Microsoft could benefit from purchasing both Crytek & Capcom

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starcraft said:

Max King of the Wild said:

Yup, they have the money to overpay for studios by hundreds of millions just for a handful of good ips. Investors will love that

This makes no sense.

I have no thoughts on whether Microsoft wants these companies, but if they did, they'd only have to pay $1 more than what other companies are willing to pay.  And given the developers are of greatest value to those who can draw synergies from their existing talent and IP, there are all of half a dozen companies in the world that would see that value.

And Microsoft can afford to pay $1 more than any of them.

I think the point he was trying to make is that both companies just aren't worth buying for a console manufacturer because they have tons of useless assets besides the things they have that MS/Sony/Nintendo could actually successfully make money with and if they want to buy the company they have to pay for all of it and not just the good parts.

If Capcom and/or Crytek meet the same fate as THQ then I think it'd be smart for MS/Sony/Nintendo to buy some of their IPs and hire some of their talent, but buying the 2 companies as a whole just doesn't seem like a good idea for any of the console manufacturers to me.