Microsoft Has Purchased ZeniMax Media, Parent to Bethesda Softworks and More

[The Mad Titan]

Reality proves my point.

Reality actually is proving the opposite brother.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Reality actually is proving the opposite brother.

Nope.

Has the ABK deal hurt consumers in anyway?


I'll wait.

And don't give me some "in 21XX" BS answer.

You wouldn't have said this if you really believed what you're claiming. You undermined your own claim.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Nope.


You wouldn't have said this if you really believed what you're claiming. You undermined your own claim.

What?

I believe acquisitions are natural part of business.
I don't think they all are good.
I don't actually care about 99 percent of them.

I don't understand what's so hard to get about that?

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Simply because you want to try and pull a gotcha

Not trying, receipts are pulled. People can judge themselves

you’re just looking even more like a corporate cheerleader. You and meach literally are incapable of criticizing microsoft

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

What?

I believe acquisitions are natural part of business.
I don't think they all are good.
I don't actually care about 99 percent of them.

I don't understand what's so hard to get about that?

I didn't say you couldn't like it. It's just that corporate consolidation shouldn't be spun as consumer-friendly.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Not trying, receipts are pulled. People can judge themselves

you’re just looking even more like a corporate cheerleader. You and meach literally are incapable of criticizing microsoft

"receipts are pulled"

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

"receipts are pulled"

 

[The Mad Titan]

Makes sense for a couple of reasons...

• Arc System Works is a small indie studio/pub that could realistically use the funding.
• They wouldn’t have to shell out money for licenses anymore like with Dragonball
• Sony acquired EVO and are probably looking for a dedicated fighting game studio
• Sony owns distribution for almost all anime at this point, and has actual ownership over several, such as Full Metal Alchemist and Demon Slayer
• Sony plans are cross-media expansion, anime fighters/rpgs, with actual anime is within Sonys wheelhouse

This is a good thing for fighting game fans, Arc System with bigger budget would be a great thing. I still really want that MHA fighter

Creates a whole thread "Makes sense to me"

Very anti consolidation of you.

we might get free crunchyroll with ps plus! more anime more problems!!!!

The Tokyo-based electronics giant is reportedly going into the final round of negotiations to buy Crunchyroll. According to Nikkei Asia, the acquisition could cost Sony over 100 billion yen ($957 million).




This comes as Sony obtained the exclusive right to negotiate for the popular anime streaming service.

Up to now, Sony has been licensing its anime, such as the smash-hit Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, to other anime-steaming services. Adding Crunchyroll to its portfolio would put Sony in an even position to face off against Netflix and Hulu.

Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and now has 70 million free members and 3 million subscribers. AT&T became its parent company in 2018. Earlier this year, our colleagues at Gizmodo reported that AT&T was rumored to be looking to sell Crunchyroll to Sony for, at that time, $1.5 billion.

"We might get free Crunchyroll" is all it took for this buyout to be attractive

I’ve never once criticized microsoft for buying studios. I don’t care that they bought doublefine, inXile, Ninja Theory, Mojave….I wouldn’t care if they bought crystal dynamic, remedy, asobo…..

Major third party publishers is the part that makes them and their stans seem desperate

Doesn't sound very "anti consolidation" to me

There’s no double standard, none of us complained about microsoft buying over half a dozen studios. It’s the bethesda purchase that got people riled up

Sony has never bought out a major 3rd party publisher and they probably never will.

And finally we have the truth, y'all ain't care about consolidation just like your timeline SHOWS until this.




Sony stans delusional liars

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Creates a whole thread "Makes sense to me"

Very anti consolidation of you.


"We might get free Crunchyroll" is all it took for this buyout to be attractive



Doesn't sound very "anti consolidation" to me



And finally we have the truth, y'all ain't care about consolidation just like your timeline SHOWS until this.




Sony stans delusional liars

And none of that says I support this acquisition or consolidation in general. Nice reach though

 

[The Mad Titan]

And none of that says I support this acquisition or consolidation in general. Nice reach though

I hope your fellow Sony stans are smarter than you giving them credit for.

Clearly you didn't have a problem with consolidation happening until the you did... Which you yourself said.

"It wasn't a problem until"



Sony stans