Microsoft Insider Hints a More Acquisitions: “A lot of Money is Flowing Around Gaming Companies Right Now” With Several Getting “Multiple Bids”

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Multiple Gaming Companies are apparently trying to purchase studios...

Microsoft Insider Hints at Possible Additional Gaming Industry Acquisitions

Reputable Microsoft insider and journalist, Brad Sams, has hinted at more ongoing gaming studio acquisitions.

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Nintendo purchased Next Level Games.
EA purchased Codemasters
Microsoft are purchasing Bethesda...

More Microsoft or Sony purchases????

 

[mckmas8808]

Say it with me guys..... it's because of the PANDEMIC! Everything digital is going up in worth since Spring 2020.

 

[M1chl]

Hey next Wednesday you will see some fruits of that, I am sure

 

[GHG]

Hey next Wednesday you will see some fruits of that, I am sure

 

[kretos]

 

[Buggy Loop]

That next level purchase is so cute compared to the price of the other acquisitions. I don’t think we have a price but for sure it’s not much. Watch out! Nintendo is on a spending spree!!

 

[Dad_Of_Chicken]

Microsoft buys Nintendo and gets Sega for free.

 

[tusharngf]

i know phil wants to make randy pitchford his bitch so gearbox is next on microsoft's target. Since randy called out phil that your console is weak in a tweet. This will be sweet revenge from phil /s

 

[Nikana]

Water is wet. They already said they are still shopping.

 

[TransTrender]

plz stahp

 

[Verchod]

So what companies out there are worth buying? And what kind of size are we looking at? Microsoft buying Bethesda has really shifted things somewhat

 

[TLZ]

I'll feel better as soon as I leave this thread and forget I saw this dude's punchbag face.

 

[VectorVictor]

So what companies out there are worth buying? And what kind of size are we looking at? Microsoft buying Bethesda has really shifted things somewhat

Gearbox
Capcom
Sega
Nintendo
Sony

J/K about Sony...

 

[Chris_Rivera]

Weak hype. They have nothing of substance to share, so they just spew vagueness.

 

[Belmonte]

 

[driqe]

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony acquires Bluepoint.

Even Microsoft tbh seeing as they have been revisiting old IPs recently.

If The Medium and Returnal does well I could see MS getting Bloober and Sony getting Housemarque.

 

[BabyYoda]

Resistance is futile!

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Microsoft is in the big leagues. They don't purchase individual game studios anymore, they buy entire publishers and their library of IPs.

 

[bender]

I can't wait for Hasbro to make a Monopoly themed game around video game acquisitions and then for Ubisoft to adapt it in digital form.

 

[Pejo]

I hate the fact that big corporations are essentially trying to own everything, especially sectors I care about like gaming.

 

[Hitchyhero]

So what companies out there are worth buying? And what kind of size are we looking at? Microsoft buying Bethesda has really shifted things somewhat

Warner brothers

They have the all the lego games, batman arkham, Harry potter, mortal kombat, and middle earth games.

Just the lego games alone would give you a ton games.

 

[RoboFu]

Buy fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

 

[NullZ3r0]

Microsoft needs to buy another developer so they can get timed exclusives to port to Playstation later.

 

[Skifi28]

But fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

Ah yes, cheering taking games away from people for a few laughs. When in 10 years there will be 2-3 companies holding all gaming IPs and charging whatever they want in subscription models, let's see who's going to laugh.

 

[Buggy Loop]

But fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

 

[Cravis]

 

[ZehDon]

I think I heard somewhere that Microsoft are looking at buying SEGA, even heard rumours of a possible announcement on Wednesday.

Spoiler

/s

 

[Chukhopops]

Is this the shopping cart wishlist thread? I hope MS buys Larian and Owlcat to create the absolute best CRPG lineup. It’s probably a cheap acquisition too!

 

[driqe]

Is this the shopping cart wishlist thread? I hope MS buys Larian and Owlcat to create the absolute best CRPG lineup. It’s probably a cheap acquisition too!

I hope Google buys Larian

 

[Twinblade]

Sony buys Bioware from EA next.

 

[JLB]

MS would buy Discord. That would be a killing acquisition.

 

[Wonko_C]

 

[Bryank75]

But fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

Ah, I see... it's not actually about games at all. It's about getting one up on those damned PlayStation guys... cool.

 

[AJUMP23]

MS should by cloud Imperium.

 

[driqe]

Ah, I see... it's not actually about games at all. It's about getting one up on those damned PlayStation guys... cool.

ngl that would be hilarious lol

 

[Shelookdlvl18]

Ah, I see... it's not actually about games at all. It's about getting one up on those damned PlayStation guys... cool.

No, it's about meltdowns, and nobody has as entertaining meltdowns as PS fanboys.

 

[Oppoi]

Happy birthday Phil Spencer. Forcefully pave the way forward. Destroy.

 

[Buggy Loop]

MS should by cloud Imperium.

That money bleeding whale and have to save the goddamn thing again like Freelancer? Please, they won’t make the same mistake twice.

 

[Valued Gamer]

It's gonna get wild.
Not only do you have both Sony and MS in buying mode, you also have the big publishers in T2, Activision, EA and Ubisoft looking to buy up more studios, and then on top of that no doubt Google, Amazon, Apple and even Facebook are going to buy into the industry in a big way.

 

[VAL0R]

This Wednesday at 00:01 Twitter Xbox posts a video. At first we can't make out the object in the distance, but it's moving toward us at an unnatural speed. Boom, it's Aaron Greenberg. Head to toe blue leotard, blue face, blue beard, red sneakers, white gloves. He's running absolutely furiously toward the camera. He's flying. It's ridiculous, he's tearing up chunks of asphalt. He now overtakes the frame, stops pumping his arms and slams them together in an X, never slowing down. He can't slow down. He's a speed junkie. Gotta go fast. The camera pans around to follow him from behind at breakneck speed. He's got his arms outstretched now collecting hundreds, no thousands, of golden rings: *bling,bling,bling,b,b,b,bbbbbbbbbbbbbbling*. He's zooming toward Game Pass Zone. The last shot zooms in on his face. A wild eyed stare of bewildered and delighted madness. He screams "SEGA!" just like in those insane 90s commercials. Cut to black.

 

[AJUMP23]

That money bleeding whale and have to save the goddamn thing again like Freelancer? Please, they won’t make the same mistake twice.

I am sure Chris would sell if he saw crowd funding starting to dry up.

 

[Iced Arcade]

A lot of companies are buying up other companies right now in general since the pandemic. Perfect time really

 

[MrS]

Sony buys Bioware from EA next.

Why would they want such a wretched developer who constantly puts out garbage?

 

[dDoc]

EA purchased Codemasters

RIP Codemasters

 

[Strider Highwind]

They bout to buy Parler

 

[Woman7]

Why would they want such a wretched developer who constantly puts out garbage?

Diversifying that portfolio.

 

[Banjo64]

But fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

I hope FromSoft carry on autonomously. The last thing I’d want is a buyout which might risk Miyazaki going. Keep the From gravy train going as long as possible as we’ll miss them when there key people eventually leave.

 

[ElCasual]

I said it before and say now, Phil Spencer is doing a better job than Jim Ryan.

 

[wipeout364]

Ubisoft would be a good acquisition for Microsoft. Would give them a lot of the third person adventure IP, a very solid studio infrastructure, Tom Clancy, Far Cry, etc. Also they could be acquired for a similar cost to Bethesda - valued at 3.7 billion with a market cap of 10.5 billion.

 

[Hitchyhero]

But fromsoft !! Do it!

It would be the most ridiculous drama that really won’t matter but to a few hardcore PlayStation only gamers.
It would be glorious

I can hear the conversation on neogaf now...

"never liked from software anyway, their games have gotten very stale recently."