Why Sony's Take-Two Aquisition RUMOR seems possible now?

[DonFerrari]

Intrinsic said:

Azzanation said:

So you would want Sony to spend almost half there Cash on hand for a Publisher/Developers that has the promise of making $6b in however long GTAV has been on the market for? (6 years) Small detail, that $6b is made from GTAV selling over 90m copies, and sorry to say that's not all on Sony's platform.
Google "GTA 5 has now sold over 90 million copies and generated over $6 billion in revenue since its initial release."

What's in it for Take-Two exactly here? With MS investing heavily in Xbox and its eco-system and PC and Nintendo's Switch being the hottest device on the market, you think Take Two don't see the possible venue on the other platforms? They make a fortune selling there games on everything not just 1 platform. So not only will Sony waste almost half there Cash on hand in just there gaming division, the income will be a lot less than what Take Two is making now so it will probably take 10 years for Sony to make there money back on Take Two's purchase.

Also Take-Two wont have to share there profits on there games.

So basically I am just asking the question here, What's in it for Take-Two?

If they were brought out the negatives are..

They have to cross there fingers that Sony's next platform is incredibly successful
The Income they make gets more divided
They limit there games to 1 or 2 platforms
They could possibly lose development freedom

I don't think you understand how "being bought" works.

And how is all that xbox and switch talk relevant? The real question here is if take-two are fixing or open t sell and if sony are willing to buy. Funy thing about things like these is that sony doesn't even have to use their "own money" if they really wanted to make a deal like this happen.

Having said all that, I think this is one of those empty rumors that has no stock. And I just don't see sony fixing to spend around $10B on a studio(s). Unless its a pre-emptive move which would mean MS was abut to buy them. This is a deal that would have meant more for MS than it would for sony.   

If MS paid 2.5B for Minecraft no one can call Sony crazy for paying 10B on TakeTwo (but yes I don't think it is a soundy decision).