Project Athia is a PS5 console exclusive (Will come out on PC day 1 but on other platforms in 24 months)

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shikamaru317 said:

Qwark said:

Sony never acquires studio's quickly usually they form a long therm partnership. When the partnership is beneficial enough Sony wants to acquire the studio. There are some exceptions of course. But acquiring Suckerpunch and Insomniac took a long while. But if the Square Enix games sell well enough I can defenitely see Sony buying Square. Same goes fir From Software, which games they will still release on pc. 

Yeah, rumor is their next acquisition is Bluepoint, who they've been building a relationship with for over a decade now.

Square would definitely be an expensive get for Sony. They are publicly traded, so we know their current value, which is $7.2b, and that price would go up if there were acquisition rumors. Sony would likely end up spending $8b+ to buy Square (unless their stock value crashes at some point in the near future), which would be Sony's most expensive acquisition ever. It's not impossible of course, Sony has the cash on hand necessary to buy Square right now if they wanted to, I just don't know if PS leadership would be able to actually convince Sony to do it. 

Sony purchasing any large third party publisher makes absolutely no sense. Unless they decide to completely change their strategy and go fully services and multiplatform. 

What you're seeing is how they're choosing to spend the cash- Timed deals, marketing and the expansion of their own first party studios.