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Forums - Microsoft - what game development house would u like to see microsoft buy

haxxiy on 26 January 2009
Khuutra said:
Neoraf said:

Khuutra, I'm being sincere.

I'm 27 years old,
work for the national defence department,
have a wife (and soon a daugther),
and I fully support the Microsoft vision.

You got a problem with that?

Oh Neoraf, you so crazy. You crazy.

Here you can get a better insight on his condition.

 



 

 

 

 

 

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Xen on 26 January 2009

Most definetely none.



rhisc on 26 January 2009

There aren't many independent developers. Seems like most are owned by a first or third party publisher.

The ones available I would say:
Epic - Gears, Unreal
Remedy - Alan Wake
Ruffian - Crackdown 2?
Free Radical - Timesplitters (this company should be selling for a bargain)
Volition - Saints Row, Red Faction (not independent but I think they are great developer)

The chances of MS buying a big publisher like EA or Take Two (Rockstar) are pretty slim. MS is showing that they are cutting their studios in order to cut costs and both of these publishers are losing money making multiplatform games. The best MS acquisitions were developers like Bungie, Lionhead, and even Rare. MS had a hands off approach and just let them do their thing.





dsister44 on 26 January 2009
rhisc said:
There aren't many independent developers. Seems like most are owned by a first or third party publisher.

The ones available I would say:
Epic - Gears, Unreal
Remedy - Alan Wake
Ruffian - Crackdown 2?
Free Radical - Timesplitters (this company should be selling for a bargain)
Volition - Saints Row, Red Faction (not independent but I think they are great developer)

The chances of MS buying a big publisher like EA or Take Two (Rockstar) are pretty slim. MS is showing that they are cutting their studios in order to cut costs and both of these publishers are losing money making multiplatform games. The best MS acquisitions were developers like Bungie, Lionhead, and even Rare. MS had a hands off approach and just let them do their thing.

 

 

um microsoft owns the rights to the crackdown ip.and they mighht own the rights to tthe alan wake ip but u should have put down max payne instead but other than that it is a good list



Mistershine on 26 January 2009
deathgod33 said:
they cant buy square so stop saying that.

Why? Last time I checked they were a publicly traded company.

 



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Shadowblind on 26 January 2009

Remedy, Free Radical and Mistwalker. It would be the biggest win in Existance. 



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Fumanchu on 26 January 2009

Obsidian would be cool. More KotOR!



Xen on 26 January 2009
Fumanchu said:
Obsidian would be cool. More KotOR!

KoTOR has already been ruined by it being made into a MMOG. Yuck.

 



dsister44 on 26 January 2009
Shadowblind said:

Remedy, Free Radical and Mistwalker. It would be the biggest win in Existance. 

 

 

i see this as the most likely besides free radical which i would love a xclusive timesplitter  but these developers would be awesome in microsofts stable



.jayderyu on 26 January 2009

None, as proven by another article. MS manages studios poorly.



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