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[SplunkyMunkey]

https://www.xfire.com/sony-preparing-buy-take-two-interactive/

I guess if Activision does go through the response that Sony will make is to buy take two the 2nd biggest money making

 

[Warablo]

Can Sony even afford them?

 

[M1987]

Could they even afford them?

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[Max_Po]

Nope

 

[Unknown?]

Sony buying Take Two has been a rumor since before MS got Zenimax.

 

[bender]

xfire dot com is my go to resource for absolutely everything.

 

[Zones]

Could they even afford them?

Can Sony even afford them?

Always amused that people think Sony is this poor company that cannot afford anything.

Sony generates about $10 billion income each year.

 

[Mr Moose]

Did I miss the part in the article that isn't speculation?
Who the fuck is this dude?

 

[Varteras]

Could Sony buy Take Two? Yes. Would it be simple? No. Are they likely to? There's a better chance that Elon Musk stops jerking himself off on Twitter.

Did I miss the part in the article that isn't speculation?
Who the fuck is this dude?

A complete buffoon, liar, and scumbag.

 

[Rac3r]

Lol this article is referencing a known bullshitter on twitter "Rythian"


That said, I do think Take-Two is a good move. GTA and 2K would be massive and they have a huge catalog of IP.

 

[ZehDon]

 

[DarthPutin]

Who the fuck is this dude?

I think it's that absolute clown who had so many bad takes that any of us could have better track record by completely speculating. Which is what he does, anyway.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Fake news and not happening.

 

[kyliethicc]

 

[lh032]

bullshit.
As a hardcore ps fan i aint believing that.

Japanese publishers more possible though

 

[The_Mike]

Can Sony even afford them?

If Sony could, then they would already have bought Activision Blizzard.

 

[poppabk]

Did I miss the part in the article that isn't speculation?
Who the fuck is this dude?

Some guy who is a lot richer thanks to pumping up the Take Two stock with a completely random rumor.

 

[dotnotbot]

Source: my granny works at Sega

 

[Loxus]

Sony buying Take Two has been a rumor since before MS got Zenimax.

Yep, back in 2019 for around $16Bn.
Rumors are swirling that Sony is going to buy the publisher of ‘Grand Theft Auto

I think that's $35Bn now after the Zynga acquisition.

 

[Rac3r]

Could they even afford them?

If they wanted them bad enough, then yea, they could finance the deal. The bigger question is if Sony is ready to absorb 7500-8000 new employees. Probably not, but the ABK deal could change things.

 

[Yoboman]

Yep, back in 2019 for around $16Bn.
Rumors are swirling that Sony is going to buy the publisher of ‘Grand Theft Auto

I think that's $35Bn now after the Zynga acquisition.

Their market cap it 19.5 billion

 

[ReBurn]

It's ok if Sony just buys successful online service games like Destiny and GTA Online for billions of dollars since they can't make any good ones themselves.

Or is it that Sony should just take the money and build their own?

I'm not sure how this works.

 

[twilo99]

Would that be good for the industry?

 

[Yoboman]

If they wanted them bad enough, then yea, they could finance the deal. The bigger question is if Sony is ready to absorb 7500-8000 new employees. Probably not, but the ABK deal could change things.

They would 100% run it as a seperate multiplatform entity like Bungie. Probably even move MLB developers over to that part of the business

 

[M1987]

Always amused that people think Sony is this poor company that cannot afford anything.

Sony generates about $10 billion income each year.

Obviously they're not poor,but it's still a lot of money to them compared to Xbox who are backed by Microsoft

 

[TLZ]

But why would Take Two even sell?

 

[BennyBlanco]

I love this guy. lmfao.

 

[Golgo 13]

Another day on GAF, another baseless rumor. I think there used to be a “present a reliable source for your rumor or be banned” rule. I wonder if we could bring that back.

 

[Yoboman]

It's ok if Sony just buys successful online service games like Destiny and GTA Online for billions of dollars since they can't make any good ones themselves.

Or is it that Sony should just take the money and build their own?

I'm not sure how this works.

Sony hasn't bought any Devs/publishers to make existing IP exclusive. Based on what MS are doing they should though

Best thing would be for the ABK to be rejected do all this nonsense can stop

 

[AlteredForms]

Take Two won't bite, not for the money Sony has. Strauss Dicklick's personal pride would veto the sale before negotiations even began.

 

[Loxus]

It's ok if Sony just buys successful online service games like Destiny and GTA Online for billions of dollars since they can't make any good ones themselves.

Or is it that Sony should just take the money and build their own?

I'm not sure how this works.

Take the money and build their own.

Rockstar games should be played by everyone on the planet and not caught up in console war bs.

 

[Dick Jones]

I fucking hope not. These acquisition warz need to end soon.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

But why would Take Two even sell?

Because GTA5 made a fortune, and nobody could be bothered to do any work. Apparently GTA 6 is like a hi-res State of Emergency, only less fun. Three of my most trusted sources have told me. Take two are planning on selling based on GTA5's valuation and running to a private island, leaving their buyer with 6 years of dev work to do.

 

[ReBurn]

Sony hasn't bought any Devs/publishers to make existing IP exclusive. Based on what MS are doing they should though

Best thing would be for the ABK to be rejected do all this nonsense can stop

I mean I wouldn't care if they did buy it and make it all exclusive. I'm gonna have a PlayStation anyway.

 

[DeepEnigma]

If Sony could, then they would already have bought Activision Blizzard.

Take 2 isn't anywhere near the ABK market cap at 19.5b, let alone an overpriced bid by MS.

As for this article, blah blah blah.

 

[TikiLagoonSam]

This would be HUGE. And hilarious if MS still has to have COD multiplatform to buy Activision but Sony can make GTA exclusive .

 

[consoul]

This isn't even a rumour; it's just market manipulation.

 

[feynoob]

Did I miss the part in the article that isn't speculation?
Who the fuck is this dude?

Your dose of random twitter sources.
Just like those 4chan rumors.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Many problems here with this rumor,
1. The original source of this is Bezinga
2. Take Two is not likely to accept.
3. Despite having best selling games Take Two is constantly having money management issues even with reductions, why would Sony voluntarily be dumb and take on what could be rapid loss/ debt, especially if they make their games console exclusive cutting the profit reac h?
4. Paper towels on bottom and top of pizza are not a sandwich
5. FTC/CMA would be encouraging rapid consolidation if they let them do that as retaliation.
6. It wouldn't be a fair trade and Activisions benefits would walk all over Take Two's if any.
7. 779311
8. Lol
9. No
10. Charlie Brown got ate by Hobbes, Calvin should have put him on leash.

 

[feynoob]

Take Two won't bite, not for the money Sony has. Strauss Dicklick's personal pride would veto the sale before negotiations even began.

Take2 managed to sell 160m gtav.
They won't sell themselves to Sony, and limit their potential.
If they are going to sell themselves, it will be a 3rd party private business.

 

[Topher]

 

[Warablo]

Always amused that people think Sony is this poor company that cannot afford anything.

Sony generates about $10 billion income each year.

Ya and Take Two probably generate a lot of that with Nba 2k and Gta Online.

 

[feynoob]

Sure, why not

 

[RevGaming]

Nah, GTA is bigger than COD. 150 million copies sold.

Who isn't buying a PS5? 150m is basically all the gamers in the world.

Source: trust me bro

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Did I miss the part in the article that isn't speculation?
Who the fuck is this dude?

He's Rythian. He was to mentally unstable to work at Raytheon so got kicked out despite changing his name to sound similar. Now he does troll tweets on twitter in-between bagging groceries at the homeless shelter.

 

[The_Mike]

Always amused that people think Sony is this poor company that cannot afford anything.

Sony generates about $10 billion income each year.

But Sony isn't playstation. They can't put all 10 billion into playstation.

They have their music, TV hardware and so on as well.

While Microsoft also have Windows, office and so on, earns around 10 bill every quarter

According to this site, then Microsoft earned 70 billion dollars for 2022, and Sony earned around 7.5 billion in 2022.

Sony is not poor, Microsoft is just much more wealthy.

It takes over 8 years for don't to earn what Microsoft does each year.

Microsoft already earned the price back for Acti Blizzard, while Sony are still nowhere near to afford it from the date of the reveal of the acquisition.

 

[Topher]

Ya and Take Two probably generate a lot of that with Nba 2k and Gta Online.

The company brought in nearly $5 billion last year.

Take 2 Interactive (TTWO) - Revenue

Current and historical revenue charts for Take 2 Interactive . As of May 2024 Take 2 Interactive 's TTM revenue is of $5.39 B

companiesmarketcap.com

 

[envyzeal]

Next Wednesday

 

[SplunkyMunkey]

If it is just a rumour that's providing if Activision does go through and besides if cod does stay multiplat then GTA will stay multiplat and the rest exclusive titles like Microsoft is currently doing now. They only time GTA will go with call of duty will go