How do you get subsidiaries?

[DrunkieBrewster]

I know how to buy them out, but what are subsidiaries?

[Voffon]

When you buy them out, there are 2 choices. Either make them subsidiaries or trade their IP's to your company and shut them.

When you have a subsidiary, you can make them do marketing, support, porting. You can do that by selecting that subsidiary in the assigning window.

You can make them develop software also. Just check their specialized software from their company page (by clicking "Details"), and as normally open the design window, fill it out and set the team as that subsidiary. You will see when it will be released in the details page.

Don't forget to deposit some money to that subsidiary.

[geozero]

Originally posted by Voffon:

When you buy them out, there are 2 choices. Either make them subsidiaries or trade their IP's to your company and shut them.

When you have a subsidiary, you can make them do marketing, support, porting. You can do that by selecting that subsidiary in the assigning window.

You can make them develop software also. Just check their specialized software from their company page (by clicking "Details"), and as normally open the design window, fill it out and set the team as that subsidiary. You will see when it will be released in the details page.

Don't forget to deposit some money to that subsidiary.

I still can't make a company a subsidiary. Get an error message - don't recall exactly what it says (not at the PC at the moment) but basically only choice is buyout. Even though I have $100+ million bucks and can outright buy them, will not let me make them a subsidiary.

[Voffon]

Which version of the game are you playing?

[BOBB]

it also depends on your company reputation, each star represents 1 company you can buyout. So to buyout a company in the first place you need 1 star.

[Riley🌻]

To get a subsidary, buy all 4 stocks, then click on their main stock on the top. It will display two options, to either make a subsidary, or to buy out the company. There is only one error message I know of when trying to buy the last stock: "You cannot buy out a company that has existed less than a year" or something similar, so I don't know if this is the one you're getting or not. The error message is probably the most important thing to know as to why you can't get it, but as it is not posted here, I don't know what else to say.