Written by TheChoujinVirus
Note: The following is based on my own opinions. Therefore do not take anything personal
Happy Tuesday, everyone. It’s ya boy Choujin here.
Today, I heard the news that Microsoft is planning to purchase Blizzard Entertainment. Good for them, as I like to ensure Warcraft survives. Though I’ve seen some people arguing about how this is one step closer to a monopoly. Though this gets me thinking about what folks seem to be clueless about and gets me upset on: Corporate Buyouts.
I’ve seen how some companies have made acquisitions of various companies to add to their own fold. None can be the example of Disney and their acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Marvel, LucasArts, and the Jim Henson company. These are great examples of buyouts that rage over the whole ordeal and which folks do become upset. Though it is not every situation, it’s all Disney or some money-grubbing conspiracy.
One of the factors is that some IPs and items are saved through said buyouts. When Activision bought out Blizzard, the prior company Viveldi was going into a financial crisis that would have resulted in Blizzard’s collapse and a significant loss of some good IPs. The same could also explain why Jim Henson sold his work to Disney and the same for Lucas. Money can be a real pain when you want your media empire to continue. In Lucas’s case, it was due to him wanting to just quit due to backlash from the issues. Without buyouts, stuff like this would die.
On the other hand, I understand the fears of too many buyouts and how it can lead to control of IPs that many can feel like monopolies or other things. For starters, some buyouts can be viewed as scary, like Sony’s buyout of Funimation and Crunchyroll. This gives Sony too much control of the said market when they already have their eggs in another basket. Then again, that move did get them investigated for antitrust violations. Not only that, but as repeated, Sony already has some deals with distribution (that and Funimation nor Crunchyroll were in any evil thing.)
However, with buyouts and such, folks can be jumpy without knowing the reasons behind it. This also includes ya boy here too. I’m no financial expert, but In my defense, the Microsoft buyout of Blizzard is something I wouldn’t mind seeing (especially with the positive part of one of the Presidents being purged from Activision-Blizzard). Maybe Microsoft could make WoW better like they did with Fallout 76
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