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[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@Callangoso

They don’t fully own the IP but they own the gaming rights.

Pretty much I assume same thing with cyberpunk2077?

[Staffy]

@ChuckeRearmed

Topic grows fast but nothing happened yet Unless MS got DC licenses I think it is not WB. Then again it can be one of the rumored 7 or 8b

CDPR doesn’t own Witcher IP. CDPR is one of the worse acquisitions you can make. It is slightly less expensive than Square Enix. Square Enix.

Right, I forgot that the IP is not theirs.

@andrew_schmidt

Hes not an insider hes just telling me what’s Hes heard but it would make sense based on MS being interested plus the crap sony and marvel pulling it makes sense

But what I’d like to know is, if Xbox owns WB, what happens to the licenses. Say Xbox wants Rocksteady to make a Batman game in the future only for PC and Xbox, they will still have to make a deal for that, correct?

[Shakez]

I guess that even WB would be pushed to make a move to first-party games after seeing the success of the Marvel ones on PS.

If it truly is WBgames I’m sure MS will have liberty with the licenses.

[beastmode10]

@andrew_schmidt

Hes not an insider hes just telling me what’s Hes heard but it would make sense based on MS being interested plus the crap sony and marvel pulling it makes sense

Surely, no acquisitions start and get completed within days of a Sony showcase.

Any acquisitions are probably months in the making.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@Fabtacular

You wouldn’t necessarily get the WB IP though. That’s probably a sticking point in any acquisition.

But also, does the whole super hero thing matter? It certainly didn’t for Avengers and it doesn’t look like it’s going to for Guardians of the Galaxy. Seems more like Insomniac just made a very good Spiderman game that was amplified by the license.

Unless they are willing to pay more

[Callangoso]

@Fabtacular

You wouldn’t necessarily get the WB IP though. That’s probably a sticking point in any acquisition

Warner tried to sell their studios without the licenses for 4 billion USD and literally no company was interested. Maybe they decided to include some rights so they can actually sell the studios.

[Shakez]

@Fabtacular

You wouldn’t necessarily get the WB IP though. That’s probably a sticking point in any acquisition.

But also, does the whole super hero thing matter? It certainly didn’t for Avengers and it doesn’t look like it’s going to for Guardians of the Galaxy. Seems more like Insomniac just made a very good Spiderman game that was amplified by the license.

If they got only the studios and no licenses I’d think it’s still great, MS has a ton of amazing IPs that these studios could go to town with, they could also make new IPs for all I care, they’re all extremely talented.

[beastmode10]

@Shakez

I guess that even WB would be pushed to make a move to first-party games after seeing the success of the Marvel ones on PS.

If it truly is WBgames I’m sure MS will have liberty with the licenses.

In an ideal world, yes, but they were just so badly cash-strapped by AT&T. Grubb was reporting last year that they lost a year in uncertainty just worrying about their jobs.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@beastmode10

Surely, no acquisitions start and get completed within days of a Sony showcase.

Any acquisitions are probably months in the making.

Gotta remember that they were interested last year the bethseda talks went on and off for few years

[Callangoso]

@andrew_schmidt

Pretty much I assume same thing with cyberpunk2077?

Yeah, they also own the gaming rights.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@Callangoso

Yeah, they also own the gaming rights.

Figured as much

[beastmode10]

@Fabtacular

But also, does the whole super hero thing matter? It certainly didn’t for Avengers and it doesn’t look like it’s going to for Guardians of the Galaxy. Seems more like Insomniac just made a very good Spiderman game that was amplified by the license.

Rocksteady, TT, Netherrealm and Monolith will always be a factor.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@beastmode10

Rocksteady, TT, Netherrealm and Monolith will always be a factor.

Yep wb games is what 11 studios?

[beastmode10]

@andrew_schmidt

Gotta remember that they were interested last year the bethseda talks went on and off for few years

Exactly. Nothing is going to be a reactive step when you are dealing with acquisitions.

[Knottian (Daniel)]

@beastmode10

Surely, no acquisitions start and get completed within days of a Sony showcase.

Any acquisitions are probably months in the making.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@beastmode10

Exactly. Nothing is going to be a reactive step when you are dealing with acquisitions.

Yea so I wouldn’t be surprised if talks kept going

[beastmode10]

@andrew_schmidt

Yep wb games is what 11 studios?

The main ones are RS, TT, Monolith, NR, Avalanche/Potter, WB Montreal, along with WB LA, WB NY, WB SF, WB Boston and so on. They sold a couple of mobile studios to EA.

[andrew_schmidt (HaloGaming08)]

@beastmode10

The main ones are RS, TT, Monolith, NR, Avalanche/Potter, WB Montreal, along with WB LA, WB NY, WB SF, WB Boston and so on. They sold a couple of mobile studios to EA.

ah ok

[Paxton]

I want to remind that for 7.5B they could buy not just one publisher, but other big names and there would be still money left to buy even some AA-AAA studios.

[Shakez]

For now I’ll wait, I still believe we won’t hear anything until months ahead.

Hoping for WBganes, great talent to do whatever, and a ton of studios to just about make Xbox an essential ecosystem for anyone.

And hopefully this means way harder moneyhats for Sony.