Vivendi to Acquire a Controlling Stake in Activision

[Usha Starchild]

Originally Posted by Mist

Well its better than them being bought by EA.

Yup and in 2 years from now it will be called EA Activated Blizzard.

[torrent495]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

Yup and in 2 years from now it will be called EA Activated Blizzard.

[Hal2005]

I think it was a good deal. This also I think counts as Goldman's biggest for a video game advisory.



Activision for years now has been floundering with no real good portfolio or breakout game (excluding Tony Hawk). While they considered running a few ‘high profile’ acquisitions the last juicy target was out of their league (Bioware).
Given the tight nature of the capital markets the firm really had no choice but to sell itself and happily Vivendi needed a stronger American presence (which was not warcraft). From the Activision side they found a synergy of having an MMO group (as theirs sucked ass) and a European platform (as the last time they had a EU hit was Mortal Combat ).

On another note, Capcom is now the last piece left in the gaming industry that requires consolidation or breakup. The only problem is they have little that could add value to the big players before the console wars get ugly in the comming bear market.

[Cadrid]

Originally Posted by Dokomo

Well, this could give geeks a damn good reason to put money in the stock market. Think of how much it will go up when SC2 is released in Korea kekeke.

You joke now, but unless Vivendi or Activison do something incredibly stupid (which I'm not entirely sure Vivendi won't do) investing in that stock, at least short term, could net you a nice bonus.

I actually planned to invest in Nintendo stock, despite knowing almost nothing about the stock market, prior the Wii's release. I knew it'd be a hit, but the more "knowledgeable" investors told me just because the Wii sold well didn't mean Nintendo did well.

Now I'm out a few grand. Screw the gurus.

[Ortega]

I dunno I think its a damn good long term play right now unless they totally fuck this up.

[RiskyChris]

Originally Posted by Cadrid

YI actually planned to invest in Nintendo stock, despite knowing almost nothing about the stock market, prior the Wii's release. I knew it'd be a hit, but the more "knowledgeable" investors told me just because the Wii sold well didn't mean Nintendo did well.

Yeah, Nintendo's stock went up oh, like a factor of 100.

[Cadrid]

Originally Posted by RiskyChris

Yeah, Nintendo's stock went up oh, like a factor of 100.

Thanks, like I wasn't sore enough about it.

At least I could delude myself about the actual figures of the situation.

[Cybsled]

Heh I actually told my father that before the Wii launched, but he had bad experiences with tech-type stocks in the past so he didn't follow my advice.

But ya, SC2 launch = kekekeke money for Blizz

[Ortega]

Vivendi to Buy Major Activision Stake: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

Jean-Bernard Levy, chairman and chief executive officer of Vivendi, pledged the deal "will unlock the value of Blizzard."

[Rythonn]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

Yup and in 2 years from now it will be called EA Activated Blizzard.

ALL HAIL EAAB!!

[Zarcath]

BWAHAHA

I have like 200 shares of ATVI.

[Vatoreus]

What company would you say is the best for trading stock?

[Lenardo]

none noticed the 9.3 million players reference?

ya buy the stock, it'll make money big time- short term at least.


they are all decent, just find one you like.

i'm scraping together enough money for a decent investment in my bank, its going public in a month and i can get into the intial buyin for 10bucks a share. relative of mine is a financial officer for that bank and she is investing the maximum allowed for employees...

[xmod2]

Originally Posted by Lenardo

none noticed the 9.3 million players reference?

ya buy the stock, it'll make money big time- short term at least.


they are all decent, just find one you like.

i'm scraping together enough money for a decent investment in my bank, its going public in a month and i can get into the intial buyin for 10bucks a share. relative of mine is a financial officer for that bank and she is investing the maximum allowed for employees...

This Tuesday it's LBNK!!!
Get on LBNK First Thing on TUESDAY, it's going to explode!

[mutantmagnet]

Originally Posted by Cadrid

You joke now, but unless Vivendi or Activison do something incredibly stupid (which I'm not entirely sure Vivendi won't do) investing in that stock, at least short term, could net you a nice bonus.

I actually planned to invest in Nintendo stock, despite knowing almost nothing about the stock market, prior the Wii's release. I knew it'd be a hit, but the more "knowledgeable" investors told me just because the Wii sold well didn't mean Nintendo did well.

Now I'm out a few grand. Screw the gurus.

You should've fired them immediately because Nintendo is only about videogames. They aren't a diversified company so they live and die by their handhelds and consoles.

I have a wait and see attitude about all of this because while Blizzard Entertainment is a powerful entity in their own right I find it laughable they made a FAQ where the only thing they were uncertain about is the realloaction of employees to different divisions. They really think they are untouchable enough to not be influenced by Activision, or Vivendi for that matter, aside from that one issue I mentioned.

I don't mind the new name but I would've preferred something with less syllables like "ActiveBlizz" or something with a bit more wit like the name being used in the official wow forums "Black Division."