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Disney to take $1.5 billion stake in Epic Games, work with Fortnite maker on new content (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Mickey Mouse is about to get a Victory Royale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe this explains the sudden burst of Star Wars content in Rocket League?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I'm guessing none of these shares were purchased from Tencent's 40% stake? That's often been the main reason I limit my interaction with Epic where possible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Disney had great success with the Unreal Engine and The Volume. They obviously had a great partnership and see it being closer for a wider range.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Can one take a stake in a company? Or do they buy a stake in a company by purchasing shares? Why can’t we just use the words that are meant for the thing we’re describing?

Taking a stake implies that they just yoink grab it and it’s theirs. Buying a stake means spending money to own a share. Maybe it’s a silly technicality, but words matter goddamnit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It’s 2024 can we stop pretending headlines like these are some kind of potential indicator of good rather than just putting pins in a map for the sake of records where billion dollar companies ravage mile wide swathes through forests of smaller functional companies and destroy everything good about them?

Yes I know in this particular case Epic is already a dysfunctional massive trashfire but this will just accelerate the enshittification into more of a drag race.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I need to see Goofy dropping a MFer with a shotgun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

"I'll fuckin' do it again!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to hear Donald Duck talk shit and be toxic to his teammates.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Get Minnie teabagging. "Who's the bitch now? Teehee."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Goofy would probably drop the gun and make an impossible ricochet shot in the process.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why do I feel like no good can come of this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Two great tastes that taste great together.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because everything involved with Epic is a dumpster fire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They do be like that.

Played Lego Fortnite yesterday - a Frankenstein monster combined from two shitty entertainment companies. It's hilariously unfathomably buggy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know if I’ve missed something but what makes Lego shitty?