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PotentHerbs said:

GymratAmarillo said:

Last year they announced their partnership with the NFL, that includes audio, communication inside the field, cameras, the hawk eye camera and the creation of virtual content. That partnership starts this season so it's going to be interesting how that works.

Last year they also bought the rights for Queen music, in theory that was the reason why they wouldn't have enough cash to buy Kadokawa. Let's see what they will do with their new acquisition budget for this year if they already decided to focus on entertainment.

I don't think buying Queen's catalog is the reason they didn't buy Kadokawa lol. They bought Michael Jackson's catalog a few years ago around the same time they were interested in Paramount. 

Sony has already said they are willing to exceed their mid range investment allocation if need be. 

Making a quick search Sony only bought half of MJ rights for half the price they paid for Queen music (1.2 billion). But you are right I wrote it wrong, the queen music wasn't THE reason, was one of the reasons why Sony wouldn't have all the money needed at the end of the year to buy the whole of Kadokawa.

And it's correct that they could exceed the budget if needed but the thing is Sony wasn't interested in buying Kadokawa, Kadokawa was the one making the push at least at that specific moment, who knows now that Sony focus to entertainment is bigger.