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Post by darbus alan on Jan 19, 2022 13:46:34 GMT -5
There's also this: www.playstationlifestyle.net/2022/01/19/report-bobby-kotick-tried-selling-activision-blizzard-to-facebook/Jeez that would've been an unmitigated disaster.
There's some talk about there being a power struggle behind the scenes between the board and Kotick, with the board being tired of Kotick's shenanigans hurting their bottom line. And Kotick, like the slippery slimeball he is, looked like he was trying to sell the company to any company that'd keep him on as CEO.
I think, like with Disney buying 20th Century Fox instead of Comcast, Microsoft was the least of several evils.
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Post by MrElijah on Jan 19, 2022 15:33:19 GMT -5
It's gonna be interesting to see Sony's strategy, with Microsoft clearly trying to squeeze them in the West while Nintendo's dominating Japan. I know there's been talk of who Microsoft might get next, or if Sony might aim for their own acquisitions to compensate, but for Eastern third parties that'll be tricky either way. Japan really frowns on outsider countries owning their prominent companies, so that might count out the former, while the latter might struggle to put such developers to the most effective use if they can't get any headway in their home country as far as hardware sales. (And that's assuming no market obstacles by Sony in getting such companies to begin with) Heck, even as greedy as Konami is, it's in their best interest to stay a third party given the easy revenue they can get in the Japanese market via modestly budgeted, but successful titles on Switch. The only major Japanese game mergers, IIRC was Squaresoft & Enix, Bandai & Namco and SEGA bought Atlus.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 19, 2022 16:53:15 GMT -5
It's gonna be interesting to see Sony's strategy, with Microsoft clearly trying to squeeze them in the West while Nintendo's dominating Japan. I know there's been talk of who Microsoft might get next, or if Sony might aim for their own acquisitions to compensate, but for Eastern third parties that'll be tricky either way. Japan really frowns on outsider countries owning their prominent companies, so that might count out the former, while the latter might struggle to put such developers to the most effective use if they can't get any headway in their home country as far as hardware sales. (And that's assuming no market obstacles by Sony in getting such companies to begin with) Heck, even as greedy as Konami is, it's in their best interest to stay a third party given the easy revenue they can get in the Japanese market via modestly budgeted, but successful titles on Switch. The only major Japanese game mergers, IIRC was Squaresoft & Enix, Bandai & Namco and SEGA bought Atlus. Before they bought Atlus, Sega merged with Sammy. Sammy didn't have much of a western presence, but they're massive in Japan.
Also, Koei and Tecmo was pretty big.
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Post by J. Hova on Jan 19, 2022 21:05:27 GMT -5
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Post by cj3 on Jan 20, 2022 4:49:20 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 20, 2022 15:18:55 GMT -5
From what I’ve seen of the interview from Gene, Spencer didn’t get Activision Blizzard for the big IPs they have but for some of the stuff they’re not using for Game Pass.
Phil Spencer fascinates me more than any other CEO sometimes.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Jan 20, 2022 18:09:22 GMT -5
From what I’ve seen of the interview from Gene, Spencer didn’t get Activision Blizzard for the big IPs they have but for some of the stuff they’re not using for Game Pass. Phil Spencer fascinates me more than any other CEO sometimes. No doubt, Microsoft is a FPS powerhouse now. For me personally, I was never into FPS. Blizzard is the bigger part of the deal, but this isn't the Blizzard of old. It's like BioWare now. Two companies that were once the gold standard have been hollowed out.
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Post by Mike Strike on Jan 22, 2022 17:15:35 GMT -5
It's gonna be interesting to see Sony's strategy, with Microsoft clearly trying to squeeze them in the West while Nintendo's dominating Japan. I know there's been talk of who Microsoft might get next, or if Sony might aim for their own acquisitions to compensate, but for Eastern third parties that'll be tricky either way. Japan really frowns on outsider countries owning their prominent companies, so that might count out the former, while the latter might struggle to put such developers to the most effective use if they can't get any headway in their home country as far as hardware sales. (And that's assuming no market obstacles by Sony in getting such companies to begin with) Heck, even as greedy as Konami is, it's in their best interest to stay a third party given the easy revenue they can get in the Japanese market via modestly budgeted, but successful titles on Switch. The only major Japanese game mergers, IIRC was Squaresoft & Enix, Bandai & Namco and SEGA bought Atlus. Sega was acquired by Sammy long before that.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 12, 2023 12:37:49 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jun 20, 2023 19:21:15 GMT -5
So now in a separate lawsuit someone's indicated an internal memo explicitly saying that Microsoft is trying to choke Sony out of the industry with this, which Microsoft's statement on the subject does not actually deny and instead denies wanting to release as irrelevant. So that could majorly bite them in the ass on this one if accurate.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 19, 2023 3:52:40 GMT -5
Putting this here because it relates to the FTC’s case with Microsoft concerning this acquisition but because of an error on Microsoft’s end, documents that were supposed to go to them instead leaked and are now across the internet.
It’s pretty in depth which makes the whole thing really, really bad.
It might not do anything for the case itself but yeesh.
On the other hand, this might not help things.
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Post by Zombie Mod on Sept 19, 2023 7:29:15 GMT -5
microsoft's obsession with digital only consoles is what is going cost them most customers in the long run, not everyone wants discless consoles (myself included.) as it's far too easy for digital only games to be pulled from the digital shop front (see unity's recent stupidity.) and a lot of people still want to have something physical for the amount they're paying for games now and a switch from both physical & digital to digital only removes the chance of discounts after a few months (in sales etc) due to physical stock needing to be shifted for fresh stock as that isnt required for digital.
microsoft have been wanting consoles to be digital only since the 360 (that is when I was first told this from microsoft reps back then.)
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Post by salz4life on Sept 19, 2023 8:23:38 GMT -5
Putting this here because it relates to the FTC’s case with Microsoft concerning this acquisition but because of an error on Microsoft’s end, documents that were supposed to go to them instead leaked and are now across the internet. It’s pretty in depth which makes the whole thing really, really bad. It might not do anything for the case itself but yeesh. On the other hand, this might not help things. I'll take the controller.
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Post by xCompackx on Sept 19, 2023 9:02:41 GMT -5
Uhhhh, Switch has sold like hotcakes, they really don't need Microsoft, lol.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 19, 2023 10:01:55 GMT -5
Somehow I doubt the Japanese authorities would be okay with Microsoft coming in to buy, and eventually dismantle a healthy, profitable Nintendo with the end goal of killing Sony and dominating videogames like they did the OS market in the late 90s.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 19, 2023 10:04:14 GMT -5
The Japanese private sector and government are very protectionist when it comes to allowing foreign entities to buy major companies. Microsoft buying Nintendo is practically a pipe dream.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Sept 19, 2023 11:22:43 GMT -5
The Japanese private sector and government are very protectionist when it comes to allowing foreign entities to buy major companies. Microsoft buying Nintendo is practically a pipe dream. Also, don't Nintendo have vast cash reserves because they don't overextend their reach? They'd need a solid couple of decades of commercial failures before they became vulnerable enough to consider selling up.
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 19, 2023 11:49:33 GMT -5
The Japanese private sector and government are very protectionist when it comes to allowing foreign entities to buy major companies. Microsoft buying Nintendo is practically a pipe dream. Also, don't Nintendo have vast cash reserves because they don't overextend their reach? They'd need a solid couple of decades of commercial failures before they became vulnerable enough to consider selling up. Yep. Phil Spencer: "It'd be great if Nintendo realizes how much money they'd make if they stopped making hardware." Nintendo: *looks at Switch and 3DS lifetime sales* "Nah, we're good."
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 19, 2023 11:58:28 GMT -5
I think the wider point was that it’d be interesting to know if Activision/Blizzard was an option to go with considering how long they’d be waiting for Nintendo (considering this email was sent in 2020, one of the slower hardware years for the Switch).
Again, it really might not affect anything to do with the merger itself but a lot of information is out there that may affect the image people have about it.
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