Rumor – Microsoft is Among Potential Activision Buyers
“Although a formal process has not started, bankers close to Vivendi are sounding out cash-rich trade players, including China’s Tencent and U.S. duo Time Warner and Microsoft, as well as private-equity heavyweights KKR, Providence and Blackstone,” Reuters‘ sources claim.
The French conglomerate’s stake in Activision has an estimated price of 10 billion dollars.
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Source: http://mp1st.com/2012/07/11/rumor-microsoft-is-among-potential-activision-buyers/
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System32Posted:
kuneyo-DeanoAnkoku Wouldn't that make COD xbox only ?
There's no way in hell microsoft would do that. It doesn't take a genius to work out that other consoles besides xbox make up for a hell of a lot of the cod sales. If they took out cod from other platforms then the sales would drop by about 60%
And being the money grabbing company that ms is, they wouldn't do that, it is just pure idiocy.
No sir, Microsoft is a multinational..
Saying that they are about PROFIT, they are NOT going to invest 10 BILLION dollars in a thing to make profit, but only a sad 30% of what's possible..
You REALLY think Microsoft would be stupid enough to minimize profits?!?!
Even though Microsoft can easily afford that, it still is 10 BILLION dollars, and they keep that in mind.
And i am pretty sure they will buy it, CoD itself produces 1-5 BILLION each sequel.
So that also states, to make profit there have to be atleast two more CoD's.
Saying that the CoD series is not long by done.
Contrary to what you seem to believe, Activision doesn't just publish COD (See: Tony Hawk, Prototype, Guitar Hero) . Also Activision Blizzard is not just Activision. As its name suggests it's also Blizzard Entertainment, which in turn means World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft.
I think this would be a good thing if it happened, as Microsoft is obviously a company that can provide a substantial financial backing if necessary.
kuneyoPosted:
mrGlitch2000FlawlessInstinctz OMG!!! yes COD on Xbox only PS3 would be Devastated
Even if Microsoft would purchase Activision, they wouldn't keep the PS3 players from their games, it'd be kinda bad doing that and it would also enrage a load of gamers.
I'm sure Sony would get a little angry if Microsoft told Activision to make games only for the XBOX and not anything else, but it's most likely if they were bought by them it would be very unlikely.
Indeed, i don't see why people would think Microsoft would minimize their profits..
kuneyoPosted:
-DeanoAnkoku Wouldn't that make COD xbox only ?
There's no way in hell microsoft would do that. It doesn't take a genius to work out that other consoles besides xbox make up for a hell of a lot of the cod sales. If they took out cod from other platforms then the sales would drop by about 60%
And being the money grabbing company that ms is, they wouldn't do that, it is just pure idiocy.
No sir, Microsoft is a multinational..
Saying that they are about PROFIT, they are NOT going to invest 10 BILLION dollars in a thing to make profit, but only a sad 30% of what's possible..
You REALLY think Microsoft would be stupid enough to minimize profits?!?!
Even though Microsoft can easily afford that, it still is 10 BILLION dollars, and they keep that in mind.
And i am pretty sure they will buy it, CoD itself produces 1-5 BILLION each sequel.
So that also states, to make profit there have to be atleast two more CoD's.
Saying that the CoD series is not long by done.
-DeanoPosted:
Ankoku Wouldn't that make COD xbox only ?
There's no way in hell microsoft would do that. It doesn't take a genius to work out that other consoles besides xbox make up for a hell of a lot of the cod sales. If they took out cod from other platforms then the sales would drop by about 60%
And being the money grabbing company that ms is, they wouldn't do that, it is just pure idiocy.
MattRyanPosted:
Emazing-LightsAnkoku Wouldn't that make COD xbox only ?
Pretty much yeah.
I would imagine that they would lose a LOT of sales.
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