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Goatseye on 19 April 2014
Ryuu96 said:
shikamaru317 said:
Angelus said:
Pretty sure Bungie didn't buy their independence. If they had, then they'd still own the rights to Halo. Basically they came to MS and expressed a strong desire to go their own way, and MS said ok we'll let you go but we get to keep Halo.

So I just read up on it. The two worked out a deal where Bungie would split off from Microsoft and become a Limited Liability Company and in exhange Microsoft got a minority stake in Bungie LLC, the Halo IP, and publishing writes to any Bungie developed Halo games in the future. 

Lol when Bungie leaves Activision imagine having Bungie and 343 make Halo games =P...In 10 years xD

 

I wonder who owns the Ip to Destiny...going to check Loll

Bungie...



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Goatseye on 19 April 2014

The demo they showed at E3 was boring as hell. Plus on top of that they had a staged gamers interaction that left me with a bad impression of them.



Seece on 19 April 2014
Angelus said:
Pretty sure Bungie didn't buy their independence. If they had, then they'd still own the rights to Halo. Basically they came to MS and expressed a strong desire to go their own way, and MS said ok we'll let you go but we get to keep Halo.

Nah they did buy themselves out, obviously they needed MS's say so, and it wasn't up to them if they got to keep Halo or not (so MS kept it).

A lot of Bungie probably told MS that if they didn't let them leave, there would be a mass revolt and they would be free to go and do what they choose, which included going to Sony exclusively. Part of the contract for Bungie buying themselves back is that MS put a claus in the contract that they have to develop for Xbox consoles and can't be exclusive to Sony.



 

Angelus on 19 April 2014

Look at the bright side guys....the more Activision push Bungie to the edge, the more they'll be like "damn.....maybe what we had going with MS wasn't so bad" lol



Angelus on 19 April 2014

I think you guys have it wrong on the timetable a bit. The contract between Bungie and Activision was signed a couple years ago (forget when exactly), so unless the deal states that 10 years only count down after the first release (which would be weird cuz they've already spent all this time working for you really), I'm fairly certain they'll be free again in like 8 years



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jlmurph2 on 19 April 2014
Angelus said:
I think you guys have it wrong on the timetable a bit. The contract between Bungie and Activision was signed a couple years ago (forget when exactly), so unless the deal states that 10 years only count down after the first release (which would be weird cuz they've already spent all this time working for you really), I'm fairly certain they'll be free again in like 8 years


10 years from 2013 when Destiny was supposed to launch.



ice on 19 April 2014
JayWood2010 said:

Is anybody watching the Jwong And Grimmz KI matchup?  Insane so far

Was that the final match? I was tired after being up for like 70 hours straight and fell asleep :/ Last thing I remember was Wong beating Rog in losers, Grimmmz is such a great player. I'm guessing he won Norcal like he did socal.



ice on 19 April 2014
Raven722 said:

 

moving dem hips like shakira



Jaywood2010 on 19 April 2014
iceland said:
JayWood2010 said:

Is anybody watching the Jwong And Grimmz KI matchup?  Insane so far

Was that the final match? I was tired after being up for like 70 hours straight and fell asleep :/ Last thing I remember was Wong beating Rog in losers, Grimmmz is such a great player. I'm guessing he won Norcal like he did socal.


One of the best matches ive ever seem.  If i dont see it up on youtube later ill prob upload it and post it here.




       

Jaywood2010 on 19 April 2014
Ryuu96 said:


I didn't know Max was coming to Steam...


I didnt either, but that is really nice.  I want to see it become a big success.