Title clickbait much? Activision is buying King, NOT blizzard, they have nothing to do with it.
Title clickbait much? Activision is buying King, NOT blizzard, they have nothing to do with it.
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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.
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Where did they get the money for this? Isn't AB in significant debt after they bought themselves out from Vivendi?
"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
How the flying fuck does Candy Crush bring in 36billion - didnt quote it, some guy said it in here.
What the flip.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.