Earlier this week, a rumor emerged that Bungie was in talks with Microsoft a couple of potential acquisition, although the rumor acknowledged that the studio was asking for an excessive amount of cash for the transfer to be viable. Now Bungie’s CEO is stepping in to set the report straight.
The Bungie buyout rumor was kickstarted throughout a current GamesBeat podcast wherein they cited an inside supply stating that talks of a buyout have been ongoing. According to the podcast, Microsoft was fascinated with re-aquiring the Destiny 2 studio, however motion on that objective was gradual attributable to an alleged asking value from Bungie itself being “too excessive.” Since then, quite a few retailers reported on the rumor with alleged sources backing up the acquisition speak, one thing that Bungie CEO Pete Parsons firmly denied.
This is fake.
— pete parsons (@pparsons) September 14, 2020
When video games analysts @Nibellion took to Twitter with a report from the podcast in regards to the potential sale, Parsons responded with a brief and easy “This is fake.”
Studio CEOs do not typically touch upon rumors, however given Bungie’s earlier emancipation from Microsoft his interception may very well be a need to maintain the 2 entities separate. Microsoft acquired Bungie again in 2000 and have been important to Halo’s success, however the studio separated from Microsoft again in 2007 shortly earlier than becoming a member of the Activision umbrella. No longer part of Activision anymore as properly, Bungie at present has a hard-earned independence, which may very well be a motivating issue behind shutting down any rumors that an acquisition is in progress.
Microsoft has been making robust strikes previously two years with buying a wide range of studios spanning completely different game specialties. With the re-ignited success of Destiny 2, it is not arduous to see the place a rumor like this could spark from. Also, to that time, unofficial buyout talks are commonplace, it’s potential that the staff at GamesBeat misconstrued a extra informal dialog as an official deal in-progress.
