Pretty sure MS didn't switch focus and were in talks to purchase both at the same time. It wasn't that they decided to purchase Bethesda because Warner took themselves off the market.If MS didnt buy them, its because it wasnt worth it. You dont own any of the IPs other than Mortal kombat. Thats why they focused on Bethesda. They own those IPs now.
But this is right up sonys alley. Not actually owning the superhero but making it seem like they do. Sony fans are gonna love it.
Guess again..Sony has roughly $4 billion cash-on-hand. thats not even enough to buy WB if they wanted to.
Their upcoming IP's don't look that great TBH...a far cry from the Arkham Series.To be honest, I'm not really a big fan of WB IPs except for Mortal Kombat.
Yeah, it would be a shame if such mass market ips were limited to only one console, i understand why it happens but it sucks for gamersI could not care less about the Suicide Squad game or the new "batman" game, but I am interested in the Harry Potter game and the SF IP Monolith are working on (God I hope it has good combat like FEAR). So as a mainly PC gamer, I hope this wont happen, since compared to MS, Sony's games dont really come to PC (I know...Horizon, still though).
Sony could easily go to Disney and say.... 'you're doing nothing with Wolverine or Doctor Doom or Silver Surfer' , we would like to adapt those into exclusive games and give you a %.Yeah, it would be a shame if such mass market ips were limited to only one console, i understand why it happens but it sucks for gamers
Spider Man was an exception as Sony payed for that game, but all superhero games except for Avengers on PS
Microsoft enter the negotiation and drop 8 more billion from their warchest your move Sony.
They should just continue getting deals with Disney to get more Marvel games at this point.Batman could make sense, kind of a sony type of game.
He's gotten one thing right. A prediction he made is somewhat true.well seeing as pachter says it we know it wont happen. Id love to count how much this dude has ever got right
If they were selling Ms would outbid them for sure. Whatever it costs it would be a rounding error on MS’s financials vs a significant chunk of Sony’s cash.
I thought this guy was full of BS? I mean in the other thread everyone was laughing it at him saying he's never right.
I guess if you throw enough stuff at the wall, something will stick, right?
Citation neededSony has roughly $4 billion cash-on-hand. thats not even enough to buy WB if they wanted to.
You dont need the cash to buy another company...debt financing (money is cheap right now) and stock swaps can be used to facilitate a purchase. Also, didn't they say they had approx 9.5 billion on hand in May (as of March numbers) as well as committed bank lines of another 5.5 billion? They burned through 5 billion in 5 months? https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-...ration-sne-q4-2019-earnings-call-transcr.aspxSony has roughly $4 billion cash-on-hand. thats not even enough to buy WB if they wanted to.
You dont need the cash to buy another company...debt financing (money is cheap right now) and stock swaps can be used to facilitate a purchase. Also, didn't they say they had approx 9.5 billion on hand in May (as of March numbers) as well as committed bank lines of another 5.5 billion? They burned through 5 billion in 5 months? https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-...ration-sne-q4-2019-earnings-call-transcr.aspx
They only got Spider man because of the movie license though. It's no coincidence that Sony let them use Spiderman in their movies around the same time that Sony get an exclusive spider man game. Anyone spewing the PR of they were allowed to choose whichever character they wanted has drunk too much kool aid.They should just continue getting deals with Disney to get more Marvel games at this point.
I honestly don't think itd go down well if Sony just bought up 75% of the third party industry in Japan like that4 Billion for Mortal Combat is stupid for Sony. 4 Billion for all WB iP gaming rights is even stupider for WB.
Sony is better off buying Capcom, Konami and Sega from Sammy. Thats probably less than Zenimax or WB. Konami and Sega probably would just be a iP buy. Sega just to get Sonic as a mascot and make movies with.
4 Billion for Mortal Combat is stupid for Sony. 4 Billion for all WB iP gaming rights is even stupider for WB.
Sony is better off buying Capcom, Konami and Sega from Sammy. Thats probably less than Zenimax or WB. Konami and Sega probably would just be a iP buy. Sega just to get Sonic as a mascot and make movies with.
Sega is basically just Sonic. Sony would just be buying pre-sammy iP. Sammy can even keep Yakuza and its studio. Release it under Atlus games. Konami would also be a iP buy. They would live out their days as a casino company spitting out Football PES games. They arent 75% of the third party market.I honestly don't think itd go down well if Sony just bought up 75% of the third party industry in Japan like that