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Offline CaseAgainstFaith

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Actiblizzard might go up for sale
« on: June 07, 2012, 07:30:52 pm »
LOS ANGELES--The industry's largest third-party publisher might be for sale. According to a Bloomberg report, senior executives of Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi are meeting later this month to determine whether they want to sell the telecom giant's majority stake in the game developer.

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6381404/activision-blizzard-for-sale

So first EA has the possibility of being bought out by that one Korean company and now Activision Blizzard could be next.  While part of me has a hahahahaha smirk the other makes me wonder what the heck is going on with the fact that 2 game publishing giants have the potential to disappear. Maybe there is some poetic justice in the world after all and the fact that they keep selling half ass to complete shit games has finally started hitting their bottom line harder than we thought.
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Re: Actiblizzard might go up for sale
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2012, 08:39:03 pm »
Maybe there is some poetic justice in the world after all and the fact that they keep selling half ass to complete shit games has finally started hitting their bottom line harder than we thought.

Much as I like the thought, we're talking about the company that runs WoW and puts out Call of Duty. The only money problem they have is where to spend it all.
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Re: Actiblizzard might go up for sale
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2012, 02:47:09 pm »
Pissing off your employees tends to do the trick, there.  Give people enough bullshit, and they'll stop caring about the money, they'll just up and fucking quit.  Or go to a competitor, which would be even worse than them just quitting entirely.
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Re: Actiblizzard might go up for sale
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2012, 02:55:48 pm »
Much as I like the thought, we're talking about the company that runs WoW and puts out Call of Duty. The only money problem they have is where to spend it all.
To Rav's point, the original COD devs have walked on them, the original diablo devs walked ages ago. They may not have a money problem right now, but a few massive turds in the current development model could sink anyone.

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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2012, 05:19:56 pm »
Much as I like the thought, we're talking about the company that runs WoW and puts out Call of Duty. The only money problem they have is where to spend it all.
To Rav's point, the original COD devs have walked on them, the original diablo devs walked ages ago. They may not have a money problem right now, but a few massive turds in the current development model could sink anyone.

That was my point.  I think Vivendi is seeing a sinking ship and are trying to cash out at still a "peak time" before the fall and they don't become worth as much.
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