Calling it now. Someone will buy out CDPR.
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Heisenberg007
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Pretty sure that Sony is already in talks with them.
Black_Stride
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HeisenbergFX4
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bender
What time is it?
Oddvintagechap
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Sony is better served investing into epic.
I want this on my profile.
Trazyn the Infinite
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You only think that because they were bought by Sony.
Bungie is a pathetic shell of its former self.
Ghost of Caelid
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Stock price in the short term isn't an indication of company health. They sold 20 million + of their last game and continue to have a healthy eco system of sales. Thats not a reason as to why they wouldn't be bought but can't just look at the stock price.
DeepEnigma
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Probably why this thread was made
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Probably why this thread was made
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HoodWinked
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prolly tencent or saudis
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bitbydeath
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MS would just shut it down because they already have a store.
remember_spinal
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I wonder if regulators would look into that for that reason if they ever tried. I feel like any company that buys CDPR has to keep GOG open
Wouldn't be able to buy a competitors platform and close it down
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Frank Horrigan
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If it's only between Microsoft and Sony then it's a toss up.
Microsoft because they like their RPGS
Sony because they like their 3rd person story games.
Though with CDPR moving onto Unreal Engine, which was built and designed closely with Cerny and Sony, my money would land on Sony purchasing them.
Plus cyberpunk 2077 on PSVR2 would be pretty killer
Microsoft because they like their RPGS
Sony because they like their 3rd person story games.
Though with CDPR moving onto Unreal Engine, which was built and designed closely with Cerny and Sony, my money would land on Sony purchasing them.
Plus cyberpunk 2077 on PSVR2 would be pretty killer
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synchronicity
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I hope they are never absorbed in the cycle of endless assimilation. And it has nothing to do with their games necessarily, but everything to do with their *idea* of gaming.
Nautilus
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Even if CD Red is a public company, they still want to be bought for someone to buy them. If someone tries a hostile takeover, they will do the same as Ubisoft did, when Vivendi tried to buy them by force.
And considering how gung-ho they are about doing AAA games, and promoting themselves as a premium developer, I don't see them wanting to just be someone else's first party studio.
And considering how gung-ho they are about doing AAA games, and promoting themselves as a premium developer, I don't see them wanting to just be someone else's first party studio.
darrylgorn
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Google will buy it and make it a Stadia exclusive.
Dick Jones
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That variation of that strategy should be done by CDPR. Release on PC and a year later on consoles. They can't be trusted to release a new game simultaneously on multiple platforms. Maybe that way they won't release a game with more bugs than Bugsnax.
remember_spinal
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That makes it even more likely as they will need funding to do that. You think Bungie wanted to be owned by another company? They realized trying to grow in the climate we're in with a shortage of talent and a recession looming means you need a financier to take you to that level. CDPR has been sponsored by the polish government for years, they aren't able to do it on their own.
If most companies had their way they would be independent and this big acquisition arms race wouldnt be currently happening but if you want to continue making big ground breaking AAA games you need major backing and thers only a handful of companies that can do that at this point.
They can take pride in being a major subsidiary of a bigger company like most game publishers these days. Rockstar doesn't have a problem with it
Also, i would bet anything that if CDPR had a bigger company financing Cyberpunk 2077 they wouldn't have felt compelled to release it as broken as it was. Same with Fallout 76, Bethesda had their backs against the wall during that time.
With Sony, Tencent, MS, etc. backing them they don't gotta risk half their staff leaving again due to burnout and post launch crunch
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remember_spinal
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For the record, I don't want to see them get bought out but the writings on the wall for a lot of major 3rd party devs/pubs right now.
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/11/emb...nother-37-or-so-studios-in-the-next-12-months
https://frontofficesports.com/saudi-arabia-plans-37-8b-gaming-investment/
Between embracer, Saudi's, tencent….half the gaming industry will be divided into 3rds. Shawn Layden wasn't kidding when talking about the rising cost of game development
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DeepEnigma
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Nah, they would use it because it's by far the better store. Hopefully not muck it up though.
Drizzlehell
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They will be bought out by Strickland Propane.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Honestly, this is a situation where I think the Polish government would step in and block any deal with an international company like Sony or MS.
Otherwise, you can bet you're freaking backside that Tencent would have a large share of them already.
After TW3, CD Project RED is like the national pride and joy of Poland. I think the government will want the company owned by the Polish people, paying taxes to the Polish government; rather than owned by a US company that uses tax loopholes galore to pay near zero local taxes. This is especially true considering how much money the Polish government has pumped into CDPR.
Otherwise, you can bet you're freaking backside that Tencent would have a large share of them already.
After TW3, CD Project RED is like the national pride and joy of Poland. I think the government will want the company owned by the Polish people, paying taxes to the Polish government; rather than owned by a US company that uses tax loopholes galore to pay near zero local taxes. This is especially true considering how much money the Polish government has pumped into CDPR.
EDMIX
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I mean....you are probably right.
That whole announcing 6 games is a move to get investor money and show they are valuable or have value coming or something. Regardless of who buys them, just like what we stated regarding EA....in order for that to really work, they need to clean up that management if not literally remove them upon purchase.
wipeout364
Well...not really. Sony is putting pretty much all their major titles on PC so I don't see how this would be different and for all we know, they'll use that GOG store as a in on the PC market to make even more money or something. So with how much single player stuff Sony puts out, I'd say they are solid fit for the open world single player stuff Sony already puts out. 
Danjin44
lol so we going to just clear out ignore all the violence in The Last Of Us 2? Entire fucking torsos are blown off and knee caps taken out and folks getting their heads blown off or shot or stabbed in the throat. Where anyone got that Sony doesn't have that is beyond me lol
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3liteDragon
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Do you have actual insider info on this?
Danjin44
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That is true, which kind of weird seeing GOW 2018 really toned down the gore which was big part pervious games, sex mini games I honestly dont miss that.
Where anyone got that Sony doesn't have that is beyond me lol
SkeletonQuays
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It would appear as tho my thread was expertly timed then! lol a broken clock is right twice a day... and all that jazz.
TVexperto
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after they stopped selling cyberpunk on their store? i doubt it will change avatar if it actually happens
Denton
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CD Projekt Red president says developer will âremain independentâ
President Adam KiciÅski said that the studio is also not looking for a "strategic investor".
www.nme.com
CD Projekt Red president says developer will "remain independent"
The developer's shares are also protected from a hostile takeover
Extremely unlikely that after 27 years of independence, they would suddenly want to answer to someone else.
As for money, CDP has some 300 million USD in the bank and no debt. They don't need any outside investment.
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Sentenza
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Not saying it's necessarily not true, but I'd like to point that this is exactly what everyone keeps saying until the day they actually sell to someone.CD Projekt Red president says developer will âremain independentâ
President Adam KiciÅski said that the studio is also not looking for a "strategic investor".
CD Projekt Red president says developer will "remain independent"
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I mean even in God Of War you are literally splitting people in half
I also have no clue where this no blood claim came from as....it indeed has blood lol
The only major change was with him having sex with a bunch of women but that is based on the narrative of the game, he is much older, he has changed. Nudity 100% exist in the game, simply not him having sex with a bunch of harpy hoes lol
DeepEnigma
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Yeah, it was still gory. People keep fixating on the one head ripping moment to Helios, but you can't keep repeating the same tricks.I mean even in God Of War you are literally splitting people in half
I also have no clue where this no blood claim came from as....it indeed has blood lol
The only major change was with him having sex with a bunch of women but that is based on the narrative of the game, he is much older, he has changed. Nudity 100% exist in the game, simply not him having sex with a bunch of harpy hoes lol
Guilty_AI
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They're only against it nowadays when its anime, or if the people involved are attractive.
Denton
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27 years is pretty long track record of saying the same thing. It would be a different matter if CDP needed to sell, but they don't.
HeisenbergFX4
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If I were a betting man this is one I would push a lot of chips in on, Sony buying them that is and bet we hear about it soon
But I have been wrong many, many times
remember_spinal
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Playing the original trilogy the overt sexuality of it comes off kind of cringe tbh
Very early 2000's
Very early 2000's
Danjin44
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Thats what I'm talking about, except from vey few enemies, majority of them have lava or ice for blood, the new GOW is just no where near as gory as pervious games, not even close.I mean even in God Of War you are literally splitting people in half
I also have no clue where this no blood claim came from as....it indeed has blood lol
The only major change was with him having sex with a bunch of women but that is based on the narrative of the game, he is much older, he has changed. Nudity 100% exist in the game, simply not him having sex with a bunch of harpy hoes lol
There is DEFINITELY double standard against Japanese games, I'm currently playing Cyberpunk 2077, if game like Catherine had same amount of nudity and sex as Cyberpunk did, 100% it wound be censored.
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remember_spinal
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CYRU5_DA_GR34T
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I wouldn't say you're crazy on this one.
Skill Up guy was talking about their "future plans" for the next decade or so and it looks like whoever wrote the plans is ither dangerously naive given how CyberPunk's release went, or the suits in charge are breathing down necks to force productivity unrealistically.
Since you've spoken of a stock price, I wouldn't be surprized if something as afoot.
The stock price and quarterly target shit tends to drive companies mad.
Skill Up guy was talking about their "future plans" for the next decade or so and it looks like whoever wrote the plans is ither dangerously naive given how CyberPunk's release went, or the suits in charge are breathing down necks to force productivity unrealistically.
Since you've spoken of a stock price, I wouldn't be surprized if something as afoot.
The stock price and quarterly target shit tends to drive companies mad.
Arachnid
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CDPR was worth 8B+ in 2022. Wild how far they've dropped if this is accurateBungie cost Sony ~$2.4B + $1.2B retention fee.
CDPR is at about $2.4B + probably ~50% markup ($1.2B)
So probably around the same.
Yoboman
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Nah
Why would they sell at the bottom? The buyout would only happen if it reflected their valuation when they were thriving
Not sure how their valuation ever got so high though as a single game studio
I also think it would have to be MS. Sony seems to have a very poor relationship with then especially after the Cyberpunk fiasco
Why would they sell at the bottom? The buyout would only happen if it reflected their valuation when they were thriving
Not sure how their valuation ever got so high though as a single game studio
I also think it would have to be MS. Sony seems to have a very poor relationship with then especially after the Cyberpunk fiasco
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