Microsoft may be forced to purchase epic games...(link)

Well...maybe Epic shouldn't stop taking MS' exclusive offers and go multiplatform...u_u and not gimp their PC games.

EDIT: It just hit me...how is money "still tight" after their success? Gears 1 and 2 selling 10mil+ combined, UT3 probably has sold 3mil+ across all the platforms, surely Shadow Complex didn't cost THAT much to make and it was a best seller, and lastly the UE3 engine. :| It's the most licensed engine this gen. What does Epic consider financial hardships?

killab2oo5

[QUOTE="masterpinky2000"]Makes sense -- does Epic do any games for PS3 and Wii anyways?razgriz_101

UT3 was on PS3.

but then it would cause a massive black hole aswell in the sense where are companies going to get their middleware (UE) if that dissapears it would have an adverse effect on the market mainly due to them being owned by Microsoft it wouldnt be a great idea for the industry as a whole it would actually damage it to an extent and in some cases developement costs will rise as some companies solely rely on UE type engines.

Developers do not care what platform cross platform games sell better on provided that they sell enough to make a return on their investment. This is reflected by the sheer number of 3rd party developers who go by a PS3, 360, PC release combo. Microsoft is keeping hold of exclusives purely because it is in their interests to keep exclusives to their platform, simple as that. AnnoyedDragon

[QUOTE="masterpinky2000"]Makes sense -- does Epic do any games for PS3 and Wii anyways?opex07

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[QUOTE="masterpinky2000"]Makes sense -- does Epic do any games for PS3 and Wii anyways?KittenWishes

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I don't think MS could afford Epic. Epic makes huge amounts of cash from UE3 licensing and would likely come at a high cost. A cost that is higher than MS may be willing to pay especially if in the process MS makes UE3 xbox exclusive cutting off revenue stream from licensing the engine to developers that produce games for pc and ps3.

I'm sure Ms could buy EA if they wanted it bad enough.

I think MS should buy Boardwalk and Park Place

I think MS should buy Boardwalk and Park Place

HermitGTX

this would be a big purchase and a worthy one, the unreal 4 engine will be totally owned by MS, that could be a very bad thing for Sony. MS is totally taking over lol, gotta love it, remember when some doubted them in the beginning?

[QUOTE="tehsystemwarior"]Epic makes good games, M$ should.HarlockJC

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="tehsystemwarior"]Epic makes good games, M$ should.RedruM_I

Ensemble hadn't made a good hugh selling game in a long time, same for FASA. Age of empires 3 and its expansions sold badly on PC. FASA's last game Mechassault 2 blew chunks *an unworthy sequel to the first game* so no ensemble and FASA weren't good studios shut down before their time.

edit: showing how bad shadowrun was i completely forgot about that game.

Edit 2: and lets not forget it was ensembles idea to do the halo stuff microsoft wanted them to continue doing RTS for pc.