The market leader trying to destroy the competition strikes again.
And No, buying a studio isn't even worse as money hatting.
Buying a studio shows that you want to grow your business, that you want to take care of the studio and their employees and everything what's part of owning a studio.
Money hatting is only to fuck up your competitor and for nothing else. Sure, you could argue that this would be also about growing your business but you don't give a fuck about the developer with this. It's just about taking conent away. That's not the only reason when you buy a developer