Embracer group acquires Square Enix Western studios

[Machiavellian]

PotentHerbs said:

Machiavellian said:

You really do not know.  None of us know until each company gets approval.  We are on the outside looking in and have no real clue what is going on and the discussions, meetings and what not.  Just think of it this way, until you get things signed, its best not to go into anything believing it will just work.  Even still 3Bn is a tidy sum and Sony probably have a lot of work between now and when the sale is complete before doing anything else.

While that is true, there aren't reports from Bloomberg or Jason Schreier, about the Bungie deal being in danger of falling apart.

IIRC, Jason Schreier brought up the challenges of regulatory approval shortly after the Activision buyout was announced. We also didn't have any senators talk about Sony/Bungie with the same scrutiny as Microsoft/Activision Blizzard.

Just because there are no reports do not mean there isn't a lot of communication going on.  We have reports that regulators are going to be more aggressive on large purchases and they did not say just MS, they said all purchases in the tech space. Trust me, I have gone through a number of these purchase and its a lot of work.  Everything does not get reported all the time.  It only takes one competitor that sends a letter to get things started.  Also businesses like for a smooth journey through the process, no conditions or other BS from regulators to get the job done.