Why are they saying that?
Because Hogwarts Legacy is being shown at a state of play. So basically a massive leap.
Damn Sony buying Square too then
Some people believe that even before all of that.
Its one of few that feels semi realistic due to how close square and sony are to be fair but at this point I doubt it will happen
Or take two and/or EA…(and Im being serious)
Bethesda and ABK broke a lot of people.
Yeah I saw people say that, I get why Sony would want take two (I know they could not afford it) but why EA, in what world would EA be a good buy for sony, it would take ages to see a return on that investment and the major franchises would need to stay multiplat due to licenses or not trying to piss off MS and get them to pull CoD in the case of battlefield and EA’s franchises don’t really feel sony while take two or ubisoft are primarly single player stuff which fits much better with sony (I am not saying Sony either will or is in anyway likely to buy either of those)
In the current bear market, could be see Microsoft being more aggressive towards gaming acquisitions?
To put it into perspective, Roblox went from 70 billion to 20 billion and others like take two got cheap to 16 billion.
You’ve got to hand it to Sony. They see parts in their line up that they are weak at and fill the gaps. Bungie probably wasn’t a direct response to Activision but it’s enough to make sure they aren’t left behind in h to e FPS space. In terms of RPGs Sony we’re looking to be in the dust but Harry Potter will satisfy their fanbase.
Good moves by then. If they keep up these strategic partnerships they can have answers for a lot of games Xbox will be delivering.
True - assuming it goes for 46-48 billion it would take around 7-8 years (similar to ABK) and that’s if the revenue stays around the same (you would expect growth). In terms of big publishers TakeTwo would have been more realistic before the Zynga acquisition as Rockstar fits into their cinematic style game genre.
All of the big tech companies would likely outbid Sony anyway.
You are just comforting yourself. Obviously, if Sony buys Kadokawa, then From Software will go under Playstation Studios. Because this is literally a developer focused on console games. And they will only release their games on PS5. And maybe also on PC, because the proportion of PC in soul projects is too large to ignore.
With Bungie, the situation is different, because all their projects are focused on microtransactions. It is literally not profitable in any manifestation to ignore some platforms. Well, Bungie would not have sold to Sony without maintaining multiplatform.
I am sure that there will be no such problems with Kadokawa.
if we assume it is an equal premium for EA that it was for Activision (so 45%) they would cost just under 50 billion (48.6 billion) while take two would cost 23.7 billion but after Zynga I expect them to go for a lot more, like if we add both of their values and then multiply by the same percent we are looking at just over 40 billion dollars (41.1 billion)
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I’m more confident that Xbox is buying Crystal Dynamics now and The Initiative will be merged with them.
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why would they merge them? I would imagine both have their own indivual goals and if we assume MS got tomb raider along side CD I would imagine Microsoft would hope for them to make a new one
Yep although with EA there’s potential that it could go for a even bigger premium, they don’t have as many controversies as ABK at the moment. The biggest issues are probably their FIFA license and the state of Battlefield, they also didn’t hit their expected revenue growth but the former may be a large part of that.
Zynga will bump up T2’s market value alot, they have been growing rapidly (through their own acquisitions). I also wouldn’t be surprised if Zynga overtake King in terms of revenue in the near future.
A lot of their staff is former Crystal Dynamics, they’re working on the same franchise and The Initiative is a very small studio now, it is easier to manage as 1 studio than 2.
we will see but zynga has currently gone though and I am more talking about if discussions are currently happening. I would imagine EA costing around 50 billion seems about right, for take 2 I would say 45 billion feels more accurate
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You can bet your house MS will for sure be looking at studios with a great culture and proven track record of solid releases.
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After the news regarding The Initiative, Microsoft have to find a way to buy this studio out. Not sure if Square Enix will want that (and Microsoft will want IP too).
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