Expensive: Microsoft planned to buy Bungie studio several times, but to no avail – rumor

Journalist Jeff Grubbworking on the site VentureBeat, said with reference to his sources that the corporation Microsoft desperately trying by any means to establish a close partnership with the studio Bungie, which created in due time Haloand then Destiny

So, Grabb claims that over an extended period of time Microsoft seriously considered the possibility of fully purchasing Bungie in his possession, but the deal was stopped due to the fact that the parties could not agree on a price

“They have had these negotiations several times, but each time they have led nowhere. Bungie is too expensive. So for now, this initiative [Microsoft] postponed, “explained Jeff Grubb in his podcast.

It is noteworthy that soon these rumors were confirmed by an authoritative publication Eurogamer, who noted that the initiator of the mentioned business negotiations is actually Bungie itself, which is in search of additional funds for its existence, as well as funding for its next developments

However, writes Eurogamer, high price Bungie really stops today Microsoft from further attempts to take the studio under your wing… The resource added that the amount of funds required Bungie for effective work is really great, and this was the reason why the publishing house Activision terminated its relationship with a well-known company.

Now Bungie intends to further develop its service project Destiny 2, for which a wave of content was recently announced, and the studio is also engaged in a secret game rumored to be passing under a working title “Matter“.

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