Microsoft is trying to buy EA, Valve, PUBG?

"Referencing a “reliable source close to Microsoft,” Polygon author Colin Campbell drops some big names to come into consideration for a takeover by Microsoft, namely none other than Electronic Arts, Valve Corporation, and PUBG Corp.—Bluehole Studios offshoot for last year’s Steam hit PLAYERUNKOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS."

https://esportsobserver.com/report-microsoft-ea-valve-pubg-acquisition/
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquire...oft-considering-buying-valve-ea-and-pubg-corp
https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/29/16930892/xbox-one-exclusive-games-analysis-microsoft

 

Valve... lol.. that would truly suck, I hope Gaben wouldn't do that. We need digital softward distribution platform that is NOT Microsoft.

 

Yikes that would be a big blow to the PC gaming industry. It would wipe out all but Ubisoft for standalone distribution and control. Microsoft would force the garbage that is the Xbox store upon all of us and would forever change the way we PC game. Most likely the days of subscription free services and online gaming would be done. Modding games? Gone.

 

I think they won't. Most users in the world are steam users and simply buying it and merging it with Xbox will create too much frustration and tension. More likely they will enter into a partnership deal that makes Win Store apps/games cross compatible with MS Store app OR MS Store app will host some steam apps/games and Steam in turn would do the same thing.

 

From what i read, Gabe said back in 2012 (when EA wanted to buy) that he thought Valve would be more likely to disintegrate if bought by a large corporation (at the time mis-reported as quoting that he would "rather see it disintegrate than sell out", and widely mis-quoted as such since), due to "independent-minded developers scattering".

Hopefully this would still hold true today. Money talks, of course, and current depressing state of overall climate makes this a scary eventuality. However, I'm trying desperately to look for any and all silver lining/positive outcome that could come from microsoft buying valve (imo they can have EA, idc, they deserve eachother ).

Maybe such a move could indeed lead developers to abandon ship and breathe some fresh air into stale valve domination "meta". No huge love for valve (in my circle of friends there's a lot of "thx volvo " sentiment for all the aggravating bs and moneygrabbing). However, lot less love for MS ofc, and it really would be a crushing blow for us to have hated ms running valve. Despite valve being pretty stinky in its own right,ms buyout would still totally suck, especially in the short term.

But still, maybe some good could come out of it. Maybe an upset like this could end up shaking the industry up in a positive and unforeseen way (aka, if people jumped from valve and we got less monopolization+new blood projects--possible eh )

Atm i think it would be a bad move for valve to sell; they're simply killing it. Again tho money talks and it's not impossible for ms to offer a deal thats hard to refuse.

There's too much bad/depressing news lately, so all I can do is hope for the best..

 

Disney bought Marvel, Star Wars and Fox- I guess anything is possible.
Microsoft and Valve doesn't seem that crazy when you stop and consider a company like Skype - imagine the integration that could be done with Steam in Windows. They already force the Xbox stuff into all Windows 10 installations.

Thing is, Valve has the talent (or had, at least) to go back to greatness. And if they don't anymore, they could definitely pay for it. They just need to make games again. It was as if after the Steam Machines didn't really play out the way they wanted everything ground to a halt - problem was, we just wanted the software.

I do wonder what's really going on over there at 'Volvo'- I remember reading a bunch of articles about how the place used to be very clique-y like a high school, and I wonder if there are bigger behind the scenes issues, like with all the sexual harassment allegations currently flooding out of sports, Hollywood, etc. and company culture.

 

It wouldn't surprise me that they've had to deal with something like the current, finally, news coming forward about what's been happening for ages. You get a large enough company with enough people it's eventual odds are there's some assholes in there (not talking business wise, but human wise) that have skirted past normal checks and balances.

I don't hate Microsoft. They still have the best OS to play games on. They try hard to do things, but they also have to try to continue to find ways to create revenue. Nature of the beast. Some of those things rub people the wrong way. Some of us just understand it and do what we can to minimize. I am concerned that in the current climate, the people that are supposed to be looking out for us are going to be ever so quickly selling us out over and over. You can already see it in so many different areas that protections are help are eroding.

Hopefully we just get to keep playing good games when we need a break from the constant garbage fire.

 

EA would immediately ask for more than Microsoft would accept. 50 to 60 billion.

 

Yeah, that would be a truly be an unholy work of Satan if that were to happen. The death premeditated murder of all that gamers and performance PC enthusiasts hold dear. The Redmond Retards would only buy it so they could gleefully kill Steam and hinder the digital distribution of all of the games that are not Micro$lop Studios/Windows 10 UWP filth.

 

Microsoft buying Valve would be a disaster for PC gaming
Right now, it's just a rumor. Hopefully it stays that way (Pcworld.com).

It’s not great. Microsoft needs stellar, exclusive games, and clearly recognizes that fact in the wake of the Xbox One X's launch. Other names in this week’s rumor mill seem even more far-fetched—EA is mentioned by name, which is another moonshot to say the least. But at least Microsoft acquiring EA wouldn’t destabilize an entire platform, nor would many casual observers object to a change of management after the last few years of EA’s output.

Valve, though? A disaster—for Microsoft, for Steam, and for PC gaming in general.

 

Valve is already a disaster...
Also, can MS actually afford Valve or EA?

 

Micro$loth touching anything is an unmitigated disaster looking for a place to release its tragedy.

 

Spoiler

 

MS isn't going to buy Valve. Just not happening.

 

Buying either wouldn't address their exclusives issue. They should just look for some studios to buy and make exclusives for them. It is not like EA or other big publisher would sacrifice their sales on other platforms just because Microsoft bought them......they would see their revenue cut by half at least. It just doesn't make any sense for Microsoft to spend billions to acquire a big publisher to then cut their revenue drastically, especially when the company is listed on the stock exchange.

 

That begs the question, "Since when does anything Micro$loth does make sense?" It does not seem like doing what makes sense is something they are good at.

 

Very true. If they do buy PUBG, then that would make sense, to keep it off the PS platform, considering the success of the game so far.

 

Besides MS somehow buying nvidia, I can't imagine anything worse for PC gamers than MS buying Valve.

Well, maybe Apple buying Valve would be worse.

 

Prepare..
Half Halo, Valve Life

 

I think this would absolutely be bad if MS were to do this....however one glimmer of hope would be they would probably finally come out with a HL3 game. I know it would be awful I am sure and ruin the franchise, but everyone would get that third game they have been waiting for.

 

Oh really, think again and post brah!

 

Of course they are, brah dude!

 

Microsoft can't buy Valve. Gabe Newell would have to sell Valve to Microsoft. That won't happen, because he has no reason to do so.

You guys do know that Valve is not a publicly traded company, right?

 

So, dont tell me you're a console guy. Or matbe and origin huy, whatever you are, steam is the 90% reason why pc master race is living. Its fact, if ut wasnt steam, just think, either we wouldn't have such nice games from years, or we'd still be plunging on those DVDs

 

Yeah, everyone knows its fake. If micosoft buys valve, they either have have to dump xbox, or collaborate both, which is mere booo idea.

 

Don't own any consoles, use Origin/Uplay only on "have to" basis, and I dislike the "PC Master Race" circle jerk.
Steam has a monopoly, and I think is bad. It has made Valve lazy and greedy.
And digital game distribution would have come regardless of Steam. It would have been just a matter of time, if not by Steam, then by someone else.

 

Dude! Just name a company which DOESN'T have a monopoly. Yeah, I'll accept this has made valve "lazy AF" , but hey, it took too many accidents to make a concept of digital game distribution software. If it wouldn't be steam, any other software would've take too much time.

And this jerk circle wasn't created by pc users, it was all a "mourn chant" by console peasants. Remeber rockstar made an announcement that whatever happens, they wont release gta 5 on origin, just because of their crap security system! Steam is a thing which is safest, for any gamer!

Aw, and BTW, i jut hate origin(tho i still have to use it bcoz of BF1) for its boring ass UI.

 

If this crap even happens, im buying a playstation straight away, no excuses and reasons(do i need to tell even, eh?)

 

Yeah, I think digital game distribution would come in the form the are used to it today and it wouldn't take too much.
In fact, Valve didn't innovate that much. Digital distribution was already a thing back then. Direct2Drive anyone? Pretty sure some other obscure options also existed. What Valve did was shove Steam down people throats (remember how you had to install Steam in order to play HL2?), and then slap some lipstick on pig's face aka introducing sales. That's it! People started using Steam, buying games they don't need (guilty of that myself) and praising GabeN. Once they had the monopoly, they backed down on deals ('member flash sales?) and just became...well...lame... Luckily for Valve, they still have that unconditional GabeN love, so they are safe. And well, not many options exist. EA/Ubisoft? HAHAHAHA! CD Project Red? Personally I tend to buy games from GOG if they are available there, but unfortunately it's a rare case, since they don't have most of the games released.
As for GTA V, I actually own a Rockstar copy, not Steam. I do the same thing with Ubisoft games as well, because I think that double DRM is stupid.

And accepting a monopoly is bad. Don't have a "lol everyone is doing it, so just roll with it" mentality, have some standards!
Don't like Windows 10 - don't use it. Don't like lootboxes - don't buy games containing lootboxes. In some cases it may be hard and some slip ups occur, but that's okay. Don't give up. But just accepting the fact and rolling with it is not a solution.

Concerning "PC Master Race," couldn't give a damn about it's origins or the stupid PC-console and/or console wars. You play how you want and using the systems you want. Makes to difference to me. If someone doesn't like it or feels they need to strongly comment on that, it's their problem, not mine.

Also please note that when I say that I dislike something, it doesn't mean I hate it. I might dislike Origin/Uplay, but I still use them when I have to. Slight inconvenience, and I treat it like that. And who knows, if it wasn't for Steam for being "first" game distribution platform, Uplay or Origin might have been in that place instead.
Moreover, my criticism of Steam also doesn't mean I hate it. I use it and see it for what it is worth. I like some features and dislike other, but "be all end all" of gaming it is not.

 

What if? They buy Sony as well.

 

Then I'm saying goodbye to gaming! (Long live mobile gaming!!!)

 

I hate gaming on mobile.

 

Ever played bullet force, or heroes of order and chaos? Try them.

 

never heard of those and I don't think my phone has them.

 

CS clone, DOTA clone? That's BOOOORING!

To add an insult to injury, in competitive android multiplayer games you get raped by people running them emulated on PCs with keyboard & mouse - just like on consoles with fancy hardware to attach those.

 

Doubt Sony would sell such profitable division.

 

PS owners will just play Fortnite.

 

Me too. That's not even really gaming. It's an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp.

Well, that certain sounds like something an honorable outfit like Micro$haft would do, doesn't it now? Hey, let's buy that PUBG game so we can dramatically limit its success, or so we can kill it just for giggles. 'cause that's how we roll.

Yes, it's fake. Gabe hates the Redmond Mafia, for one thing. For another thing, that would constitute a level of intelligence that the goons at Micro$lop do not possess. Their only claim to fame is the brain dead Kool-Aid drinkers that worship at their pagan altar of UWP filth.