Sony looking to buy more studios

[JRPGfan]

pokoko said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:
Frequent mergers and acquisitions are actually a sign of an industry in trouble. A healthy company can grow on its own merits, but a less healthy company can look like it is growing by merging with or acquiring another company. This is not a knock against Sony per se, as this sort of thing is happening all over the game industry. It is just to say the game industry has some important underlying issues which it needs to address or else it will be in big trouble in a generation or two.

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.  

^ this, plus its not just microsoft whos buying up companies.

Sony might feel like it has to do simular to avoid a situation where its left out, due to everyone else snatching up studios.