"Konami" trends on Twitter with fans asking Sony to adquire their IPs in response to Micro's Beth acquisition

[theRepublic]

Ka-pi96 said:

theRepublic said:
I'm not sure why so many people are suggesting to just buy the IPs as an alternate to buying the company. IPs are very valuable and rarely change hands outside of bankruptcy proceedings. Don't remember the last time a major IP was sold. Licensing agreements would be more common.

Gears of War, maybe?

And I'd assume people are suggesting IP purchases instead because they'd be much cheaper. Especially for a company like Konami where a lot of their value doesn't even come from video games. It would still be a bad idea, but it wouldn't waste quite as much money as buying the whole company.

Yeah, it would be cheaper, but companies do not like letting go of their IP.  Whole companies are bought and sold more frequently than IP.