Xbox Acquisition |OT5| Talking Exclusively About Xbox Acquisitions

[EAGLE9388XB1 (Mike)]

Microsoft fumbled on this one like I feared they would.

[AllianceOfficer]

Missed opportunity, but there are a ton of other opportunities out there

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

@EAGLE9388XB1

Microsoft fumbled on this one like I feared they would.

Oh nice, you were in on negotations? Where did they mess up, I’m really curious to find out!

[nrXic]

@TheBrightestSun

How many AAA titles you can afford before collapsing? There is a reason why Sony and other companies are going after GaaS. They can always produce AAA single player games but you need something to sustain the output. The budgets of AAA games is comparable to this whole acquisition.

I was going to include that but my post was getting a little too long anyways, but CD has a lot of recent valuable experience with GaaS, something that Sony could have really used.

[Paxton]

@Knottian

…t about. Microsoft may have missed the mark on this one (if they made an offer and it was even considered), but Embracer has shown no indication historically that they’ll lock up their titles behind a single platform, so it’s still a win for us considering the alternatives. I think this kind of moment does make first-refusal clauses for the independent studios Xbox is working with extremely important though; Xbox is indicating that they’re looking for the biggest splash, bang-for-buck acquisitions, but they can’t forget how pivotal some of these smaller studios can be, and are. P.S. - I may have missed the original post referring to CD as a support studio, but whoever started that or repeated it may want to take a look at how that term is defined because CD is very much not a support studio.

Considering how Embracer puts their games on Gamepass, i’d see this as a victory.

[DARK-PARADISE]

@TheBrightestSun

How many AAA titles you can afford before collapsing? There is a reason why Sony and other companies are going after GaaS. They can always produce AAA single player games but you need something to sustain the output. The budgets of AAA games is comparable to this whole acquisition.

But when these games are good, real, real, real good, they can give you in $1B+ revenue. Plus, for a platform holder, these games can bring more people into the ecosystem.

[TheBrightestSun]

@nrXic

CD has a lot of recent valuable experience with GaaS, something that Sony could have really used.

Well, looking at Avengers…Well, I am not sure Ironically the campaign content was good there.

@DARK-PARADISE

But when these games are good, real, real, real good, they can give you in $1B+ revenue.

There is a handful of games that can bring 1B in revenue at once. Most of the publishers have around 3b in yearly revenue. Only ABK was the exception with 8b in revenue. Then Electronic Arts is at 6.5b. And all of it is mostly coming from GaaS games.

[DARK-PARADISE]

@TheBrightestSun

There is a handful of games that can bring 1B in revenue at once. Most of the publishers have around 3b in yearly revenue. Only ABK was the exception with 8b in revenue. Then Electronic Arts is at 6.5b. And all of it is mostly coming from GaaS games.

Didn’t GoW and Uncharted make 1B+? Not necessarily a year

[TheBrightestSun]

@DARK-PARADISE

Didn’t GoW and Uncharted make 1B+? Not necessarily a year

Of course on a long timeline, more games bring such amount of money.

[Frost]

I was thinking more about Microsoft’s recent acquisitions and they have all been about major IP (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Overwatch, Diablo, etc). I think the most logical next acquisition for Microsoft is Square Enix Japan to gain access to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc. Some people may think this is crazy but Microsoft tried to buy Square once before.

[Harlow (Oggier Nil)]

@Frost

I was thinking more about Microsoft’s recent acquisitions and they have all been about major IP (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Overwatch, Diablo, etc). I think the most logical next acquisition for Microsoft is Square Enix Japan to gain access to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc. Some people may think this is crazy but Microsoft tried to buy Square once before.

Now that we know they are interested in Warner Studios I think their number one goal is to get NetherRealm own the most popular VS Fighting license. and Rocksteady for having the best Super Heros Studio.

[TheBrightestSun]

@Harlow

Now that we know they are interested in Warner Studios I think their number one goal is to get NetherRealm own the most popular VS Fighting license. and Rocksteady for having the best Super Heros Studio.

NRS will be a test.

[Staffy]

@Harlow

Now that we know they are interested in Warner Studios I think their number one goal is to get NetherRealm own the most popular VS Fighting license. and Rocksteady for having the best Super Heros Studio.

Like many people by now I just wonder if MS really cares all that much about superhero games. Sony is absolutely interested and it shows but is MS? I mean none of their studios are able to make them, so now indeed is a good way to see if they would go after them for that.

[TheBrightestSun]

@Staffy

Like many people by now I just wonder if MS really cares all that much about superhero games. Sony is absolutely interested and it shows but is MS? I mean none of their studios are able to make them, so now indeed is a good way to see if they would go after them for that.

It is not like they can’t make it. I think most of their studios are not interested in superhero games in the first place.

@Knottian

I’ll say, given the pattern of Microsoft buying publishers that have exclusive deals with Sony (both ABK and Bethesda), it would certainly be hilarious for MS to be the buyer of Square-Enix proper…

Imagine Sony buying Square Enix anime division, while Microsoft grabbing gaming division

[Knottian (Daniel)]

@TheBrightestSun

Imagine Sony buying Square Enix anime division, while Microsoft grabbing gaming division

I’d be okay with that… so long as Sony let’s Crunchyroll hire some of its damn staff back.

[TheBrightestSun]

@Knottian

I’d be okay with that… so long as Sony let’s Crunchyroll hire some of its damn staff back.

Well at least they made a good decision to move Funimation content to Crunchyroll as I heard CR app is superior. But I heard that they did some weird stuff with subscription update or something. Don’t follow it.

[DARK-PARADISE]

@TheBrightestSun

It is not like they can’t make it. I think most of their studios are not interested in superhero games in the first place.

Imagine you have the freedom of making whatever you want, you wouldn’t look at adapting someone else’s work, especially something like superheroes, that’s creative bankruptcy

[TheBrightestSun]

@DARK-PARADISE

Imagine you have the freedom of making whatever you want, you wouldn’t look at adapting someone else’s work, especially something like superheroes, that’s creative bankruptcy

Well, there are studios that like making that stuff. We don’t know.

[DARK-PARADISE]

@TheBrightestSun

Well, there are studios that like making that stuff. We don’t know.

I don’t believe creative led studios like to do that, I think they’re coerced one way or another into it or have nerdy leadership that likes that stuff themselves.

[TheBrightestSun]

@DARK-PARADISE

I don’t believe creative led studios like to do that, I think they’re coerced one way or another into it or have nerdy leadership that likes that stuff themselves.

There are a lot of people who are the fans of superheroes.

Trust Phil. He has the acumen. And he plays chess.