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Microsoft Enters New Activision Blizzard Deal to UK CMA, With Ubisoft Getting Licensing Rights Until

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 2023 in News & Features Discussion

imageMicrosoft Enters New Activision Blizzard Deal to UK CMA, With Ubisoft Getting Licensing Rights Until 2038 | MMORPG.com

Microsoft's push to get the UK Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) on board with its acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with a surprising new potential partner: Ubisoft. The company could get cloud streaming rights to all new games for 15 years.

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  • emperorhades1emperorhades1 Member RarePosts: 421
    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,992
    emperorhades1 said:
    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?
    Activision Blizzard is still about as profitable as ever, and more profitable than a lot of other big game publishers. So far their labor fights, sexual misconduct claims, or the talented people who've left have had no effect on their ability to do good business.

    As a company they are in much better shape than a lot of their competitors.
     
  • tmjmagtmjmag Member UncommonPosts: 4

    emperorhades1 said:

    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?



    They want the mobile games library and development Activision has, why they don't care about making any of the concessions around PC games.
  • emperorhades1emperorhades1 Member RarePosts: 421

    Vrika said:


    emperorhades1 said:

    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?


    Activision Blizzard is still about as profitable as ever, and more profitable than a lot of other big game publishers. So far their labor fights, sexual misconduct claims, or the talented people who've left have had no effect on their ability to do good business.

    As a company they are in much better shape than a lot of their competitors.



    They actually bring in around 2 billion a year profits. The purchase price is 68 Billion. It would take 30 years to make the money back and could get the same profit by just investing 68 billion in stable funds.
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,992
    emperorhades1 said:

    Vrika said:


    emperorhades1 said:

    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?


    Activision Blizzard is still about as profitable as ever, and more profitable than a lot of other big game publishers. So far their labor fights, sexual misconduct claims, or the talented people who've left have had no effect on their ability to do good business.

    As a company they are in much better shape than a lot of their competitors.



    They actually bring in around 2 billion a year profits. The purchase price is 68 Billion. It would take 30 years to make the money back and could get the same profit by just investing 68 billion in stable funds.
    Whether the purchase price is sensible or not is another question. Personally I think Microsoft is paying too much.

    But Activision Blizzard is making up around 20-30% operating profit. As a company they're in good enough shape.
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  • NeoyoshiNeoyoshi Member RarePosts: 1,495
    I'm convinced this is never going to end. x__x


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  • DelondialDelondial Member UncommonPosts: 124

    emperorhades1 said:

    This is getting more ridiculous daily. Why does Microsoft want this company so bad? Activision Blizzard has nothing but IPs that they have done nothing but ruin. The company itself is embroiled in labor fights and sexual misconduct claims. All the talent has left. What is Microsoft buying?



    Maybe they just want Kotick out that badly...one can dream.

    Clever things.

  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,407
    I thought they want the mobile games division isn't it. That's the reason right or am I wrong.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,469
    Neoyoshi said:
    I'm convinced this is never going to end. x__x
    It is just a matte of time, this is just the sort of move that will let the CMA claim this as a victory, once again this is not just about the rights or wrong of the case, all regulatory bodies feel a need to justify their exitance.
    Mallyx
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,469
    Scot said:
    Neoyoshi said:
    I'm convinced this is never going to end. x__x
    It is just a matte of time, this is just the sort of move that will let the CMA claim this as a victory, once again this is not just about the rights or wrong of the case, all regulatory bodies feel a need to justify their exitance.
    You seem outraged by my post, would you care to tell us why? :)
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