RUMOUR: Polygon - Microsoft is looking to purchase EA, Valve or PUBG
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3rdamention
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Purchasing EA or Valve sounds like it would awful for gamers. PUBG, sure, we have heard that rumor for a while now. However, I cannot see how MS buying EA or Valve could be a good thing really, except for their own ecosystem. Otherwise, they are walling off anyone else that doesn't play on their Console or PC.
lifa-cobex
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PUBG- I would imagine that conversation might have come up.
EA- I could imagine someone brought that up and then someone else laughed at them. Still possible though.
VALVE- That conversation never happened because it just won't happen.
EA- I could imagine someone brought that up and then someone else laughed at them. Still possible though.
VALVE- That conversation never happened because it just won't happen.
12Dannu123
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How I see this playing out.
Xbox One consoles become game pass console so $10 every month so we will third party Xboxs. Sony users will need to purchase outright every game at full price since MS and Sony can't work together. PC users will also get Game Pass, Origin becomes the way to sell games for MS.
The killer exclusive isn't games, it's the service idea that paying $10 per month for LOTS of games that MS deliberately won't put the service on PS4.
Microsoft will likely continue to buy game companies to increase Xbox console value and Game Pass.
Xbox One consoles become game pass console so $10 every month so we will third party Xboxs. Sony users will need to purchase outright every game at full price since MS and Sony can't work together. PC users will also get Game Pass, Origin becomes the way to sell games for MS.
The killer exclusive isn't games, it's the service idea that paying $10 per month for LOTS of games that MS deliberately won't put the service on PS4.
Microsoft will likely continue to buy game companies to increase Xbox console value and Game Pass.
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Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
How could anyone actually think they'd make the sports franchises exclusive?
Like, what has transipred in the last 5 years or so that makes any reasonable perosn think they would pay $35 billion plus on EA and then lock down the part of EA that makes the most money? RIGHT after seeing them buy Minecraft for 2.5 billion and leave it multiplat?
I mean....just....christ.
Blam
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Because that would sell consoles.
Zok310
Banned
I don't see them doing none of that shit.
Nobody waiting 10 years to see returns on $30 billion of investments.
They better off just paying EA for exclusive rights like they did Bungie.
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hiphopcr
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To... sell consoles... get more Game Pass subscribers... regain market share...
Rellik
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The contracts (At leas the FIFA one anyway which is easily their biggest) literally don't allow them to be exclusive.
12Dannu123
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They don't have to be exclusive. They can be exclusive to Game Pass and PS4 users will have to pay full price for every game. Whereas Xbox users can just pay $10 per month.
Blam
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Don't jinx it.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Even though it's a rumor it's still an easy way to stay "competitive" and that doesn't mean I dislike Microsoft. I've owned all their baseline consoles. If they buy a big name then they force the fans off the console then the fans have to switch or deal with it.
It's another console war rumor with the execs up at the top. It's an industry that's being bought and sold based on a popularity contest.
It's another console war rumor with the execs up at the top. It's an industry that's being bought and sold based on a popularity contest.
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Neo_GAF
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ms was trying to buy several companies.
sega, ea, nintendo, sony....
most of them denied it.
we can see how you will end, when ms is buying companies=you end up on the graveyard. every sane company would try to cancel any sort of talk except, they are in dire need of money or proper jobs at ms.
sega, ea, nintendo, sony....
most of them denied it.
we can see how you will end, when ms is buying companies=you end up on the graveyard. every sane company would try to cancel any sort of talk except, they are in dire need of money or proper jobs at ms.
Sosokrates
Report me if I continue to console war
Didnt MS already try and buy the PUBG devs but got rejected?
I think its possible MS could buy EA, its a publicly traded company and MS has the funds.It would also fix MS lack of Exclusives issue with one single purchase.
It would mean fifa,Nfl, battlefield and star wars games would become MS Exclusives which would instantly make millions of gamers migrate to xbox overnight.
Also why would getting fifa,star wars,nfl etc Exclusive be an issue?
If EA owns the licences to those games and MS owns EA, the license holder can put those games on any platform they want? cant they?
Also it would be worth it for the meltdowns and tears of salt.
I think its possible MS could buy EA, its a publicly traded company and MS has the funds.It would also fix MS lack of Exclusives issue with one single purchase.
It would mean fifa,Nfl, battlefield and star wars games would become MS Exclusives which would instantly make millions of gamers migrate to xbox overnight.
Also why would getting fifa,star wars,nfl etc Exclusive be an issue?
If EA owns the licences to those games and MS owns EA, the license holder can put those games on any platform they want? cant they?
Also it would be worth it for the meltdowns and tears of salt.
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Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
No, you two are right. How dumb of me.
Totally explains why they made Minecraft exclusive after spending 2.5 billion dollars on them.
Completely logical train of thought to conclude that after spending 2.5 billion on Minecraft (one of the top 5 biggest games in the world) and keeping it multiplatform, they would then spend 40 billion or more on EA and prevent themselves from ever making that money back by keeping all the sports franchises exclusive to Xbox.
How could I be so dumb and not see this?
sushisamurai30
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Do it Microsoft. Buy EA
Petrae
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Domestically speaking, Madden and FIFA are two of the best-selling games every year. Regardless of how MS would want to play it (keeping these away from Sony would be an epically dick move, but could generate interest in Xbox hardware), lots of money could be made just on these annual titles alone. Then you add in a Battlefield, a Dragon Age, or some other IP in EA's stable... and that's a formidable lineup.
I'm not sure how the NFL and/or FIFA would respond to platform exclusivity. The NFL isn't pitching a fit about being non-existent in Nintendo platforms for the last few years. Maybe some extra cash from MS keeps them satisfied.
From a business perspective, I find this speculation fascinating. From a gaming consumer perspective, I find this potentially terrifying.
I'm not sure how the NFL and/or FIFA would respond to platform exclusivity. The NFL isn't pitching a fit about being non-existent in Nintendo platforms for the last few years. Maybe some extra cash from MS keeps them satisfied.
From a business perspective, I find this speculation fascinating. From a gaming consumer perspective, I find this potentially terrifying.
Horsemama1956
Member
I hope they buy Valve for the funniness.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
MS buying EA would be the ultimate irony. Nothing quite like all of EA's projects getting randomly canceled by "tough decisions".
If MS really wanted a huge dormant catalog, they should just buy Konami.
Though given their recent gets and their games as service obsession, PUBG would make the most sense.
If MS really wanted a huge dormant catalog, they should just buy Konami.
Though given their recent gets and their games as service obsession, PUBG would make the most sense.
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RuleNumber6
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Buy EA and actually make a good Star Wars game.
hiphopcr
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I wouldn't consider Minecraft to be the only model.
The heads of Xbox obviously know the narrative this gen is Xbox last games. This would game, set, match that narrative.
Personally, I think they keep it multiplat but offer the portfolio as part of game pass on Xbox and PC.
Blam
Member
No need for the sarcasm.
Minecraft works because it appeals to a broader group of people. EA has a lot more buying power for consoles with Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, Anthem, Mass Effect, etc, etc. Just like how Bayonetta is a insta sell for them for the switch.
trickyaudio
Neo Member
Surely not. Mental scenes.
Azathoth
Neo Member
It wouldn't be a monopoly.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
1) Microsoft isn't interested in console wars. They're interested in making money
2) They would literally NEVER see that 40 billion come back if they locked down the Sports games. Ever. Never ever
3) Keeping those games multiplat while also offering them on GamePass day one allows them to keep making money on other platforms while also giving THEIR platform an attractive "exclusivity" arrangement. I mean, if you own and Xbox and a PS4, you'd actually be crazy to buy FIFA and Madden on PS4 when you can just get both (plus way way more) for just $10US a month
FF:Enhanced_Reality
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Would this not count as monopolising to an extent? I could only imagine the Sony response to Microsoft buying out one of the biggest publishers in gaming. Buying EA makes sense if you're looking to drop hardware development. EA lose a massive chunk of the market cutting out Playstation and Nintendo.
Valve is more probable, although you never know. They value their independence and Steam is great compared to the Microsoft store.
PUBG I can see. But why wouldn't Microsoft realistically open multiple studios and develop their IP catalogue?
Would that not only prompt Sony to start buying up publishers in response?
Valve is more probable, although you never know. They value their independence and Steam is great compared to the Microsoft store.
PUBG I can see. But why wouldn't Microsoft realistically open multiple studios and develop their IP catalogue?
Would that not only prompt Sony to start buying up publishers in response?
hiphopcr
Member
Right. I think Game Pass is bigger than console wars. They want 50 million subscribers. They want to slowly raise rates like Netflix. But that also means they need to get as many Xboxes out there as possible.
Yes, this.
Revolutionary
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Though I personally don't care for 99% of EA games, buying them out seems like an awful deal for gamers as a whole. Same for Valve, though that seems less feasible considering how well Steam does.
As for PUBG, they should take the offer if it presents itself. The next big BR game is probably already on the way for all we know.
As for PUBG, they should take the offer if it presents itself. The next big BR game is probably already on the way for all we know.
Blam
Member
Well yeah lmao EA has just been making crappy games, and Valve hasn't made a game in a while. (Updating games doesn't count.)
Valve also is an easy money making machine, maybe they'll actually release a new game if Microsoft buys them.
Senua
Member
i'll have some hi-tech hate for MS if they buy valve and turn them into the window store! valve will become obsolete, erased, extinct.
Unknown?
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This would be ALOT bigger than Minecraft. It'd be several 10s of billions. That said if they do it makes no financial sense for them to make EA exclusive similar to how it would have been disastrous to make Minecraft exclusive. If they bought EA they would most likely remain multiplatform because that is why EA is so big. Being Xbox/PC only would cut their revenue more than half.
CassidyIzABeast
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If this was anywhere close to actually happening it wouldn't be tucked away in the yearly "How to fix Xbox's first party" article.
ThomasAnderson
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Yeah. That would be insane
