GAME Microsoft to buy Activision

[Boing]

This seems bad. Needed Blizzard to get spun off on it's own again not shoved under another big ass company.

 

[gimpshiznit]

I read the valuation of the deal was inclusive of Activision net cash. Any idea how much they have?

Q3 2021 9.7b in cash & equivalents. not sure if that is what the deal referenced tho. ive only seen headlines

 

[FifthGear]

Does it also include King, the mobile company? Because that would get MSFT into a big market they were not in before

 

[rcm]

@gimpshiznit what stonks should i buy

 

[rcm]

Does it also include King, the mobile company? Because that would get MSFT into a big market they were not in before

 

[preston]

Does it also include King, the mobile company? Because that would get MSFT into a big market they were not in before

Yes, it does. Candy crush is now owned by Microsoft.

edit: see above lol

 

[gimpshiznit]

@gimpshiznit what stonks should i buy

fuck if i kno
everything is shit

 

[.chris]

First they took over the phone market, now they will dominate the game market.

Tag him, feline


@Ariez

 

[Genius/GZA]

@gimpshiznit what stonks should i buy

DOGE

 

[Capt. Hammer]

@Ariez is going to be carrying around a Pip Boy phone

 

[stevezissou]

This does not bode well

 

[Ariez]

Hopefully now my Start menu can be sapmmed with even more preinstalled bullshit games.

 

[Ariez]

This news was also rumored for a while. Didnt even attempt to make a play on ATVI cause ive been hit so hard lately in the market

 

[popey]

very surprised they are letting the CEO stay on after the blizzard debacle

 

[FifthGear]

Supposedly this is the payout he gets if they let him go right away:

 

[popey]

Supposedly this is the payout he gets if they let him go right away:

drop in the bucket on a $70B acquisition

 

[Dismay]

Came here to post this. Noticed my ATVI was up 28% after buying more a week or two ago

 

[TheEvil1]

drop in the bucket on a $70B acquisition

lol yea

 

[Hisma]

Do they get blizzard too?

why wouldn't they? activision owns them.

 

[amalgamas]

why wouldn't they? activision owns them.

yup, both Blizzard and King

 

[TomDlgns]

does this mean they will stop flip flopping the COD games? one year it is good, the other year it sucks. then again, that's how MS is with their OS.

 

[JacksonWhite]

So is COD Xbox exclusive now?

With COD, Halo, and GoW, plus the EA games on Gamepass, I probably will just get the new Xbox and stream everything

 

[the_antsy_honda]

the WoW and Overwatch fans (what remains of them) are losing it, they think this somehow ends with WoW/OW no longer being steaming piles of shit.

Like if MSFT takes over suddenly Metzen, Morhaime, and Kaplan will come back and save their games.

If any of these games get added to gamepass...I might still log in from time to time

 

[amalgamas]

If any of these games get added to gamepass...I might still log in from time to time

OW and the Diablo games maybe but I don't see them adding WoW to gamepass unless it goes full FTP.

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Supposedly this is the payout he gets if they let him go right away:

kind of disgusting