The question is… how long would MS have to wait?
NR with MK could easily be a $1 billion+ acquisition and would need to be checked if I understand correctly.
Not sure if it’d be too much of a big deal, but I think Microsoft is trying to make the A-B deal go as smoothly as possible.
I disagree. Konami and Square are chasing after NFT. Sega is moving on the cutting edge with Microsoft on cloud. Most of the Japanese market is heavily investing in mobile capability. They really aren’t different business wise than the western companies.
While MSFT can probably get away with whatever they want, it’s super common for acquirors to not announce other deals until their current pending deals have closed. This is because regulatory agencies scrutinize deals exponentially more when a buyer adds to the pile. If MSFT was in talks with someone like WB, they’re definitely trying to still win them over, but also saying “let’s circle back to this in a year”.
And let’s be real, no gaming company MS could consider acquiring right now would take precedence over Activision Blizzard King.
Same, I love FF and 9 is my most favorite game ever but will not buy FF7R even if on Xbox. I bought all 13 and 15 but will not support FF anymore. Beg me to play it on GP lol.
After A/B deal the only gaps on Xbox will be Japanese Games(Capcom,SQEX or FromSoftware) and Fighting Games(WB)
I think they’re happy to try anything that’s easy/low risk and potentially profitable such as NFTs. Mobile development similarly allows for smaller/lower budget projects, and a lot of developers have almost been forced there since that’s where a bulk of the Japanese gamers are now. I agree that the Microsoft and Sega cloud partnership could expand things beyond the usual, will be interesting to see what comes of it.
True I just hope no one else gets them cause Mortal Kombat is a top 5 franchise
I wonder if MS can make an agreement for a later date. Like an agreement of intent or something like that.
It would be dumb to sell studios, if one of the main potential buyers can’t act and drive up the price.
but, but, but…
I’m an expert in Japanese culture…
i don’t think indie studios, studios smaller than 40-30 people is part of their vision
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FTR, I know you weren’t saying that but simply referring to others who have.
I don’t think we’ll get MK and Netherealm anytime soon.
I don’t know. Diversity of content and vision for growth seems like just the thing MS could be interested in. The bigger issue is would Drinkbox want to sell or do they want to keep building their value first?
Like that’ll stop this thread.
they can rely on 3P for indie games, they will use ID@Xbox to bring more content to GP.
and they are doing it now a lot of ID@xbox games coming to GP Day 1
Not sure if this really matters.
Weren’t Fallout and Elder Scrolls projects from Amazon/Netflix in the works before the Zenimax buyout? I’m sure something could be worked out with WB (not like Microsoft has a movie branch anyway).
They are working with a lot of property they don’t own.
I dont think xbox can aquire another publisher while all eyes are on this activision deal. This may be an opportunity for sony though
