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we should start an acquisition and acqusiition rumor sub forum

And that acquisition and acquisition rumor sub forum get acquired by Gaming discussion forum.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

 

[Captain Toad]

Big if true.

I guess?

 

[MDSLKTR]

I guess?

DL1 has 17 million players, half of RDR2 but still big numbers.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

"The day microsoft acquired your studio was the most important day of your life. but for microsoft it was Wednesday"

 

[azertydu91]

"The day microsoft acquired your studio was the most important day of your life. but for microsoft it was Wednesday"

The only good thing about that movie ... sadly.

 

[Electret]

A rumour from a guy who brought us this classic

And this just happened the other day:

Sorry to be so blunt, but the guy is a fucking douchebag. If only someone would reply back to that post with his own avatar, lol.

 

[PhaseJump]

How Japan laws works about that? I think an outsider company can’t buy a Japan company.

Edit - Seems like you can but there are limitations and special cases (companies) you can’t.

Microsoft employs people there and they're a trillion dollar company.

They can afford to buy someone in Japan and make the government happy. Interference or protectionism would only harm their own position in the global economy.

Your line of thinking or the argument brought up with the questioning is naive and stupid, and constantly repeated by people who don't know how the world works, or just shit posting fanboys who side with Nintendo & Sony in shit-flinging console warrior nonsense.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

So Dying Light doesn't exist?

Oh... And that game xD

 

[LordCBH]

I just want dying light 2 to fucking finish at this point. Loved the first one.

 

[AnotherOne]

Are we gona find out next Wednesday

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[fatmarco]

Honestly I just want Dying Light 2 to release (/ anything with Dead Island vibes) , so whatever it takes to make that happen, I'm happy.

 

[Barlow]

As ElAnalistadeBits said that something would happen by the 17th.

The 17th is most likely about the better BC/technical

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

I thought Dying Light 2 was supposed to be having development issues.

Are MS mad?

They're used to having developers with issues, they'll fit right in.

 

[Andodalf]

Still think they did/will.

Find it hard to believe that one month there is a $4B asset is up for sale. The next month, out of the blue, they just don't feel like selling it anymore (while still remaining heavily in debt).

The studios were next to worthless without the I.P. Rights Which WB refuse to sell. If they sold the studios they’d need to find somebody else to make the games. So the studios are worth more to them than to anyone else. They’ll keep them unless they have a strong deal for the I.P. Lined up.



And what, you think they just lied on investor calls about taking it off the market and secretly sold it but didn’t tell anyone? Thats not how being a publicly traded company works

 

[alabtrosMyster]

A rumour from a guy who brought us this classic

Didn't you know, the PS4 is actually more powerful than the PS5!

What a time to be alive!

 

[LordBlodgett]

I thought Dying Light 2 was supposed to be having development issues.

Are MS mad?

Best time to get a deal on a studio and its IP is when they are having financial trouble.....

 

[bender]

The only good thing about that movie ... sadly.

Kindly get the fuck out of here.

 

[Heisenberg007]

I doubt it. Why would MS buy a studio that has been in development hell + amongst terrible accusations?

You want well-oiled, well-established studios to purchase that would give you games without giving you all the troubles that usually come with it.

 

[CityHunter1981]

Would make sense for me. I don’t think they will buy a Japanese studio, i live in Japan and know the how Japanese think (including my wife), if a studio would would only make games for an American company and not for the Japanese one, it will loose its face in Japan. The same reason why Microsoft will never have a chance to compete here with Sony. Japanese people want to support Japanese companies.

 

[AGRacing]

 

[Derktron]

Damn two pages already?

 

[Fredrik]

They should try finding a third person game dev too, feels like they’ll soon have every first person dev there is.

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

we should start an acquisition and acqusiition rumor sub forum

Good suggestion. Ask a mod

 

[LivingD3AD]

 

[Warablo]

Dying Light was a gem. The best zombie game ever made probably.

 

[dark_knightmare2]

Congrats if true. They fought hard for it and they have a strong enough track record to prove it. Keep on making good things happen Microsoft.

We talking tech land who has one ok to good game and the sequel to it that they can’t even get out that tech land lol.

 

[Negotiator101]

I thought Dying Light 2 was supposed to be having development issues.

Are MS mad?

Must be a joke post? Dying Light has sold over 13 million copies, sound like they're mad now?

 

[Negotiator101]

We talking tech land who has one ok to good game and the sequel to it that they can’t even get out that tech land lol.

Can anyone understand this?

 

[dark_knightmare2]

Can anyone understand this?

Were you talking about tech land having a strong enough track record or the leaker because if it was about the leaker my bad but my point would still stand neither one has a strong track record

 

[onesvenus]

If Microsoft buy Japan Studio.... This will me make have a heart attack

Would make sense for me. I don’t think they will buy a Japanese studio, i live in Japan and know the how Japanese think (including my wife), if a studio would would only make games for an American company and not for the Japanese one, it will loose its face in Japan. The same reason why Microsoft will never have a chance to compete here with Sony. Japanese people want to support Japanese companies.

I have some bad news for you. Microsoft owns Shinji Mikami's Tango Gameworks

 

[CityHunter1981]

I have some bad news for you. Microsoft owns Shinji Mikami's Tango Gameworks

Only because they already belonged to ZeniMax Media, which is an American company.

 

[MadViking]

I can see Techland needing cash after delaying Dying Light 2 several times now, but MS already has a Polish studio, not sure they’d buy another one.

Which one?

 

[vito_don_corleone_]

No point of that. They don't have IPs. Better to just hire the people from them

Excuse me...what?

 

[Kokoloko85]

I've got some bad news, when Microsoft acquires Zenimax media they will own Tango Gameworks.

You're too late.

Yeah I mostly meant big ones, Namco, Square, Sega etc. Id hate to see Japanese Franchises Ive played for decades disappear and be exclusive to xbox

 

[Bittermich]

Waste of money if true

 

[turtlepowa]

Yeah I mostly meant big ones, Namco, Square, Sega etc. Id hate to see Japanese Franchises Ive played for decades disappear and be exclusive to xbox

I have got some good news, you could also play them on pc, smartphone and tablet comuputers.

 

[Kokoloko85]

I have got some good news, you could also play them on pc, smartphone and tablet comuputers.

I dont have a strong enough PC. And no thanks on the smartphone and tablets lol. I mostly play my switch on the big screen too

 

[Mmnow]

Excuse me...what?

As far as we know, none of those were included in the sale.

Whoever would've bought the Warner Bros studios would've had to pay fees and royalties to use the IP, or else get those studios to start from scratch on brand new games.

 

[hybrid_birth]

I dont have a strong enough PC. And no thanks on the smartphone and tablets lol. I mostly play my switch on the big screen too

I don't have a strong pc either. Considering graphics card prices are through the roof i might not have a gaming pc for awhile.

 

[BattleScar]

Why do people get massive erections from the thought of acquisitions? Do you people work in M&A or what?

 

[Starfield]

I seriously doubt it. Embracer Group are on a buying spree lately...but maybe...thats how they were able to afford all these aqusitions

 

[sxodan]

I thought Dying Light 2 was supposed to be having development issues.

Are MS mad?

Microsoft reportedly jumped in with some cash to help the development.

 

[fermcr]

"The day microsoft acquired your studio was the most important day of your life. but for microsoft it was Wednesday"

Aren't very popular, but Techland have quite a few games under their belt... Call of Juarez, Dead Island, Dying Light, etc.

List of Techland video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Why?
Xbox needs more Japanese support.

That would be nice, but it’s definitely a risk imo. The problem is, the market for Japanese game’s is very small on Xbox and the Japanese companies will have a much smaller audience to sell their games to while missing out on Sony and Nintendo’s user base most likely. Yeah, Microsoft could fund some development and games, but will it be worth it to them when they probably won’t be making much, if anything in return?

 

[ripeavocado]

I thought Dying Light 2 was supposed to be having development issues.

Are MS mad?

they like of deal with development issues, haven’t you seen 343 and infinite?

maybe Cd Projekt Red is next!

 

[MDSLKTR]

Only because they already belonged to ZeniMax Media, which is an American company.

So did they loose their face when they belonged to Bethesda or no?

 

[oRuin]

Just stay the hell away from Japan.

 

[Mmnow]

That would be nice, but it’s definitely a risk imo. The problem is, the market for Japanese game’s is very small on Xbox and the Japanese companies will have a much smaller audience to sell their games to while missing out on Sony and Nintendo’s user base most likely. Yeah, Microsoft could fund some development and games, but will it be worth it to them when they probably won’t be making much, if anything in return?

Asia is the growing market for cloud gaming, but that doesn't matter if you're just gonna try to sell them the same games they didn't care about when consoles were the growing market.

Microsoft need Japanese games quickly, and at high quality. This is the thing people miss out on when they say franchises like Persona and Yakuza would die if Sega get bought out.