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Analyst: Sony vastly overpaid, Bungie makes $200 million revenue

Derek Strickland | Feb 21, 2022 2:34 PM CST

Sony has "vastly overpaid" with its $3 billion buyout of Bungie, analyst Michael Pachter says.

Analyst: Sony vastly overpaid, Bungie makes $200 million revenue

Sony's decision to buy Bungie was a knee-jerk reaction to its competitors making power plays. According to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard and Take-Two's $12.7 billion merger with Zynga prompted Sony to make a "me too" purchase of Bungie--and that the buyout was significantly overpriced.

In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, Pachter outlines his value-oriented rationale. It all comes down to share price and revenues generated by each company. Pachter estimates that Bungie makes $200 million in revenue a year, and Sony essentially paid $4 million per developer (Bungie has over 900 developers).

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Fallout 76's 2022 roadmap: New seasons, expeditions and more

Derek Strickland | Feb 21, 2022 1:33 PM CST

With a new Fallout game more than 5 years away, Fallout 76 isn't going anywhere. Bethesda has revealed the new content coming to Fallout 76 to carry the game through 2022.

Fallout 76's 2022 roadmap: New seasons, expeditions and more

Fallout 76's 2022 roadmap will introduce one of the most ambitious new content drops to date. Later in the year during the Fall season, Bethesda plans to roll out Fallout 76's first-ever expedition to The Pitt, a region previously explored in Fallout 3's original DLC. Expeditions, which are basically bite-sized instances outside of the main Appalachia zone, were originally announced in April 2021 and have been a long time coming to Fallout 76 and original D.C. assets have been in the source files for quite some time.

The main 2022 roadmap cadence looks like this: Every quarter (3 months) gamers will get a new season alongside special themed content, which can include public events, rewards, missions, etc.

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Darkstalkers is back with new 10-game arcade collection

Derek Strickland | Feb 21, 2022 12:46 PM CST

Darkstalkers is making a comeback with the new Capcom Fighting Collection arcade re-release.

Darkstalkers is back with new 10-game arcade collection

Capcom is packing in some of their most obscure fighting games into one package. The Capcom Fighting Collection features five Darkstalkers games alongside the first console and PC release of Red Earth. Content-wise, this looks to be a must-have for fighting game enthusiasts. The game "leverages the rich library of content that the company has built up in the fighting game genre over its history," the developer said.

Capcom is going all-out with the Fighting Collection with great bonus features like save states, training modes, and supports rollback netcode for online multiplayer with ranked, casual, and lobby-based matches. All of the games included in the collection have these features and support online play.

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Street Fighter 6 was built for esports with next-gen haduken tech

Derek Strickland | Feb 21, 2022 12:02 PM CST

Capcom has built Street Fighter 6 specifically for competitive esports gaming.

Street Fighter 6 was built for esports with next-gen haduken tech

Street Fighter 6 was announced at the Capcom Cup 2021 with tons of fanfare. The new fighter is built on the higher-end RE Engine, and the in-engine teaser clip shows some serious next-gen effects including higher-end reflections (Ryu's feet are particularly shiny this time around), ultra high-def textures, and superb lighting on two character models, Ryu and Luke.

Capcom has confirmed Street Fighter 6 was made to tap Japan's growing esports market, which remains one of Capcom's core focuses.

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Crypto games actually aren't very popular, still very speculative

Derek Strickland | Feb 20, 2022 5:24 PM CST

The Big Four of crypto gaming pull in less than 500,000 monthly active users, data from New World Notes suggests.

Crypto games actually aren't very popular, still very speculative

The crypto gaming market may be potentially lucrative, but it seems to be far from the bustling, multi-million user ecosystem that's hinted at in reports. In all actuality the digital NFT-based games landscape is still mostly speculative, with the Big Four--The Sandbox, Decentraland, Cryptovoxels, and Somnium Space--attracting less than 500,000 monthly active users. Strong MAUs and concurrent users are the biggest indicator of a online live game's success. In this case (and all other cases), higher numbers mean more people are active in the space.

According to figures collected by New World Notes' Wagner James Au, the Big Four aren't as popular as you'd expect.

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Team Ricochet serves just desserts to Warzone cheaters

Derek Strickland | Feb 20, 2022 4:32 PM CST

Warzone's anti-cheat team has implemented a hilarious just desserts punishment for cheaters.

Team Ricochet serves just desserts to Warzone cheaters

Cheating is a big problem in online games like Warzone (and even Halo). Activision's newly established anti-cheat team, Team Ricochet, wants to make an example of cheaters by demoralizing ne'er-do-wells by essentially turning cheats on for their opponents.

The punishment enables a "Damage Shield" which effectively a player invulnerable to a cheater's attacks (IDDQD anyone?). If the anti-cheat system detects a cheater, it will automatically turn on the shield for other players for the remainder of the match. The cheater can't kill anyone else--they can only be killed in a hunter-and-prey role reversal.

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Embracer has made 71 acquisitions, has $851 million for more buyouts

Derek Strickland | Feb 20, 2022 3:32 PM CST

The Embracer Group has made a whopping 71 acquisitions, mergers, and buyouts from 2016 - 2021...and it has plans for more M&A in the future.

Embracer has made 71 acquisitions, has $851 million for more buyouts

Embracer Group isn't just a name, but an ethos that's represented in the company's massive array of buyouts. It seems like every few months Embracer buys someone new, and major recent acquisitions include Dark Horse Comics, Asmodee, Gearbox Software, 4A Games--the list goes on and on.

In a recent earnings report, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors says these acquisitions will continue. The company has made 71 acquisitions since 2016 and plans to secure up to 8 billion SEK (roughly $851 million) for more M&A. However, Wingefors says the buyouts will be more selective as the availability of content, gaming's most valuable commodity, starts to shrink due to competing buyouts.

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Nintendo top 10 games: Pokemon smashes with nearly 14 million sales

Derek Strickland | Feb 20, 2022 2:47 PM CST

The top 10 Switch games sales list grows exponentially during Nintendo's historical Q3 period.

Nintendo top 10 games: Pokemon smashes with nearly 14 million sales

Nintendo's Q3'22 period (holiday 2021) delivered record software sales, and a good portion of these games were first-party titles. Nintendo sold 85.41 million Switch games during the quarter, a new all-time high, and made $2.72 billion from software in the period. The top 10 most popular Switch games sold 29.77 million units during the quarter, making up 35% of total quarterly software sales.

The largest contributor to this huge first-party sales spike was Pokemon Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond. The duo sold 13.97 million copies during a single month across the Q3'22 period (the Pokemon games launched in late November, a month before the December 31 cutoff date).

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Nintendo made $6 billion net sales, $1.7 billion net profits in Q3'22

Derek Strickland | Feb 20, 2022 1:48 PM CST

Nintendo's Q3 FY22 performance nearly matches last year's record-setting holiday period.

Nintendo made $6 billion net sales, $1.7 billion net profits in Q3'22

Nintendo recently announced its Q3 earnings for the Holiday 2021 timeframe, and the results are stellar. Nintendo set new milestones for profit and software sales, and overall net sales nearly matched 2020 pandemic highs. In this article we'll be using USD conversions based on Nintendo's historical forex rates provided in its documents and investor briefs. All values given are rounded.

First let's take a look at net sales, which were roughly $6.047 billion (695.946 billion yen). Overall net sales delivered strong results and represent the second highest point in Nintendo history, driven by the full conjunction of Nintendo's entire operating business: games hardware, software, digital services and subscriptions, mobile games, and playing cards/accessories.

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Borderlands 3 sales hit 15 million, franchise sales at 74 million

Derek Strickland | Feb 19, 2022 3:36 PM CST

Gearbox's mighty Borderlands franchise has sold 74 million units to date, making it one of the best-selling shooters on the market.

Borderlands 3 sales hit 15 million, franchise sales at 74 million

Embracer's latest financials give updates on key game sales, including Borderlands, which is now one of the 271 IPs the company owns.

Borderlands 3 has sold-in an impressive 15 million copies in two years, taking advantage of various sales, discounts, and re-releases to incentivize purchases. The franchise now sits at 74 million sales total, making it Take-Two Interactive's third best-selling franchise--and by extension one of Embracer's top-sellers.

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