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[sainraja]

What I DON'T want to see is another couple players get in on this. Three major players is a good number. If Apple, Google, etc show up with their platforms and start buying up publishers like EA and Ubisoft, etc, then the available games will begin to be spread too thin and the amount of hardware consumers would be required to purchase to play the major games would become overwhelming.

We shouldn't automatically assume that Apple, Google, etc would be bad. Competition is competition and Sony/Microsoft don't need to act like they are gate-keepers of the video game industry. Change can be bad and it can also be good sometimes.

Although, Google (they kinda have entered already) will just wait till Apple does what they tried better and just mimic them lol. Amazon has also entered with Luna but it's Amazon. Who knows what their plan is!

 

[Fbh]

It's the battle of the century as Sony faces off against Microsoft in the mobile space.

Will the shitty candy themed puzzles continue to reign supreme? Or will the weeb gacha crap come out on top?

Only you and your credit card can decide!!!!.

 

[Chastten]

I don't really care either way. I prefer not having to buy multiple consoles so as long as my console of choice has some games I wanna play, I'm good. Right now I'm pretty much Switch and PC only, and there's more to play on those than I would have time for in my lifetime.

Right now pretty much only Western developers are affected and I barely play anything from them. But even if Eastern developers would get bought it wouldn't be a big deal for me personally. Lets say Sony were to buy SquareEnix, it'd be a shame that I wouldnt get to play stuff like Trials of Mana anymore, but whatever. Plenty of other games to fill that gap.

 

[Yoboman]

If this is what Jim means by more acquisitions than meh. Im sure its good for their expansion but Im not a mobile gamer

It really has nothing to do with Jim Ryan

 

[Thirty7ven]

Fate Order is big business but people in the west have no clue.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I don’t think you understand what you’re talking about AFTER the merger closes they’ll be #3. Tencent is #1 and Sony is #2. So again, how is being #3 a monopoly? Explain.

They don't care what Microsoft's current position is in the market. Their lens looks further out than you do. They care that they're one of the few forces capable of spending upwards of $100 billion and more absorbing companies.

You can play naive as much as you want, but if you can see Microsoft's warchest at play here, then so can they.

 

[Sosokrates]

 

[Kokoloko85]

It really has nothing to do with Jim Ryan

Im just going by what he said yesterday about being more acquisitions

 

[chonga]

No more acquisitions please!!
I have a bad feeling about all this and I don´t think it will benefit us as "gamers" in the long run.
I have no evidence of this but it just feels wrong somehow. Maybe I'm wrong (most likely), I hope so.

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Of course it won't. If you're picking up the crumbs of a dying company, fine. But when you're buying out functional and profitable companies then you have to pay a premium.

Guess who ultimately pays for the premium in the long run?

Customers.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I wonder what will get on the list next.

Whichever companies or franchises they can cherry pick with lots of GAAS revenue.

 

[MScarpa]

Who? Wake me up when somebody cares.

 

[Yoboman]

Im just going by what he said yesterday about being more acquisitions

He doesn't run Sony Music or Aniplex

 

[onesvenus]

There goes some of the money Sony was going to spend in the next 2/3 years

 

[yurinka]

Sounds about right, but it's important to note this is not just the PlayStation division (although that will obviously get the lions share).

Sony announced today another acquisition, a Japanese mobile game dev acquired by Aniplex (Sony Music division): https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sony...e-fate-grand-order-via-aniplex.1629294/unread

But yes, it includes non-gaming stuff. As I remember in the $4B they spent last year they included there Crunchyroll and some Indian stuff (not sure what, I think tv channel or something like that).

 

[Sosokrates]

In the gaming space can there really be anything bigger then the Acti-blizz 70bill buyout?

The only things I think of is sony or Nintendo being aquired.

 

[TonyK]

No, it's Rockstar.

 

[Hendrick's]

Facts =/= shit you just made up

The deal happened after the Activision deal. That's how timelines work. Sure they were in talks beforehand, as was everyone else. The Activision deal pushed them over the finish line and got them to overpay.

 

[Hendrick's]

Not really lol

 

[Javthusiast]

This. This Jeff Grubby cunt is just trying to get attention as usual.

Grubb and Schreier are just fuccbois trying to get internet famous.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

If this is what Jim means by more acquisitions than meh. Im sure its good for their expansion but Im not a mobile gamer

He specifically states Playstation when it comes to future acquisitions. this hasn't or isn't apart of what he said yesterday.

 

[HoofHearted]

 

[CatLady]

It's been great for me personally. Xbox now owns almost all my favorite developers so that will ensure Sony can't moneyhat them away from Xbox gamers, plus now we get them all day 1 on Game Pass for no additional charge.

Plus, it's exciting to read about these big acquisitions shaking up the gaming landscape whether it's Xbox with Acti/Blizz or Sony with Bungie. Even though I don't care about any of the games in those transactions it's interesting to see big changes happening and also the salt and tears from fanboys on both sides.

 

[John Wick]

i have a Feeling Sony is gonna go get EA just a hunch

No chance. Waste of money. The cost of EA could fund them buying Take Two and a few other publishers to boot. Take your pick.

 

[Chastten]

I'm old and remember the competition between Sega and Nintendo, when exclusives were pretty much everything. One of the best generations we've ever had.

Exclusive strategies make for better games, more competitively priced products, and more value for the consumer.

If these fuckers have to fight for your hard earned cash, you get more for it.

Not sure what you're smoking but I want some of that. Nintendo was overpriced as all fuck during those generations. €70-90 not counting for inflation for a single game in the early ninetees isnt exactly 'competitively priced products' or 'value for the consumer'

 

[Negotiator101]

I doubt they'll block the sale - though they may drag their feet on the review. The acquisition would make Microsoft the third largest publisher, and yet still behind Sony in terms of revenue.

It should push them beyond Tencent into 2nd.

 

[Wildebeest]

A very exciting time to be a person with dull opinions.

 

[jufonuk]

What if Sony bought out Sony?

Think about it. They could have like twice the output and twice the consoles.

It’s win win

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Jim Ryan just taking his ponos and jamming it in anywhere he wants.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

They don't care what Microsoft's current position is in the market. Their lens looks further out than you do. They care that they're one of the few forces capable of spending upwards of $100 billion and more absorbing companies.

You can play naive as much as you want, but if you can see Microsoft's warchest at play here, then so can they.

No, they don't care about how much money Microsoft can spend. In fact FTC and the government are happy if big companies spend money rather than accumulate it because all that money goes into taxes or investments (and shareholders might start something, invest into something, buy property and goods and so on).

It seems like you don't understand why MS is not present when the government talks about big tech and why they mention Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook only.

 

[AmuroChan]

Oh! For some reason I thought they were already theirs. I do wonder why Sony does not bring them under SIE umbrella though!?

I think all of their anime mobile games are managed under Aniplex, which is under the Sony Music umbrella.

 

[dotnotbot]

I don’t think you understand what you’re talking about AFTER the merger closes they’ll be #3. Tencent is #1 and Sony is #2. So again, how is being #3 a monopoly? Explain.

Looking at their short term position would be super dumb, they will take into account how much they could grow with this acquisition and how much it could affect competition.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

No, they don't care about how much money Microsoft can spend. In fact FTC and the government are happy if big companies spend money rather than accumulate it because all that money goes into taxes or investments (and shareholders might start something, invest into something, buy property and goods and so on).

It seems like you don't understand why MS is not present when the government talks about big tech and why they mention Amazon, Google, Apple.

Lmao are you being serious? With Microsoft's history? No, they are very much talking about Microsoft too with the concern around big tech. Your naivity knows no bounds

 

[Mr Moose]

If this is what Jim means by more acquisitions than meh. Im sure its good for their expansion but Im not a mobile gamer

Jim has nothing to do with Aniplex.

There goes some of the money Sony was going to spend in the next 2/3 years

For reference, Aniplex is owned by Sony Music, and Delight Works is the developer of the mobile game Fate / Grand Order. In the past year Sony Music generated approx $1.1 billion from its mobile game segment, which is separate from its $25 billion PlayStation business.

Do people even read the OP?

 

[lukilladog]

MS is gonna get the deal done no problem, they are the ones at risk of competitors pushing them out of the market, not Sony and Nintendo.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Lmao are you being serious? With Microsoft's history? No, they are very much talking about Microsoft too with the concern around big tech. Your naivity knows no bounds

Exactly due to said history Microsoft is not on that bench. You still don't understand why. Try to think what Apple, Amazon, Facebook (ok, it is a separate thing) and Google have in common (Google to a lesser extent)

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Exactly due to said history Microsoft is not on that bench. You still don't understand why.

That is the dumbest shit i've heard so far.

 

[Captain Toad]

Not sure what you're smoking but I want some of that. Nintendo was overpriced as all fuck during those generations. €70-90 not counting for inflation for a single game in the early ninetees isnt exactly 'competitively priced products' or 'value for the consumer'

That had nothing to do with competition or lack thereof. Sega Genesis games were just as expensive. The hardware on those cartridges was driving the prices.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

That is the dumbest shit i've heard so far

Well if you tried to read your own posts

P.S. But I give you a hint - control over a platform (Apple Store and Amazon Marketplace, Google to a lesser extent Google Store and Facebook is about privacy)

 

[El Pistolero]

There goes some of the money Sony was going to spend in the next 2/3 years

The figure that was provided is not a ceiling on what they may be willing to spend...

 

[Exanthus]

It'll go through.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Well if you tried to read your own posts

Mate you come in with stupid one liners. Just sit back down already

 

[kingfey]

This is big income money for Sony.

Mobile market can fund Sony 1st party games.

King alone makes around $2b revenue a year. That is 10 1st party games funding money.

 

[dotnotbot]

It'll go through.

 

[Chastten]

That had nothing to do with competition or lack thereof. Sega Genesis games were just as expensive. The hardware on those cartridges was driving the prices.

We both know that's bullshit. They raised the prices in Europe because they could get away with it. They even got fined for it in the early 2000's.

 

[Ogbert]

The far more interesting investigation is whether Microsoft helped exaggerate the situation at Activision in order to drive the share price down.

 

[gow3isben]

This better not be jimbo’s idea of bombshell acquisitions

 

[Rac3r]

I agree with others that Microsoft doesn't have much of a shot at acquiring any of the Japanese publishers. But people shouldn't sleep on Nintendo. I could see Capcom going to Sony and Sega going to Nintendo.

I don't think Sony needs to worry about Square Enix considering their relationship and Japanese protection. Also too many franchises that aren't capable of running on Nintendo hardware.

Bungie was a brilliant gaming and business move because they bring a ton of knowledge on areas that Sony has been historically weak in (FPS, GaaS, Online multiplayer, mtx). It's a move that'll bolster almost all of their studios immediately. Playstation values synergy between their first party devs.

The glaring issue for Sony is that their biggest console franchise (Gran Turismo) has sold less than a quarter of what Microsoft and Nintendo's biggest franchises (Minecraft, COD, Mario, Pokemon, etc) have. Sony needs a franchise like GTA to call their own. If I'm Jim then I'm convincing Sony execs to go all in on Take-Two. It's only slightly out of their budget.

 

[kadab]

Sony just buying random shit?

 

[SJRB]

This better not be jimbo’s idea of bombshell acquisitions

Yeah Fate only brings in like a BILLION dollars. Terrible to have in your portfolio for sure.

 

[Mr Moose]

This better not be jimbo’s idea of bombshell acquisitions

For reference, Aniplex is owned by Sony Music, and Delight Works is the developer of the mobile game Fate / Grand Order. In the past year Sony Music generated approx $1.1 billion from its mobile game segment, which is separate from its $25 billion PlayStation business.