https://www.gamesindustry.biz/atari-acquires-crossy-road-developer-hipster-whale
>>740052921>Atari has acquired Crossy Road developer Hipster Whale for over $29 million, with a total potential cost of nearly $40 million.>The deal includes an initial payment of $29.3 million, comprising $26 million in cash and $3.3 million in newly issued Atari ordinary shares.>An additional earn-out of up to $10 million will be payable in cash over the next three years, depending on Hipster Whale’s future performance.
>>740052942>Hipster Whale is the latest in a series of recent Atari acquisitions. In April, Atari acquired emulation studio Implicit Conversions for an undisclosed amount.>Last month, Atari also acquired the rights to the first five Wizardry RPGs. In 2023, it purchased Digital Eclipse for $20 million.
>>740052921Thank you for reminding me about Crossy Road.
business is so cancerous, just make something good you parasites
>>740052980>Atari also acquired the rights to the first five Wizardry RPGsVery smart move. We all know there's a lot of demand among zoomers to play The Return of Werdna.
>>740053409Its a big jap franchise so it makes sense
>>740052921Have Atari made a single financially successful move since the 1970s? Where tf do they have the money for this shit?
How does Atari have $40 million to throw around?
>>740053561Atari made 64 million last yearApparently this is the 4th studio they've paid 40 million for
>>740052942>>740052921Sega Rovio moment
i have never heard of crossy roadsi assume it's a fotm phone game like flappy birds
>>740053652And do you spend two thirds of your income on shit you don't need?
>>740053561Have you missed all of the shit Atari has been shitting out for the past couple years? They also own Nightdive Studios.
WHERE THE FUCK IS MY RCT3 REMASTER YOU KEKS
>>740053539Tax fraud and offshore accounts.
>>740053718no
Isn't this like the 3rd or 4th game studio they've bought this year? wtf
>>740053906Lets see...actually yeah they have huhThey actually bought 4 last year and 2 this year
>>740053906I made of chart of every studio theyve bought and for how much
>>740053731Also Digital Eclipse but that studio sucks ass
>>740053708>In August 2023, Sega purchased Rovio for US$776 million and it was made a subsidiary of the Sega Europe divisionWtf
>>740053539The ST made Atari a lot of money in the 80s. However they wasted that money on the Lynx and Jaguar instead of focusing on their computer business.
>>740054226Was the ST any good?
>>740054035Atari themselves keep an updated powerpoint of all the IPs they ownhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e-tl9Oqwnr78879Lnne_uhlsGkPWFK_z428ZmUaJjog/edit?usp=drivesdkThey own, among other things, Braindead 13 and Death Jr.
>>740053715It's just an endless Frogger with a zillion characters
>>740054520Oh thats cool
>>740054520>Atari 2600™>Atari 2600™+>Atari 2800™>Atari 5200™>Atari 7800™>Atari Jaguar™ >Atari Lynx™ >Atari Panther™● Atari 400™● Atari 800™● Atari ST™● Atari XEGS™● Atari Mega STE™● Atari Cosmos™● Atari Game Brain™● Atari Pong™● Atari Video Music™● Atari VCS®
Between producing hardware nobody wants and buying studios nobody cares about, these retards are headed into the red once more.
>>740054712Ataris gonna be worth like a billion dollars againRelease a shitty consoleAnd collapse
>>740054520That is the most "who gives a shit" I've seen in one place in quite a while. I would be embarrassed to own the rights to Zapper.
>>740054910They own system shock tho
>>740054987The System Shock IP is worthless when anybody can make a spiritual successor with a legally distinct name.
>>740052921never heard of them, I assume it's phoneshit with cube aesthetics?
>>740053561Boomers (the real boomers) and gen Xers have a ton of nostalgia for Atari. They will never truly let that shit die.
>>740055130Didn't the last system shock sell like a million units
>>740055191Zoomers like it for bubsy
>>740055258Wait nevermind only 10k units sold
>>740055216Sales figures were never publicly revealed, idk but it's unlikely. Techno dungeon crawlers are a micro niche.
Very weird acquisition but not as bad as Sega buying the Angry Birds devs for 750 million dollars
>>740056260How much did they overpay for this? I never got into Angry Birds but I'm guessing Sega bought it way after its relevance?
>>740054308Yes. It was not as good as the Amiga but it was much more affordable. Also, cracked versions of games came out pretty much instantly so all games were free.
>>740054035is this how AAA companies plan to kill the indie scene?
>>740056772they overpaid by roughly 750 million
>>740053715if by fotm, you mean game released in 2014 and still doing greatbut yes, it's a mobile game
>>740054910Nobody gave a shit about Bubsy either until they gave him a great game.
>>740052921Good move.
