then my only hope is that MS gets NR and Rocksteady from WB in that case
I think if it comes down, I think Microsoft could negotiate for individual studios/IP from certain publishers but straight up another publisher?
No way. Too much heat from now on.
Microsoft had one more “You can buy a publisher without getting some serious heat on you” left and they chose Acti-Blizz.
Not what I would have gone with personally. But I’ll get to that later.
Alright, time for that third ban 
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Something on the low end like Sega might still be an option.
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I doubt Sega would be considered “low-end”
Remember you usually pay 2x-3x what the share prices are worth.
Well Activision was 45% more
That math kind of checks out I think with what I wrote.
I think the likelihood of another publisher may go up exponentially if we see more major movement the next couple years across the industry like we’ve already seen.
Activision-Blizzard, Zenimax, Zynga, Sumo Digital, Deep Silver, Codemasters, and Leyou aren’t independent anymore.
I do agree it will (probably) be a while though, and if anything it will (probably) be on the smaller side.
Just my ten cents though.
Isn’t 2x something 100% more? Am I bad at math?
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It’s the low end for publishers 
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That’s why Capcom is perfect US regulators don’t know any of those IP 
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Man, I can’t believe we’re approaching the end of OT4,
What a wild flurkin’ ride it’s been.
All the Sony acqusitions, “Asleep at the Wheel”, @Mort willing 7 studios into existence, nearly mentally breaking @Knottian , Acti-Blizz on a Random Tuesday in January.
What an OT.
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I feel like this wasn’t exclusive to this OT.
That poor, lovely bastard. lol
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Yeah but this one was particularly rough.
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Well, this topic should slow down now right? Right?
Until Sony buys a studio and/or publisher then we all debate if Acti-Blizz was worth it.
Lotta shit gonna happen by the time Acti-Blizz closes.