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Machiavellian on 18 March 2019
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EricHiggin said:
Machiavellian said:

Why would you bring up a MS that no longer exist.  In other words since Bungie departure there has been quite a turnaround in top management as well as top management in the games division.  Either way, we have no real clue what this MS would do if the offer is on the table.  We can really guess all we want but if we are talking about money and who has it with plenty of cash on hand, then MS far exceed anything Sony could offer.

That's the point. MS and Bungie are different companies today, and they still don't seem to want to work together. Since it was Bungie who left, you can't help but wonder if MS is willing to make big offers and allow devs the freedom to do what they want, why isn't MS making them an offer or why isn't Bungie looking to at least partner with MS? Both companies certainly have their reasons, but those reasons may very well be why MS isn't courting larger studios and why larger studios aren't coming to MS for a partnership or sale.

Intel who has twice as much cash as Nvidia just lost a $6-$7 billion dollar bid on a cash deal for another tech company. More money doesn't mean you always win. Nvidia basically spent all their cash on hand to outbid Intel.

We truly have no clue what MS and Bungie want to do.  One thing for sure is that Bungie wants to run their own ship and control their destiny.  As long as Bungie is making billions for themselves, they probably never want to go under the umbrella of someone again.

I agree more money does not mean you win every deal, but as I stated if money is the object then the one with the biggest pockets usually comes out on top.  As far as alignment is concerned, going with MS probably still would be better since MS is still heavily PC.  Has a PC publishing arm including their console and seems to have good relationships with other Vendors like nintendo and even Steam.  When looking at how many jobs would be cut going to Sony, the picture looks much grimmer then it would MS.