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Zipper on 23 March 2010

I  accidentally found this thread while I was looking for something else 

There was a rumor in 2007 that Sony is going to buy Rockstar (or Take-Two?)

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=5364

 

Did the rumor just die? did Sony or Rockstar confirmed there were talks about that? I just find it very interesting... Rockstar always had a strong relationship with Sony

I wonder if it can happen one day



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stof on 23 March 2010

I'm pretty sure that like most rumours, this turned out to be a rumour.



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Globox on 23 March 2010

Maybe it was pure rumour = BS or maybe there was something to it, maybe there were discusions behind closed doors but it was probably too expensive for Sony. Sony doesn't need rest of 2K they probably wanted Rockstar north (GTA makers). Let's not forget EA was offering 2.1 billion usd to take over 2K, they refused. I don't see Sony spending 2 billion of 2K, not somethingSony does, especialy now when they have been losing money on PS3 for such a long time.
MS could do it, so could Nintendo since they roll in money.
Probably just a rumour.



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Solid_Snake4RD on 23 March 2010
Globox said:
Maybe it was pure rumour = BS or maybe there was something to it, maybe there were discusions behind closed doors but it was probably too expensive for Sony. Sony doesn't need rest of 2K they probably wanted Rockstar north (GTA makers). Let's not forget EA was offering 2.1 billion usd to take over 2K, they refused. I don't see Sony spending 2 billion of 2K, not somethingSony does, especialy now when they have been losing money on PS3 for such a long time.
MS could do it, so could Nintendo since they roll in money.
Probably just a rumour.

Sony has alot of money.alot more than Nintendo.

 

but they wudn't do it cause they only want Rockstar



Dgc1808 on 23 March 2010

What happened to the SONY would by Level-5 if WKC was successful CLAIM?



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CaptainPrice on 23 March 2010

Sony easily have the money to buy R*/T2 (I doubt T2 would agree to sell R* so they'd probably have to buy the whole group). But then Microsoft would have to retaliate by buying Activision, EA, or Ubisoft. So you'd basically end up spending billions of dollars for no competitive advantage, as there'd just be a few extra exclusives on each platform, which would cancel each other out. In other words, it would be a disaster for the platform holders, and Sony's management would get kicked out by the shareholders.



Grimes on 23 March 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Globox said:
Maybe it was pure rumour = BS or maybe there was something to it, maybe there were discusions behind closed doors but it was probably too expensive for Sony. Sony doesn't need rest of 2K they probably wanted Rockstar north (GTA makers). Let's not forget EA was offering 2.1 billion usd to take over 2K, they refused. I don't see Sony spending 2 billion of 2K, not somethingSony does, especialy now when they have been losing money on PS3 for such a long time.
MS could do it, so could Nintendo since they roll in money.
Probably just a rumour.

Sony has alot of money.alot more than Nintendo.

 

but they wudn't do it cause they only want Rockstar

Sony does not have more money than Nintendo. Sony has more assets but has much higher debt and expenses. Nintendo has built a huge cash reserve over the past few years and has little debt and low expenses.



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Scoobes on 23 March 2010

Not to mention a low number of employees.




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Solid_Snake4RD on 23 March 2010
Grimes said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Globox said:
Maybe it was pure rumour = BS or maybe there was something to it, maybe there were discusions behind closed doors but it was probably too expensive for Sony. Sony doesn't need rest of 2K they probably wanted Rockstar north (GTA makers). Let's not forget EA was offering 2.1 billion usd to take over 2K, they refused. I don't see Sony spending 2 billion of 2K, not somethingSony does, especialy now when they have been losing money on PS3 for such a long time.
MS could do it, so could Nintendo since they roll in money.
Probably just a rumour.

Sony has alot of money.alot more than Nintendo.

 

but they wudn't do it cause they only want Rockstar

Sony does not have more money than Nintendo. Sony has more assets but has much higher debt and expenses. Nintendo has built a huge cash reserve over the past few years and has little debt and low expenses.

u really think a company like Sony with $250B ASSESTS has less money than a company with $19 assets.

 

sony didn't just survive their huge losses with PS3 just like that.they have a big big pocket full of cash.and they are gonna make alot now



jarrod on 23 March 2010
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Globox said:
Maybe it was pure rumour = BS or maybe there was something to it, maybe there were discusions behind closed doors but it was probably too expensive for Sony. Sony doesn't need rest of 2K they probably wanted Rockstar north (GTA makers). Let's not forget EA was offering 2.1 billion usd to take over 2K, they refused. I don't see Sony spending 2 billion of 2K, not somethingSony does, especialy now when they have been losing money on PS3 for such a long time.
MS could do it, so could Nintendo since they roll in money.
Probably just a rumour.

Sony has alot of money.alot more than Nintendo.

Actually, they don't.  Sony Corp overall has more total assets (and they could definitely leverage enough to buy T2) but Nintendo actually has more in liquid assets and cash reserves (ie: money).  When you consider that Sony is many, many times larger than Nintendo (180,000 employees to 4,000 employees) that's pretty staggering actually.