Disney buys Sony and makes a 100 million dollar Monkey Island adventure game. That would be very cool and probably the only way to get me on the Playstation train.
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The combined market cap of Disney and Sony is about 380 Billion (Disney 252, Sony 128). Even combined they would be 1/6 the size of Microsoft.
Lol Disney literally left AAA game publishing because it was too expensive, so they’re going to buy PlayStation that produces mostly mature titles and has budgets of games in the hundreds of millions?
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Yea I doubt it
If Disney DID buy PlayStation though, would it make Ellie a Disney Princess? 
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Hmmm one problem she’s not a princess at all
I’m not sure why anyone would want to buy Sony…last I checked they have like…600 billion + in debt…who the fk is going to take all of that on?
Also I don’t think Sony is going to buy a publisher…Imagine they did buy Square…not only would that take a huge chunk of change and would be a massive risk for Sony compared to MS…they now have to bring on all the employees, integrate Square into Sony, honor any existing contracts and deals including Crystal Dynamics making Perfect Dark…you gotta get all the employees on pay roll, benefits etc. Fund all of their projects and development
This is a far cry away from just saying “hey here’s 100 million for 1-2 years exclusivity for a game”
Besides what does Square have besides Final Fantasy? FF14 is keeping that company afloat, FF7 remake underperformed …they made Balan WonderTurd…Avengers was a disaster…Guardians while a good game didn’t perform well commercially.
Capcom now THAT is a real prize but again they have no reason to sell and they make most of their money off PC and Switch now…MH Rise sold over 8 million copies on Switch alone…and more importantly any attempt Sony would try to make is immediately going to catch the attention of Tencent and the CCP who are going to snuff out any big Sony would make.
Most importantly though Sony dropping 10+ billion on a single acquisition (the largest acquisition Sony has ever made has been 3.4 billion for Columbia Pictures) dropping that much basically means 10 billion less to go to other games whether it be timed exclusives from third party or funding first party…
The only reason I could ever see Sony even attempt to scoop a publisher is out of fear of MS or someone else possibly buying them but If I were Sony I would say “fuck it” and just double down on first party…I mean I understand Final Fantasy is an important franchise for Playstation but lets say Sony did lose it…I’d throw money into making a bad ass Legend of Dragoon sequel along with a BluePoint remake…make that your own Final Fantasy. I have no idea why Sony doesn’t invest in their own IP’s and build their own franchises rather than having to ask for hand outs from Square and other companies. Especially in a gen where MS is likely going to start dropping at least one major WRPG per year starting this year
This is why I appreciate Xbox going all in on first party instead of money hatting third party deals because first party is more sustainable long term and we saw how badly Xbox got burned by relying on so much third party.
Now we are saying it happen to Sony…the consequences of relying so heavily on third party and how your entire platform can fall apart when you’re missing certain games and genres
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Basically this translates to
“Regulatory bodies will wag their fingers and shame Microsoft and voice their concerns before Phil slaps them and tells them to get back in line and they approve”
Sony has about 2 Trillion yen in debt. At current exchange rates that translates to about 17.3 billion U.S. dollars.
Given the recent interest rate environment, I suspect most of that is at very long maturities and with very low interest rates (though I have not checked). If that is true, I’m sure Sony is happy to have it.
I know from a personal finance perspective, most of us hate debt and want to get rid of it quickly. This is not true for most corporations. A moderate amount of debt is part of the basic financial strategy for firms in many industries.
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From what I found here
https://www.yahoo.com/now/does-sonys-debt-look-140907512.html
Based on Sony’s balance sheet as of June 15, 2017, long-term debt is at $681.46 billion and current debt is at $518.08 billion, amounting to $1.20 trillion in total debt. Adjusted for $960.14 billion in cash-equivalents, the company’s net debt is at $239.40 billion.
I know that article is using dollar signs for those figures, but every one of those numbers is actually yen. Notice it says Sony has $17.6 Trillion in assets. There is not a single company in the world that has $1 Trillion in assets, much less $17 Trillion. For reference, Microsoft’s total assets are in the ballpark of $330 billion.
It looks like a really lazy writer (or more likely an AI) wrote that article and did not account for the dollar-yen exchange rate.
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I thought that as well, but in the article it says listed on the NYSE so some people probably thought it was $US dollars. So yeah lazy article, lazy writer. Can you imagine any company having to pay off $518 billion in a single year lol. Forget debt you would be in prison.
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I keep seeing people throw really high numbers around for Sonys debt, however, Im pretty sure those debt numbers are in JPY
It’s a little odd because I even see yahoo finance report these numbers incorrectly in USD without converting, but reviewing their financial reporting makes it clear their debt and asset numbers that look really high are in JPY.
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No idea who this is but…
I say dooooooo iiit!
Also LMAO at this
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LMAO, SEGA is worth half of Zenimax, no regulator would even blink an eye for a possible acquisition.
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At least the partnership with Sega is on to keep track on things rather than let loose and have them go elsewhere or be purchase by someone. I mean if Sony buys them, those day one release will go bye bye and at this point, Sega is in love with GP. Doubt they want to lose that.
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Western Sega also doesn’t match Sony at all. Sony is not into publishing stuff like Total War. To think Sony is even interested in Sega is funny.
They sure got comfortable with “exclusives” like Yakuza, Valkyrie, and so on, until they start putting them on Xbox. Persona is their only saving grace.
He could be on to something here…it would mean losing Monster Hunter which would be a big loss for me.
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This is just speculation… nothing more.