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jason1637 on 29 January 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
jason1637 said:

They could easily afford to buy EA and Valve but I don't think Valve would let them and if they bought EA I think games will still be multiplat but launch on Xbox gamepass.

EA have a market cap of 36 billion. If MS wanted to buy them out they'd have to pay over that, possible even double that. There's no incentive to sell unless they're actually offering over the standard share price and something like 72 billion is a LOT of money.

As for Valve, they're a private company. Gabe sets the price and if he says he'd only sell for 1 trillion... well Microsoft can't afford that obviously

Well it's not impossible. MS did try to buy Nintendo and Sega once iirc. But Yea I personally don't want it to happen.



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Errorist76 on 29 January 2018

I'm actually a bit disappointed someone on this site honestly linked a Polygon article....



Nautilus on 29 January 2018

I dont believe this.

The only one I see plausible of being bought off is Bluehole, and simply because they are a "small company", which only made and/or administrates one game as far as I know, and buying them off would not change anything about their plans, since PUBG is already on PC and XOne, and them being under MS wouldnt change that.

But EA and Valve?Valve is totally out of question simply because they would never want that, given the fortune they make out of Steam and the ammount of money needed for that acquisition would probably be far too much for even MS.EA is also too big to be bought like that.Even if MS would have the ammount of money to buy them off, it would be insanely huge, and even with the recent failures they had with Battlefront and Mass Effect, EA is still swimming in money as far as I know.And again, I doubt they would allow that and be impeded to sell on the PS4 and future Sony and to a much lesser degree, Nintendo platforms.

If MS could have bought EA, it would be a gamechanger honestly.But that simply wont happen.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

PhatChips on 29 January 2018
Peh said:
If Microsoft manages to buy Valve, i will consider of quiting PC gaming, arf.

Welcome to the Xbox family 



Nautilus on 29 January 2018
Luke888 said:
animegaming said:

There is no way Fifa would ever allow that. A reason why every major system gets at least one Fifa game is due to the Fifa organization mandated it. If Microsoft were to make it even just console exclusive I can see Fifa taking the license away from them.

Same goes for the NFL with Madden and Disney with Star Wars. There is no way those juggernauts would let those IP's go console exclusive.  

then they could just put low effort in the PS4/Switch versions of the games, nobody would buy a 360p FIFA that runs at 10 FPS

FIFA probably wouldnt allow it.They would pull the licence out of EA and just give it to another developer.



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

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LivingMetal on 29 January 2018

It's probably this...

Microsoft acquires live games platform provider PlayFab

Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a backend platform provider of services to build, launch, and grow cloud-connected games.

The acquisition of PlayFab will complement Microsoft’s own cloud platform, Microsoft Azure. PlayFab’s backend services are said to reduce the barriers to launch for game developers, offering both large and small studios cost-effective development solutions that scale with their games and help them engage, retain, and monetize players. It is said to enable use of the cloud to build and operate games, analyze gaming data, and improve overall gaming experiences.

PlayFab currently powers more than 1,200 games with companies like Disney, Rovio, and Atari, including Idle Miner Tycoon, Angry Birds: Seasons, and Roller Coaster Tycoon Touch, and is being treated as an important step forward for video games at Microsoft.

Read more about PlayFab here.



Kerotan on 29 January 2018

It will never happen



JRPGfan on 29 January 2018

Why would you want to buy EA now?
Theyre makeing a mess of things atm.

Valve? nah... doesmt make sense, if its even possible.
PUBG Corp. maybe? Their game did do well on xbox.



JRPGfan on 29 January 2018
COKTOE said:
Microsoft and EA would be a perfect marriage. Fingers crossed. No sarcasm. That one excites me.

Why though?  FIFA is too big to be made console exclusive, it would hurt sales too much.



Frogger on 29 January 2018

I’m praying MS buys EA to see the carnage unfold. What an upset.