Blizzard buying King, just as morally rotten?

[slayerbuffy]

Title clickbait much? Activision is buying King, NOT blizzard, they have nothing to do with it.

[Tech Priest Bojangles]

I actually am generally positive about Blizzard. This move however...

This is good ol' Bobby buying shit up and has almost nothing to do with Blizzard.

[chazus]

This is good ol' Bobby buying shit up and has almost nothing to do with Blizzard.

Why does it have to do with blizzard? AB isn't just Blizzard. It's like 15 different studios. This is just adding to it. It's like getting mad at Samsung for producing a product that isn't a TV.

Kotick has nothing to do with Blizzard, really. He wasn't even part of the company until the recent merger.

[Flutterguy]

No one tell OP about how the creator of Superman got nothing. Or that most of the world's famous historical artists never got to see their work become worth anything.

[Deleted]

No one tell OP about how the creator of Superman got nothing. Or that most of the world's famous historical artists never got to see their work become worth anything.

Wait wait wait, Art pieces gaining value over time has nothing to do with stealing and rewarding stealing.

[enragedgorilla]

So we all know King, the company that literally copy pasted one man's game (who made it for his sick daughter) and tried to sue that same man.
Now Activision buys King? Basicly rewarding a stealing piece of shit company with over 5 billion? Thats like buying stolen nazi art KNOWING its stolen nazi art.

Does that make Activision just as morally rotten as King or the enrichers right after the second world war?

Discuss.

Reaching...just a bit for something to hate about Blizz?

[Deleted]

Where did they get the money for this? Isn't AB in significant debt after they bought themselves out from Vivendi?

[StayTuned]

"So we all know King...."

No? I actually had to look it up, and now that I know we're talking about Candy Crush I really couldn't care less

[TwoNineMarine]

Sounds like someone would have to try really hard to feel annoyed at any of this.

Holy crap we agree on something.

/pops champagne

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6 billion is very cheap, considering projected revenues due to the acquisition for the year are 36 billion.

Are they really?

Fucking A.

That's crazy lol

[Deleted]

How the flying fuck does Candy Crush bring in 36billion - didnt quote it, some guy said it in here.

What the flip.

[Mister K]

[StayTuned]

How the flying fuck does Candy Crush bring in 36billion - didnt quote it, some guy said it in here.

What the flip.

Every half dead person has it installed on their smartphone, globally. The amount of ads they can run is ridiculous. Outrageous even.

[Ravenblade]

Wait wait wait, Art pieces gaining value over time has nothing to do with stealing and rewarding stealing.

Nothing has been stolen. Derivative work is something the gaming industry is built upon and it is the lifeblood of it. Similarity isn't the same as copyright infringement or theft. Otherwise Blizzard could have sued Quest Online for making an MMO which looks very much like WoW.

[StayTuned]

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Oh god lol, I am so waiting for them to include massive micro transactions now.

[Mister K]

Oh god lol, I am so waiting for them to include massive micro transactions now.

There pretty much is already. They are probably going to make it a B2P @ £49.99, a monthly fee and MTs

[Puremallace]

Blizzard moved into monetizing Warcraft a LONGGGGGGG time ago. It is just common sense. Expect way more of a pay wall on Candy Crush now.

[Luxeley]

When you start entering 100's of millions in revenue, finding a morally just company is like finding a dog who can blow bubbles with bubble gum.

[Feredir]

Not at all surprised or upset that a large corporation would do this, its rather expected. While not owned by Blizzard, does this make mobile warcraft related games unlikely, no. I could see

Mobile Pet Battles
Starcraft Zerg Crush

Or any number of possibilities from the Activision Blizzard catalog.

[-Nurot]

Well, 6 billion isn't exactly cheap. Minecraft sold for 1 billion, iirc.

2.5, still that's seems like a deal compared to what they are going to make with expansions, storylines and merchandise most likely.

Candy crush, unless they come out with a new game, doesn't seem like much room to grow there.

[StayTuned]

.... Even more curious is why the fuck would you sell it for 6 billion if you know it's going to bring in 36 billion in revenue the next year.
(Unless this is the projected revenue because of being brought under a new company with better producer and managerial skills to market the product more widely)

Because they'd don't really make 36 billion. http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-cand...15-8?r=US&IR=T

Their net income is more likely to be around $119.3 million. Revenue somewhere around $489.5 million. This sounds a lot more reasonable given the selling price of 6 billion, which equals 600 million in 10 years, which is about 200 million above the current revenue.

How they actually got to 36 billion is unknown to me. Nobody here provided actual sources, if I'm correct.