Spade said:
Didn't Bluepoint say something similar before they got bought? |
Yes, that did happen, Bluepoint denied they were being acquired by Sony just 2 months before Sony announced they had acquired them. However, there is one big difference between CD Projekt and Bluepoint, Bluepoint was privately owned, CD Projekt is public, meaning they have stockholders. It is actually in the best interest of CD Projekt devs and executives, especially any who have a significant amount of stock in the company, to let acquisition rumors grow, as rumors of an acquisition can increase their stock value, meaning a bigger payoff for stockholders when Sony and CD Projekt conclude their acquisition negotiations and make the deal public. It would be most unusual for CD Projekt to deny the rumors, possibly hurting their own stock value in the process, when they can just ignore those acquisition rumors and let people think whatever they want to think, and possibly have their stock value grow as a result of the acquisition rumors.
Another big difference is that Sony themselves accidentally leaked their intention to acquire Bluepoint in June 2021, just weeks before Bluepoint denied the acquisition rumors in early July, and just 3 months before the acquisition was announced in September. Sony themselves leaking intent to acquire Bluepoint is a much more reputable source than some Destiny 2 leaker posting about CD Projekt being acquired and Days Gone 2 entering development on her discord.
