Microsoft rumored to be in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion

Before today, news bankrupt that 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, simply at present Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft is in the running. The written report claims that talks are nonetheless in early on stages, so nothing is a done deal, but that Microsoft is definitely interested.

Discord is probable in talks with multiple companies about a possible deal, with reports suggesting a sale is still in its infancy stages meaning it could exist a while before a deal is really closed. At that place'southward no guaranteeing Microsoft would be the winning bid, but as our Senior Xbox Editor Jez Corden recently wrote, Microsoft can't let this one slip away, particularly for its Xbox efforts.

Discord would be a valuable asset for Microsoft and Xbox. Discord is pop with PC gamers, with over 140 million active users. Bold Microsoft did learn Discord, it would likely treat the service like its LinkedIn or GitHub acquisitions, assuasive Discord to continue operating on its own, but integrating Discord and Discord tech into other Microsoft products to enhance the Microsoft ecosystem equally 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 determine to go public. But Microsoft could actually use a consumer-facing chat platform that has bodily users, unlike Microsoft Teams for Consumers or Skype which has seen usage decline significantly in recent years.

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