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[Zeroing]

Bigger? Well the list is getting smaller

 

[Hobbygaming]

Remedy is a good shout and would be my pick especially on the back of control which suits the PS Library very well

I'd love Remedy with Sony. Control 2 and Quantum Break 2 on PS5 their Northlight engine is very nice

 

[skit_data]

Tango Gameworks getting bought by Playstation from Zenimax/MS.

It takes two to tango refers to MS and Sony both going forward with the acquisition.

 

[Stuart360]

I dont really get why anyone would want EA, at the suggested prices i mean (50+mil). I mean Fifa is the major cash cow, and its not even Fifa anymore, and who knows how good it will perform going forward.
Battlefield is pretty close to dead, and has died a little bit more with each game. Battlefront games are big sellers, but it seems there are licensing issues there. What other major games do they have?, Madden?.
EA isnt the EA of 20 years ago where they would release like 20 games a year.

 

[Zeroing]

Sony and EA since they’ve already shown they don’t mind making sports games for everyone else.

EA had been MS friendly for ages now! So it’s logical it will be MS buying EA… the question is. Why?

 

[BaneIsPain]

Atari is buying Konami & Sega

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

I heard they were buying 1Games. Award winning publisher of Life of Black Tiger. Crushing blow really.

 

[kingfey]

Whats bleak about it? Owning valve doesn’t mean shit when all the games can just move to Epic Or Microsoft.

Who cares if big publishers are bought, the biggest games nowadays do not come from big publishers.

There is a reason why steam is popular. If any other big companies comes in, and does what epic does, it will screw steam community.

The bigger impact would be mods. That is the main thing, why I like steam.

 

[ACESHIGH]

We need Valve to wear the big boy pants again and develop quality PC oriented single player games.

 

[bitbydeath]

It’s been proven time and again that this guy knows nothing, yet people keep posting his rumours anyway.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Nobody cares about JP publishers.

I care more about the fate of Monster Hunter and Souls than Tom Clancys NFT Shootboys personally.

 

[onesvenus]

I think both Activision and Bungie buys should show us nobody knows anything

 

[SLB1904]

I here alot of people talking about Sony should buy Capcom, Take-two, or Konami. But have they ever bought publishers in the past? Seems like they do mostly developer acquisitions instead buying a whole cow. Which leads me to believe that the next acquisitions I could see Sony make could be Atlus or Arcsys.

atlus is sega lol

 

[jaysius]

Isn't this guy a known bad source that just throws rumors around like crazy?

 

[digital_ghost]

Nobody cares about JP publishers.

Ah yes who cares about Elden RIng.

Idk only everybody?

 

[protonion]

Did he tease any of the Activision/Bungie acquisitions?

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Nintendo is buying Sony

 

[Sosokrates]

The videogame business is not going to be the same. I look forward to the one box to rule them all.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I care more about the fate of Monster Hunter and Souls than Tom Clancys NFT Shootboys personally.

FromSoftware is owned by a big company, that nobody is going to want to buy.

Capcom, perhaps. They been really good at branching out to the west.. they might be bought by Sony.

 

[{insert code here}]

Nintendo is buying Sony

Sega buying Microsoft confirmed.

 

[DJ12]

It takes Two was published by EA.

If EA goes to Sony or Microsoft, we are all fucked.

If EA goes to Sony, Sony are fucked and visa versa.

Aren't FIFA about to pull the licence, asking for more than even EA are willing to pay or make it none exclusive?

 

[ZywyPL]

The videogame business is not going to be the same. I look forward to the one box to rule them all.

It's called "PC"

 

[Pejo]

Man I hope this consolidation shit ends. This is going to suck in 3-5 years.

 

[Masterri]

Jimbo, quick! Get them before Microsoft does!

 

[ShaikhCroft]

I really want MS to buy UBISOFT and make IPs like Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed great again! Only MS money can do it!

 

[BennyBlanco]

FromSoftware is owned by a big company, that nobody is going to want to buy.

Capcom, perhaps. They been really good at branching out to the west.. they might be bought by Sony.

I’m more worried about Nintendo buying Capcom

 

[intbal]

Gabe is going to acquire a pie factory.

 

[KingGhidorah]

Nintendo buying Capcom and/or Kadokawa is the only one I'm interested in, the rest is meh....

FromSoftware is owned by a big company, that nobody is going to want to buy.

Capcom, perhaps. They been really good at branching out to the west.. they might be bought by Sony.

Kadokawa is cheap, about 1.5B

 

[GHG]

i don't think is Sony or Ms buying this time

Well I think we can safely rule out Microsoft because if it were then his camera lens would be covered with semen.

 

[Sosokrates]

It's called "PC"

Yes, ita inevitable. They consoles are PCs anyways with customs OS's
We will look back and realise what suckers we were for buying nearly identical hardware twice.

 

[SSfox]

This guy doesn't know shit, stop giving him clickbaits

 

[Helghan]

What is the point of acquiring EA? Their cash cow is FIFA which is a licensed IP.

Apex Legends already generated more than 2 billion for them in only 2-3 years.

 

[Orpheum]

From Software.

Not that i like it, i think their games should be enjoyed by everyone but it's definitely a possibility. They pull a huge fanbase and are simply a great Studio with a creative mastermind pulling the strings. Assuming the relationship with sony is as good as it has been in the past i can see it happening and i guess sony would want to have another flagship japanese developer under their hood. Depends on kadokawa though....

I don't really see konami itself since the more relevant IP's might just be licensed out to whoever the fuck knows in the future.

Capcom? Nah they're good i think.

Another good possibility might be square enix or Kojima productions based on previous collaborations.

I just don't know but my gut feeling says From Software

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Just aquire Konami IPs. Not Konami, they have no talented studios anymore. Square Enix and Capcom would be the best gets for me. Or even something like Falcom that does great jrpgs but they are stuck with outdated game engines. Sony already did a small investment in Kadokawa they could also just go all in.

Stay away from Ubitrash. Ubi can shove they games and they NFT plans in a place where the sun dont shine.

This so much. Konami's been drained. Just buy the IP's from them. you can let them continue to use the Ip's for there pachinko's even.
Square and Capcom are the most valuable. Talented studios with golden IP's and strong fanbases.
Bandai namco has From Software but they also have so much other fluff.
Ubisoft would not move the needle for me a single iota.

 

[Elios83]

He's just throwing stuff around to be part and take advantage of the news cycle and make hits.
Only the highest level management people know about these deals.

 

[kingfey]

We need Valve to wear the big boy pants again and develop quality PC oriented single player games.

I want 3, but valve cant count past 2 sadly. Portal would be a banger this age.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

This guy doesn't know shit, stop giving him clickbaits

Hes teasting Take two and EA. Which is pretty much the top 2 catches.

 

[Banjo64]

I think both Activision and Bungie buys should show us nobody knows anything

And Zeni. Literally all just announced with no prior leaks whatsoever. The people in the know will be NDA’d to fuck and they are direct players so won’t jeopardise anything. If this greasy dweeb truly had a source why didn’t he give a heads up that shit was going down earlier today?

 

[GHG]

Actually PC is the least effected out of any platform.

If you've got at least a half decent gaming PC you can just sit back and chill.

 

[Kilau]

EA had been MS friendly for ages now! So it’s logical it will be MS buying EA… the question is. Why?

I’m only joking. Clearly Take-Two Interactive is being bought.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Talking about GaaS...

Do we like them now on Gaf, or do we keep hating it?

The age of single player is over. The time of GAAS has begun.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Nintendo buying Capcom and/or Kadokawa is the only one I'm interested in, the rest is meh....



Kadokawa is cheap, about 1.5B

But it’s full of bloat. Maybe someone can offer 600 million just FromSoftware.

Just like I dont think Sony would buy SegaSammy. They would just offer to buy Sega.

 

[SSfox]

Hes teasting Take two and EA. Which is pretty much the top 2 catches.

He's just throw random guess, and see which one will sticks, he doesn't know a thing.

 

[Gone]

My hope?
MS buying Ubisoft.

My expectation?
Square selling their western branch.

 

[SLB1904]

i can confirm there will be a huge acquisition in the future, you guys aren't ready

 

[oldergamer]

no I think Disney buying EA
Crystal dynamics getting sold to MS.

 

[mejin]

Capcom should be the next big one.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Sega buying Microsoft confirmed.

Bringing things back 16 bit, baby!

 

[ABnormal]

And it's really obvious something like this would've been in the works for months, it's just a strange coincidence that the news broke so close to the Activision deal.

Deals start long before, so behind the curtain everyone knows everything, but announcements are done when it's needed to push shareholders one way or another. Billions could appear and disappear just for announcements at certain times. Those words have to be carefully chosen, because their weight is huge.

 

[ZehDon]

I doubt he knows shit. Zenimax, Activision Blizzard, Bungie - no one hinted, teased, or spoke up about a single one of these. They came out of nowhere. These clickbait clowns don't know a damn thing about the happens of billion dollar companies.