You know, with how long EA was trying to sell themselves and Dragon Age Veilguard last year, I thought THEY would be in this situation.
But no, they now have Arab Money and might beat COD with BF6 this year and Ubisoft are in free fall. I think Tencent already has AC, FarCry and R6 Siege in a seperate studio so now what's left? The rest of Tom Clancy related licenses or maybe Beyond good and evil won't be vapour ware from now on?
It really is starting to be the end of the "mega publishers" with Microsoft treading water after buying out so many studios too. The writing has been on the wall for almost a decade now.
Lol so the new ballgame is bailouts from sheiks and Chinese fat cats? How long until the foreign investors figure out the company is burning cash to keep fat lesbians warm?
now what's left? The rest of Tom Clancy related licenses or maybe Beyond good and evil won't be vapour ware from now on?
The Clancy stuff you mentioned, Rayman, Prince of Persia, and Trials are the only others I can think of that aren't one-offs. They have nothing valuable enough to sell that would dig them out of their hole, anyway.
You know, with how long EA was trying to sell themselves and Dragon Age Veilguard last year, I thought THEY would be in this situation.
But no, they now have Arab Money and might beat COD with BF6 this year and Ubisoft are in free fall. I think Tencent already has AC, FarCry and R6 Siege in a seperate studio so now what's left? The rest of Tom Clancy related licenses or maybe Beyond good and evil won't be vapour ware from now on?
It really is starting to be the end of the "mega publishers" with Microsoft treading water after buying out so many studios too. The writing has been on the wall for almost a decade now.
Judging by your words, I think a viable strategy would not be to dissolve some of these fruitless publishers, but sell them off for really cheap.
Didn't all the good IP use to be firmly American?
I hate this new world.
Wake me up when it's the 90s again.
Lol so the new ballgame is bailouts from sheiks and Chinese fat cats? How long until the foreign investors figure out the company is burning cash to keep fat lesbians warm?
The Clancy stuff you mentioned, Rayman, Prince of Persia, and Trials are the only others I can think of that aren't one-offs. They have nothing valuable enough to sell that would dig them out of their hole, anyway.
I think Tencent only got a minority interest in those IPs. I'm guessing they'll now just take full ownership. Or at least majority interest.