As you know, 2022 opened with one of the biggest purchases in gaming and entertainment history. Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard, one of the largest game companies in the world, by paying 68 billion dollars and caused a great indignation in the gaming world.
This move, which reduced its rival Sony’s shares in the market by 15 percent in just one day, may have ignited much larger developments. Famous analysts state that the Sony front will make a move to buy Electronic Arts very soon.
Sony may have targeted EA, Take-Two and Ubisoft!
The Microsoft Xbox front, which has Game Pass subscribers exceeding 25 million and has been in an incredible upward trend in the last 2 years, has made a show of strength by finally incorporating Activision Blizzard after the Bethesda acquisition. The game world came to the brink of a great war when Microsoft took over the rights of many famous productions such as Call of Duty, Overwatch and Hearthstone.
Although Nintendo has a unique bone mass, the fact that Sony’s productions are also coming to PC has brought the equation in console wars to a very different position. PlayStation owners are looking at the future with anxious eyes, with console-specific productions coming to a PC and Sony’s failure to switch to a Game Pass-like subscription system.
The latest information from sources and analysts close to Sony says that the famous Japanese company is preparing to retaliate against Microsoft. Famous analysts interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter state that Sony has serious thoughts on acquiring three different companies. EA Games, which has an annual market value of 38 billion, is one of these companies. Other companies Sony is considering buying are French game giant Ubisoft and Take-Two, which also owns Rockstar Games.
Of course, among these three companies, EA is much more prominent with the FIFA series and other valuable productions it has, but Take-Two is a very strong candidate with its productions such as NBA 2K22 and GTA that make money every year. Analysts say that among Sony’s acquisition targets, the lowest They agree that Ubisoft is next.
The entire gaming world is now waiting for Sony’s new move. If there is no big surprise, Sony will announce a monthly subscription system similar to Game Pass in the first place. We’ll see if any purchases will follow. You can also share your views with us in the comments section.
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