UNLEADED_BRONZE Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) Who should MSFT/MICROSOFT acquire next with some buyout/buy out/merg I read/reed that SEGA &/and SE/Square Enix have had a close relationship chat That might have brought em closer,Within the gaming community is this true? Edited July 14, 2023 by UNLEADED_BRONZE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HusKy Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 Great thread. I think they should acquire McDonald's so they can include Game Pass in Happy Meal. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKing Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, HusKy said: Great thread. I think they should acquire McDonald's so they can include Game Pass in Happy Meal. Why Game Pass in Happy Meal? Game Pass should get you 10 Happy Meals per month!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_-_808 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 ? is what MS should acquire 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgm4789 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 GSC game world(Stalker 2 developers) because microsoft needs to aquire studios that actually need help(Stalker 2s development was negatively affected by putins stupid war for instance) instead of gobbling up mid to large publishers. Microsoft needs smaller studios like obsidian and double fine that could potentially benefit from a stable cash flow not mega publishers like activision or bethesda that were reasonably stable enough to handle a flop or 2. That only hurts gaming in the long run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rozalia1 Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 Some shame, so they'll pull out of gaming. If you're going to try and rile people up, you should at least wait until Microsoft actually is successful in getting Activision. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnichoj Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Microsoft might have a strained relationship with SE unless something new happened the past week or two. Multiple smaller titles that probably shouldn't have any type of exclusive dealings have skipped Xbox. My guess for that is SE wants GP money and MS refused to pay whatever price they were asking for the Pixel Remaster collection and said "fine, we're taking our ball and going home". Luckily the new Dai game is still coming to Xbox. Sega is more likely. MS and Sega have always had a good relationship so that might be likely if they throw them enough money. Sonic has a rocky history with quality/sales and they had to sell off their arcades in Japan, so they may need it. In the past Sega and MS collaborated on the DreamCast with that system actually running on a modified version of Windows (which is maybe why piracy was so easy on it? lmao if true) and then after the DC died the original Xbox became the DC 2.0 with Sega releasing ports and exclusive sequels on their machine. Then also consider how MS employees have constantly been going over to Sega these past two gens which never resulted in any type of exclusive games but did end up with Yakuza and Persona getting brought over to Xbox, two franchises that were heavily associated to and exclusive with the PlayStation brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted July 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2023 Sega has said they're not for saie and I think their relationship with Square Enix is strained...but... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SelectiveGamer Posted July 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) I want to know why this thread poster is bowing down to their new Xbox overlords. They shouldn't acquire anyone. But I guess at least the thread poster is admitting that they are going through with their real strategy to 'spend Sony out of business'? Sony is the one that needs to be the next to acquire someone. Should they? Probably not but we all know it's happening. It's inevitable. Well... that's the sense and feeling I get I guess. Who will Sony acquire? My best guess is Square Enix, Konami, Capcom, or FromSoft. Most likely candidates are Square Enix, Konami or FromSoft. But you know... I'm not an expert. So clearly I know nothing. I fully expect Sony to respond with their own acquisition. Possibly even before the end of this year. Possibly as soon as a second Showcase in September (if they decide to have another one and it's then of course) as the first thing they announce. But I'm just a random. Which means I know nothing. Like I said. Edited July 15, 2023 by SelectiveGamer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnichoj Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 4 hours ago, SelectiveGamer said: Sony is the one that needs to be the next to acquire someone. Should they? The better question is can they? You have to remember that MS is bigger than Xbox while PlayStation at this point is bigger than Sony. The Zenimax deal was twice the price of Bungie and that's without a deal to keep making games for the competitor. Of the ones you listed FS would be the one that would be in the Bungie price range but I don't know why any of the parties involved would bother. Bloodborne underperformed and Elden Ring hit 20 mill because it was multiplat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoastedPeanut Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Should they acquire someone else? No/nah/nope/hell no! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLEADED_BRONZE Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 8 hours ago, SelectiveGamer said: I want to know why this thread poster is bowing down to their new Xbox overlords. They shouldn't acquire anyone. But I guess at least the thread poster is admitting that they are going through with their real strategy to 'spend Sony out of business'? Sony is the one that needs to be the next to acquire someone. Should they? Probably not but we all know it's happening. It's inevitable. Well... that's the sense and feeling I get I guess. Who will Sony acquire? My best guess is Square Enix, Konami, Capcom, or FromSoft. Most likely candidates are Square Enix, Konami or FromSoft. But you know... I'm not an expert. So clearly I know nothing. I fully expect Sony to respond with their own acquisition. Possibly even before the end of this year. Possibly as soon as a second Showcase in September (if they decide to have another one and it's then of course) as the first thing they announce. But I'm just a random. Which means I know nothing. Like I said. Didn't SCEE/Sony have like 10%/X/Ten percentage share with SE/Square Enix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alos88 Posted July 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2023 Thank you for including a No option. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWolf3000 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, UNLEADED_BRONZE said: Didn't SCEE/Sony have like 10%/X/Ten percentage share with SE/Square Enix? They used to have stakes up to 19% since 2001, but the last ones (8.25%) were sold in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantFlamberge Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Hell no. So thanks for including N/A, neither of the above. Xbox have been doing more than enough acquisitions. It's madness. I wouldn't be surprised (nor happy about it) if they strike again. If I were forced to pick someone for PS to acquire, they could have Bandai Namco. BN could then continue to put the Namco arcade classics and Mr. Driller out on other systems, but not new installments of Ace Combat, Tales, Soulcalibur, Tekken after T8, or Tekken Tag 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) On 7/15/2023 at 4:19 AM, UNLEADED_BRONZE said: Didn't SCEE/Sony have like 10%/X/Ten percentage share with SE/Square Enix? I'm sorry...no one else is asking, so I'm going to have to. What is with this way of typing? This is a forum, not some dark web chat that needs coded messages. Edited July 20, 2023 by Viper 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ_-_808 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, Viper said: I'm sorry...no one else is asking, so I'm going to have to. What is with this way of typing? This is a forum, not some dark web chat that needs coded messages. The world/earth may never know/understand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectiveGamer Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 18 hours ago, RadiantFlamberge said: Hell no. So thanks for including N/A, neither of the above. Xbox have been doing more than enough acquisitions. It's madness. I wouldn't be surprised (nor happy about it) if they strike again. If I were forced to pick someone for PS to acquire, they could have Bandai Namco. BN could then continue to put the Namco arcade classics and Mr. Driller out on other systems, but not new installments of Ace Combat, Tales, Soulcalibur, Tekken after T8, or Tekken Tag 3. So you mean I could direct all comments about more Klonoa, .hack and Digimon support to Sony instead? Yeah... I think I could live with that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantFlamberge Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 hours ago, SelectiveGamer said: So you mean I could direct all comments about more Klonoa, .hack and Digimon support to Sony instead? Yeah... I think I could live with that... While I'd honestly prefer BN to remain independent of any console producer, I'd dislike Sony acquiring them less than seeing MS do it. Microsoft has been sucking up companies like Kirby on a liter of Red Bull. After Zenimax and ABK, I think they should stop for awhile. Let Capcom stay on their own. Sony is welcome to Konami though. Konami has been forgettable lately, so maybe this might be a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dry Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) On 15/7/2023 at 4:35 AM, AJ_-_808 said: is what MS should acquire “UNLEADED_BRONZE”? More like “UNLEADED_SHI…” ??? Edited July 21, 2023 by Dry I’m sorry lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectiveGamer Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 0:01 AM, RadiantFlamberge said: While I'd honestly prefer BN to remain independent of any console producer, I'd dislike Sony acquiring them less than seeing MS do it. Microsoft has been sucking up companies like Kirby on a liter of Red Bull. After Zenimax and ABK, I think they should stop for awhile. Let Capcom stay on their own. Sony is welcome to Konami though. Konami has been forgettable lately, so maybe this might be a good one. Yeah to me... the most likely candidates for Sony/PlayStation to 'acquire' is still either Square Enix, Konami or FromSoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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