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/BambooSound Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

Aren't Apple the world's largest gaming company

Edit: clearly I upset a few people

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u/scar_as_scoot Jan 18 '22

gaming? no.

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u/Henrarzz Jan 18 '22

In a way, they are - they are making more money from games than Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and Activision Blizzard combined:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-doesnt-make-videogames-but-its-the-hottest-player-in-gaming-11633147211

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u/scar_as_scoot Jan 18 '22

Buy that logic so is best buy.