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Microsoft Is Forming New Subsidiary Company, Vault, To Merge With ZeniMax | MMORPG.com
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Microsoft Is Forming New Subsidiary Company, Vault, To Merge With ZeniMax | MMORPG.com
As we inch closer to the ZeniMax purchase by Microsoft which was announced back in September 2020, new reports have indicated exactly how Microsoft plans on doing so. In documents on the European Commission's website cite the new subsidiary as part of Microsoft's approach to complete the $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax.
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Yeahhhh.... so according to you, Microsoft bought Zenimax for 7.5 billion, only to shut down the entire department, close its 8 studios and fire its 2300 employees... cuz they won't be profitable in 1-2 years?
Yeah man, I don't see that happening.
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I am sure Microsoft has a very good team of advisors with taxes and legal documents that will make the best decisions with this new LLC on how to invest into their new business.
This will allow Microbleep to take some serious risk because if all else fails like bankruptcy,they can take their money out first and recoup a lot of the losses.It doesn't matter anyway,Microsoft makes so much money this will be like playing with government tax money anyhow.
Why do yo uthink Trump never pays taxes and why AMazon never paid any federal income tax,all these busienss loopholes are setup to help the rich whiel the small struggling,hard working businessman struggles to make ends meat and pays loads of taxes.
Of course many a small business are scammers as well,putting everyone and their gold fish on the payroll.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
It literally took years for them to move playstation version of minecraft to bedrock. Creating a new division? What microsoft division has ever released a game for playstation? So basically I see this as awful news for anyone not in the MS ecosystem who's a fallout fan.
This is strange behavior though because after they bought Mojang(Minecraft) they changed the studio name slightly, the OG devs left and they haven't really done anything big in years. Why buy a studio and not maximize their potential like Tencent does? It's almost like MS buy the studios just to buy them and making money isn't really the purpose.. What if there was another buyer in line to buy Zenimax and MS outbid them?
What happened to Elder Scrolls Blades? I'm sure a mobile p2w looter with the ES name would make money and the visuals looked nice from the screenshots.
What are you talking about. Do you know who Zenimax is? How big they are and the IP's they own? lol!
Well, its too early to tell what Microsoft's plans for Zenimax properties and studios. I mean, legally... they prolly aren't even able to comment on that until the acquisition goes through.
However, I'm not sure Mojang is a good indication. (or it may be, we'll see?) I think a better gauge would be to look at the studios Microsoft acquired in 2017-2019. From all accounts, it seems studios like Ninja Theory, inXile, Obsidian, etc are definitely benefiting from having a larger bank account to draw from. (Obsidian's upcoming Avowed sounds like its gonna be very ambitious for them... not to mention inXile is working on multiple AAA projects using Unreal Engine 5, etc. etc.)
So yeah, as someone else pointed out... if it came down to Sony, Tencent, 2K, Nintendo or Microsoft acquiring Zenimax... my vote would always prolly be Microsoft. I think the other major corporations would wall off all their IPs to a detrimental result. (atleast for us PC players)
Good luck with that.
Isn't Minecraft still very popular? Without knowing any details, I believe that acquisition was a very good return on investment for Microsoft.
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Would it really stop the deal? I'm thinking this is more of a formality or courtesy to keep those officials thinking what they say matters.
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In this case it's likely more of a formality because Microsoft - Zenimax deal is unlikely to run afoul of any antitrust laws, but if it did run afoul of the laws and the officials would not give their permission then the deal would not happen.
only time will tell
btw how long it will take for codemaster be closed now? lol
No idea IF or HOW MUCH Microsoft benefits monetarily or otherwise from the acquisition of Mojang/Minecraft. I will say that the game still is fun to play with my son. I especially enjoy the community servers on xbox playing hide-and-seek. Agree there have been updates and continue to do so.