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gergroy on 06 July 2020
Leynos said:
shikamaru317 said:

MS hardly has a monopoly currently, I don't think there is a single country on the planet who try and block this acquisition on antitrust grounds. The studios they've acquired so far were either MS 2nd party already (Playground and Undead Labs), or independent studios that were struggling financially and were looking to be acquired (Obsidian, inXile, Double Fine, Ninja Theory). WB is no exception, AT&T wants to sell WB Interactive, MS wouldn't be seeking to acquire them aggressively or something. 

Besides, Sony is eyeing acquisitions right now as well, with rumors they are looking into acquiring Leyou, which would give them Digital Extremes (Warframe), Splash Damage (Brink, Gears Tactics), SNK (King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown), and possibly Certain Affinity (they'd have to choose to acquire the rest of Certain Affinity's shares, as Leyou only owns 20% of them currently). 

I said the same thing in the Sony thread and stand buy it. Tired of both buying everything. Make your own studios.

They are being sold... somebody has to buy them...



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BOLLOCKS on 06 July 2020

Pretty much every major American publisher is "interested".





Veknoid_Outcast on 06 July 2020

I'd much rather have Microsoft purchase WB Games than EA, Activision, or Take-Two, so I am onboard.



Xxain on 06 July 2020

This is ..... not good.



sales2099 on 06 July 2020
Leynos said:
For fucks sake. Stop it. Stop monopolizing.

The irony is that they are on a buying spree to prevent Sony from monopolizing console gaming. 

(While Nintendo does their own thing that doesn’t seem to impact what Sony and Ms do) 



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sales2099 on 06 July 2020
Leynos said:
shikamaru317 said:

MS hardly has a monopoly currently, I don't think there is a single country on the planet who try and block this acquisition on antitrust grounds. The studios they've acquired so far were either MS 2nd party already (Playground and Undead Labs), or independent studios that were struggling financially and were looking to be acquired (Obsidian, inXile, Double Fine, Ninja Theory). WB is no exception, AT&T wants to sell WB Interactive, MS wouldn't be seeking to acquire them aggressively or something. 

Besides, Sony is eyeing acquisitions right now as well, with rumors they are looking into acquiring Leyou, which would give them Digital Extremes (Warframe), Splash Damage (Brink, Gears Tactics), SNK (King of Fighters and Samurai Showdown), and possibly Certain Affinity (they'd have to choose to acquire the rest of Certain Affinity's shares, as Leyou only owns 20% of them currently). 

I said the same thing in the Sony thread and stand buy it. Tired of both buying everything. Make your own studios.

They made Worlds Edge, The Initiative are among the new ones made from scratch. Making a new team from scratch is a long as risky process. However buying a coherent team with a track record of quality is a two birds with one stone situation. They make what they make and just don’t make a certain platforms version going forward. Simple. 



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DeusXmachina on 06 July 2020

Banjo in MK? Imagine the fatalities! Banjo shoves Kazooei into Scorpions mouth, Scorpion screams in agony, an egg drops out of Scorpion's ass. FATALITY.



Chazore on 06 July 2020
Xxain said:
This is ..... not good.

Seems good to me.

Better than EA/T2 grabbing them. 



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Pemalite on 06 July 2020

No issue with this. Especially if it means we get some amazing games out of it, Microsoft doesn't seem to be against the idea of releasing games on other platforms, so they are probably the best console platform holder to buy it in my eyes.




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sales2099 on 06 July 2020
Xxain said:
This is ..... not good.

There’s something oddly satisfying when a gamer is drawn to a platform not because they want to, but because they are dragged kicking and screaming due to one of their favourite IPs being moved to said platform. 

You will complain, you will make empty boycott promises, but I will see you on Xbox Live sooner or later. And one day, you will realize you actually enjoy it :)

(this post doesn’t necessarily apply to you) 



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