they are incapable of responding to it any similar scale.
Buying more studios isn’t gonna be a response to Zenimax, cuz MS is still doing that after Zenimax too.
Even if we could entertain the idea, I think Bungie would be a massive get that would instantly solve some of their biggest problems, but it’s so beyond unlikely that I just don’t see it happening. They already missed the boat on snagging Digital Extremes through Leyou, so I wouldn’t think Bungie could ever happen now.
I do think they’ll eventually get (or already have) Bluepoint and Housemarque. I’d say Bluepoint is simply inevitable at this point but Housemarque has a bit more proving to do for Sony to buy them. But yeah, those are more of a thing that they could have done independent of Zenimax purchase.