Activision Blizzard finding few potential buyers - Report

It's too damn expensive. That's why most companies aren't interested. Microsoft would rather wait and see if the stock will drop further.$8 billion in shares is just too much to handle, especially when you could lose million quickly in just a couple days. All WoW is losing subscribers, which me Blizzards worth is slowly coming back down to Earth. Microsoft would be better off buying EA.

Nexon is a South Korean company, not Japanese. Please put a little more care into your reporting next time

And the top starts wobbling before it falls over and stops.

I think I'd be ok if Microsoft got them. Sure, it would be odd seeing Call of Duty and Halo under the same roof, but this could also pave the way for quite a few possibilities.

I'm still stuck on the idea that google should jump into the console industry and take it by storm, so I'd overall like google to buy em.

Maybe they should give EA a bell?  Annual games and extortionate fees go hand in hand with them.  Not to mention the fact they like to buy EVERYTHING.

Hmm, maybe Vivendi could sell Activision-Blizzard off for $60 million, but keep a lot of content locked. Then they could charge $15 million for extras, like Map Pack 1 (CEO's office, Front Lobby, CoD Dev Offices, and an extra Zombies map); if the purchasing company wants free, early access to this content, they can purchase an Activision Elite subscription for just $49.9 million per year.

People do realise that Activision own CoD too, right? It doesn't matter what happens to WoW, anyone who buys this company will make a killing with the CoD franchise because millions of people buy every new game even if it's shit.

I don't see this as a good investment, and I think these other companies agree with me. WoW is stagnating, and while yes it still has the market share of subs that is slowly, but surely, changing. It's only going to get worse for WoW, not better, and even if 'worse' is still in a better state than most MMOs, that's not the same as attempting to unload a product while it's at the height of its glory. What Vivendi is offering people is analogous to selling someone a twinky you've already sucked all the cream out of.

At this point if any of the companies they were approaching were going to purchase into an MMO, it would be a newer one that will have a longer shelf life and, ironically, cost them less.

Nexon is a Korean company.

Ebay time :P

It is about selling high.

The activision Blizzard stocks are on a all time high. Vivendi wants to cash in.

Diablo 3 may have moved a crazy amount of units, but the player reaction to the game has been less than stellar.  Even one of their own mods on their forums has recently gone on record as saying that the end game item hunt wasn't nearly as enticing as they hoped it would be.

Between D3 and Cataclysm, the mob is starting to get the sense that Blizzard is in decline.  In the past, Blizzard's priority was to make the best game possible.  The profits came naturally from the sheer quality and polish each game and expansion came packaged with.

Now, Blizzard's sole purpose is profit.  The products they're putting out are good, but not great.

The mob is fickle, and the mob is looking elsewhere for their gaming needs.

Sounds more and more like they have a problem with their books and IP mismanagement. Making Vivendi wanting to cash out while they can.

I still don't understand, why sell it? They make huge profits on every game they put out.

Can't say I'm surprised at the little interest in buying. Activision and Blizzard are well passed their prime. I don't think any new owner would see much of a return on their investment now.

Vivendi should have grabbed their parachute right around the time Cataclysm launched, now it's too late to jump

With WoW currently in decline and having been milked for all its worth - its not much of a suprise that nobody wants to pay 8 million for it - as wow is clearly the only reason they are charging such a ridiculous sum. Take away that - and u got pretty much ur typical run of the mill successful game designer/publisher.

it still amazes me that when people mention MS everyone always thinks about the xbox. MS is still a software company and very well could make wow for the computer as well. Aside from that I agree that this would be a huge mistake for anyone to purchase.

Lower the price and I bet M$ will snatch it up. I would never buy this junk for what they are asking.  WoW cant make this type of money forever, and CoD well I thought it would snuff out after the last games but they are still the most wanted but still not worth the money. 

The problem with Blizzard is they take to long to produce games, and instead of some new Titan crap, they should have already been working on World of Warcraft 2.  WoW 2.0 would have been a refresh money maker, add in the auction house system of Diablo 3, and they would be making money all over the place.

Activision doesn't have an attractive portfolio. That's what happens. Why would you buy a company with a bunch of dead franchises for a premium price? This lack of interest goes to show the real value of the Company.

Well Activision is the cancer of the gaming industry, so I dont see any company with self resepect trying to buy it.

blizzard is in decline.  Their reign of video game dominance is over.  Diablo 3 was a train wreck.  They lost their mojo.

So glad Nexon doesn't have enough money to close this deal.

If GS are right in Start/Select, MS isn't interested likely because they wont be able to make anything exclusive. therefore no gain for them.

Microsoft doesn't want another big gamble. Remember Rare? Granted, that was $375 million compared to 8 billion here, but still, it would be a huge risk even for someone with as much cash as they have. Blizzard definitely wouldn't want them poking their noses around their business. And who knows how much longer Call of Duty can sustain its success before the well dries up. Wouldnt work.