| happydolphin said: I love mention of Sony and Microsoft, as if they're the only ones able to buy them... Not just Nintendo, but many other companies out there could buy them (Google, Apple, ubisoft, who knows). It's just weird the fanboyism in this industry's journalism. |
In this case i (for once) don't think it's fanboyism. It could well be that those are the only buyers Vivendi is courting.
Really, now is not the time to buy Activision. Activision really reached their apex about two years ago (or more. Peak year is somewhere between 08 and '10). At this point, CoD is likely not going to see growth as explosive as before given the movement to the new generation reducing userbase and general saturation and series fatigue, and WoW's decline is only going to increase. Given that Activision has basically poisoned the well on everything else, they are not well-positioned to increase value. StarCraft and Diablo are important, but not so incredibly valuable as to replace the monetary power of WoW
Vivendi is probably screwed on the matter of their debt, and they're just going to have to hold on to A-B.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
