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Double-edged sword. As sweet as it would be to be a part-owner of Bungie, it would also mean that Bungie would have stock-holders to keep happy, which can have far-reaching consequences, which might mean sacrificing certain elements of Bungie's unique culture.

  • 01.27.2008 8:52 PM PDT

I have a feeling that stock holders would find "Real life brute hammers" and "warthog company cars" a waste of money, and as such crush the spirit that is Bungie.

  • 01.27.2008 8:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Firebird347
I have a feeling that stock holders would find "Real life brute hammers" and "warthog company cars" a waste of money, and as such crush the spirit that is Bungie.

100% agreed, Stock Holders would mess up the awesomeness that is Bungie.

  • 01.27.2008 9:01 PM PDT

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Hmm, the only way Bungie would stay Bungie is if they sold there stocks to people who only wanted the profit sharing rather then irect decision making within the company.

Or to gamers.

  • 01.27.2008 11:07 PM PDT
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You also run the (paranoid) risk of having some rich church groups buying the majority stake and forcing the company to stop making violent, er, I mean FUN games...

note: I like my games the way they are. Don't change 'em at all, unless you are speaking of an improved story arc or something...




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  • 01.27.2008 11:30 PM PDT

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People still try to validate buying a Bungie game as owning stock in Bungie...

I don't think it'd be a wise move at all.

  • 01.28.2008 1:01 AM PDT
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Just curious, would Bungie ever consider becoming a publicly traded company?


that would be the opposite idea of becoming a LLC. i'm sure they just want to keep that nature internally and not rely upon outside sources for funding.


So how long were you banned for BB?

  • 01.28.2008 6:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: DEATHPIMP72
Anyone but Foman. He smells like cheese.

While there are disadvantages and advantages to becoming a publicly traded company, the reason that most successful private companies go public at all is for mass infusions of cash gained from the initial public offering (IPO) and further stock issuances. Bungie seems to be pretty much rolling in cash due to the success of its games and all of the surrounding merchandising.

Although it would be quite cool for us Bungie fans to own stock in the company, I seriously doubt that the company is going to have an IPO anytime in the foreseeable future.

  • 01.28.2008 7:31 AM PDT

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Although it would be quite cool for us Bungie fans to own stock in the company, I seriously doubt that the company is going to have an IPO anytime in the foreseeable future.


Especially after just gaining their independance from Microsoft. Why a company would want to go from private to Inc., back to private, then public again in such a short time without financial pressure, I don't know.

Like you, I'd love to own even a single share of Bungie stock, the sorry state of the current market not-withstanding, just for the sake of having a share, irrelelvent of it's size, in the company.

  • 01.28.2008 10:27 AM PDT

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Like you, I'd love to own even a single share of Bungie stock, the sorry state of the current market not-withstanding, just for the sake of having a share, irrelelvent of it's size, in the company.


Yeah, that's the idea I would definitely buy stock in Bungie. As for them actually going public the question I was asking is would they ever consider it not within any given time frame. Especially taking into account the fact that they just gained independence from Microsoft it would be senseless to become a publicly traded company and put yourself into the hands of a much less reliable source of funds (i.e. the investors). But sometime in the far future when Bungie has really established itself as a independent developer it certainly wouldn't hurt there growth to let outsiders hold a stake in the company.

  • 01.28.2008 2:10 PM PDT
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Hah with the American economy as it is right now that doesn't seem like a great idea.

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Ah, look at the lonely people...

The stock market's not a game, folks. While I'm more than confident there are people here that actually know what it's like to trade on the market, it seems to me like the majority of the people saying, "Yeah, I want to buy stock in Bungie!" don't know what they'd be getting into.

  • 01.28.2008 2:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: WhiteRaven119
The stock market's not a game, folks. While I'm more than confident there are people here that actually know what it's like to trade on the market, it seems to me like the majority of the people saying, "Yeah, I want to buy stock in Bungie!" don't know what they'd be getting into.

They'd be the ones trying to figure out who they can sue when they lose all their money, even though its their own fault.

  • 01.29.2008 7:43 AM PDT

Posted by: Yoozel
People still try to validate buying a Bungie game as owning stock in Bungie...


So you're saying my copy of Myth: The Wolf Age isn't appreciating at a 12% annual gain like the salesman at the GameCrazy told me it would?

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  • 01.29.2008 8:35 AM PDT
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Just curious, would Bungie ever consider becoming a publicly traded company?

  • 01.27.2008 8:45 PM PDT

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Posted by: Aznb01p
Hah with the American economy as it is right now that doesn't seem like a great idea.

Actually, this is a pretty good time to buy stock. Maybe in another month or two it would be prime, but after that I see the market rising again.

  • 01.29.2008 8:42 AM PDT