Who do you want Microsoft to buy out next?

[SanAndreasX]

Jumpinbeans said:

Tencent's gaming business :)
(although that would stir up a tonne of $hit)

Here are their holdings.....

• Full ownership of Riot Games, the American developers of Valorant and League of Legends^[160]
• Full ownership of Norwegian publisher Funcom.^[161][162]
• Full ownership of Swedish developer Sharkmob, founded in 2017 by ex-Ubisoft developers and fully acquired by Tencent in 2019.^[163]
• 80% ownership in the New Zealand company Grinding Gear Games, the developers of the game Path of Exile.^{[164][165][166]}
• Approximately 84% ownership in Finnish mobile game developer Supercell, makers of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale^[167]
• 40% ownership of American developers Epic Games, the developer of popular online game Fortnite and widely used proprietary Unreal game engine^[168]
• 20% ownership of Japanese publisher and developer Marvelous which owns G-Mode and the majority of Data East's intellectual properties including: BurgerTime, Joe & Mac, and Magical Drop franchises.^[169]
• 18.6% ownership of Chinese company iDreamSky, which mainly develops and publishes mobile games for the Chinese market.
• 5% ownership of Chinese company Century Huatong, which operates games developed by FunPlus.^[170] Tencent became a shareholder through an investment in Century Huatong's subsidiary Shengqu Games.^[171]
• 17.66% ownership of South Korean mobile developer Netmarble.^[172]
• Approximately 15% ownership of American mobile game developer Glu Mobile^[173]
• 13.54% ownership of South Korean company Kakao, the parent company of South Korean publisher Kakao Games.^[174][175]
• 9% ownership in UK developer Frontier Developments^[176]
• 5% ownership of American holding company Activision Blizzard, the parent company of Activision, Blizzard and King^[173]
• 5% ownership of Swedish publisher Paradox Interactive^[173]
• 5% ownership in France's Ubisoft, purchased from Vivendi following Vivendi's failed attempt to buy out Ubisoft in March 2018^[177][178]
• 1.5% ownership of South Korean company Bluehole, the publisher of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
• Majority ownership in Switzerland-based mobile game developer Miniclip^[179]
• Capital Investment in Japanese developer PlatinumGames^[180]
• Capital Investment in Reddit^[181]
• Minority share in German developer Yager Development^[182]
• Minority ownership of French mobile game developer Voodoo^[183]
• Major share in Sweden's 10 Chambers Collective, the developer of GTFO^[184]

Even Microsoft couldn't afford to buy Tencent. Tencent is estimated to be worth worth $700 billion. Yes, that's billion.