WhiteWolf Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Vivendi may decide to sell all or part of their 61% stake in mega-publisher Activision during an upcoming meeting of senior executives on June 22, according to inside sources with investing analysis website Bloomberg News (a reputable site not known for spreading hearsay). Bloomberg reports that the Paris-based parent of Activision is looking for ways to raise their stock price, and selling off the powerhouse publisher of Call of Duty, Skylanders, and other major franchises could fetch a pretty penny. Bloomberg lists Activision's market value at $13 billion. For reference, Vivendi purchased Activision for $4 billion in 2007. Our take? It may seem crazy for Vivendi to part with the most profitable publisher on the planet, but really it could be the ultimate "sell high" move. Call of Duty appears to have peaked (though it is, of course, still massively successful), Skylanders is huge right now, and the arrival of the next generation of consoles in the coming 1-2 years could prove to be a turbulent, unpredictable time, speaking purely from a publisher's dollars-and-cents perspective. This may, in fact, be the perfect time to sell if Vivendi isn't interested in Activision as a long-term business proposition. If it happens, the next question would naturally be, "Who could afford them?" Not many players in the video game space have 10-figure bank accounts... http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/08/vivendi-to-sell-activision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganeshran Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Microsoft might be interested if Activision agrees to bring out a CoD exclusive to xbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 MS shud buy Activision.. ... .If MS can buy Skype for 10billion$, then iam sure it can also buy Activision for 13Billion$ Activision Blizzard market value is 13billion http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2012/06/07/vivendi-mulls-over-acitivion-sale/ In return MS will get Call of Duty and WoW as exclusives forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 You should buy MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 You should buy MS. . :| No off topic discussion plss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoidFreud Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 I thought it was a good idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM Sunny Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 You should buy MS. Zodak is MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 You should buy MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javs Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 i would buy MS IF i could, ......big IF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choron ka raja Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 just two days ago, i was talking to lulwani about exclusivity of call of duty.. i think from ms point of view it will make perfect sense now. 13bn and thr whole ip rights are with ms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b!T Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 lulwut news :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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