PotentHerbs said:
You hear more chatter about a Nintendo buyout than a Sony one because Nintendo is the easier company to acquire and integrate. If Sony was willing to sell their gaming unit, you can bet there would be a ton of interested suitors willing to pay the premium, and Super Mario Bros success at the box office would have no bearing on that. Your whole post is misguided because you still think of Sony as a major player in the consumer electronics space when they have pivoted into being an entertainment conglomerate more than a decade ago. The Sony-Zee merger is valued around 10B for instance and puts Sony in position to dominate a massive market like India. Sony Television has Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Paramount bidding against each other for their content, which includes Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Boys, The Last of Us, Twisted Metal, The Wheel of Time, Seinfield, Cobra Kai, among many other popular shows. Sony Music is one of the largest publishers in their industry, and they also own Aniplex, the leading anime subscription in an untapped market, who also published one of the most popular mobile games of all time, Fate Grand Order. |
Sony's gaming division without a doubt is extremely valuable. Last, God, uncharted, Spiderman, etc. HBO's show of last was very popular.
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