I-Xbox: IMicrosoft yayiza kufumana iBlizzard ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo
– Reviews Iindaba
U-Ed Fries, owayesakuba ngusekela-mongameli we-Xbox, wathi Microsoft yayikufutshane kakhulu thenga iBlizzard ngezihlandlo ezibini ezahlukeneyo ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayonangona kunjalo, isabethwa lukhuphiswano ngeenwele.
Kwipodcast, uFries ucebisa ukuba ukufunyanwa bekuya kunika iMicrosoft izibonelelo ezinkulu kumdlalo wePC.
“Ndandingumlandeli omkhulu weBlizzard. Ukuba ucinga ngeengcambu zeshishini lethu lokudlala lePC, belisekelwe kwimidlalo yeqhinga lexesha lokwenyani… IWarcraft, ewe, ibiyeyona mveliso yabo inkulu,” utshilo uFries.
Ngo-1994, uDavidson kunye no-Associates bafumana iBlizzard, eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-Chaos Studios, nge-10 yezigidi zeedola. Kamva kwi 1996 Inkampani yathengiswa kwaye iFries ibango lokuba iMicrosoft yayisondele ekuyifumaneni, kodwa unikezelo lwayo lwagqithwa yiCUC International, eyathi ke yadibanisa inkampani.
I-CUC International kamva yajoyina i-HFS Corporation ukwenza i-Cedant Software. IBlizzard yathengiswa kwiHavas 1998 eyathi yahlanganiswa nguVivendi ngaloo nyaka, ibetha ibhidi yesibini yeMicrosoft.
“IBlizzard iphinde yafakwa kuluhlu lwesibini. Ndenze esinye isipho kwaye ngeli xesha ndagqithiswa yinkonzo yamanzi yaseFransi (uVivendi ekuqaleni yayiyinkampani yamanzi ngaphambi kokuziqinisa kwi-telecommunications, umabonwakude, umculo kunye no. imidlalo yevidiyo, inqaku lomhleli),” utsho ngokuphoxayo uFries.
UFries ucacisa ukuba nje ukuba iBlizzard idale iWorld of Warcraft, kwaba yinto engenakwenzeka ukuba iMicrosoft iyithenge kwaye ke yancama yonke into. Eminye yimbali: I-Blizzard yayiyinxalenye yeqela leVivendi kude kube yi-2008, xa idityaniswe ne-Activision ukwenza i-Activision Blizzard.
Ke iinkwenkwezi zalungelelaniswa ngoJanuwari 2022, xa iMicrosoft yabhengeza ukuba ithatha iibhiliyoni ezingama-68,7 zeerandi ze-Activision Blizzard, eza kuvala kulo nyaka uzayo. Kodwa ngubani owaziyo ukuba umdlalo wangoku unokuthi utshintshe njani ukuba iMicrosoft ikwazile ukufumana isigebenga se-Irvine ngaphambi kokuba kuqaliswe iWorld of Warcraft.
SOURCE: Uphonononga Iindaba
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