this is why MS is targeting smaller or struggling studios
PCF is a large indie that kind of works in the shadows. I do wonder if at some point MS will establish a bunch of support studios to aid in the creative side of game creation.
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RUMOR: Microsoft was in Poland and it was interested in new teams that could join to XGS!
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this is why MS is targeting smaller or struggling studios
PCF is a large indie that kind of works in the shadows. I do wonder if at some point MS will establish a bunch of support studios to aid in the creative side of game creation.
I got impression from some stuff Avallone has said that he has no interest to work with Obsidian anymore because of leadership at studio.
Don't they like to have multiple teams in a region? I would think PCF and bloober would be the most obvious but techland would be huge.
I always thought it was ownership he had issue with... and unsure if it was Feargus... or if the owners he had issue with are even there anymore.
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I would only accept a CD Project purchase if they convinced MS to release DRM free games that are a t least 7 years old.
As for independent studios in Poland, danrbg,you can add Exorstudios (steam link) and The Farm 51.
As for independent studios in Poland, danrbg,you can add Exorstudios (steam link) and The Farm 51.
Reikon Games hasn't been mentioned yet.
Independent Polish studio, comprised of people who worked on Witcher 3 and Dying Light, that went on to make Ruiner.
Would be a great under the radar get.
Independent Polish studio, comprised of people who worked on Witcher 3 and Dying Light, that went on to make Ruiner.
Would be a great under the radar get.
With this logic, Google could conceivably do the same as you're advocating here. I really don't understand this rah rah cheering for corporate ownership.
CD Project Red is sadly not happening. Otherwise they would've bought them a year ago or even earlier and made Cyberpunk a Series X release game.
So the game would still come out on Ps4 (to honor publishing agreements and no bad look of buying games off other platforms), but it would be exclusive for Series X on next generation consoles.
So the game would still come out on Ps4 (to honor publishing agreements and no bad look of buying games off other platforms), but it would be exclusive for Series X on next generation consoles.
I understand where you're coming from, but with gamepass it changes things. I'll be getting games from these purchased studios day 1.
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I am not encouraging Microsoft to buy them. My preference is Techland but I can see why Cd Projekt makes more sense not only for Cd Projekt Red.
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Microsoft has a good relationship with them. I said this because people think that Cd Projekt is independent and it is not.
Why is your preference anything?
You have not given any reason why it would make sense for CDPR to sell besides essentially "capitalism." They have valued their independence from the very beginning.
This is just a simple search on Wikipedia. They value their independence highly.
Not saying that isn't true or that it will happen, but it wasn' that long ago insomniac said the same.
I preface this by saying I don't think it will, nor would I necessarily want it to happen. But MS can buy anything they want if they deem it a worthwhile investment. Disney is a much smaller company than MS and they bought Fox for 71 billion. Everyone is for sale for the right amount.
MS paid 26.2 billion for Linked in.
MS paid 7.5 billion for Git Hub.
While not directly comparble, and we are talking about the xbox division on its own, it just provides evidence that the company as a whole will pay what they have to if they see the value in the acquisition. The question with CDPR is do they see it as strictly a game developer or do they also see an opportunity with their established digital storefront. I have no idea, I just dont subscribe to the "there is no way it will happen" crowd.
Now just to repeat, so no one gets too heated, I do not think its going to happen. They have shown they are searching for smaller talented but underfunded devs and that would be what I expect to see continue.
MS paid 26.2 billion for Linked in.
MS paid 7.5 billion for Git Hub.
While not directly comparble, and we are talking about the xbox division on its own, it just provides evidence that the company as a whole will pay what they have to if they see the value in the acquisition. The question with CDPR is do they see it as strictly a game developer or do they also see an opportunity with their established digital storefront. I have no idea, I just dont subscribe to the "there is no way it will happen" crowd.
Now just to repeat, so no one gets too heated, I do not think its going to happen. They have shown they are searching for smaller talented but underfunded devs and that would be what I expect to see continue.
Insomniac didn't employ almost 900 people and they weren't a distributor of games on PC. Insomniac also wasn't a public company either.
I could see Techland or People can fly but if I kinda want to see it the reality where its CD Projekt so i can see the hilarious disaster that would be this site and twitter.
CDP would be more like a merger, wouldn't it? Though how awesome would it be to have Galaxy 2.0 integrated into windows?
Can Microsoft buy CDPR? Sure, easily. They have 100 billion in cash just sitting in bank.
Will they? I'm betting no, but I'm not betting my life on it.
Will they? I'm betting no, but I'm not betting my life on it.
Yeah, I'd really love to play an inferior version of Techland's next game because Microsoft's shitty PC storefront doesn't allow you to install mods.
I think it's only time when people on ERA gets excited about mega corporations absorbing small businesses is when it one of the big console companies grabbing studios for exclusives.
The polish development community seems to be on a roll atm, so I would not be surprised if MS is indeed looking to purchase a studio or two in the country.
Looking at the studios I would guess it could be PCF considering they have worked with the studio in the past and they are reasonable size.
Looking at the studios I would guess it could be PCF considering they have worked with the studio in the past and they are reasonable size.
It's lame as shit. I hesitate to tell people what to get excited about and what not to, but I know personally, if publishers want to grow studios internally, I'm way more into that. Just buying out exclusively is lame even in cases like Insomniac where they had an existing relationship with Sony. Insomniac was putting out cool smaller shit as well :/.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but that would straight up be a horrible use of $7+ billion for MS. Even if they wanted to invest that money in games, it could have a ton more impact in many other ways.
We really should not be hoping for strong, independent small businesses to be subsumed by corporate giants.
I think they've been doing well, at least stock wise. I know that's their parent company or whatever.
11 bit studios are very talented. Both This War of Mine and Frostpunk were great and very creative games.
Microsoft is very much about creating regional hubs and fostering a community with its developers, so I wouldn't say that multiple studios in Eastern Europe is out of the question
My MSFT shares would disagree with that sentiment, but in general that's right.
I didn't realize Techland have 300 employees. That's a bit bigger than what they typically aquired recently.
I'm not really sure the market would look too kindly on this deal.
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