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LudicrousSpeed said:
DonFerrari said:

Please explain to me what irony have in saying the business isn't a very soundy decision, as much as MS putting 2.5B in a game that didn't had assured return of that in profit.

You’re making comments about how little others know about business but then making your own comments proving you don’t know much yourself. I mean look at that last part there you just said about Minecraft, “didn’t had assured return of that in profit”. MS didn’t buy Mojang expecting a quick return of that 2.5B investment. They bought Mojang because they figured Minecraft would make them more money than that 2.5B would collect sitting in a bank earning interest.

Just goes to show the gargantuan difference in funds we’re talking about between the two companies. Sony has a lot less to spend, and a much larger focus on video games to the company as a whole, thus anything they buy must make a much bigger positive impact than MS buying Mojang. Plus the purchase price would be four times as much, minimum. 

Not a very smart comparison if you know a lot about business, which I certainly am not claiming that I do, but when you say some people here know “0” about it, that implies you do know a bit yourself.

Considering MS paid like 5x over the cap of that company there was no certainty in the return. Also as I said (unless you ignored all the times) it isn't the best of the decisions for Sony to fork over 10B on T2.

Now read some of the comments on the thread and you'll see they have 0 ground in business.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."