i hope not.
hmm.
AMD's market cap is just shy of 2 billion, so it's not like it would be impossible.
Hhmmm.
I wonder how that would shake the console market. Would Sony run to Nvidia, for once?
These types of businesses generally run separately.Goodbye to AMD GPUs if true.
And NX.
They'd get an x86 license out it right?
I wouldn't mind Intel buying AMD, but Microsoft? Please no.
Advanced Micro Devices
Sony could not afford Nvidia.
With whose money?
These types of businesses generally run separately.
If this is true it could be a legitimate game changer IMO, simply because of the first paragraph in the second quote:
"The battle for video game console space is very strong. If Microsoft bought AMD, then Sony would be faced with a bad set of choices: put money in Microsoft’s pocket every time it sells a PlayStation, or try to create an entirely new platform by using technologies from Intel, Nvidia, ARM or Imagination Technologies....."
I wasn't implying that Sony would buy Nvidia.
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I AM BUYING AMD.
God please no. The last thing we is one single company in the desktop CPU market.
I don't see why it's that bad for Sony to put money into MS's pocket. Companies invest in other companies that they also have rival products with. Where it might be bad is if MS decides they want to create a leg up by making it hard for Sony to buy the products Sony uses (and the fact that AMD is the only one that makes the PS4 chip that could be a huge problem). That's a lot more what I'd be worried about honestly. Especially as I'd see this as a move by MS to claim hardware of their own.
For example for the longest time Apple used Samsung chips. Apple has moved away from that (probably not to be at the whim of Samsung) but I think they still use some stuff. Apple wasn't worried about giving money to Samsung for products it needed (that's business and it's silly to have this idea that they should never give money to Samsung when Samsung has something they want to use just cause they rival them somewhere else).
A big difference here is Samsung makes stuff to sell to several companies, not just to make their own hardware to sell to consumers. MS is mainly interested in selling to consumers so buying AMD is most likely a move to enhance their own products, not to make money selling hardware to other companies to use in their products. So, this is what I'd be worried about happening.
Analysts estimate that Microsoft pays around $100 for every Xbox One system-on-chip to AMD. Life-to-date sales of Xbox One are around are around 12.6 million units, which means that Microsoft has already paid AMD around $1.26 billion for Xbox One chips. The acquisition of AMD could save it around a billion per year on Xbox One chips alone.
Uh, they mean as in the GPU they'd use.
I wasn't implying that Sony would buy Nvidia.
Daaaamn, that is 1/4 of every console and I am sure AMD makes a nice profit out of every chip.
But I was under the impression that Microsoft does not values its Xbox brand as much as its PC line, so I want to think buying AMD has more benefits to their PC´s than to the Xbox. I dunno.
If this is true it could be a legitimate game changer IMO, simply because of the first paragraph in the second quote:
"The battle for video game console space is very strong. If Microsoft bought AMD, then Sony would be faced with a bad set of choices: put money in Microsofts pocket every time it sells a PlayStation, or try to create an entirely new platform by using technologies from Intel, Nvidia, ARM or Imagination Technologies....."
It won't. The only thing needed is to set up separate R&D departments for the future PS5 if AMD makes the chips, so the next Xbox can't 'steal' the designs.Would it really deter Sony from using AMD chips?
I mean, Microsoft essentially puts money in Sony's pocket for blu ray drives right? Granted that's attributed to multiple companies so maybe it's not as big of a deal comparatively.
Why would Sony care about that? They already do a lot of business with MS in other ventures.
Would Sony go Nvidia for PS5 if this happened?
Well I didn't say it was bad, hell, I don't even know where I implied that, I just said it would be a game changer, which it will be no doubt, in the PC market and console market.
Why do people think the companies are run by fanboys who don't want to make business with other companies just because?
What does Sony care about MS making money as a company? They aren't competing with Microsoft, they're competing with the Xbox.
You remove the Playstation v. Xbox rivalry and you would actually have two companies with pretty nicely matching priorities for partnership opportunities.
A more likely outcome would be this advancing us toward the one console standard faster, as MS and Sony could collaborate on the HW design in a more direct fashion, release a single platform, and unify the market a la CD/DVD/Blu-Ray. Even that is unlikely, just more likely than Sony giving a damn about MS making a few bucks per console.
For comparison, Sony makes a good number of the camera lenses in all smartphones. You didn't see Apple freak out when they make the Xperia line did you?
"The battle for video game console space is very strong. If Microsoft bought AMD, then Sony would be faced with a bad set of choices: put money in Microsofts pocket every time it sells a PlayStation, or try to create an entirely new platform by using technologies from Intel, Nvidia, ARM or Imagination Technologies....."
I wouldn't mind Intel buying AMD, but Microsoft? Please no.
Doesn't AMD lose their x86 license if they get sold? Same difference.
I wouldn't mind Intel buying AMD, but Microsoft? Please no.