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He's been pretty negative about MS since his departure.
Have to wonder what happened exactly.
He isnt negative really. that poster just likes to pick and choose to fit a narrative, and has been called out a few times in this thread because of it. case in point he just tweeted this out on the 8th
Which is why the whole story is probably bullshit. And MS and Bungie have never seriously been in acquisition talks.
EDIT:
And the Bungie CEO essentially confirms it as such. Wrap it up folks. Nothing to see here.
From what I recall hearing of Bungie's leadership in the past, I wouldn't be shocked if there were talks, but no one in the studio was told and that's why they're denying, but it's also probably more than likely this is a whole lot of nothing. Hell, it very well could have sprung from botched "insider info" surrounding the Destiny 2 GamePass deal/etc., which honestly seems pretty likely. i.e. someone knew there was big money talks between Bungie and MS but didn't know what, and that spun into buyout rumors that spread.
Means nothing, given the company in question's outright denial. They weren't vague or ambiguous about it. They simply stated it is false.
Means the people pushing the narrative likely all have the same erroneous source.
Watching now and is interesting so far.
skipped ahead to when they started to talk about the "false" statement.
Wrong thread? Pretty sure that tweet is about Sony denying the yield/production reduction rumor.
Really happy this guy puts this kind of content out there. This is exactly what I expected yesterday about the denial. Lots of this applies to the Sony/Bloomberg denial today too.
I think it's pretty clear that Bungie aren't going to get bought, so I am indeed uncertain why this thread is still going.
But I'm gonna participate while it yet lives :D. Let's just also say that this would not be the first time that a CEO or executive flatly deny an acquisition or major deal.... only to have it happen very soon after. The number of people denying it, though, makes me think that Pete had to go to the team and brief them on this, and probably reassure them that they were staying independent.
We'd been hearing rumors of acquisition talks for quite some time (Jez was a big pusher of it). But even he recently (before this blew up) said that he wasn't going to share all the details, but he's sure that MS aren't going to be buying Bungie. MAYBE someone else, but not MS.
I mean. It's all very interesting and crazy. But, it's all just a bit of silly fun, I guess. We'll see what happens lol
But I'm gonna participate while it yet lives :D. Let's just also say that this would not be the first time that a CEO or executive flatly deny an acquisition or major deal.... only to have it happen very soon after. The number of people denying it, though, makes me think that Pete had to go to the team and brief them on this, and probably reassure them that they were staying independent.
We'd been hearing rumors of acquisition talks for quite some time (Jez was a big pusher of it). But even he recently (before this blew up) said that he wasn't going to share all the details, but he's sure that MS aren't going to be buying Bungie. MAYBE someone else, but not MS.
I mean. It's all very interesting and crazy. But, it's all just a bit of silly fun, I guess. We'll see what happens lol
Even a year and a bit later $2 billion does not seems like a good deal for a buyer. Microsoft bought Bethesda for $7.5 billion just six months before that
But NateDrake corroborated the report and it seems like he was correct (look at the necro a few posts above). Bungie is an independent subsidiary and the price isn't far off considering the recent mass inflation.
Also, Jez knew about Zenimax (although I think only 1-2 days in advance, but still). Had no idea about ActiBlizz, though, FWIW.
