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Report: Microsoft will allegedly take Discord for tens of billions of dollars
Discord is booming, not only in the App Stores – this is not apparently escaped the attention of Microsoft
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A “Bloomberg”according to a report, Microsoft has a great interest in the communication service Discord. From the point of view of the industry giants, the Acquisition makes a lot of sense. If it really comes down to the Deal, however, is in the stars.
Microsoft seems to have thrown an eye on the communication service Discord. As the news Agency “Bloomberg” reported, citing an Insider from the environment of the two companies, the software and Hardware giant, ready to lay for ten billion dollars, around 8.4 billion euros on the table. An opinion of Discord or Microsoft, it was not the rumors.
The free Software Disord allows users the communication via Video, Audio or Chat. The group has already in his 365-Suite Teams a service with some similar features in the Portfolio, but during team instead aimed at the business world, is Discord, especially in the gaming scene popular. The Software was developed with views of the parallel use of the Computer. The game industry is booming in the Corona pandemic, in which many people spend inevitably a lot of time in your own four walls. Also Discord is in parallel, increasing popularity. And not only gamers use Discord, the App will also be used for learning groups, dance classes, book clubs, and other virtual Meeting. In short: Teams is more for the office, Discord for the home.
Microsoft wants to expand their Gaming division – Discord could be a piece of the Puzzle
More than 100 million active monthly users an indoor romp, according to the report, in the case of Discord, which is expected to have Microsoft with the acquisition of thought, especially in the view. Additionally, as Bloomberg speculated “”, could be the XBox group, Microsoft Discord integrate in his previous Gaming services, such as a Bundle offer with the XBox Game Pass. Microsoft wool, its Gaming division, already continue to expand and invest in it is.
Whether Discord is for sale, on the other hand is questionable: The Insider, the “Bloomberg” means, assume that the 2015-founded company based in San Francisco could rather seek its own IPO. Since, therefore, also Amazon, and Epic Games interested in a Discord-had shown in the past to purchase. Microsoft made again last year, with his interest in the U.S. business of TikTok sensation. The Deal, however, was nothing at the end.
Sources: “Bloomberg”
