| Aielyn said: They acquired "tech". Was it confirmed that they acquired a company? Curiously, all of the news was about it being a "non-Japanese, non-games company". But what if the interpretation was slightly wrong? What if it was a non-"games company"? What if it wasn't a company? If the deal was for CryEngine, which is certainly non-Japanese and non-"games company", while being "tech", it would make sense. If they acquired some special CryEngine license, such as one that guaranteed that games developed with CryEngine would be published on Nintendo platforms, it could be worth $100 million. I'm not saying it's guaranteed. But I could see it happening. |
It would make absolutely no sense at all for Crytek to part with CryEngine. The engine would also be practically useless to Nintendo, whose developers have never worked with it before and have no need for it.
Doesn't Crytek get pretty much all of their income from licensing their engine to other developers? Why on Earth would they sell their engine? Why on Earth would Nintendo buy it? Making a deal with Crytek -- not buying them or buying anything from them -- would make a bit more sense, but I can't imagine what kind of deal Nintendo would make, and since they instead made an 'acquisition' I'm ruling out a simple licensing deal.
