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src on 03 October 2021
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gtotheunit91 said:
src said:

FF16 - timed exclusive

FF7R - timed exclusive

Forspoken - timed exclusive

Babylon - console exclusive

KH and Nier could also be timed exlcusive.

Pretty much their entire Japanese division is all in on Playstation. How can anyone call this close with Xbox LOL

SE would never sell Crystal Dynamics, they make Tomb Raider an incredibly strong IP.

Sony has $40B in cash. They can buy SE in cash the next day lol

Microsoft could buy Sony and SE the next day, what's your point? lol

I like how you actually pointed out that all the TIMED exclusivity making your point pretty useless lol

I'm obviously not meaning in the same way Sony is, but Square has been bringing a lot of unexpected games to Game Pass, which is great to see a partnership in some capacity. It's pretty awesome seeing Xbox embracing more of the Japanese market. 

Obvious

That you know nothing about mergers and acquisitions.

MS could never buy Sony. Not only would Sony never agree but the JP government would bar it as well. Sony is JP's 3rd biggest company and could soon be 2nd, and has a crucial spot in numerous restricted industries (chips, tech, finance).

LMAO the fact is Sony and Square are closer than they have ever been bar PS1/2 days. They have both agreed on exclusivity on nearly all their JP AAA titles.

Not only that but Xbox misses out on a ton of Square games:

  • Secret of Mana
  • Trials of Mana
  • DQ builders
  • DQ Heroes
  • Babylons Falls
  • TWEWY
  • SaGa Frontier
  • FF Chronicles
  • Star Ocean First departure
  • The Last Remnant
  • Chocobo Mystery Dungeon
  • Dissidia
  • Left Alive
  • SaGa Scarlet Grace

Its actually worse. Square does not release their games on Xbox unless MS pays them for it, and even then its only on gamepass.

I repeat, MS now needs to pay Square to release multiplat games on Xbox.

VAMatt said:
brute said:

Square Enix is too big and also it wouldnt make sense for Sony to purchase them when Square releases all its big games with Playstation as the main platform (except maybe DQ but we'll see what the future holds for that).
Xbox has no benefits whatsoever from Square Enix.

Also doesnt Kojima Productions have an upcoming game/deal with Microsoft? I recall hearing something on that around E3.

Sometimes acquisitions take place just to make sure a competitor can't buy the company out from under you.  In a case like that, it could make sense for Sony to buy Square Enix.  But, I doubt we'll see Sony making an acquisition of that size.  It wouldn't surprise me if Microsoft did it though. 

Sony plans to spend $18B on strategic investments in 3 years. SE has a marketcap of $6B. You bet Sony is looking at acquisitions of that size.