Microsoft rumored to be in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion
Bloomberg says Microsoft is interested in acquiring Discord for billions of dollars.
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Earlier today,news brokethat Discord was looking to sell to a willing buyer for more than $10 billion. The report was light on details regarding which companies were interested, but nowBloomberg is reportingthat Microsoft is in the running. The report claims that talks are still in early stages, so nothing is a done deal, but that Microsoft is definitely interested.
Discord is likely in talks with multiple companies about a possible deal, with reports suggesting a sale is still in its infancy stages meaning it could be a while before a deal is actually closed. There’s no guaranteeing Microsoft would be the winning bid, but as ourSenior Xbox Editor Jez Corden recently wrote, Microsoft can’t let this one slip away, especially for its Xbox efforts.
Discord would be a valuable asset for Microsoft and Xbox. Discord is popular with PC gamers, with over 140 million active users. Assuming Microsoft did acquire Discord, it would likely treat the service like its LinkedIn or GitHub acquisitions, allowing Discord to continue operating on its own, but integrating Discord and Discord tech into other Microsoft products to enhance the Microsoft ecosystem as a whole.
For now, it’s very early days and the deal could still go to a number of other companies, or Discord could ultimately decide to go public. But Microsoft could really use a consumer-facing chat platform that has actual users, unlike Microsoft Teams for Consumers or Skype which has seen usage decline significantly in recent years.
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