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enditall727 on 30 October 2023
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PotentHerbs said:

I don't think Sony would go for Take Two if they went all in for one deal.

If Sony were to go that route, it would be an acquisition that elevates the entire company, and while Take Two does that in a variety of ways, their crown developer in Rockstar releases one game per generation. This would be a deal that could easily exceed 30B+ with a premium, its a bit risky even with the MTX coming in from NBA/GTA, and evergreen titles like GTAV/RDR. Not to mention, if there is a scenario where Google or Microsoft are willing to outspend them, a bidding war for Take Two could be one of them, with a massive regulatory hurdle on top of that.

I think if Sony were going to go all in for a major acquisition in the video game market, Bandai Namco, EA Entertainment, and Valve due to being a private company, would be more viable options.

Low-key, Sony has no choice strategically. If they acquire a Publisher like “Bandai Namco”, The competition is going to instantly counter it by getting “Take Two”. Sony has to be strategic with this. If Sony does NOTHING, the competition can’t make anymore moves because they’ll get blocked being that nobody else is really buying big publishers, except them. At that point, it's not the industry consolidating, its just 1 company trying to buy all the Publishers.

The main dev that would try to “outbid” them can’t do it because they’ll be blocked lol… THEY ALREADY BOUGHT 3 BIG PUBLISHERS. They “WILL NOT” get away with buying 4 BIG Publishers if another company isn’t out here buying Publishers aswell

I haven’t seen google make an attempt to acquire a Publisher thus far so….

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/google-will-wind-game-development-studios-tech-giants-struggle-break-gaming/

Also, these Publishers can’t elevate Sony. The only way it elevates them is by them acquiring and keeping its games OFF the other consoles the way Bethesda’s games are being done. Sony does NOT need to do this at all.

These Publishers aren’t going to come in and show Sony some huge amount of money that they haven’t already seen before.

The only company that could receive a any type of REAL elevation by a Publisher is a company in an extremely weak position 

Take Two would just need to bring Sony balance and leverage