Discord is currently in advanced discussions exclusively with Microsoft to formalize its purchase by the technology company for $ 10 billion or more.
The purchase of the messaging platform could be formalized during the month of April, sources familiar with the matter revealed to the Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this week Bloomberg reported on Microsoft’s purchase intentions, but its sources indicated that it was more likely to go public. Now, these conversations are in an advanced state and Discord maintains them exclusively with the American giant.
Discord is specialized in video games but, with the arrival of the pandemic and the surpassing of 140 million users, as the company exposes in a post on its blog, 2020 became an “essential” year for them. Thus, the messaging application expanded its audience to all types of users until today it is defined on its website as “a place to talk.”
According to the news, Microsoft is looking to expand its consumer offerings. Thus, although Discord has a good place in the video games sector within Xbox services, its new model follows in the wake of attempts at expansion within user communities by Microsoft with the unsuccessful purchase of TikTok and Pinterest in the last year.
K. Tovar
Source: Microsofters
