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[ManaByte]

That dude wrote the script for Book of Eli.

Braille Bible in Book of Eli:

Braille Bible in reality:

 

[eNT1TY]

I'd buy a Microsoft Playstation 6 or an Apple Playstation any ole day.

 

[Yoboman]

Isn't EA worth more than Sony?

Now if Tencent - who has unlimited money - bought EA, that would be huge.

Lol no. Sony market cap is 143 billion, EA is 37 billion

Way above what they could afford though. Or more accurately what they'd ever be willing to spend

 

[Jennings]

Google buys the internet.

 

[LOLCats]

Bloodborne 60fps patch.

Never change

 

[Helghan]

He's joking and will release a trailer for his game

 

[Badlucktroll]

Microsoft is going to offer to buy itself.

Stranger things have happened.

 

[iorek21]

This is it:

 

[ACESHIGH]

It's either Bloodborne PC port or Half Life 3.

 

[Concern]

edit: as you can see in the wikipedia page of forspoken he is one of the writers on the game. For people who keep on asking who he is.

Forspoken - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

His wiki page:

Gary Whitta - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anyway he could be trolling

So he thinks Sony announcing an acquisition of Square Enix is bigger than Activision?......

 

[Bartski]

Sony about to buy Playstation

 

[Badlucktroll]

Capcom and Konami are both about 6-7b market
caps, Sony could do both.

 

[Dave_at_Home]

Steam on Xbox. Do it Microsoft.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

So he thinks Sony announcing an acquisition of Square Enix is bigger than Activision?......

It could be MS getting Sega and Square and Capcom and From Software and Namco and Nintendo and TK2, since well, as a playstation guy I must admit, Sony is not interest at all and said it so.

Sony is not interesting in selling more PS5.
Sony is not interesting in backward compatibility.
Sony is not interesting in a lot of things for PS owners.... their games are moving to PC

But at least, there is 9.00 that is still bigger than what MS could buy.

 

[DrAspirino]

Google buys the internet.

They already own it. :V

 

[Castef]

Most probably he has some knowledge about something boiling in Square Enix's pot.

I'd go with the announcement of an official exclusive collaboration between Sony and S/E.

 

[RoadHazard]

I don't see what could be bigger. Would have to be something absolutely insane like MS buying Nintendo or Sony. Which isn't happening. (Watch it happen next Wednesday.)

Maybe Valve/Steam...

And that's pretty much it. Nothing else I can think of would be bigger.

 

[RoadHazard]

Most probably he has some knowledge about something boiling in Square Enix's pot.

I'd go with the announcement of an official exclusive collaboration between Sony and S/E.

There's no way anyone could ever consider that to be bigger news than MS buying AB. It would be big if this hadn't just happened, but in comparison it's a shrug.

 

[LordCBH]

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

I just shipped my pants.

 

[Chittagong]

Did somebody say bomzaldroppenton? I think I heard bomzaldroppenton!

 

[rofif]

Gamepass coming to Playstation?

Microsoft buys Nintendo ?

Microsoft buys Valve?

GamePass on Steam?

Gamepass on Nintendo?

Microsoft buys Take two?

Microsoft Buys EA?

Cant think of anything bigger except those above

how does anyone imagine gamepass coming to PS ?
Of course it never will... and even if it did.. how? technically how? you need to port the games

 

[Lognor]

Most probably he has some knowledge about something boiling in Square Enix's pot.

I'd go with the announcement of an official exclusive collaboration between Sony and S/E.

But that's not bigger news. Not even close. I'm guessing this is nothing. He would not be in a position to know anything anyway.

how does anyone imagine gamepass coming to PS ?
Of course it never will... and even if it did.. how? technically how? you need to port the games

Nah, cloud gaming

 

[onQ123]

Probably just want some attention for something he has going on

 

[THEAP99]

This guy is full of it

 

[rofif]

But that's not bigger news. Not even close. I'm guessing this is nothing. He would not be in a position to know anything anyway.


Nah, cloud gaming

ah of course ! How could I not see that. That makes actually a lot of sense

 

[Woody337]

I just shipped my pants.

Such a great commercial

 

[rofif]

A new trailer for Deathloop

Most likely a new trailer for Forspoken without framerate drops :O

 

[Imtjnotu]

Don't get hyped off this bullshit yall

 

[Concern]

It could be MS getting Sega and Square and Capcom and From Software and Namco and Nintendo and TK2, since well, as a playstation guy I must admit, Sony is not interest at all and said it so.

Sony is not interesting in selling more PS5.
Sony is not interesting in backward compatibility.
Sony is not interesting in a lot of things for PS owners.... their games are moving to PC

But at least, there is 9.00 that is still bigger than what MS could buy.

Sony is not dumb. Im sure they've got something up their sleeve too. Now bigger than Activision, idk if anything realistically could be done this week to be bigger.

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

Another thing, on the topic of Apple:

Apple actually sells Dualsense controllers on their website

Sony PlayStation® DualSense™ Wireless Controller

Raise your game with the Sony PlayStation DualSense wireless controller. It pairs directly with your compatible iPad, iPhone, Mac, or Apple TV via Bluetooth. Buy online now at apple.com.

www.apple.com

Could this be further proof of Apple getting in bed with PlayStation? Maybe an effort to bring PS games to Apple Arcade?

Not sure if it’s bigger than this deal though…

lol no

 

[Sneakysnake]

Gamepass coming to Playstation?

Microsoft buys Nintendo ?

Microsoft buys Valve?

GamePass on Steam?

Gamepass on Nintendo?

Microsoft buys Take two?

Microsoft Buys EA?

Cant think of anything bigger except those above

By brain also went to most of those exact thoughts haha.

 

[Anchovie123]

Only thing bigger i could think of is if Sony were brought out by a Giga company (Apple, Disney, Amazon)

 

[ColonialRaptor]

The moment a major earth shattering announcement is made there's always someone touting that there's an even bigger announcement imminent! This is how MS buying Sega was born. As if this isn't major enough. The only thing bigger would be MS buying Sony or Nintendo. I won't be surprised if nothing at all happens.

This or a Sony / Nintendo merger.

 

[Clear]

Only thing bigger i could think of is if Sony were brought out by a Giga company (Apple, Disney, Amazon)

Buyout is simply not possible, but some kind of alliance/strategic partnership is. Basically Sony providing content for some mega-corp with massive internet reach and infrastructure, but only limited experience with gaming,

 

[nowhat]

OK, since this is all wild speculation, I'll do it as well. Not that I think this will happen, but in the off chance it does, I want to say "nailed it!"

The facts are:

1. Sony can't afford acquisitions on the scale of Microsoft, no matter what
2. PS Now is being transformed to... something
3. Netflix is looking to expand into gaming

...thus the only logical outcome is that the next iteration of PS Now will be integrated with Netflix, with a huge install base already there. Bloody unlikely, and with lots of obstacles to overcome, both technical and business-wise. But if it does happen, told you so.

 

[mckmas8808]

OK, since this is all wild speculation, I'll do it as well. Not that I think this will happen, but in the off chance it does, I want to say "nailed it!"

The facts are:

1. Sony can't afford acquisitions on the scale of Microsoft, no matter what
2. PS Now is being transformed to... something
3. Netflix is looking to expand into gaming

...thus the only logical outcome is that the next iteration of PS Now will be integrated with Netflix, with a huge install base already there. Bloody unlikely, and with lots of obstacles to overcome, both technical and business-wise. But if it does happen, told you so.

This would make NO sense to me business wise, but funny if it came true.

 

[nowhat]

This would make NO sense to me business wise, but funny if it came true.

I'm 99.999999...% sure this will not happen. But as long as we're playing the lottery, I'll place my bet too.

 

[clintar]

Netflix buying Sony gaming division?

 

[clintar]

Microsoft buying Sony gaming division?

 

[raviolico]

Why should he joke in this case? Where IS the joke in this tweet? I don´t get it.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[kyussman]

Resetera aquires Neogaf......and we are all instantly permabanned!

 

[John Wick]

I literally just wrote that they are the SECOND richest company in the world trailing after Apple:

Biggest Companies in the World by Market Cap

With Microsoft in the top spot, these are the biggest companies in the world by market capitalization.

www.investopedia.com

And "cash on hand" is not the ultimate measure of wealth. The total value of your assets is the dominant factor.

You literally said they are on course to surpass them. Which is highly unlikely.
No it isn't but it helps when you have 300+ billion cash reserves.

 

[Shifty1897]

Gary Whitta is a tool. Watch his megaton announcement be that Forspoken is coming to Stadia.

 

[mckmas8808]

Microsoft buying Sony gaming division?

No. Microsoft announcing that they'll be partnering with Sony to allow GamePass on the PS4 and PS5. How many here would think THAT would be an even BIGGER announcement?

 

[Ivan]

Sony buying MS?

 

[TrebleShot]

This will be nothing. Mark my words even an acquisition of Square wouldn’t be up there with Activision.

Sure FF is big but it’s not bloody Call Of Duty.

Forget about it. Probably some exclusive skins or something personal to him.

Sony don’t need to buy big studios they already own the best in the business.

 

[Clear]

Well, lets be real here. Spending nearly $70b is a huuuuuge move.

And arguably an unnecessary one because certainly based on what's already known did MS really need to do this to shore up their position? I mean there's no way in hell that they'd resort to this sort of expenditure to get over on Sony. Its total overkill.

So. The question becomes, what would spook MS so badly that they'd resort to buying ABK? And bear in mind the conditions of the deal is an all-cash buyout. This isn't for stock, which is pretty unusual. Bear in mind that ABK's net revenue at peak has been around $6.6b per year, so they're looking at 10 years before they even recoup the purchase price, and a decade is a long time in gaming (consider where WoW was then compared to now).

 

[John Wick]

Sony won't come near a deal such as Activision. They can't afford it.

So how come Nvidia can afford to buy Arm for $40 billion?

 

[itsjustJEFF]

Whatever it is, it's definitely not another $70 Billion purchase. If estimates are accurate, MS had an $137 Billion cash on hand (wooo doggy!) minus that $70 Billion... STILL A SHIT TON OF CASH

While searching up these numbers Sony seems to have spent $25 Billion of it's cash on hand sometime in early 2021.

Apple seems to be at the top of S&P 500 companies with nearly $200 Billion cash on hand... they could maybe scrounge up a little more money and pick up Microsoft The SEC would be on that right after the first meeting.