DonFerrari said:
EricHiggin said:
I agree, though if SNY were to go all in on a TT type deal, then they likely would end up in a similar position as MS where they won't be making any more purchases for the next year or two. Maybe the odd tiny one here and there but that would probably be the extent of it.
It's hard to say if SNY would want to put themselves in that position. They would have the quality and name recognition taken care of, but would that be better than buying a whole bunch of studios and IP for billions each and worry more about offering quantity instead?
Probably depends on how likely it is that TT may get bought up by someone else. If SNY wanted to keep Bungie within reach, I'd guess they'd do the same if TT was likely to be whisked away.
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I`m not much into Sony getting Take Two, most of their games although selling well and reviewing fine aren`t the games I`m most into, besides the part of removing multiplatform content from other places they were before. But from a business perspective it would likely be a good acquisition.
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I don't like the acquisitions at all either but this seems to be a situation of, it simply is what it is.
I mean, if XB was buying up smaller studios and building from there like SNY typically does, then that would've been more palatable. Throwing around tens of billions, and approaching hundreds of billions, is a buying the industry out kind of thing.
I really don't like that, along with the fact that it pretty much forces everyone else to follow suit. It would still be more acceptable if everything were to remain cross platform, in which case that's not looking to be the outcome for the most part.
SNY nor MS are likely too worried about the hardcore when it comes to these acquisitions. The hardcore will stay put for the most part. It's the casual audience that can be more easily swayed. For this reason both need to focus more on studios and franchises that cater to that demographic.
TT would be huge for either brand and would guarantee a ton of hardware and MTX sales. It would certainly be a good business deal in general. Though it looks as if new info has come out leading to suggest SNY perhaps is spending another $4B on someone else. That's definitely not TT, and would make it seem that SNY is buying much smaller than MS and looking to build up. Which may be for the best all around, especially for the industry as a whole.
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