+1Even if Sony wanted to acquire a fuckton of studios I don't see why you'd go after a big fish. Maybe my calculations are wrong but as of the moment of me typing this comment Take Two has a market cap of $10,69B at $94,50 a share. Sony reportedly wants to buy Take Two at $130 a share, which would put the price at $14,7B? Just think about the insane amount of independent studios you can acquire or start from scratch for that kind of money. You could buy Insomniac, Quantic Dream, Blue Point, From Software for a fraction of that amount.
Also, such a huge acquisition wouldn't only be expensive because of the initial cost of closing the acquisition, you'd be adding thousands of employees to your paycheck overnight.
Omg ya there's no way this shit happens then lol. It would make no sense imo for Take two to be bought out. And if by some miracle it does happen, that's checkmate for everyone elseGTA
Red Dead Redemption
Bioshock
Borderlands
Mafia
and many many more...
Forgive me for my ignorance but what is take two most known for?
that's not even a thousand games. Pathetic. /s
All the studios you mentioned haven't a massive ip like gta. If Sony wants take two is more for the IPs than the developperEven if Sony wanted to acquire a fuckton of studios I don't see why you'd go after a big fish. Maybe my calculations are wrong but as of the moment of me typing this comment Take Two has a market cap of $10,69B at $94,50 a share. Sony reportedly wants to buy Take Two at $130 a share, which would put the price at $14,7B? Just think about the insane amount of independent studios you can acquire or start from scratch for that kind of money. You could buy Insomniac, Quantic Dream, Blue Point, From Software for a fraction of that amount.
Also, such a huge acquisition wouldn't only be expensive because of the initial cost of closing the acquisition, you'd be adding thousands of employees to your paycheck overnight.
Bioshock, Borderlands, Grand Theft Auto, Mafia, Midnight Club, NBA 2K, Red Dead Redemption to name a few.Forgive me for my ignorance but what is take two most known for?
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It literally makes no sense.
And consider the number em employees needed to maintain/develop behemoth titles like GTA and RDR.
Those titles are gonna siphon so much resources from WWS.
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It literally makes no sense.
And consider the number em employees needed to maintain/develop behemoth titles like GTA and RDR.
Those titles are gonna siphon so much resources from WWS.
True that, but GTA would also become a lot smaller if locked to a single platform (still fucking huge though).All the studios you mentioned haven't a massive ip like gta. If Sony wants take two is more for the IPs than the developper
People got upset over Ninja Theory. I can not even imagine what would happen if the rumor was true.
I think that would be something that goes far beyond ERA. The industry as a whole would not know how to process an acquisition of this size, with some of the biggest and most popular franchises being included.
People got upset over Ninja Theory. I can not even imagine what would happen if the rumor was true.
On a sidenote, I was not aware ERA has so many financial experts.
Right?!
Its June. Phil Spencer its ready to star MS E3. At the same time Sony just upload 10 sec vid on youtube confirming the rumors. Boom. There you have it. Sony won again.
I have a question, whether it is real or not, Sony really needs a acquisition like this one? Acquiring an Insomniac or Bluepoint would make sense because there would be only two or three new studios. But Take Two would bring more than 10 new studios under the WWS umbrela. Would they have the money to keep it all? Or maybe they kept those studios multiplatform?
Real and only answer to the bolded: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. That's definitely an option: buy Take-Two, but have them operate separately from SIE, although SIE would obviously get some bonuses (exclusive content, game appearing some day appearing on now but not XGP and other competing services).I have a question, whether it is real or not, Sony really needs a acquisition like this one? Acquiring an Insomniac or Bluepoint would make sense because there would be only two or three new studios. But Take Two would bring more than 10 new studios under the WWS umbrela. Would they have the money to keep it all? Or maybe they kept those studios multiplatform?
True, they'd lose tens of millions of sold copies.They would be crazy if they acquired T2 and made the games exclusive, they would lose so much revenue.
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Benji and Zhuge basically squashed the rumour.
We can all breathe a sigh of relief now.
Focus on expanding Japan Studio, Sony~~~
Yeah, Insomniac is the one the makes the most sense, but I feel like Insomniac already gets the first-party treatment and their best work is on properties that Sony owns. No real need to acquire them unless there's a real chance of someone else swooping in.Small games like GTA, Red Dead, Nba 2k, Bioshock etc.. ^^
On a side note, I'd rather Sony acquired Insomniac Games
True, they'd lose tens of millions of sold copies.
But on the other hand, it would also make them additional money. Games like GTA, Red Dead, NBA 2K etc. would no doubt still be profitable even if locked to a single platform. Also, just imagine the amount of people who'd buy a PlayStation console just to play those games. Sure, that initial purchase of the console would make Sony barely any money (if any at all), but those people would go on to buy PlayStation subscriptions (Plus and Now), they'd go on to buy their games on PlayStation (every piece of software sold brings in money for Sony) and they'd buy accessories like controllers, headsets etc. It would also make the rest of Sony's line-up more profitable as more people would own PlayStation consoles and thus be exposed to other Sony published games such as Horizon, Uncharted, God of War, The Last of Us etc.
Even if Sony wanted to acquire a fuckton of studios I don't see why you'd go after a big fish. Maybe my calculations are wrong but as of the moment of me typing this comment Take Two has a market cap of $10,69B at $94,50 a share. Sony reportedly wants to buy Take Two at $130 a share, which would put the price at $14,7B? Just think about the insane amount of independent studios you can acquire or start from scratch for that kind of money. You could buy Insomniac, Quantic Dream, Blue Point, From Software for a fraction of that amount.
Also, such a huge acquisition wouldn't only be expensive because of the initial cost of closing the acquisition, you'd be adding thousands of employees to your paycheck overnight.
GTA
Red Dead Redemption
Bioshock
Borderlands
Mafia
and many many more...
They should acquire Square Enix instead, tbh.
Someone needs to rescue FF from SE, lol
Its June. Phil Spencer its ready to start MS E3. At the same time Sony just upload 10 sec vid on youtube confirming the rumors. Boom. There you have it. Sony won again.
Lmao. That would be coolI can imagine a 10s video of Shuhei saying "hello everyone, I've heard you like studio acquisitions, check this out".