Rumour: Microsoft in frame to buy Activision majority share

[DirtyP2002]

Lostplanet22 said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Lostplanet22 said:
They need 100% of the stock to make COD first party...The 40% other stockholders will never allow MS to make COD first party (Xbox 360 exclusive) and I think they can start a lawsuit..

I don't think so. While Nintendo only owned  49% of Rareware, they were a first party developer for them. And as a minority, those 40% you're talking about really have nothing to say.

Do keep in mind though that while Microsoft owned 100% of Rare they still released two DS titles. All they needed was Microsoft's permission.

 

Edit: Fixed the numbers.

But Rare was like first party from the start.  The difference is that COD not releasing on PS3 etc would cut a lot of the profit and you are not allowed to do that because you are hurting your company on purpose and the other stockholders will not agree with it and they can start a case about it. Should look it up..

With 60% of a company, you can do basically anything you want.

Diablo III is PC exclusive and shareholders are not going crazy over a missing console port either.
According to that logic no 3rd party game that was multiplat once is allowed to be an exclusive game ever again.