[jwie]

This has the same pattern as the Vivendi deal with Blizzard back in 2007.

In both instances, the game end of the deal had peaked already, and there was nowhere to go but down. Nothing a few billion dollars can’t fix, maybe some “new content,” says the business guys.

Meanwhile their product becomes worse by the month. The magic is fading. All the people who made it great move on, not wanting to deal with the business parasites who showed up to squeeze a buck. Repeat.

[DecoPerson]

Epic Games is not just games anymore.

Take a look at how The Mandalorian (a Disney production) was filmed. Epic Games’ software played a large part.

It goes beyond just film & television. They offer solutions for the automotive industry, aviation simulation industry, mining sims, trucking sims, medical sims, architecture, live broadcast, …

Hmm, I think I might invest if I can!

[bombcar]

At this point they should just buy Epic Healthcare and consolidate.

[rlegit]

Pretty close

https://www.epic.com/epic/archive/april-fools/epic-to-merge-...

[galangalalgol]

I never expected a dystopian megacorp to start from a cartoon or videogame company. As a kid I figured it would kick off with walmart buying lockmart and just calling itself Mart.

[lagniappe]

Come come now, you know what would make you feel better? Let's open some loot crates.

[ryanisnan]

Bruce Miller is that you?