How expensive is it to buy a franchise?

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sidmeiernintifan on 06 February 2014

For example, how expensive would it be for Nintendo to buy Bomberman from Konami?

I have tried to google how much cash Microsoft had to put on the table to buy Gears of War but couldnt find any info.

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ironmanDX on 06 February 2014

Depends on the IP. Gears raked in a billion for Epic over all 4 games I think but it's story has reached a somewhat exhausted point and the sales for Gears Judgement were not all that great... for the Gears series. Still pretty good on their own though. I wouldn't expect MS to have paid more than 100 million.

An IP like bomberman would be much, much cheaper I'd think.... I have no real idea on it though.

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vivster on 06 February 2014

You will not find any info. Nobody but the 2 parties involved know the exact price and stipulations.
It depends on how much the seller wants for it. So something between $1000 and a trillion.

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Mr Puggsly on 06 February 2014

It just depends on how much the company that owns the IP feels its worth and how in need of money they are.

Hence, Bomberman is as expensive as Konami wants it to be and there is no set price.

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NiKKoM on 06 February 2014

When THQ went down we had some insight:

Relic (studio) and Company of Heroes (IP)
Winning bid: $26.6 million - Sega Corporation
Backup bidder: $26.3 million - Zenimax Media

THQ Montreal (studio), with 1666 (IP) and Underdog (IP)
Winning bid: $2.5 million - Ubisoft
Backup bidder: N/A

Evolve (IP) aka Metamorphosis
Winning bid: $10.894 million - Take-Two Interactive
Backup bidder: $250,000 Turtle Rock Studios, Inc.

Volition (studio) and Saints Row (IP)
Winning bid: $22.3 million - Koch Media GmbH (Deep Silver)
Backup bidder: $5.4 million - Ubisoft

Homefront (IP)
Winning bid: $544,218 - Crytek GmbH
Backup bidder: N/A

Metro (license), which includes 2033 and 2034
Winning bid: $5,877,551 - Koch Media GmbH (Deep Silver)
Backup bidder: $5.175 million - Ubisoft

South Park: The Stick of Truth (license)
Winning bid: $3,265,306 - Ubisoft
Backup bidder: N/A

Everyting has to do with potential, past sales and goodwill to get to a price..

Btw no wonder Take Two has been pushing evolve in the media.. They paid 11 million for it