lightningfunk said:
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I know you seem really passionate about this move, but its not as good as it sounds in reality.
1st - Sony already make a fortune with Take-Two as it is with the giant sales on PS platforms.. so the money isn't that much greater than if they went out brought them which would be considered a lot of money for Sony to spend as a corporation. Not only do you choke hold the games from Take-Two which means Take-Two sell less units overall, it means the profits wont be as high as they are now.
2nd - You never buy companies when there at there peak which would be the case here thanks to Rockstar etc. Its corporate suicide to spend so much at such a peak time. They need to play is smart and wait for companies to devalue than you jump on board. Look at MS and the studios they brought, they didn't just go out and buy the biggest studios in the world at there very best, they brought what would have been good prices and talent for the money. So the companies under them can gain value and grow over the course of being successful which will increase MS stocks. Take-Two is already extremely successful so there value as a company wont go up as much, but they can drop extremely low if mistakes happen or they fall apart.
3rd - Its a giant slap in the face to the industry and gamers alike who play there games, we are not talking about 1 or 2 million gamers missing out here, we are talking about the likes of 40m+ GTA fans missing out due to this idea. That's not a good image to have. And definitely not a good financial one either. We know Sony well enough now that anything they own will be locked, they wont share it with others, maybe PC.. big maybe.. Unless Sony do what MS do with Minecraft and make the big games multiplat so they can make the most amount of profit to earn back there spending's. But its Sony, I highly doubt they would.
4th - You don't make these big purchases on the brim of a new generation especially when the competition is going to be fierce. Don't expect Xbox to fall over the starter line next gen and don't expect Nintendo to make another WiiU mistake. Next gen is going to be big for all 3 as it looks promising on all sides. Take-Two joining Sony sounds good only on Paper but if the next Xbox outsells the next Playstation console or even if its on Par or close than Take-Two already lost in the deal because the more customers the industry has = more sales potential they could have earned overall, but not if you are tied to one or two platforms.
