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Gaming => Game News Discussion => Topic started by: the-pi-guy on May 24, 2023, 01:08 PM

Title: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 24, 2023, 01:08 PM
Embracer was being offered $2 billion dollars for development over 6 years.

Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: kitler53 on May 24, 2023, 01:11 PM
I'm sorry,.. what's the story here?  who was the contract with?
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: BananaKing on May 24, 2023, 01:17 PM
Ya I'm confused as well
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 24, 2023, 01:29 PM
I'm sorry,.. what's the story here?  who was the contract with?
There's not really a crazy impactful story.

Just thought it was interesting that apparently someone was working with Embracer and wanted to have some $2 billion worth of development done over 6 years.
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: kitler53 on May 24, 2023, 01:36 PM
There's not really a crazy impactful story.

Just thought it was interesting that apparently someone was working with Embracer and wanted to have some $2 billion worth of development done over 6 years.
yeah, just found the era thread.  

so the other party isn't known.  only so many could float at $2 billion price tag.  my thoughts are:
- MS
- Amazon
- Disney

Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: BananaKing on May 24, 2023, 01:45 PM
yeah, just found the era thread.  

so the other party isn't known.  only so many could float at $2 billion price tag.  my thoughts are:
- MS
- Amazon
- Disney


Could be anyone really.

It sounds like it could be EA. I could see them wanting help on their new initiatives. Battlefield, mass effect, dragon age are all IPs that probably need a massive amount of support  

Could he take two, Activision, Microsoft or even square.
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: kitler53 on May 24, 2023, 01:56 PM
Could be anyone really.

It sounds like it could be EA. I could see them wanting help on their new initiatives. Battlefield, mass effect, dragon age are all IPs that probably need a massive amount of support  

Could he take two, Activision, Microsoft or even square.
I mean maybe but my thoughts are
- 6 years is 1 game cycle
- $2 billion is like 4 AAA games or like 8-12 titles as a support studio.  

if it is fully developed by embracer I can only see Amazon/Disney looking for that.  both have been cost cutting lately too

if it is support then only MS has enough going on to need that much help.  I suppose Sony too but I think $2 billion is too high of a commitment for it to be them plus they are increasing investment not pulling back. 

Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 24, 2023, 03:14 PM



Kotor remake is probably dead....
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: Legend on May 24, 2023, 03:20 PM
odd that the other party said no. Sounds like an easy payday without risks.




Kotor remake is probably dead....
Is this the first remake to have development issues? FF7 took forever to be announced but it released just fine.
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: the-pi-guy on May 24, 2023, 03:28 PM
odd that the other party said no. Sounds like an easy payday without risks.
Sorry, the OP is a bit bare on details.
Embracer was being contracted for development, not the other way around.

Embracer cut their income forecasts by billions, largely because of this falling through.
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 24, 2023, 09:26 PM
If I had a spare $2B, I'd give it to Mike to hurry up with Hapax. Still not used to calling it Hapax btw  :P
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: Legend on May 24, 2023, 09:33 PM
If I had a spare $2B, I'd give it to Mike to hurry up with Hapax. Still not used to calling it Hapax btw  :P
Feel free to call it VizionEck: Adventure: Hapax.
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: SWORDF1SH on May 24, 2023, 09:58 PM
Feel free to call it VizionEck: Adventure: Hapax.

Didn't we (me) call it VizionEck: The Phantom Game for a while (once).  We all laughed (just me)
Title: Re: Embracer $2 billion development deal cancelled after 7 months of negotiation
Post by: darkknightkryta on May 25, 2023, 01:09 PM
Didn't we (me) call it VizionEck: The Phantom Game for a while (once).  We all laughed (just me)
I laughed (I don't remember this conversation)