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EricHiggin said: Sip |
I don't think anyone is doubting Sony's ability to purchase Take-Two, its more the point of what sense does it make to Sony as a whole. For one, we know Sony well enough that anything Multiplat is not there direction, there more about locking everything to there own eco-system, which is fine with there own games etc. But keep in mind that Take-Two will earn less money, as there sales will be reduced because of this buyout. I wont believe that Take-Two under Sony will sell 90m GTA games on Sony's platform alone.
If Take-Two was brought out, lets face it, its more for Rockstar as there games are the ones that will make the most headlines. The competition like MS will probably just make there own GTA game instead. It will probably cost MS $100m to create an entirely new IP designed to mirror GTA that will probably be multiplatform with cross play which will be a major selling point as GTA and Red Dead Online has shown the games have big potential to go all out with a MMO platform etc. After all MS did just recruit the lead designer of Red Dead who's working at The Initiative. So as you mention MS pulling there hair out trying to get there studios to fire, I think it will be more Sony with this deal as its going to cost them $10b to own.
You also have to look at Sony as a whole not just a console brand. $25b is a lot of money but not for a company like Sony who's competition with brands like LG and Samsung etc. They need the money for other investments, even there online services are behind as they are probably saving to make PSN a world wide service. To throw almost half of it away for 1 brand is extremely risky and all the competition has to do is invest to make clones. Especially since we don't know how big Xbox, Nintendo or Google will be for that matter next gen.
As Immersiveunreality pointed out, the damage to the consumers of knowing a company is a sell out will also play its toll as we witness with Fortnite when Sony refused Cross play and Sony's shares dropped 2% (Or something like that) because many gamers hold these things personal.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/06/14/sony-shares-dip-amid-e3-and-fortnite-cross-play-controversy
This industry is very sensitive as we learnt with the PS3, WiiU and XB1. Its all about the consumers, and the moment they feel like there been taken advantage of there will be outcries. With the industry going for a more friendly approach with game sharing etc, buying something as big as Take-Two will have its negatives as well. It is a giant risk for little reward, remember as it stands now, Sony are already making tons of money with Take-Two.
