freebird4 on 01 December 2008
| mrstickball said: No. Microsoft is unlikely to buy out another 3rd party after the sub-par success Rare has given MS. However, it'd be likely that Microsoft could seek to work harder with SE to provide more X360 content. |
MS only paid ~$400 million for Rare. BioWare + Pandemic cost EA almost a billion dollars. I wouldn't say Rare was a terrible acquisition. Besides, they've had great success with their other acquisitions (Bungie, Lionhead) and at one point negotiated with BioWare. I'd say they're always in the market to buy, as long as the price is reasonable. S-E price would most certainly not be reasonable.
