Sony looking to buy more studios

[pokoko]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

pokoko said:

A healthy company can grow via acquisition just fine.   Some of the most successful business moves in history have been acquisitions and some of the most successful businesses have a long history of buying smaller businesses.  Trying to paint this as some kind of automatic negative is simply doom mongering.  A bad move is a bad move and a good move is a good move.  

On topic, I think this was inevitable when Microsoft took the initiative.  Competition buying a multi-plat studio isn't just a gain for them, it's a loss for you.  Smart money would be on scanning the market for anyone teetering on the edge.  

Well why don't you give some examples of mergers and acquisitions that were successful, and then some examples of mergers and acquisitions that were unsuccessful?  Then point out what makes one work and another one fail.  

The way this post reads, you are just dismissing me, because you don't know what you are talking about.

First of all, you gave no examples at all to backup your claims about acquisitions translating to industries in trouble and unhealthy companies.

As for my post, have you ever heard of Microsoft?  A company with a long history of growth by acquisition?  They've been doing it for decades, starting with the purchase of the company behind the PowerPoint software.  Microsoft is worth over a trillion dollars.  Would you say that they are unhealthy?  If so, please explain why, because the way your post reads, you don't know what you are talking about.

Have you ever heard of Disney?  What about Marvel?  What about Pixar?  Please explain why these acquisitions signaled an unhealthy company and a failing industry, because the way your post reads, you don't know what you are talking about.  

Ever heard of Google?  A company that has made literally hundreds of business acquisitions, including Android and DoubleClick, and used those acquisitions to grow into one of the most market-dominant companies in the world?  Explain why such a practice has actually been bad for Google, because, the way your post reads, you don't know what you are talking about.

Acquisitions are neither inherently good nor inherently bad.  That you're trying to imply otherwise ... well, you get the idea.