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Yup, but Microsoft would own two of the three which is a monopoly.
Microsoft rumored to be buying...... [2020-04, 2020-07, 2020-11]
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I only know:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_Studios_Group (Nordisk)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_Software (WB)
Stretching a little, this too:
- https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Avalance
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_Studios_Group (Nordisk)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche_Software (WB)
Stretching a little, this too:
- https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Avalance
I'd like to see a Dune II RTS remaster based on the new movie coming. Found this guy that tried to do reimagining....
https://interfaceingame.com/articles/making-dune-ii-reimagined/
BTW, EA completed their purchased of Warner Bros Studio's Playdemic from AT&T. They paid $1.4 billion in cash. It's a mobile game developer most known for Golf Clash.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...ion-of-Mobile-Game-Creator-Playdemic-from-ATT
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No my bad. I'm forever mixing up Avalanche and Arkane.
+10 for mentioning Dune 2I'd like to see a Dune II RTS remaster based on the new movie coming. Found this guy that tried to do reimagining....
https://interfaceingame.com/articles/making-dune-ii-reimagined/
BTW, EA completed their purchased of Warner Bros Studio's Playdemic from AT&T. They paid $1.4 billion in cash. It's a mobile game developer most known for Golf Clash.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/h...ion-of-Mobile-Game-Creator-Playdemic-from-ATT
Tommy McClain
I think Valve would be more than 20B. It has some amazing IP and they get 30% of every game sold off steam which is huge. I also think Epic would freak out and start sueing everyone. Tim would have a nervous break down.
GTA could be a really big get , they would have a prestige IP that is sought after by Sony fans. That alone may be enough to pull ps5 owners over to either dipping their toes in to xbox for the pc or buying an xbox console or heck even just getting game pass and streaming it to a device.
anyone else sad that mcc stuff is coming to an end ?
Maybe they are worth more than that, but as a private company their value is whatever Gabe is willing to take. And also very difficult to calculate anyway. I don't think we really have a great sense of what their revenue actually is. They're not beholden to the same reporting requirements.
And I agree Epic would flip.
Yea but at the same time , what does gabe really do ? I am sure he is no longer part of the day to day operations and he may not want to give up the big picture stuff esp if its not much strain on him
If either platform managed to get GTA exclusivity it would likely be enough to secure a generational win in terms of hardware units sold.
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The EU definitely approve Microsoft acquiring Valve unless Steam was spun off. The EU are reviewing proposals to separate platform holders from stores, not approve the creation/merger of more.
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The PC standard is, Microsoft Windows is not.
In terms of how Microsoft is perceived, maybe you need to update your view. Microsoft control Windows and Azure. There is zero chance any regulator is going to rubber stamp their acquisition of the biggest independent software retail outlet on the planet, which is what Steam is.
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Well if a new GTA hit this generation lol , we may go another generation with gta 5
Windows is an open platform. You can create a store for it today if you wanted too. I think it would be hard to float a purchase of valve yes but at the end of the day even if valve was bought there is the epic store , gog , origin or whatever its called now and more.
I didn't say rubber stamp. I said it won't be a problem. The EU will do their due diligence and not find any reason to prevent it.
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The core windows installation is not open like Linux, no. But the Windows platform and ecosystem are open. Xbox is a closed ecosystem, Windows is not.
There are no restrictions on what can and cannot be installed in Windows. If a user wants to install a virus, they can. If they want to install malware, they can. Extreme, yes, but it goes to show to what lengths Microsoft goes to ensure that it does not limit what can be run on the platform. Now, the default security level will attempt to prevent modifications to the core Windows system files and to an extent will in the future do more to try to prevent one application from modifying another application without the permission of that other application.
There are no restrictions on how applications are distributed. There are no restrictions on how an application is sold, where it's sold, or even whether it needs to be sold.
Even within their own storefront, MS has moved to open things up even more. Any developer in the Windows Store can choose to have their payments processed by MS (with a fee, of course) or they can choose to use a 3rd party payment processor (MS will collect no fees from this) or even process payments themselves if they wish (again with MS collecting no fees).
Other storefronts are also now free to have their storefront within the Windows Storefront. And because of the above, if those storefronts have their own payment processing then MS will collect no fees from anything sold within those storefronts.
Hell, MS no longer even requires you to code to Windows specifications in order to run an app. in Windows. You will be able to run Linux applications within Windows if you so choose without the need of installing a VM with a linux OS.
Again, the core Windows OS is not open in the sense that anyone can make modifications to core Windows OS system files. But it is an open ecosystem/environment with Microsoft exerting virtually no control over anything. If a developer chooses to us MS APIs like DirectX they can and will then be subject to the how DirectX does things. Of course they can choose to not use DirectX as well and other APIs for sound and graphics.
Hell, MS doesn't even do anything to restrict or enforce the use of the default Windows Shell UI.
All of that is something different from the claims made in the article that you linked. Microsoft offering services that aren't core Windows OS services. I also find some of the claims a bit farcical. Like MS being the one that makes it difficult for rival cloud services to sell their service. Amazon still holds the lions share of cloud services but not a peep in that article about that.
Many of the other complaints in there aren't MS specific either. They apply to all companies that offer digital goods regardless of platform (Windows OS, Mac OS, iOS, Android, PlayStation, Xbox, etc.) WRT reselling of digital licenses.
Even the Slack complain is a bit, meh. MS is only doing what other OS makers are doing, offering base functionality that anyone using an OS would need. If a 3rd party offers somethig superior then that can easily gain dominance. Just look at where Skype is now. Or MS Messenger. Not all consumers want to have find a 3rd party application to do something that could be done with base functionality. Should an OS come with no browser? Obviously not considering how ubiquitous and arguably required internet access is to most people in 1st world countries now. In an age where Covid lockdown is a fact of life, should an OS not come with collaboration software which is essential for businesses to operate? Should MS stop including a calculator with Windows? Should they stop including a media player?
And, why should MS be required to make their OS non-competitive relative to other OSes? Especially considering that their OS ecosystem/environment is only surpassed by Linux and possibly equalled by MacOS and certainly far more open than iOS (where Apple actively prevents apps helpful to disabled people from being distributed on iOS devices or rejects apps. that compete with their own apps).
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