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Makes me think Tencent is one of the companies interested in WBIE and honestly if they are it would be a little hard for even Xbox to outbid, I reckon in the future we'll see a Tencent streaming service, honestly Microsoft needs to keep a close eye on Tencent as much as they do Sony, if not more if Tencent does a streaming service.

Yeah but sadly they don't really have a choice, AT&T isn't going to care about their concerns when it comes to making money.

Also I just saw that Tencent is testing their own cloud streaming service: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/tencent-start-cloud-gaming-platform-test.html

Shit is going to get messy if Jez is right and Tencent goes on a buying spree, Microsoft needs to keep a close eye on them.

I agree that Microsoft needs more studios but not necessarily as a reaction to Sony but on Gamepass merits alone, Microsoft doesn't need more studios to react to Sony (who don't really have a Gamepass equivalent) but because Gamepass needs a lot of regular occurring content, I don't really think Leyou acquisition is that bad for Microsoft when breaking down the studios.

Kinda funny how a lot of Leyou's studios are working on licensed IP/IP they don't own too - Lord of the Rings, Civilisation, Gears and Certain Affinity is working on Transformers (but I don't think they'll be acquired).

I actually think it's a decent acquisition for Sony but not really a loss for Microsoft.

End of the day AT&T still gets paid and Tencent still has a wealth of developers to use the licenses.

Plus it's not like everyone would leave anyway, rarely happens even if the developers don't like their new owners.

And h onestly, less studios would shutdown under Tencent than Microsoft.