Last week, Chick shared an outrageous thing with everyone, and just looking at the summary felt outrageous.
The domestic page games that everyone shouted about were exported to the Middle East, harvesting oil guy leeks and making a lot of money.
These middle Eastern tycoons wrapped in turbans have four words written on their faces: "More money, come quickly!" ”
Today, the rich and "oily" Saudi tycoons have shown the world the ability to make a handful of banknotes.
According to information disclosed on SNK's official website, EGDC, controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Salman, has now acquired 96.18% of the shares of SNK, the developer of "King of Fighters".
Yes, it's the SNK who just finished King of Fighters 15 two months ago.
In fact, the Saudi crown prince also invested in SNK two years ago, when he exchanged almost 1.1 billion yuan for 33% of the shares, and said that he would further increase the share.
Unexpectedly, the additional acquisition he said turned out to be 33% to 96% shareholding, and almost turned SNK into its own wholly owned subsidiary.
Is this the difference between the perception of Oil King and ordinary people?
Speaking of the initiator of this acquisition, Saudi Crown Prince Salman, he is not a big celebrity in the game circle.
He has always presented himself as an avid gamer, and in interviews with the media, he also mentioned that he was a fan of the king of fighters.
Generally, rich players will also buy some game peripherals and equipment, and if they have money to the point of Saudi tycoons, they will buy game companies.
Last year, he spent $3 billion (nearly 20 billion yuan) to buy shares in EA, Activision Blizzard, and even R Star's parent company, T2, which caused a storm.
In this way, the money spent on buying SNK is probably enough to be a fraction of Last Year's Salman's big investment, and it is no wonder that 96% of the shares are bought at once.
I thought that this wave of SNK would be the most expensive game peripheral on the planet, but it turned out to be unqualified.
However, after SNK becomes the crown prince's private property today, we may have to face a very real problem.
After all, in everyone's impression, Saudi Arabia is a comparison... There are some cultural differences between traditional countries and modern societies.
Now more than half of SNK's revenue comes from IP licensing, and the revenue of consoles and PC games accounts for about 20%, and it has been acquired after repeated bankruptcies.
The last to acquire it was the domestic page game company Sanqi Interactive Entertainment.
In this case, the Saudi financier wants to do something about the game, and SNK, a poor child, must not be able to resist.
Although the Saudi tycoons have not let SNK live in the past two years, the new "King of Fighters 15" also deleted the Middle Eastern character Najid of the previous work.
But the cultural differences are here, and players can't think about it.
I hope that the Saudi tycoons are really old fans who come and throw money to save the game company, Amen.