Microsoft is not buying Valve & Counter-Strike for £12 billion - unsurprisingly
metro.co.uk
A rumour that Microsoft wants to take over the PC market with a £12 billion acquisition of Valve is being ridiculed on social media.
    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Considering what they paid for bethesda and co (7.5 bil) they should at least pay 100 bil.
      They (estimations by random pages) already made a billion in revenue from cs cases in 2023.
      No way they are <70 bil for the cash cow Steam is in comparison to ABK.

    • Shadowedcross@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Steam basically IS PC gaming, and probably has more active users than Xbox or Playstation, maybe even combined. There’s no way it’s worth any less than Activison Blizzard

      • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I will be happily surprised if you prove me wrong but a quick Google search suggested all three have around 120 million active users monthly