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[OmegaSupreme]

I feel like this has been lost under all of the MS wanting to buy Nintendo talk.

MSN

Gabe will sell over his dead body of course.

 

[RoboFu]

Gabe won’t live forever so you maybe right and wrong at the same time. Lol

 

[drganon]

If they did, I'm sure they'd find a way to fuck it up.

 

[winjer]

 

[Robb]

They really want to just gobble up everyone.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Neogaf trying to understand that companies analyze the market and have list of threats and opportunities that includes every single notable company challenge level: Impossible

 

[azertydu91]

We should probably make threads about which companies MS doesn't want to buy ....There'd be less threads.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Nightmare scenario.

 

[Sanepar]

The day Steam goes away the day game die for me.

 

[Ginzeen]

Valve has no reason to sell. Their making more money then ever before. They have a strangle hold on the pc gaming market with Steam. Just another fantasy deal for Phil boy.

 

[lefty1117]

If they were smart they would simpmy replace their gaming store with steam

*if

 

[T-0800]

We should probably make threads about which companies MS doesn't want to buy ....There'd be less threads.

There is a big difference between most companies and MS. They might all want to do things but MS can afford to do all the things.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Something something healthy competition, something something a million year old emails, something something thought experiments. Retards.

 

[lh032]

PCMR finally get what they wanted

 

[azertydu91]

There is a big difference between most companies and MS. They might all want to do things but MS can afford to do all the things.

And we also know for fact that MS wants that...The others are just speculations and whataboutism.

 

[Tarin02543]

Valve has no reason to sell. Their making more money then ever before.

You can always make more money than more money.

 

[Lokaum D+]

MS is like Rich Richie looking for new friends, if u have no friend and lots of money you just need to bought them all



someone pls, put phill face on richie and studio names on "the friends"

 

[Pakoe]

Never gonna happen.

 

[Team Andromeda]

That makes more sense than Nintendo

 

[Hudo]

The more I read about the "leaks" the more I've come to the conclusion that Twitter and gaming bloggers like IGN, or in this case MSN, are making a huge fuzz about nothing. Nothing here is newsworthy. Just fucking clickbait drama for the sake of it.

 

[acm2000]

please mods, start removing peoples thread making abilities

 

[Dr. Suchong]

EA looking pretty good right now..

 

[killatopak]

The only REAL reason to support this is if you want Half Life 3 to be released.

 

[Hudo]

EA looking pretty good right now..

Man if Microsoft bought EA as well, they would essentially have the "big three" RTS franchises under their belt. Age of Empires, WarCraft and Command & Conquer. And I genuinely believe taht Microsoft would be better stewards for both WarCraft and Command & Conquer than current Blizzard and current EA are.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

The only REAL reason to support this is if you want Half Life 3 to be released.

If Microsoft were involved it'd probably become some sort of awful Dude Bro game with the nuance of a brick.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It wasn't lost, there were several posts about it including my own:

Valve is a private company and gabe newell owns more than 50% of it and I doubt he cares about more money at this point since steam is just generating passive income for the company.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I thought it was already known?

“Mr Spencer, who should we buy?”

Phil :

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Man if Microsoft bought EA as well, they would essentially have the "big three" RTS franchises under their belt. Age of Empires, WarCraft and Command & Conquer. And I genuinely believe taht Microsoft would be better stewards for both WarCraft and Command & Conquer than current Blizzard and current EA are.

I was actually making a subtle reference to Microsoft possibly being eventually hated on more than EA.
But I totally agree with your point

 

[Drizzlehell]

Holy shit, this is getting a little tiresome.

"BREAKING NEWS - MICROSOFT WANTS ALL THE MONNIEZ"

"Tidal waves at 11..."

 

[Hudo]

I was actually making a subtle reference to Microsoft possibly being eventually hated on more than EA.
But I totally agree with your point

Microsoft would also end up owning Ultima, Wing Commander and Dungeon Keeper...

 

[Hudo]

Holy shit, this is getting a little tiresome.

"BREAKING NEWS - MICROSOFT WANTS ALL THE MONNIEZ"

"Tidal waves at 11..."

It's just that teenagers on this board and on Twitter and Reddit haven't yet heard of M&A departments at big-ass corporations and what these departments do.

Conversations like in these "leaked" emails is something every bigger corporation with an M&A department is holding every day. Even for only hypothetical mergers/buyouts and even for possible mergers/buyouts that competitors could do, just to be prepared for it.
Phil talking to his bosses about Nintendo and Valve is... really nothing newsworthy.

 

[reinking]

The way MS handles things they would try to roll Steam into the Windows store.

 

[Gudji]

It's over folks.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Like I told folks — this is their culture. There is absolutely no reason they would need to do this, but if they can't win on actually competing (how would they know if they don't try, right?), their thought is to just buy buy buy.

They have plenty of devs/pubs now (and did when this was written).

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It's just that teenagers on this board and on Twitter and Reddit haven't yet heard of M&A departments at big-ass corporations and what these departments do.

Conversations like in these "leaked" emails is something every bigger corporation with an M&A department is holding every day. Even for only hypothetical mergers/buyouts and even for possible mergers/buyouts that competitors could do, just to be prepared for it.
Phil talking to his bosses about Nintendo and Valve is... really nothing newsworthy.

For you.

 

[Sybrix]

Gaben aint selling to Microsoft lol

Selling to Apple on the other hand......

 

[Hudo]

For you.

For anyone who's over 25.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Neogaf trying to understand that companies analyze the market and have list of threats and opportunities that includes every single notable company challenge level: Impossible

I'd love to see the communications from Sony about buying Nintendo or valve. #sonytoo crowd working overtime.

 

[SmokedMeat]

PCMR finally get what they wanted

Dumbest comment I’ve read, possibly ever.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I'd love to see the communications from Sony about buying Nintendo or valve. #sonytoo crowd working overtime.

Indeed. I don't usually use the word "copium", but the past 36 hours have shown me the way.

I agree that corps. have merger discussions often, yes, but on this scale is another matter. And, once again for the kids in the back, Microsoft admitted openly that they will be doing more of these types of acquisitions. We're not talking some 3rd party dev who works closely with them, but big shit. They already scrounged up Zenimax, highly likely to close on Activision, and we have proof that they still want Nintendo. Doesn't take an optometrist to see the writing on the wall.

 

[damidu]

valve can actually use some of their storefront expertise, steam had a good run.
but windows store is all the rage nowadays baby!!
bought!

 

[Dr.D00p]

The only REAL reason to support this is if you want Half Life 3 to be released.

343 Studios standing ready....

 

[radewagon]

I'd love to see the communications from Sony about buying Nintendo or valve. #sonytoo crowd working overtime.

I dunno, they're probably too busy doing their jobs (ensuring that PS5 has a healthy amount of exclusive games) to worry about buying companies to do that job for them.

I jest... sort of.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

For anyone who's over 25.

Yes. You're a badass above it all. All corporations are the same.

 

[Hudo]

Yes. You're a badass above it all. All corporations are the same.

Thank you.

 

[bbeach123]

Latest news : microsoft want to buy money printer .

 

[CobraAB]

MS doesn’t want to buy Sony?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

It wasn't lost, there were several posts about it including my own:

I felt it was worth its own thread. As a PC guy this would be an even bigger deal to me than an MS acquisition of Nintendo.

 

[Yoboman]

This is great for competition, they can add Steam to Gamepass or something

 

[SirTerry-T]

Today I learnt that businesses are in the business to make money for their business.

It's taken the best part of fifty years for this simian brain of mine to get it but thanks to Neogafs legal and business experts where there was dark...now there is light.