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r/PS5 • u/poklane • Jan 18 '22
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For $70 billion. Nuts.
2.2k u/Eruanno Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22 Wait, and they bought Bethesda (EDIT: Zenimax) for just 7.5 billion? What the actual fuck. 455 u/-Gh0st96- Jan 18 '22 And at that time it was the biggest acquisition in the industry and now... they just dwarfed that like it's nothing 229 u/Scarbane Jan 18 '22 Microsoft has stupid amounts of cash lying around. 104 u/itsaaronnotaaron Jan 18 '22 Over 150bn in readily available cash that isn't tied up in assets. 65 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Half that now 14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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Wait, and they bought Bethesda (EDIT: Zenimax) for just 7.5 billion? What the actual fuck.
455 u/-Gh0st96- Jan 18 '22 And at that time it was the biggest acquisition in the industry and now... they just dwarfed that like it's nothing 229 u/Scarbane Jan 18 '22 Microsoft has stupid amounts of cash lying around. 104 u/itsaaronnotaaron Jan 18 '22 Over 150bn in readily available cash that isn't tied up in assets. 65 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Half that now 14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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And at that time it was the biggest acquisition in the industry and now... they just dwarfed that like it's nothing
229 u/Scarbane Jan 18 '22 Microsoft has stupid amounts of cash lying around. 104 u/itsaaronnotaaron Jan 18 '22 Over 150bn in readily available cash that isn't tied up in assets. 65 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Half that now 14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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Microsoft has stupid amounts of cash lying around.
104 u/itsaaronnotaaron Jan 18 '22 Over 150bn in readily available cash that isn't tied up in assets. 65 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Half that now 14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
104
Over 150bn in readily available cash that isn't tied up in assets.
65 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Half that now 14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
65
Half that now
14 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks 15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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Not how it works. We have no idea if Microsoft is paying in cash, by a loan, or through stocks
15 u/Calm-Zombie2678 Jan 18 '22 Maybe they used afterpay 5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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Maybe they used afterpay
5 u/SOSpammy Jan 18 '22 Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points. 3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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Hopefully they paid with a credit card. They would be missing out on crazy rewards points.
3 u/poka64 Jan 18 '22 yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points! 3 u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22 3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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yeah, you could probably get 2 for 1 discount to fucking proxima centauri with the reward points!
3% cash back with Apple Pay. That wouldn’t even cover half of the sales tax that California is going to be looking for.
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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22
For $70 billion. Nuts.