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MS pulling out of gaming

They didn't use a condom. It's too late now.

 

[Moses85]

Cyberpunk 2077 Remake for Switch in 4K bugfree

 

[Warablo]

The only thing bigger is GTA or I guess Valve/Steam.

 

[skit_data]

Either Apple or Disney buys Sony (with all their assets).

Reasons for each?

Apple: would give them direct access to the living room and merge their "apple arcade" service with PS+. On the hardware side, it would directly reduce their iPhone camera sensors price, as well as give them direct access to pro a/v devices. Apple is already a very strong brand within the media producing industry, so it would make sense for them to offer the complete package (hardware + software) in an end to end solution.

Disney: given the amount of money the latest 3 spiderman movies made them AND Sony, it would only make sense to incorporate all of Sony (including Columbia Pictures) to Disney. PS+ could be included with a Disney+ subscription and would give Disney the possibility to deliver users "the complete package" in the living room: PS5 + Disney content.

Both companies (Disney and Apple) have a lot of cash in hand right now and its hurting them more to have them in the bank than using it to actually invest it in something, because of how how the inflation is right now.

Would it even be possible for them to buy one of the biggest Japanese companies like that? I thought Japan has regulations and laws that prevent something similar to happen?

 

[skybaby]

Should people with deleted gaf accounts have their troll tweets posted as threads? I don't think so

 

[jakinov]

Dont see how anything can be bigger than a $70 billion acquisition of the best selling game of the last 13 years.

Aren’t Minecraft and gta v the best selling?

 

[WitchHunter]

Bloodborne 60fps patch.

That would steal the show D.

 

[SlimySnake]

Aren’t Minecraft and gta v the best selling?

Nope NPD 2021 numbers were released today and they mentioned how COD is the best selling game 13 years in the running.

 

[Represent.]

Would it even be possible for them to buy one of the biggest Japanese companies like that? I thought Japan has regulations and laws that prevent something similar to happen?

They dont need to buy SONY as a whole, they could buy PlayStation seperately (sony would have to be willing to sell it)

 

[DenchDeckard]

Sony buys GTA exclusivity which I can’t see due to online being huge….or Sony buys square or something I dunno to be honest.

 

[WitchHunter]

If it's any more multi billion dollar acquisitions, then we're almost certainly staring down the barrel of a monopoly if antitrust laws get circumvented

Antitrust laws, where?

 

[Gameplaylover]

Nope NPD 2021 numbers were released today and they mentioned how COD is the best selling game 13 years in the running.

I think it's GTA V > best selling COD, but with yearly CODs it's COD> GTA V.

 

[ZywyPL]

Roblox.

 

[G-Bus]

GTA 6 ps5 exclusive.

I should join twitter and start doing this rumor thing.

 

[Allforce]

This guy doesn't know shit from Shinola, he's probably just trying to hype up his latest project.

 

[jakinov]

Nope NPD 2021 numbers were released today and they mentioned how COD is the best selling game 13 years in the running.

The franchise right? Not an individual title and in the us only I’m assuming since NPD is us only?

 

[Portugeezer]

Whitta pls.

 

[Lt.Calley]

MS buys Take Two, thats the only news i think is bigger than this.

 

[FullMetalx117]

It won't be Take Two since they just announced acquisition of Zynga.

I think the only thing bigger would be if Valve was involved (maybe EA to a lesser extent). I can see Meta, Amazon, or Google trying to purchase Valve. Sony might be able to merge with Valve but don't see that happening.

 

[SlimySnake]

MS buys Take Two, thats the only news i think is bigger than this.

Take2 just acquired Zynga for $12 billion. They were probably worth $20 billion before this.

MS had $137 billion cash on hand so they have around half of that left still. But would they spend another $35 billion on another gaming company.

I expect a smaller deal like Sega or something under $10 billion.

 

[Sleepwalker]

MS buying NeoGAF, you now need xbox live to post here. Politics section will come back exclusive to gamepass ultimate subs.

 

[The artful mincer]

A new trailer for Deathloop

 

[cdthree]

Xbox is pretty much set for the foreseeable future for game content on dedicated hardware. Work on keeping the talent happy for all these new studios and grow organically. I hope they pivot now and buy the biggest mobile games companies left. Apple and Google are still out there and could still destroy all of Microsoft's plans, imho.

 

[Rivet]

MS partners with Sony.

God of War releases on Xbox with Masterchief as playable character.

Kratos DLC on Halo Infinite.

Candy Crush remake by Naughty Dog.

 

[Raven117]

Microsoft buys itself.

 

[FunkMiller]

News is:

Shawn Layden, Andrew House, Mark Cerny….

…..all joining Microsoft.

 

[Malcolm9]

Gamepass on Playstation?

 

[Iced Arcade]

Walmart and amazon will have PS5/XSX in stock

 

[Chittagong]

Nintendo’d market cap is 57BUSD

 

[VectorVictor]

Apple buying Sony confirmed

This would make sense. Apple has been moving into Sony’s space more and more, and Sony offloaded all of the non-entertainment baggage years ago…

 

[CobraAB]

I mean.. honestly... there isn't much that could be bigger.

MS just bought the biggest company out there.


I do wonder if MS was forced into it because Sony is about to do something big.
Something like Sony buying GTA6 Exclusivity could have forced MS to buy Call of Duty.

Biggest does not always mean best.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Apple buying Sony confirmed

Honestly...i wouldn't be surprised anymore, lmao.

 

[MonarchJT]

i think is gamepass on playstation

 

[SilentUser]

Very few things would be bigger than what we just got, so I doubt that lol

 

[Woody337]

Walmart buys the rights to Kmarts Bluelight special??????

 

[Punished Miku]

MS buying Lucas Film from Disney and remaking Episode 7, 8 and 9 in Unreal Engine 5, similar to the Matrix demo.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Candy Crush remake by Naughty Dog.

Candy's getting brutally crushed in the first 5 minutes of the game.

 

[wolywood]

Would it even be possible for them to buy one of the biggest Japanese companies like that? I thought Japan has regulations and laws that prevent something similar to happen?

Not possible. An exclusive partnership or something like that would be more realistic.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Game Pass on Nintendo Switch

 

[skit_data]

Yeah, wouldn’t surprise me if Sony allowed Gamepass on Playstation if they have worked out a deal that benefits both.

Honestly, it wouldn’t be too bad either. They both excel in different genres. I’d easily subscribe to Gamepass if it was to become a reality, at least somewhere down the line when the big heavy hitters that interest me come around. At the moment its only Forza Horizon 5, but there will be more without a doubt.

Edit: Spartacus on Xbox? Gamepass on PS? Pigs fly and hell freezes over? Nothing would surprise me at this point tbh.

 

[SF Kosmo]

What can possible be bigger? Microsoft buying Valve?

Valve would be a real good buy, and their valuation is a fraction of Activision's. But they're also a private company and I doubt they would sell.

I don't understand why anyone worth what Gabe is worth would ever sell anything. At a certain point it's like having infinity dollars and someone offering you infinity times two. How does your lifestyle change from being worth 5 billion versus 20 billion?

 

[Neo_game]

It is obviously not an acquisition. Nothing can top 70billion $ deal. May be Microsoft buying Steam but I doubt that is happening yet anyways.

 

[DevilHunterX0]

Sony, Square Enix, FromSoftware, Sega, Nintendo, Atlus and Bandai Namco join forces to form Voltron, Defender Of The [Gaming] Universe!

 

[Trogdor1123]

Maybe it was the announcement that they will still make ps5 games?

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Sony does a SEGA and exits the console business and makes games for MS and Nintendo.

 

[Wildebeest]

It is obviously not an acquisition. Nothing can top 70billion $ deal. May be Microsoft buying Steam but I doubt that is happening yet anyways.

An 80 billion dollar deal could easily top it. Numbers just be like that.

 

[Bragr]

Host of Kinda Funny Podcast

Credibility -1

 

[Lt.Calley]

Take2 just acquired Zynga for $12 billion. They were probably worth $20 billion before this.

MS had $137 billion cash on hand so they have around half of that left still. But would they spend another $35 billion on another gaming company.

I expect a smaller deal like Sega or something under $10 billion.

but the source said "bigger", sega is not bigger.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Someone buys Take Two?
Someone buys Nintendo?
Someone buys EA?

Someone = Sony, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, TenCent

None of these are actually bigger from a $$ perspective though.

What else could be bigger than this? Sony gets taken out?

 

[AmuroChan]

There aren't that many things that could be bigger than this. Activision by market cap is the biggest 3rd party publisher in the world. So even an acquisition of EA or Ubisoft or Take-Two wouldn't technically be "bigger" from a dollar standpoint. Sony and Nintendo merging is not a realistic scenario. Could it be something involving Apple or Google? Perhaps? Those are two companies that have similar purchasing power as Microsoft.