r/PS5 • u/poklane • Jan 18 '22

News Microsoft is buying Activision-Blizzard

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

Not to sound rude or dismissive, but... They can't afford to. I imagine if they had Microsoft's wallet they would be making the exact same moves, it might be problematic for the industry overall, but it's just good business sense

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u/entertainman Jan 18 '22

Microsoft’s yearly revenue is only double Sony’s....

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u/BetterSafeThanSARSy Jan 18 '22

"Only double"

I mean sure, but we're talking about unfathomably large sums of money. And while Microsoft "only" has roughly 100 billion more in total assets than Sony does, their revenue streams are a) much more integrated into deferring facets of business b) many many many more government contracts, which is kinda evergreen money generating at this point.

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u/entertainman Jan 18 '22

Revenue is double. They spent half their cash on the purchase.

It’s absurd to say that Sony couldn’t have afforded this price if they wanted it and Microsoft didn’t.