead of using those funds to expand your existing studios or create new studios or bring up smaller indie devs to make new blockbuster games.
You should be protesting against this shit, instead of fantasising over it.
TheDreadLord
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I have heard they will be buying Sega next Wednesday.
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Exactly, but you know, fanboys like these things.
Exactly, 23 Studios are enough
Oddvintagechap
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They are buying Disney, so they can take the spiderman video game rights for 343 industries.
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My prediction is Paradox Interactive.
PuffyCan
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Not for a service like gamepass, they need more studios to have new release every 2-3 month. They can't rely on 3rd parties in the long run to fill their service with content
kuncol02
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I just like how that make people cry on the internet. I know. I'm bad person.
That why i dont like Xbox game pass at all.
Tiamat2san
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They need a Japanese studio, for the rest they have more than enough.
Isleofsancroy
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Konami and CDPR are pretty cheap right now.
Oddvintagechap
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They are buying the Video Game Awards so Sony doesnt win anymore GOTYs.
Not all purchases are bad Brian fargo would of retired after Wasteland 3 if Microsoft had not acquired his studio. He got sick of spending most of his time raising money and worrying about payroll. He can now spend his time creating games which he loves. More western rpgs which is a win for all gamers. Until the zenimax deal most of the studios Microsoft purchased had financial issues.
InXile boss Brian Fargo is so happy about the Microsoft deal he canceled his retirement
Fargo said that being a Microsoft studio will give inXile more money and time to make its games.
The buyout also means that inXile will no longer crowdfund its projects, despite Fargo being on the Fig advisory board, and his plan to retire after Wasteland 3 is out the window, too. "That's off the table. I'm not going anywhere," he said. "You're stuck with me."
Brian Fargo: “I spent 50% of my time raising money”
Life as a mid-sized independent games development studio must be terrifying at times.Companies like Remedy or Ninja The…
www.gamesindustry.biz
"At least 50% of my time is in fundraising and we have so little room for error. It generally takes a mega hit to break you out of the cycle and that is always hard to come by. A mid-size hit is nice, but the after-tax monies from that generally support another five to six months of payroll and leave you back on the hamster wheel.
Fargo concludes: "Spending 100 per cent of our energy making games with the resources we only dreamed of in the past. It's the holy grail for an ambitious developer."
Holammer
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If you expect them to acquire Valve, how on earth do you get dressed every morning? A personal assistant or an intricate system of pulleys and levers?
The company is privately owned and every morning Steam lays a pile of golden eggs. Why would they sell or even go public in such a position.
The company is privately owned and every morning Steam lays a pile of golden eggs. Why would they sell or even go public in such a position.
DaGwaphics
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Bitch, it's only Monday, we've still got two days to go.
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kuncol02
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It's always Sega. Even if they will buy someone else then it still will be Sega.
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