Activision-Blizzard could buy itself back from Vivendi

This is currently an option that both Activision-Blizzard and Vivendi have considered.If this does happen activision-blizzard would have to team up with their investors to make this option viable.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/07/18/activision-could-buy-itself-back-from-vivendi

Doubt it would happen.

They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

Bu bu no one owns Blizzard :(

They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

Click_Clock

That would be a brutal day in SW.

Can you imagine the petitions?

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They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

waltefmoney

That would be a brutal day in SW.

Can you imagine the petitions?

They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

Click_Clock

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They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

EliteM0nk3y

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They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

StatusShuffle

They don't have a big enough market cap to buy Activision-Blizzard.

Interesting news this,and the recent udraw lawsuit against THQ.

[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"] Except that could be seen as anti-competitive if someone like Microsoft owned such as big publisher.super600

They don't have a big enough market cap to buy Activision-Blizzard.

Interesting news this,and the recent udraw lawsuit against THQ.

bogorad

They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

Click_Clock

Blizzard being private would be great

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They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

ShadowDeathX

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They should be independent away from Vivendi. Best possible scenario though is for Microsoft to buy out Blizzard-Activision and port more games on its Windows 7 and Xbox 360 platform.

lordreaven

[QUOTE="lordreaven"][QUOTE="ShadowDeathX"] Not really. The only problem I would see is how much money Microsoft will lose from buying them.

Each Call of Duty makes, on a good event, braings in about $1 billion in revenue. Around 60% of the Call of Duty sales come from the Xbox 360. Let's add another 5% for a PC version. Development costs are around $30 Million (could be less if it becomes a PC + Xbox exclusive). Add some $60 million for marketing costs.

$600 Million [Xbox 360] + $50 Million [PC Version] - $30 Million - $60 Million = $560 Million.

Microsoft would be bringing in $560 Million per Call of Duty. Add the pillars from Blizzard and some other Activision games, and it will take a good while to even get back that $8 billion.

Also note, Microsoft wouldn't own the entire company. They will only gather majority control. I don't see them buying it.

sherman-tank1