Microsoft in Talks to Acquire Discord for $10 Billion

ODOGG26 · Mar 23, 2021

_JP_ said:
That would be true in 2019. Come 2020 with the pandemic and Discord moved to open it's target audience to anyone while Teams became free.
Functionality-wise, they are similar and achieve the same goals.

At my job we use teams and its not even close to the look and feel of discord. I doubt the people who use discord would use teams. Functionality feels way different. They are definitely not competing with each other.

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windwhirl · Mar 23, 2021

Alexa said:

Nope, screw that. As nice as the idea of integration can be, MS is gonna screw it up.

MIRTAZAPINE · Mar 23, 2021

Get away microsoft stop messing with something that was already good. What I hate about this could be a clamp down of communities in discord if microsoft buy goes through.

Edit : off topic I miss microsoft msn.

mechtech · Mar 23, 2021

R-T-B said:
Oh god, no... Microsoft leave it alone.

I don't want a Microsoft account and I know you are going to make me get one...

lol exactly

I was surprised MS didn't do this earlier. I wonder if discord is going to sell out? I guess for 10 billion anyone would.

INSTG8R · Mar 23, 2021

MIRTAZAPINE said:
miss microsoft msn.

I've managed to still have my folder of emotes and gifs from it still after all these years

Deleted member 205776 · Mar 23, 2021

INSTG8R said:
I've managed to still have my folder of emotes and gifs from it still after all these years

I wish I held onto the hard drive of my first ever PC. Could've bought some IDE to SATA adapter and scour through all those memories. Sadly, I was tech illiterate and never even knew what a hard drive is.

DeathtoGnomes · Mar 23, 2021

I've used all the voicechats at one or another, and I have to say Discord is the best of the with ease of use and functionality. If you have never used discord, try it out for a few days, yes even TPU does have a discord server, I think is managed by @Toothless still.

Discord can be used in your browser but I think you need the stand alone app to use the voice chat.

Deleted member 205776 · Mar 23, 2021

Imagine buying Discord for $10,000,000,000 when you can just download it for free, smh.

R-T-B · Mar 23, 2021

_JP_ said:
Yes, this is what happened with Skype, if anyone recalls.

And exactly what they are doing to Mojang accounts with minecraft, right now.

It's a friggin' pattern with them.

Deleted member 205776 · Mar 23, 2021

R-T-B said:
And exactly what they are doing to Mojang accounts with minecraft, right now.

It's a friggin' pattern with them.

I don't mind that one since it means more security for my account and the stolen alt account market can finally die off.

But rest in peace anyone who bought their own alts, gonna have to make a lot of different Microsoft accounts...

Makaveli · Mar 23, 2021

Alexa said:
Imagine buying Discord for $10,000,000,000 when you can just download it for free, smh.

MS isn't going to pay them that much unless they see a good investment there. They will monetize it and make that money back. As for discord being free that may change down the road will depend on what their plans are for the platform.

Also while you can download it for free. Discord still generates incoming from other area's.

HisDivineOrder · Mar 23, 2021

Imagine them folding Discord into the Xbox group instead of Skype. Using the bones of Discord to build out a Steam competitor with chat, game integration, etc, with your games combined with a store. Then slide streaming tech in beside the current Discord offering of "stream to your friends."

Windows Games Store 3.0.

"Welcome to the new Discord. Same as before except now with all the games you love! Featuring Game Pass."

I wish they'd leave Discord alone, but I'm imagining Google or Amazon buying Discord. There seem to be no good options.

windwhirl · Mar 23, 2021

Makaveli said:
As for discord being free

I actually wonder how much money they make from the Nitro subscriptions and the server boosts compared to their expenses.

Makaveli · Mar 23, 2021

windwhirl said:
I actually wonder how much money they make from the Nitro subscriptions and the server boosts compared to their expenses.

I don't think its enough as they were looking for a buyer in 2018 and have been considering an IPO. So for this story I believe its Discord that approached MS and not the other way around.

mechtech · Mar 23, 2021

There's always ICQ

ahhh fond memories from circa 2000

JeffF · Mar 23, 2021

Every Online business that Microsoft has purchased through out the years has been turned to rubish or shut down. They only purchase to gain the monopoly.

Divide Overflow · Mar 23, 2021

Well, it could be worse. EA could be in talks to acquire discord. :laugh:

dragontamer5788 · Mar 23, 2021

I know people are talking Skype integration here, but... that's the wrong synergy IMO.

If Microsoft had any brains, they'd integrate XBox Live with Discord. All of those XBox chat-rooms, XBox-friend lists, screen-sharing, etc. etc. synergizes with Discord more so than anything else Microsoft owns.

The Discord community does not mesh well with the business (Skype/Teams) community. On the other hand, gamers are the obvious synergy. Stream your Minecraft session over XBox into your Discord server. That sort of thing would benefit both Discord and XBox far more than Microsoft accounts or whatever.

zlobby · Mar 23, 2021

Makes sense. Discord's mods will easily integrate in Microsoft's corporate culture.

ADB1979 · Mar 24, 2021

Discord went to crap the moment they started to ban groups and people for political reasons.

Microshaft will only put more nails into the coffin.!

timta2 · Mar 24, 2021

If you can't innovate, just buy the innovators. That's the modern Microsoft.

ADB1979 · Mar 24, 2021

Indeed it is, whilst the early Microshaft simply copied their competitors products.

windwhirl · Mar 24, 2021

Well, better prepare to bring back IRC from the underworld if Microsoft ends up buying Discord.

Melvis · Mar 24, 2021

Noooooooooooooo! for the love of god NOOOOO! F off Microshaft, everything you touch turns to shit! look at Skype, its a complete dog pile now please DISCORD dont sell it to those useless half wits that cant even make a stable OS since W7.......

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