Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by Cthulhu_ on Monday September 21, 2020 @10:30AM (#24543909)

GTA V, mainly thanks to their online offering, has been the 2nd best selling video game of all time, second only to Minecraft... which Microsoft bought in 2014 for $2.5 billion.

Mind you, Minecraft's income comes from a lot of merchandise and spinoffs, whereas GTA is mainly from the game itself.

I was curious; RDR 2, also a Rockstar game, is the #14 best selling game of all time apparently; I didn't know it did that good. The other GTA games are also in the top 50.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by wasmitnetzen on Monday September 21, 2020 @10:37AM (#24543984)

Note that two thirds of the sales of Minecraft occured after 2014[1].

[1]: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-26-minecrafts-con...

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by puranjay on Monday September 21, 2020 @12:15PM (#24545116)

It makes me happy to see RDR2 do well financially. It's a breathtaking game that's not just about mindless fast-paced action all the time.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by henrikschroder on Monday September 21, 2020 @08:35PM (#24549791)

And then you shoot a squirrel.

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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by mywittyname on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:45PM (#24546276)

I rarely buy new games at full price, but I bought RDR2 twice: first for the PS4, the on the PC.

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