| hunter_alien said: This. I really do not understand how people don't see this. Sony will be forced to respond now, and the domino effect was set in motion. I don't think we have ever seen such a huge purchase from one console manufacturer before. Then Sony will buy some studios, then Nintendo, then MS again, and soon all the 3rd party games will be hidden behind a payment wall atop a payment wall. I do not like this, one bit. |
Sony is not nearly as rich as Microsoft though... But in saying that Sony does have 30~ billion dollars sitting in the bank... And money sitting in a bank doesn't make investors happy if that money can be invested to accrue larger profits.
I would not be surprised if Sony throws around 10 or so billion in acquisitions.
In an acquisition war... Microsoft will obviously come out on top, they have a market cap of 1.5~ trillion dollars which is absolutely bonkers... That gives Microsoft a ton of room to acquire large loans/finance and issue stock on top of the already 130~ billion they have in the bank.
To put Microsoft market cap in perspective... In country terms that would put Microsoft as the 13th wealthiest nation in the world.
| JRPGfan said: This is a insane purchase..... if MS makes Doom + Wolfenstein + elderscrolls as console exclusives, I could see that pulling alot of sony buyers away. |
To be fair... Microsoft had Doom+Elderscrolls as a console exclusive during the 6th gen and the PS2 still dominated...
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