Doubt Larian would be a good idea for Sony. Most Dungeons and Dragons fans play on PC rather than PlayStation.

But that is exactly what Sony needs.  To dismiss the PC userbase actually is not a smart situation if you ask me.  Sony has the ability to make huge inroads in the PC space as well as mobile.  The diversity of content also helps to keep their eco system from getting stagnant.  

I would say that Bungie and Bluepoint said something similar. Insomniac did as well. Just need the right offer to come along. 

With that said, I think it's unlikely. I think if they haven't gotten acquired even after Baldur's Gate 3, they probably won't. 

Sony wants to expand their offerings on PC.

Doing a bit more research and coming back to this thread, Sony's cash reserves are currently $15 billion. They could borrow money but with a debt burden at about $30 billion and rising intrest rates that would be foolish, the $15 billion is also for the whole sony corporation not just their gaming division.That rules out a lot of the big publishers( mentioned or not) as they'd be to expensive.

I agree. Sony wants to legitimize their place in the PC space and having a PC dev (who will do PS5 ports at the same time) puts them in a better position incase they want to fully commit to PC in the future. 

..??? HMMM so if THESE aren’t great options and not feasible for Sony, what exactly do you think WOULD be?

Nah, that moneyhatting shit can kick rocks. They’ll DEFINITELY continue Strengthening Playstation Studios.

You saying that they should "moneyhat" some games instead of acquire a Studio sounds like you just low-key want Sony to be stagnant and NOT do anything. Unfortunately for you, that's NEVER going to happen ;)

Larian letting it be known that they didn’t want to be bought after the leak of Microsoft looking to acquire them is fine. I remember Insomniac being like that. Their bond with Sony is only going to be strengthened as time goes on.

2k appears to be too big.. “for now”. Sony has a FULL “10 years” to gather up funds to be a able to acquire Take Two and not break the bank.

PS5 Slim is coming in a month. its slimmer and as usual, its cheaper to make and there will NOT be a $100 dollar price drop like how we usually see.

Sony is about to be bringing in that $$BANK$$. Again, they have 10 years. the money is DEFINITELY coming ;)

I never said anything about Sony acquiring Nintendo. I said Take Two. 

When it comes to Nintendo,  Sony is “NOT” the company that was leaked talking about acquiring Nintendo.

I think they CAN and WILL be able to afford “Take Two”. like i said earlier. Sony’s profits are about to be turned up after the PS5 Slim arrives next month. It’s not as costly and will NOT be receiving the usual $100 price cut. That is PROFIT out of the ass! The money is DEFINITELY coming.

and for Nintendo, I would’ve been in full agreeance with you if it wasn’t for FRIENDLY Nintendo making that “partnership” comment after the leaks

It’s going to be interesting seeing how Sony restrengthens their Japanese Studios. Honestly, i don’t really want them to buy a big Publisher there. I’d rather them take it slow. Find a smaller Dev there that has a spark of talent at the Studio. Bring that spark and Talent out of them.

I can see that “spark” at CyberAgent(Cygames) with Gran Blue. They are the start. We just have to see if there’s any truth to what were seeing. We’ll find that out on FEB 8th 2024 when Gran Blue Rising releases

I’m fully with you about China & India. China is a bit further along with their Playstation China Hero Project program. I think at some point Sony will have a Chinese headquarters/building there “Sony Computer Entertainment China”

I can see them starting with 3 Strong Quality Studios. miHoYo(Genshin Impact), UltiZero Games(Lost Soul Aside), Hypergryph(Popucom)

After Playstation India Hero Project is going along, They’ll have an India Headquarter/building there aswell. “Sony Computer Entertainment India”

.. with 3 Strong Quality Indian Studios in that region to kick it off aswell

I’m only worried about them Strengthening “Playstation Studios” honestly

them buying capcom would be them playing right into the competitions hands. They’ll get IP’s and Capcoms current Studios but… what did they really gain?

Their competition can’t really acquire another big publisher right now. They WILL GET BLOCKED this time. Who else is really out here buying Publishers? its only really been 1 company, correct me if I'm wrong

If Sony DOES acquire Capcom, guess what they just did? They just gave the competition a free “We-Can-Acquire-Another-Publisher-Because-Sony-Just-Did-Which-Proves-That-The-Industry-IS-In-Fact-Consolidating”

^^after this, guess what their competition is going to do? they will ACQUIRE “TAKE TWO”

if the company that already has “Bethesda”, “Activision-Blizzard”, and “Mojang” Acquires “Take Two”…….. IT… IS…. OVER!

LET ME SAY THIS AGAIN

If the company that has CALL OF DUTY, MINECRAFT, AND THE ELDER SCROLLS gets GRAND THEFT AUTO aswell …. IT… IS…. OVER!

…and Sony will have DESERVED exactly what they got for playing CHECKERS when the competition was playing CHESS

They don’t need a "game-changer" Studio. Only a company in an extremely weak position ever needs a “game-changer” studio

“Lack of big name exclusive”

You think Playstation has a lack of Big name exclusives???????????

Sony has multiple 20 million plus exclusives. Maybe you’re talking about not on PC?

I doubt Nintendo is doing anything that threatens Sony’s “short term future” so what other company out here has a “big name exclusive” out right now that’s threatening Sony?

“Playstation” can be a “playstation”. it doesn’t need a gimmick…. all it needs to be is.. "Playstation"