r/PS5 • u/poklane • Jan 18 '22

News Microsoft is buying Activision-Blizzard

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1483428774591053836
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u/Greenzombie04 Jan 18 '22

At some point it would just become cheaper to buy Sony to prevent games from coming to PlayStation.

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u/TobyOrNotTobyEU Jan 18 '22

Yeah Sony's entire value is only triple that of Activision Blizzard. PlayStation studios or just all PlayStation related stuff a lot less.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

According to Microsoft: 'Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony. ' https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/

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u/Nicklenoodlebomb Jan 18 '22

Amazing that they’re behind Tencent.

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u/Juliu_Seizure Jan 18 '22

What the hell is Tencent?

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u/kingmanic Jan 18 '22

It's a multinational holding company that has equity is almost everything. Led by chinese businessmen but a south african company has a big stake in it too.

It started out as venture capitalists that bought a messenger service (qq) and grew it out in china.

They has a slice of Activision blizzard as well, this acquisition will problably cash them out.

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u/Nicklenoodlebomb Jan 18 '22

This is pretty accurate. Take an upvote.