Playstation Tablet 1,773 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I honestly think Bungie might be on the verge of bankrupcy is shit goes bad. Will be comical if MS buys them back. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 That's it? Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,773 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, DynamiteCop! said: That's it? Not sure whats you're implying by "That's it" Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Because these games have generated billions, $100 million seems like a drop in the pond to get rights to this franchise. Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,773 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 The IP is worthless to Activision. They dont have any devs that can take over, what are they going to do with it. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Team 2019 said: The IP is worthless to Activision. They dont have any devs that can take over, what are they going to do with it. Wasn't Bungie locked into a 10 year contract with them? Release a third game... Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,313 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 45 minutes ago, Team 2019 said: The IP is worthless to Activision. They dont have any devs that can take over, what are they going to do with it. Which is why Bungie got it back at a relatively fair price of $100 million. Chances are that Bungie negotiated that $100 million in payments, not all of it in one big lump payment. Bungie now has an IP that Activision spent TONS OF MONEY advertising the shit out of, and is well known. Quote Why Activision is spending $500 million on Destiny Ben Gilbert, @RealBenGilbert 08.13.14 Yes, it's true: Activision is spending half a billion dollars on Bungie's Destiny. Yes, that's true despite Bungie's statement that, "the budget for Destiny, including associated marketing costs and pizza Wednesdays, is nowhere near 500 million dollars." And that's because, when Activision head Bobby Kotick revealed that gargantuan number earlier this year, he was speaking to the entire franchise, not just this September's game. "That number has been widely misinterpreted as a production number for the first game," Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg explained in an interview today at Gamescom. "That number is an all-inclusive number that's several years worth of investment, including marketing and several games, and a lot of up front investment in things like engines and tools that will be able to be used for years to come." Guarantee you that OVER HALF of that budget was for marketing. Commercials simply do not have Led Zeppelin songs in them unless they dropped some huge dollar-bills. For Bungie to essentially break the contract with the rights to the game for $100 million? That's not bad at all. Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 hour ago, DynamiteCop! said: That's it? That's it? That's a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, lynux3 said: That's it? That's a lot. Not for a multi-billion dollar generating franchise. Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, DynamiteCop! said: Not for a multi-billion dollar generating franchise. Doesn't matter. This IP probably cost more than most or multiple of Microsoft's recent studio acquisitions including IP. Get real. Edited March 1, 2019 by lynux3 Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, lynux3 said: Doesn't matter. This IP probably cost more than most or multiple of Microsoft's recent studio acquisitions. Get real. It should matter, and hell they didn't even finish their contract... Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, DynamiteCop! said: It should matter, and hell they didn't even finish their contract... This IP probably cost more than most or multiple of Microsoft's recent studio acquisitions including IP. Get real. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 1 minute ago, lynux3 said: This IP probably cost more than most or multiple of Microsoft's recent studio acquisitions including IP. Get real. Who can know, but that wouldn't mean anything regardless... This is Destiny, and $100 million dollars isn't shit for an IP this big... Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, DynamiteCop! said: Who can know, but that wouldn't mean anything regardless... This is Destiny, and $100 million dollars isn't shit for an IP this big... Right. An IP is only as good as it's developer. $100 million is a lot no matter how you slice it. $100 million is a lot more than what AAA games cost over a 5 year period. It's a lot more than any Microsoft IP ever will be beside Halo and even that might be close to what Bungie paid to keep the rights. Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,773 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Bungie has a 700 man team, that's a lot of people if something goes south. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, lynux3 said: Right. An IP is only as good as it's developer. $100 million is a lot no matter how you slice it. $100 million is a lot more than what AAA games cost over a 5 year period. It's a lot more than any Microsoft IP ever will be beside Halo and even that might be close to what Bungie paid to keep the rights. No it's not, it doesn't have a bus factor and it's not some deep game... A competent developer can pick up right where a previous developer left off and Activision has plenty which could have filled their void. Halo is in the billions first off so that's not even in the same conversation, and Gears is without a doubt well beyond this as well, hell even Forza no doubt is at this point... $100 million is a bargain bin sellout. Edited March 1, 2019 by DynamiteCop! Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, DynamiteCop! said: No it's not, it doesn't have a bus factor and it's not some deep game... A competent developer can pick up right where a previous developer left off and Activision has plenty which could have filled their void. Halo is in the billions first off so that's not even in the same conversation, and Gears is without a doubt well beyond this as well, hell even Forza no doubt is... $100 million is a bargin bin sellout. All bullshit fluff. You're delusional as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, lynux3 said: All bullshit fluff. You're delusional as fuck. And you're a fucking idiot. Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,250 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, DynamiteCop! said: And you're a fucking idiot. "A competent developer"... "An IP is only as good as it's developer". These are literally the same thing yet you go on the most retarded spiel ever. Gears of War is dead, Halo is dying and no one gives a fuck about Forza. Destiny blows all of those away. $100 million is a lot, quit reaching. Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,109 Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just now, lynux3 said: "A competent developer"... "An IP is only as good as it's developer". These are literally the same thing yet you go on the most retarded spiel ever. Gears of War is dead, Halo is dying and no one gives a fuck about Forza. Destiny blows all of those away. $100 million is a lot, quit reaching. Trying to reiterate stupid posts doesn't make them any less dumb. Link to post Share on other sites
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