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@@doomzilla3568 that is true but Microsoft can buy Crystal Dynamics from Square Enix since Square Enix is not satisfied with them even if the game sells great it is not enough for them also Microsoft has a great relationship with Crystal Dynamics 👍.
How? Like with sony sure, they don't have the money to buy whatever they want with no care in the world, but companies like amazon, google, facebook, microsoft, apple, tencent ect. could afford to do it without breaking a sweat
I’m still on the fence about the whole acquisition War in general but if there’s one company that it’s for the absolute best it’s Konami. So many great IPs just sitting there untouched. Not just from Konami but Hudson games as well.
@@RibbidyJamGames bungie owns the 2nd biggest MMO and the 3rd biggest FPS franchise in destiny which fills a massive hole of sonys library along side having 2 other projects currently in work. Bungie is also a lot cheaper than Konami who has a market cap of 8.5 billion, and since you have to pay a premium on this stuff let's say 13 billion to buy them, and what would you get a company who is more a pachinko and fitness company than a games company with some notable gaming IPs. Even if Sony just wanted to buy konamis gaming IPs I would imagine they would have to pay a sizable amount (like 6 billion for all of them) and you would have to make your own teams to make new games in these series and hope they have the same talent that can recapture the essence of these original series. Unless you can get the OG people work on these again which feels unlikely since they have either move onto different projects like slitterhead (Silent hill) or bloodstain (castlevania) or they seem to be done with series considering it complete or both (kojima). If Sony (or anyone really if that be Microsoft, capcom, EA, Take Two, tencent ect.) gets the opportunity to buy konami's IPs they should in my opinion but acting like Konami was a better choice than bungie is laughable. Buying their IPs feels like buy assets to me
Since Microsft sees companies like Disney and Apple as their main competition I'd expect one of those companies to buy up several of these game developers/companies. And if you have the bank that Disney has, they could buy damn near anyone...
i think Microsoft sees tencent, apple, Amazon, Facebook and google as competition. iono about disney. even though google is slowing stadia down those companies has soo much filthy money that can rival or even surpass Microsofts that they could easily buy up all the punishers and devs still out there to make a go at the big 3
Be nice to see Capcom merge DMC with Darkstalkers. I really love Darkstalkers. Merging both worlds Seeing Jedah or Pyron or both as one of the main villains. Seeing Donovan, Morrigan, and J. Talbain as a playable character fighting side by side with Dante, Nero, Vergil, Lady, and Trish. Before you get them you can fight them along the way. Seeing Trish and Morrigan go at it at first then become allies later.
I think From Software, taken individually, cannot be bought by anyone: it's already a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation (and Sony owns the 1,93% of this company).
There a thing called willing to sell. Companies board members should be willing to sell for anyone to be able to acquire them. Bethesda/Zenimax had financial trouble that's why they sold themselves. Activision Blizzard had sexual harassment and case in court that's why they sold. Companies don't want to sell unless they are in trouble.
I'm not 100% sure what is happening with all this purchasing of companies lately, but I get the impression that the landscape of gaming going into the future is going to change a lot hence MS and Sony recent acquisition. From my limited understanding is gaming is going to end up like Netflix or Stan. I.e you pay a subscription and play any game they have to offer rather than paying for an individual game. Sony and MS are very interested of the IP of the companies because the exclusive content will become a big selling point in the subscription medium.
dude, companies sell because they like money and have to work in favour of the stock holders, I need to see evidence bethesda, bungie or zynga were in financial trouble before being acquired
EA - Microsoft Ubisoft - Sony Sega - Microsoft Square Enix - Sony Bandai Namco - Microsoft Konami - Sony Koei Tecmo - Microsoft Capcom - Sony Paradox Interactive - Microsoft (For Sony Strategy games don't know) - Sony As for Take-Two? If push comes to shove Microsoft & Sony should go halfzys on it so Tencent doesn't get it For Embracer Group, both Microsoft & Sony get around 40% shares each so Tencent can't just acquire so many studios all at once I'm down with Steam & even Nintendo getting slice of Embracer Group & Take-Two as well along with Microsoft & Sony via having a % of them
I can't wait to play kao that game looks awesome man. Also when will the re make of croc come out? It was supposed to come in 2020? It still isn't out yet?
I don't know about you, but I have a weird feeling Disney could buy Ubisoft if they wanted to. I mean, they are making a Star Wars game, the gaming company made a lot of Disney games (old and new), even most modern Just Dance games have at least one Disney song in their tracklists.
Highly doubt games like Madden and FIFA will be exclusive to who ever buys EA. The NFL and FIFA will probably force EA to continue cross platforms like what the MLB did to Sony regarding MLB the show.
Sony can't afford to drop maybe 50 billion on EA. I am not one of the people who act like Sony can't afford to acquire companies but they can't afford someone like EA or take two
I want a new *The Legacy of Kain* title and remakes of the previous titles. This Franchise has been dormant for like 20 years give or take fully MIA with the new gaming consoles around *The Legacy of Kain* franchise deserves to make some noise.
Watchmojo: "I don't know if the polish government would allow this or not" Also Watchmojo: *puts japanese companies in list of possible acquisitions without a second thought*
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong but, Poland doesn't have over a dozen AAA level studios, do they? CDPR is their ONLY viable developer. This, if the company is acquired and shut down or relocated, it could be devastating to their local economy and creative industries. So no, not even close to being the same thing.
@@seroujghazarian6343 it's pretty easy to get past them though, all you would have to do is open a fully owned subsidiary in Japan like xbox Game studios of Japan and give them to money to buy whoever you were looking at and they will the company day to day but the subsidiary will obviously be owned by you
EA and ubisoft will be next, but my god if rockstar and CD projekt red are aquired that would be huge for fantastic exclusives, not to mention from software. but if these exclusives dont come to pc at some point that would be a real shot in the foot for the games longevity as alot of console gamers eventually go to PC
I don’t understand why Sony hasn’t purchased Bandai Namco, Square Enix, From Software, and Quantic Dream. I’m sure one of these will be purchased this year.
Bandai and Square said they don't want to be acquired From Software is owned by a company, that Sony already owns a bit of it (not fully tho) And Quantic Dreams, just like many studios, wanted to go multiplatform
Bandai and Square are very much out of PlayStation budget. Fromsoftware its owned by Kadokawa and quantic dream dont want to make games for PS anymore, they get a BIG amounth of money from Tencent to go full 3rd party.
Well Bandai and Square would be very expensive, as already mentioned from software is already owned and along with Quantic Dream wanting to go platform, they also have been getting accusations of toxic work culture along with sexism and racism so that may keep Sony from going to them
because they don't have the money or relationships fell apart in the case of Quantic Dream. Bandai Namco's market cap is like 16 billion so acquiring them would cost maybe 20 billion at least if not more and Bandai Namco isn't just a games comany, they are also a toy company and toys is actually their main source of revenue Square Enix's market cap is 5.8 billion so acquiring them would cost about 8 billion (I could see sony buying square) Fromsoft is owned by KADOAWA which I could see sony buying
I can see both sides of the coin when we're talking acquisitions. I can see Sony going for FromSoftware and Square Enix or Capcom for a lot of their games were made famous on the PlayStation. For Microsoft, I can see Remedy being a Xbox first party studio with the games they have exclusives on Xbox like Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and CrossfireX. If Microsoft wanted another Japanese company besides Tango Gameworks, Konami could be a nice workaround, especially with series like Metal Gear, Silent Hill and whatnot. I can see adding CDProjektRed, as they now will have a lot of RPG studios.
What I would love to see is a Ubi-Konami-ioi merger to design the ultimate assassin game using the fox engine 🤷🏼♂️ or WB games/Ubi team up using the Nemesis System 🤯
I want a day where all publishers aren't stingy with their tech, knowledge, etc & share all that with each other (Between other game publishers & individual game studios/ teams/ solo devs)
Wow, watching this video, you'd get the impression that the only companies interested in acquisitions are platform owners. Like there aren't any other companies with $130+ billion in cash on its balance sheet who just released their first "AAA" game prematurely and might want to expand their gaming arm for better results. 🙄
If Microsoft bought another company, it should be Bandai Namco. They have some great IPs. 2 games I'd like to see them remaster are Xenosaga and the Tales series. They should have 343 Industries work on remastering both games on the SlipSpace Engine they used for Halo Infinite. Just imagine playing Xenosaga and Tales of Symphonia with the graphics of the SlipSpace Engine. This would also give 343 Industries more recognition than just making Halo games.
I'd say CDPR should go with Sony Mainly so Sony can start adding onto their Open World RPG Franchises owned/ made & have more RPG Studios under their belt Xbox has: Obsidian inXile Bethesda Game Studios Playground Games I think that's all of them but I could be wrong
@@daksans6764 I know nobody should But if Apple, Tencent, Amazon, etc try to get CDPR then Sony definitely should before them I'd rather Sony/ Microsoft/ Nintendo/ Steam buy Publishers and Studios than Tencent, Amazon, etc
@@daksans6764 Sheesh mate. It still applies IF they try to get it I don't understand how you would be fine with them getting picked up by any of those instead of Sony
Here's a thing SF5 being exclusive to PS4 wasn't a smart move for Capcom and for that reason to put it on Number 1 pick I just don't understand it at all.
Embracer Group in future buying publisher is best option Unless they pull a 180 on us in future and sell all their studios to Tencent If that ever happened there would be violence across the whole gaming community.
Sony has ten billion left. The following publishers would cost less than 10 billion to acquire: - Square Enix - Konami - Capcom - SEGA/ Atlus - WB Games - Ubisoft And that's just the money they set aside and budgeted for acquisitions for 2022-2023. No reason they can't adjust the budget if something good costs slightly more. Just some perspective for the people saying Sony can't afford anything. They can actually afford most things. That 10 billion alone can probably get them both Capcom and WB Games
@@ytv6602 let remind you a legal term that MS can use for buying up anyone during the Activision Blizzard deal: Defensive acquisition. If MS wants to buy for example SQEX they can with the argument of defending themselves from Sony buying up SQEX...
They need to buy EA Games so they can do a deaf jam remake hopefully as well as James bond games I miss the classic games including rise to honor as well hope they do it!!!
Japanese companies like Konami, Capcom, and Square Enix don’t seem likely to be acquired cuz of Japan’s very strict laws when it comes to acquisitions and a lot of people seem to forget about the stricter laws in Japan when it comes to this stuff and besides in Square Enix’s case they’re stubborn and like being 3rd party and making games for other systems cuz FF Origins is coming to Xbox next month along with both Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris as well as Chocobo GP coming to the Switch in March with Chocobo GP being a Switch exclusive.
its okay japanese laws aside no one wants square enix. like square isnt just about making video games...they do all sorts of other shit like music and stuff let along having their games be in development hell. they loyal to sony anyways so no one wants to move on them. capcom is highly valuable. bandai namco is as big as a EA in japan. fromsoft is good but they only make soulsborn games....iono capcom is definitely prized. still say take 2 is the golden ticket. nothing u can buy can march up to GTA let alone red dead. like if xbox wants some of the best single player 3rd person cinematic story games....rockstar makes some of the best. not to mention they make an amazing live service in gta online that prints money. add to that they also own zynga now for that mobile money.....
@@RavagHer it seems everyone forgets Square Enix also has good working relationships with Microsoft and Nintendo with them releasing a ton of ports of their classic games for both Xbox and Switch and I don’t think Square Enix wants to squander those relationships
I can honestly see Amazon acquiring Ubisoft. Tencent acquiring a minority in EA, probably 30-50% as well as Konami in similar fashion. Microsoft going for Remedy and Warner Bros, if not their subsidiaries. Sony is more than likely to go for Capcom and if they could FromSoftware or their parent company if possible. If not then they'll try CD Projekt and also Warner Bros. Others that weren't mentioned on this list that is a possibility is Microsoft going for Sega. I can also see Sony going for Platinum Games and Arc System Works.
Why would Microsoft go after WB games? The only reason Microsoft original went after them was because they were for sale but you would get much from buying them as you wouldn't get the game licenses. I would imagine apple buying them would be much more likely since I could see apple buying WB discovery as a whole. I see microsoft picking up someone like take two or someone from Japan like capcom or Square way before WB games
At the start the sound effect and music where are they actually from? Heard them so many times but not sure of the origins. Was it actually Metal Gear Solid?
I’m thinking about downloading the free-to-play game, CapCom Museum. Which is on PS4, have ANY of y’all played it? Because I’m thinking about downloading it.
Calling it: - Sony buying FromSoftware, Capcom and/or Square Enix - Embracer buying CD Projekt Red and Bloober Team (latter may be under Koch) - Tencent buying the rest of Remedy Entertainment
Jim Ryan said to expect more acquisitions on the horizon, so I except at least one more big acqusition this year. Besides, this might be one of the few times they could play it off like Amazon, and use profits from their other sectors to finance more.
Sony could probably square, konami (granted they wouldn't buy Konami cos it would be a shit get) and SEGA granted the only one that seems realistic out of them is Square. I don't see why Sony would buy SEGA and capcom is probably a bit too expensive
10. Konami has damaged their own reputation for the wrong reason thus they should be acquired by Sony or Microsoft just to better themselves. Those franchise should be rebooted while staying true to their origin just to start all over.
I want a rerelease of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, a Remaster of Metal Gear Solid 4 and I still want a BETTER MGS1 Remake. I wasn't entirely satisfied with The Twin Snakes. It wasn't good enough!
...in what world would Capcom be 4B dollars, their market cap is around 6.4 billion dollars and you have to pay a premium on that to make the stockholders happy and stop them from sueing so lets say 10 billion for capcom and WB games wasn't sold because offers were far to low
@@ArnoldStark123 no it wasn’t 🤣 it was shrouded by camera problems and that Disney didn’t let Warren Spector create his vision. Epic Mickey 2 failure lead to the closing of Junction Point . Since closing the division Disney been making easy money via licensing IP to 3rd companies. And with deals such as Spider-Man, SW, marvel, Avatar and Indiana Jones and recently a cart game - why would they?
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames Spider man doesn't count because that's not Disney's doing that is sonys doing and the Japanese version of the epic Mickey game has a fixed camera
@@couldbetrento5850 Definitely wouldn't hurt for their team to have a 2nd franchise they work on instead of just always Forza Motorsport Plus they can, hopefully, revive Bizarre Creations as a new studio like how TellTale Games came back (or just make a completely new studio with new name) that can be focused on Blur and Project Gotham Racing!!! Maybe even also do a new 2nd Team under Turn10 focused on Blur and Project Gotham Racing!! That would be best option, oh and another thing I would love for all EA named studios to get their own names for uniqueness and grow culture at each studio, EA Baton Rouge, EA Chillingo, etc etc sound so generic, dead, & plain (There's 13 EA "Something" studios)
People thinking that Sony and Microsoft buying EA or Take 2 will get them exclusives to Madden, 2k sports, and FIFA. Yeah, the NBA, NFL, FIFA, and the MLB will say other wise.
At this point if Square Enix was acquired it’d be a good thing. Over the last 20 years they’ve completely lost touch with what made Square Soft or Enix what they were. Square Softs 90s Jrpg run was similar the Disney’s golden age movie run. They’ve strayed a loooooooong way since.
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo should team up and buy all 3rd party studios just to make sure Google, Amazon, FB, Apple, Tencent, etc doesn't get to them
Can they really do that though. We are talking about companies who can buy Nintendo or Sony like its nothing (granted I think the Japanese goverment would do anything and everything to stop a Nintendo acquisition due to that being Japan's modern identity at this point)
If I wanna be real honest here, NONE of them should be bought by the big 3. They've survived this long as partners, but also independently, so it would make no sense to purchase them under new management when they've pretty much proved themselves worthy of continuing forward without becoming exclusive to either of the big 3. Sony and Nintendo could instead buy smaller studios to really help them get their names recognized while Microsoft can just sit quietly in the corner with their already huge acquisitions recently. Speaking of the latter, how about Microsoft following Sony's recent statement about their Bungie acquisition and letting their 3rd party developers continue to be independent aka continue making multiplatform games. The recent groaning of players concerning Starfield being an Xbox and PC exclusive when Bethesda could've also brought it to PlayStation, or that future Bethesda and Activision Blizzard games, developed or published, becoming Xbox and PC exclusive is saying a lot. First party games can stay exclusive to their respective platforms, but 3rd-party ones should be made available to EVERYONE and on EVERY available platforms. While Sony have started to offer their first party exclusives to PC, they'll focus on making consoles games first and foremost and THEN port them later to PC.
What abouth Naughty dog, guerrilla, Insomniac, suker punch, bend studios etc etc of games that those studios made? They were Also acquired :D thsy should be on Xbox too right? Lol Wake up
Personally I'd prefer Konami at the top spot if this list, considering how it should be a reckoning for them due to their scummy business practices and horrific treatment of both their employees and ex-employees. Plus this list likely won't amount to anything if most of these companies aren't sold to larger companies.
No I don't think we didn't missed these acquisitions is the most likely on the PS4 or on the PS3 like Konami and Electronics Arts and Fromsoftware and Capcom
Can't believe you didn't even mention SEGA! A company that has a huge fanbase, a library of legacy ip's who recently shut down its arcade production division - AND who MicroSoft is on the record of showing interest in purchasing a while ago. Sony would attempt to purchase SEGA out of pure spite for MicroSoft turning them down. It would be way cheaper than buying a UbiSoft or EA, that's for sure.
@@SuperNitroZ64 - MicroSoft allows the studios they own to operate independently, so if SEGA were to be owned by any console manufacturer, I for one would rather it be MicroSoft.
10 and 9. Konami has become a ruthless uncaring company run by South Park's version of Mickey Mouse and EA has become an Extortionist group run by an evil bizarro Scrooge McDuck, these 2 are in desperate need of... [Cue the under new management moment from Megamind]
Totally amazing video watch mojo,fantastic job. I love the yugioh video games that Konami makes even the new rush duel battle royals game,everything yugioh too. I would love to see a sequel to quantum break,love how it switches between shows and game at once. It would be one awesome movie ever if Xbox want to get into making movies too. I love the tomb raider games too etc.
Sony HAS to buy Konami to save it and Capcom could be a good one and so could square enix EXCEPT those two already show Sony a lot of favoritism(paid) and exclusivity so they wouldn't be keeping much away from Xbox as some other purchases. I feel like if you're a square enix fan you should have a PS5 already
Konami is a much more of a gambling and fitness company than a gaming one at this point. Capcom I highly doubt, capcom themselves have said they want to make PC their main platform and would be pricy. I could see Sony buying square even if I don't think it's likely
1-Considering Konami still makes big bucks with Yuguioh, it being the 3rd best selling card game on the market clearly shows you have no clue about them 2-You do realize you're stating Sony or Microsoft buying a Warner bros owned branch? That's just impossible 3-10 years ago Square put themselves on a pedestal even so far as trying to shape their own big Hollywood studio. And they said they didn't want to be acquired. That's not happening.
I can definitely see Microsoft acquiring SEGA to help them in the Japanese market. They have been looking to acquire a big Japanese publisher, so someone like SEGA would be huge. Plus SEGA and Microsoft have a history with each other. Microsoft almost acquired SEGA when it was first getting into the video game industry. SEGA also absolutely loves GamePass. Another company I definitely want Microsoft to acquire would be T2. They have a lot of very popular IPs. I mean I just can’t imagine, if I were Phil Spencer and an opportunity to acquire T2 came up, like how would you not acquire them.
@@kingofgames2992 ya know what..... If anything I'm down with Amazon getting Ubisoft for now Think about it if Amazon buys them now and in future shuts down Luna then by then they'll sell Ubisoft and Sony, Embracer Group, & Microsoft can all be in much better places & ready to be able to purchase Ubisoft after having bought the others Whatever keeps these Publishers out of Blackstone, Tencent, NetEase, & other horrible companies hands the better Amazon is a lesser evil in a way
@@ytv6602 yeah I don't picture that happening, escpecially with amazon who has been investing into gaming for a while now. I think the likely scenario is amazon, google, Facebook/meta, tencent, apple ect. Start scooping up large portions of the industry and become the dominate players along side Microsoft. I think Sony will just be priced out in the long term
I can see Microsoft buying capcom I think capcom want to see how a new atmosphere feels they already know how Sony and Nintendo atmosphere feels then after that they’ll choose who they really want to be with after that deal
Ubisoft fought off an acquisition already so I don't know that they would allow themselves to be purchased by either Microsoft or Sony. Maybe their relationship with them would make this different though. Small possibility. EA would probably cost as much as Activision-Blizzard, maybe even more because those sports licenses, so I think that gates them off from Microsoft and Sony. Sony because I doubt they could afford like 80 billion and while Microsoft probably could, they just spent that on Activision. Their pockets are deep but not infinite. They're already working their way back up from that purchase. Take-Two would cost about 35 billion I think. Still within the purchasing power of either Microsoft or Sony. Sony only has 10 billion in budget left now, but that could always change. On hand cash isn't the only way this can happen either. I could see this being Sony's counter to Activision if they feel desperate enough. WB studios I could honestly see going anywhere. Not even necessarily all to the same buyer. AT&T was trying to sell them off individually it seemed. As for the Japanese publishers, I don't think any of them would cost more than Bethesda so either of them could easily buy any of them. I don't know about Japanese monopoly laws though. I don't think Japan would be keen on an American company like Microsoft acquiring them. Or even Sony since they now supposedly see Playstation as "westernized"
@@jkarma3356 never say never. If they get a good offer they would review it as they are legally required to work in the intrest of shareholders. I could 100% see microsoft picking up take two next just to stop someone like apple from trying to buy them
Ya know for EA there is so much that would go against a Microsoft acquisition 1. The amount of Mobile Studios EA has 2. Sports Licenses 3. Battlefield (Microsoft has COD & Halo, this would complete the trifecta) 4. Skate (Microsoft has Tony Hawk) 5. SSX (Microsoft has Amped to revive already) 6. Shit ton of Racing Studios under EA But I would still be down with it if they can work through all that
I don’t like acquisitions due to the fact that there’s always lay offs and with some(looking at you EA) studio closures. But I get it. Especially since every company is trying to go the GAAS route.
Overall in last 2 years acquisitions have actually saved alot of studios It's just some companies just don't learn: Square Enix (Selling their European Studios but STILL having the audacity to announce they want to buy (and make) more studios), EA/ Take-Two/ etc graveyards, & some others Xbox, Sony, & Embracer Group are doing well for most part with new studios not being shut down
@@ytv6602 both EA and take two are well known for shutting down studios. Square enix literally have said that because there games haven’t been meeting these outrageous expectations there selling them. Embracer is a subsidiary of tencent. Sony and Microsoft both have been doing well but there eventually going to be like most companies where they will just incorporate them into one franchise only(like EA with fifa and mass effect or activision with call of duty.) but you aren’t wrong some companies will do good(for now) but most would rather save money and lay off people just to reach a quarterly goal.
@@gameman876 I get ya but where did you get info about Embracer Group being a Subsidiary of Tencent I looked everywhere and there's nowhere that says that
the only one that matters is take2 (gta). EA would be second (u got the devs doing apex and starwars/also all the bioware IP)....and Ubisoft should be last in terms of western devs (cuz everyone is sick of ubisofts IP). japanese devs would be hard for xbox or anyone from the west to buy cuz of japanese laws so only sony or Nintendo can buy them and if they are loyal to sony like square and capcom then there isnt a reason to buy them...thats why sony had bought mainly western devs recently
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The Pokémon Company & Sega
You forgot to mention Nintendo, WatchMojo.
Capcom should buy Konami
Did you forget Japanese anti-monopoly law prohibits American companies to claim Japanese companies?
@@doomzilla3568 that is true but Microsoft can buy Crystal Dynamics from Square Enix since Square Enix is not satisfied with them even if the game sells great it is not enough for them also Microsoft has a great relationship with Crystal Dynamics 👍.
They need to be careful. Buying too many companies could potentially blow up in their faces financially.
Literally what is happening to food right now
Not with Microsoft. They are trillions worth and these companies are less than 1% of their market value.
or physically
How? Like with sony sure, they don't have the money to buy whatever they want with no care in the world, but companies like amazon, google, facebook, microsoft, apple, tencent ect. could afford to do it without breaking a sweat
@@phoenix5054 no company is to big to fail.
I’m still on the fence about the whole acquisition War in general but if there’s one company that it’s for the absolute best it’s Konami. So many great IPs just sitting there untouched. Not just from Konami but Hudson games as well.
Yea I don't understand why PlayStation decided to pick Bungee? Wish they tried getting Konami
I hope Microsoft doesn’t acquire them..
@@seanfrance3182 who ever does require them, they would be losing out on serious cash if they make Konami exclusive.
@@seanfrance3182 better than konami the way they are now.
@@RibbidyJamGames bungie owns the 2nd biggest MMO and the 3rd biggest FPS franchise in destiny which fills a massive hole of sonys library along side having 2 other projects currently in work. Bungie is also a lot cheaper than Konami who has a market cap of 8.5 billion, and since you have to pay a premium on this stuff let's say 13 billion to buy them, and what would you get a company who is more a pachinko and fitness company than a games company with some notable gaming IPs.
Even if Sony just wanted to buy konamis gaming IPs I would imagine they would have to pay a sizable amount (like 6 billion for all of them) and you would have to make your own teams to make new games in these series and hope they have the same talent that can recapture the essence of these original series. Unless you can get the OG people work on these again which feels unlikely since they have either move onto different projects like slitterhead (Silent hill) or bloodstain (castlevania) or they seem to be done with series considering it complete or both (kojima).
If Sony (or anyone really if that be Microsoft, capcom, EA, Take Two, tencent ect.) gets the opportunity to buy konami's IPs they should in my opinion but acting like Konami was a better choice than bungie is laughable. Buying their IPs feels like buy assets to me
Since Microsft sees companies like Disney and Apple as their main competition I'd expect one of those companies to buy up several of these game developers/companies. And if you have the bank that Disney has, they could buy damn near anyone...
i think Microsoft sees tencent, apple, Amazon, Facebook and google as competition. iono about disney. even though google is slowing stadia down those companies has soo much filthy money that can rival or even surpass Microsofts that they could easily buy up all the punishers and devs still out there to make a go at the big 3
@@RavagHer I think only Google and Apple have more money than Microsoft in cash. Before they spent half of their cash too.
Disney left video games a few years ago why would it pay to come back?
it would kill gaming.
Apple is the only company in the world having 100 billion dollars in cash flow
Really surprised that Sega was not mentioned. I can see them being bought up
I hope not
If there are going to be more acquisitions in this current year, the better odds are on other companies given the economic factors already at play.
Be nice to see Capcom merge
DMC with Darkstalkers. I really love Darkstalkers. Merging both worlds Seeing Jedah or Pyron or both as one of the main villains. Seeing Donovan, Morrigan, and J. Talbain as a playable character fighting side by side with Dante, Nero, Vergil, Lady, and Trish. Before you get them you can fight them along the way. Seeing Trish and Morrigan go at it at first then become allies later.
imagine DS characters in a DMC game! just wow 😍
*Microsoft:* _sees Activision._
*Microsoft's mind:* “Activision is mine now.”
So do Bethesda and Blizzard.
I came, saw and acquired.
I think From Software, taken individually, cannot be bought by anyone: it's already a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation (and Sony owns the 1,93% of this company).
I can picture sony buying KADOKAWA though
Tencent has a stake in fromsoftware.
Konami, Sega and Capcom are my choices.
There a thing called willing to sell. Companies board members should be willing to sell for anyone to be able to acquire them.
Bethesda/Zenimax had financial trouble that's why they sold themselves. Activision Blizzard had sexual harassment and case in court that's why they sold. Companies don't want to sell unless they are in trouble.
I think that the only two companies that fits with these requirements are ea and ubisoft.
I'm not 100% sure what is happening with all this purchasing of companies lately, but I get the impression that the landscape of gaming going into the future is going to change a lot hence MS and Sony recent acquisition. From my limited understanding is gaming is going to end up like Netflix or Stan. I.e you pay a subscription and play any game they have to offer rather than paying for an individual game. Sony and MS are very interested of the IP of the companies because the exclusive content will become a big selling point in the subscription medium.
dude, companies sell because they like money and have to work in favour of the stock holders, I need to see evidence bethesda, bungie or zynga were in financial trouble before being acquired
Maybe Microsoft considered owning Ubisoft in the near future, but I'm not sure yet.
EA - Microsoft
Ubisoft - Sony
Sega - Microsoft
Square Enix - Sony
Bandai Namco - Microsoft
Konami - Sony
Koei Tecmo - Microsoft
Capcom - Sony
Paradox Interactive - Microsoft
(For Sony Strategy games don't know) - Sony
As for Take-Two? If push comes to shove Microsoft & Sony should go halfzys on it so Tencent doesn't get it
For Embracer Group, both Microsoft & Sony get around 40% shares each so Tencent can't just acquire so many studios all at once
I'm down with Steam & even Nintendo getting slice of Embracer Group & Take-Two as well along with Microsoft & Sony via having a % of them
@@ytv6602 Microsoft should acquire EA and Ubisoft and may be Capcom to a lesser extent and Sony should acquire all the Japanese companies.
I can't wait to play kao that game looks awesome man. Also when will the re make of croc come out? It was supposed to come in 2020? It still isn't out yet?
I don't know about you, but I have a weird feeling Disney could buy Ubisoft if they wanted to. I mean, they are making a Star Wars game, the gaming company made a lot of Disney games (old and new), even most modern Just Dance games have at least one Disney song in their tracklists.
Why would they? Disney failed to enter the industry and quit. Now they making easy money by licensing IP.
Well I'll take Disney acquired Ubisoft over Tencent any day lol
Yes there was any we missed like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft and From software and Capcom are these acquisitions video games on the PS3 or on the PS4
I should acquire EA Sports because of the NFL, NBA Live and the Fight Night franchises
NBA Live is dead
Plus nba is 2k not ea
Watchmojo here trolling Sony and MS 😂
Ubi-Soft needs to revive The Rayman Franchise.
I know. It is absurd that there are making less games for their mascots then all of their other IPs.
Microsoft, Sony, either one of you, please buy EA and save BioWare!!!
And save Madden!
Highly doubt games like Madden and FIFA will be exclusive to who ever buys EA. The NFL and FIFA will probably force EA to continue cross platforms like what the MLB did to Sony regarding MLB the show.
there is no hope for madden. focus on fifa.
@@therealkreationsncaa fuck madden have 2k have them just buy bioware
Sony can't afford to drop maybe 50 billion on EA. I am not one of the people who act like Sony can't afford to acquire companies but they can't afford someone like EA or take two
You failed to mention the Hudson Soft games for Konami and Rayman and the Rabbids for Ubisoft
your lack of SEGA is disturbing
Kojima Productions is more likely to be acquired by Sony or Microsoft than Konami.
I want a new *The Legacy of Kain* title and remakes of the previous titles. This Franchise has been dormant for like 20 years give or take fully MIA with the new gaming consoles around *The Legacy of Kain* franchise deserves to make some noise.
Same brother, same. I miss Legacy of Kain too
Watchmojo: "I don't know if the polish government would allow this or not"
Also Watchmojo: *puts japanese companies in list of possible acquisitions without a second thought*
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong but, Poland doesn't have over a dozen AAA level studios, do they? CDPR is their ONLY viable developer. This, if the company is acquired and shut down or relocated, it could be devastating to their local economy and creative industries. So no, not even close to being the same thing.
@@Remianen even then, Japan also has super-strict rules for acquisitions
That's what it's like living in a country where the government owns everything
@@seroujghazarian6343 but they still can acquire japanese companies
@@seroujghazarian6343 it's pretty easy to get past them though, all you would have to do is open a fully owned subsidiary in Japan like xbox Game studios of Japan and give them to money to buy whoever you were looking at and they will the company day to day but the subsidiary will obviously be owned by you
I just EA had a sports rival to make their football and basketball games better. Nothing like back in the day with EA and 2K ESPN football.
EA and ubisoft will be next, but my god if rockstar and CD projekt red are aquired that would be huge for fantastic exclusives, not to mention from software.
but if these exclusives dont come to pc at some point that would be a real shot in the foot for the games longevity as alot of console gamers eventually go to PC
Capcom, Konami, EA, Bandai-Namco, SNK Playmore, & Rockstar could definitely be acquired given Microsoft & Sony's deep pockets.
Maybe Nintendo could do it, they could even acquire SEGA. Which I would love to see.
With Microsoft deeper pockets @2.2 trillion $$$$
Sony only has 10 billion left for acquisitions
I hope no one touches Rockstar.
@@monsterjamfan100xtreme4 ooh, that would literally be the formation of Voltron.
I don’t understand why Sony hasn’t purchased Bandai Namco, Square Enix, From Software, and Quantic Dream. I’m sure one of these will be purchased this year.
Bandai and Square said they don't want to be acquired
From Software is owned by a company, that Sony already owns a bit of it (not fully tho)
And Quantic Dreams, just like many studios, wanted to go multiplatform
Bandai and Square are very much out of PlayStation budget.
Fromsoftware its owned by Kadokawa and quantic dream dont want to make games for PS anymore, they get a BIG amounth of money from Tencent to go full 3rd party.
Well Bandai and Square would be very expensive, as already mentioned from software is already owned and along with Quantic Dream wanting to go platform, they also have been getting accusations of toxic work culture along with sexism and racism so that may keep Sony from going to them
because they don't have the money or relationships fell apart in the case of Quantic Dream.
Bandai Namco's market cap is like 16 billion so acquiring them would cost maybe 20 billion at least if not more and Bandai Namco isn't just a games comany, they are also a toy company and toys is actually their main source of revenue
Square Enix's market cap is 5.8 billion so acquiring them would cost about 8 billion (I could see sony buying square)
Fromsoft is owned by KADOAWA which I could see sony buying
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I can see both sides of the coin when we're talking acquisitions. I can see Sony going for FromSoftware and Square Enix or Capcom for a lot of their games were made famous on the PlayStation. For Microsoft, I can see Remedy being a Xbox first party studio with the games they have exclusives on Xbox like Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and CrossfireX. If Microsoft wanted another Japanese company besides Tango Gameworks, Konami could be a nice workaround, especially with series like Metal Gear, Silent Hill and whatnot. I can see adding CDProjektRed, as they now will have a lot of RPG studios.
What I would love to see is a Ubi-Konami-ioi merger to design the ultimate assassin game using the fox engine 🤷🏼♂️ or WB games/Ubi team up using the Nemesis System 🤯
I want a day where all publishers aren't stingy with their tech, knowledge, etc & share all that with each other (Between other game publishers & individual game studios/ teams/ solo devs)
EA need to get bought and broken up
Agreed
Same goes for Take-Two
Seperate Rockstar, 2K, & all the others from each other
Can you do top 10 episodes of Season 1 of Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures?
Well did see that coming
Take two could make a good choice with Microsoft because they have a good relationship with them they work together in the outer worlds
Also I could see microsoft wanting them just to stop someone like apple from buying them
Wow, watching this video, you'd get the impression that the only companies interested in acquisitions are platform owners. Like there aren't any other companies with $130+ billion in cash on its balance sheet who just released their first "AAA" game prematurely and might want to expand their gaming arm for better results. 🙄
If Microsoft bought another company, it should be Bandai Namco. They have some great IPs. 2 games I'd like to see them remaster are Xenosaga and the Tales series. They should have 343 Industries work on remastering both games on the SlipSpace Engine they used for Halo Infinite. Just imagine playing Xenosaga and Tales of Symphonia with the graphics of the SlipSpace Engine. This would also give 343 Industries more recognition than just making Halo games.
What if Microsoft buys CDPR?
I'd say CDPR should go with Sony
Mainly so Sony can start adding onto their Open World RPG Franchises owned/ made & have more RPG Studios under their belt
Xbox has:
Obsidian
inXile
Bethesda Game Studios
Playground Games
I think that's all of them but I could be wrong
@@ytv6602 Nobody should touch CDPR
@@daksans6764 I know nobody should
But if Apple, Tencent, Amazon, etc try to get CDPR then Sony definitely should before them
I'd rather Sony/ Microsoft/ Nintendo/ Steam buy Publishers and Studios than Tencent, Amazon, etc
@@ytv6602 No thanks CDPR is safe from those tech giants like Apple and Amazon. So it's better to leave them alone.
@@daksans6764 Sheesh mate. It still applies IF they try to get it
I don't understand how you would be fine with them getting picked up by any of those instead of Sony
When are we going to have Video Game Verses videos again?
The only reason they made this list is because Microsoft is acquiring Activision and Sony acquired Bungie.
Someone needs to buy Konami. So silent hill and many more games can come back for a new generation
You have the extra baggage though, gambling machines, that sort of stuff
Sony should get it so we can some Silent Hills closure
@@timelord6616 Konami would be a shit buy lol, they are more a gambling, gym company than gaming company at this point
Konami isn't a game company any more. They make pachinko machines.
Here's a thing SF5 being exclusive to PS4 wasn't a smart move for Capcom and for that reason to put it on Number 1 pick I just don't understand it at all.
I rather see konami bought out before capcom. Love Capcom and i hope they remain independent supporting all consoles.
Embracer Group in future buying publisher is best option
Unless they pull a 180 on us in future and sell all their studios to Tencent
If that ever happened there would be violence across the whole gaming community.
Sony has ten billion left. The following publishers would cost less than 10 billion to acquire:
- Square Enix
- Konami
- Capcom
- SEGA/ Atlus
- WB Games
- Ubisoft
And that's just the money they set aside and budgeted for acquisitions for 2022-2023. No reason they can't adjust the budget if something good costs slightly more. Just some perspective for the people saying Sony can't afford anything. They can actually afford most things. That 10 billion alone can probably get them both Capcom and WB Games
the problem is MS CAN and WILL outbid them if any of those comes up to sale
@@maximonunez3350 MS can't outbid during an ingestion of another publisher so that's the moment Sony can get their own publisher & overtime publishers
@@ytv6602 let remind you a legal term that MS can use for buying up anyone during the Activision Blizzard deal: Defensive acquisition.
If MS wants to buy for example SQEX they can with the argument of defending themselves from Sony buying up SQEX...
TOP 10 Toy Companies that could be brought by Disney
Good joke
I mean it!
They need to buy EA Games so they can do a deaf jam remake hopefully as well as James bond games I miss the classic games including rise to honor as well hope they do it!!!
Splinter Cell Blacklist by Ubisoft needs to be brought back up and running for the WiiU
Japanese companies like Konami, Capcom, and Square Enix don’t seem likely to be acquired cuz of Japan’s very strict laws when it comes to acquisitions and a lot of people seem to forget about the stricter laws in Japan when it comes to this stuff and besides in Square Enix’s case they’re stubborn and like being 3rd party and making games for other systems cuz FF Origins is coming to Xbox next month along with both Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris as well as Chocobo GP coming to the Switch in March with Chocobo GP being a Switch exclusive.
its okay japanese laws aside no one wants square enix. like square isnt just about making video games...they do all sorts of other shit like music and stuff let along having their games be in development hell. they loyal to sony anyways so no one wants to move on them. capcom is highly valuable. bandai namco is as big as a EA in japan. fromsoft is good but they only make soulsborn games....iono capcom is definitely prized. still say take 2 is the golden ticket. nothing u can buy can march up to GTA let alone red dead. like if xbox wants some of the best single player 3rd person cinematic story games....rockstar makes some of the best. not to mention they make an amazing live service in gta online that prints money. add to that they also own zynga now for that mobile money.....
@@RavagHer it seems everyone forgets Square Enix also has good working relationships with Microsoft and Nintendo with them releasing a ton of ports of their classic games for both Xbox and Switch and I don’t think Square Enix wants to squander those relationships
I doubt Konami because they also own Yugioh.
I can honestly see Amazon acquiring Ubisoft. Tencent acquiring a minority in EA, probably 30-50% as well as Konami in similar fashion. Microsoft going for Remedy and Warner Bros, if not their subsidiaries. Sony is more than likely to go for Capcom and if they could FromSoftware or their parent company if possible. If not then they'll try CD Projekt and also Warner Bros.
Others that weren't mentioned on this list that is a possibility is Microsoft going for Sega. I can also see Sony going for Platinum Games and Arc System Works.
Why would Microsoft go after WB games? The only reason Microsoft original went after them was because they were for sale but you would get much from buying them as you wouldn't get the game licenses. I would imagine apple buying them would be much more likely since I could see apple buying WB discovery as a whole. I see microsoft picking up someone like take two or someone from Japan like capcom or Square way before WB games
At the start the sound effect and music where are they actually from? Heard them so many times but not sure of the origins. Was it actually Metal Gear Solid?
I’m thinking about downloading the free-to-play game, CapCom Museum. Which is on PS4, have ANY of y’all played it? Because I’m thinking about downloading it.
Calling it:
- Sony buying FromSoftware, Capcom and/or Square Enix
- Embracer buying CD Projekt Red and Bloober Team (latter may be under Koch)
- Tencent buying the rest of Remedy Entertainment
It would make the most sense for Sony to buy Square Enix and From Software, since a majority of their games start off as PlayStation exclusives.
Sony couldn't afford all them
Jim Ryan said to expect more acquisitions on the horizon, so I except at least one more big acqusition this year.
Besides, this might be one of the few times they could play it off like Amazon, and use profits from their other sectors to finance more.
Nobody tell them fromsoft is already owned
I would love for Sony to buy Square Capcom Konami and even Sega but, they just don't have the funds for it.
They may be to acquire one or two of them
Sony could probably square, konami (granted they wouldn't buy Konami cos it would be a shit get) and SEGA granted the only one that seems realistic out of them is Square. I don't see why Sony would buy SEGA and capcom is probably a bit too expensive
@@kingofgames2992 Sony should buy Nintendo, I hate that company
@@masteroffootball5828 Sony couldn't afford Nintendo LMAO
I need to finish reading Return of The King. I lost my book half way through reading it.
10. Konami has damaged their own reputation for the wrong reason thus they should be acquired by Sony or Microsoft just to better themselves. Those franchise should be rebooted while staying true to their origin just to start all over.
I want a rerelease of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, a Remaster of Metal Gear Solid 4 and I still want a BETTER MGS1 Remake. I wasn't entirely satisfied with The Twin Snakes. It wasn't good enough!
I don't care if its Microsoft or Sony but one of them need to make an RE2 style remake of the Silent Hill games but with no cut content
“2022 WILL BE MY OUT BREAK YEAR IN MY MUSIC CAREER”🙏🏽🔝
The 2 best acqusitions right now will be Capcom and WB. Both of them around the 4B.
Lets see who get them first
...in what world would Capcom be 4B dollars, their market cap is around 6.4 billion dollars and you have to pay a premium on that to make the stockholders happy and stop them from sueing so lets say 10 billion for capcom and WB games wasn't sold because offers were far to low
Someone buy Konami just for their I.P.’s that sit there just languishing!
Don't give them any ideas. players should have a choice to play on their preference.,especially games that use to be multiplat.
Sony can't buy Warner brothers interactive because Warner brothers and Sony are rivals 😁😁 and square Enix works for Disney
Sony surely can buy the whole warner bros games subsidiary along with several studios, getting ips for dc heroes/villains will be another thing
Disney is rubbish at video games they won’t buy any publisher.
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames hey epic Mickey exist and that was considered the best Disney game ever made
@@ArnoldStark123 no it wasn’t 🤣 it was shrouded by camera problems and that Disney didn’t let Warren Spector create his vision. Epic Mickey 2 failure lead to the closing of Junction Point . Since closing the division Disney been making easy money via licensing IP to 3rd companies. And with deals such as Spider-Man, SW, marvel, Avatar and Indiana Jones and recently a cart game - why would they?
@@disneyngooglesuckatvideogames Spider man doesn't count because that's not Disney's doing that is sonys doing and the Japanese version of the epic Mickey game has a fixed camera
Imagine MICROSOFT buying EA. We could see Need For Speed developed by Turn Studios
Or even Minecraft Racing by Mojang Studios
Turn already works on Forza Motorsport.
@@couldbetrento5850 Definitely wouldn't hurt for their team to have a 2nd franchise they work on instead of just always Forza Motorsport
Plus they can, hopefully, revive Bizarre Creations as a new studio like how TellTale Games came back (or just make a completely new studio with new name) that can be focused on Blur and Project Gotham Racing!!!
Maybe even also do a new 2nd Team under Turn10 focused on Blur and Project Gotham Racing!!
That would be best option, oh and another thing I would love for all EA named studios to get their own names for uniqueness and grow culture at each studio, EA Baton Rouge, EA Chillingo, etc etc sound so generic, dead, & plain (There's 13 EA "Something" studios)
People thinking that Sony and Microsoft buying EA or Take 2 will get them exclusives to Madden, 2k sports, and FIFA. Yeah, the NBA, NFL, FIFA, and the MLB will say other wise.
All I want for 2022 is The Simpsons Hit and Run.
I’m surprised sega or koei tecmo weren’t on the list.
Can you do comic book origin of Marvel's Arcade?
Look at the description. There is the 'Have your idea become a video' link
Cyberpunk has a bad start but battlefield is not even starting on most platforms XD
This is a War of Gaming Companies with Acquisitions than a Console War.
At this point if Square Enix was acquired it’d be a good thing. Over the last 20 years they’ve completely lost touch with what made Square Soft or Enix what they were.
Square Softs 90s Jrpg run was similar the Disney’s golden age movie run. They’ve strayed a loooooooong way since.
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo should team up and buy all 3rd party studios just to make sure Google, Amazon, FB, Apple, Tencent, etc doesn't get to them
Can they really do that though. We are talking about companies who can buy Nintendo or Sony like its nothing (granted I think the Japanese goverment would do anything and everything to stop a Nintendo acquisition due to that being Japan's modern identity at this point)
If I wanna be real honest here, NONE of them should be bought by the big 3. They've survived this long as partners, but also independently, so it would make no sense to purchase them under new management when they've pretty much proved themselves worthy of continuing forward without becoming exclusive to either of the big 3.
Sony and Nintendo could instead buy smaller studios to really help them get their names recognized while Microsoft can just sit quietly in the corner with their already huge acquisitions recently.
Speaking of the latter, how about Microsoft following Sony's recent statement about their Bungie acquisition and letting their 3rd party developers continue to be independent aka continue making multiplatform games. The recent groaning of players concerning Starfield being an Xbox and PC exclusive when Bethesda could've also brought it to PlayStation, or that future Bethesda and Activision Blizzard games, developed or published, becoming Xbox and PC exclusive is saying a lot.
First party games can stay exclusive to their respective platforms, but 3rd-party ones should be made available to EVERYONE and on EVERY available platforms. While Sony have started to offer their first party exclusives to PC, they'll focus on making consoles games first and foremost and THEN port them later to PC.
too bad sony locks down final fantasy so its only fair microsoft lockdown starfield and all bethesda games.
What abouth Naughty dog, guerrilla, Insomniac, suker punch, bend studios etc etc of games that those studios made? They were Also acquired :D thsy should be on Xbox too right? Lol Wake up
Personally I'd prefer Konami at the top spot if this list, considering how it should be a reckoning for them due to their scummy business practices and horrific treatment of both their employees and ex-employees.
Plus this list likely won't amount to anything if most of these companies aren't sold to larger companies.
No I don't think we didn't missed these acquisitions is the most likely on the PS4 or on the PS3 like Konami and Electronics Arts and Fromsoftware and Capcom
Here's my take on gaming companies that are more favorable for Sony:
SNK
Bandai Namco
Koei Tecmo
If it's for the Fighting Game Community, here it is.
naw bandai namco is too close if nintendo.
Bandai it's Actually f Big 😅 bigger than Squsre etc
SNK is owned by MiSK Foundation, a "Non-Profit" Foundation owned by the Saudi Arabia crown prince
So too late for that one sadly
Can't believe you didn't even mention SEGA! A company that has a huge fanbase, a library of legacy ip's who recently shut down its arcade production division - AND who MicroSoft is on the record of showing interest in purchasing a while ago. Sony would attempt to purchase SEGA out of pure spite for MicroSoft turning them down. It would be way cheaper than buying a UbiSoft or EA, that's for sure.
I really hope SEGA remains its own company.
@@SuperNitroZ64 - MicroSoft allows the studios they own to operate independently, so if SEGA were to be owned by any console manufacturer, I for one would rather it be MicroSoft.
Some of these seem like the longest of long shots. Especially Capcom since they seem to be on a roll lately.
no someone buying Capcom 100% could happen, it just would be a larger premium cost
EA is a must it has potential games but run by money hungry freaks I'm a fan of football, Battlefield and Need for speed and they need attention 🔥🔥🔥
EA wont be bought by Microsoft or Sony.EA has too many problems,Battlefield 2042,Anthem,and are well known for microtransactions.
Sony would take good care of these companies if they Buy them. For example Capcom in the early days.
10 and 9. Konami has become a ruthless uncaring company run by South Park's version of Mickey Mouse and EA has become an Extortionist group run by an evil bizarro Scrooge McDuck, these 2 are in desperate need of...
[Cue the under new management moment from Megamind]
Totally amazing video watch mojo,fantastic job. I love the yugioh video games that Konami makes even the new rush duel battle royals game,everything yugioh too. I would love to see a sequel to quantum break,love how it switches between shows and game at once. It would be one awesome movie ever if Xbox want to get into making movies too. I love the tomb raider games too etc.
I thought this was video games company that bankrupted themselves lol
Awesome
Sony HAS to buy Konami to save it and Capcom could be a good one and so could square enix EXCEPT those two already show Sony a lot of favoritism(paid) and exclusivity so they wouldn't be keeping much away from Xbox as some other purchases. I feel like if you're a square enix fan you should have a PS5 already
Konami is a much more of a gambling and fitness company than a gaming one at this point. Capcom I highly doubt, capcom themselves have said they want to make PC their main platform and would be pricy. I could see Sony buying square even if I don't think it's likely
What I see, these companies will produce movie/TV series
Sony NEEDS to buy Konami, so we can finally get Silent Hills
Why would Sony buy a gambling, fitness company?
What about deep silver and 505 games and thq nordic and annapurna interactive and team ninja?
they can't buy to small companies any someone
1-Considering Konami still makes big bucks with Yuguioh, it being the 3rd best selling card game on the market clearly shows you have no clue about them
2-You do realize you're stating Sony or Microsoft buying a Warner bros owned branch? That's just impossible
3-10 years ago Square put themselves on a pedestal even so far as trying to shape their own big Hollywood studio. And they said they didn't want to be acquired. That's not happening.
2.- not really. WB its margin with Discovery, to Discovery they dont care abouth videogames only TV and series, they could easily sell that part
@@anterosauditore5850 You're not making any sense
@@Mudkip971 why? Discovery only want contenta for their stremimg service, they literally don't care abouth videogames
@@anterosauditore5850 Discovery Inc is owned by Warner media. Nobody can buy anything from Discovery because Warner bros wouldn't allow it.
I can definitely see Microsoft acquiring SEGA to help them in the Japanese market. They have been looking to acquire a big Japanese publisher, so someone like SEGA would be huge. Plus SEGA and Microsoft have a history with each other. Microsoft almost acquired SEGA when it was first getting into the video game industry. SEGA also absolutely loves GamePass. Another company I definitely want Microsoft to acquire would be T2. They have a lot of very popular IPs. I mean I just can’t imagine, if I were Phil Spencer and an opportunity to acquire T2 came up, like how would you not acquire them.
I hope sony buys ubisoft so more rayman or a rayman remake can happen.
I see amazon buying Ubisoft if anyone does to be honest
@@kingofgames2992 ya know what..... If anything I'm down with Amazon getting Ubisoft for now
Think about it if Amazon buys them now and in future shuts down Luna then by then they'll sell Ubisoft and Sony, Embracer Group, & Microsoft can all be in much better places & ready to be able to purchase Ubisoft after having bought the others
Whatever keeps these Publishers out of Blackstone, Tencent, NetEase, & other horrible companies hands the better
Amazon is a lesser evil in a way
@@ytv6602 yeah I don't picture that happening, escpecially with amazon who has been investing into gaming for a while now. I think the likely scenario is amazon, google, Facebook/meta, tencent, apple ect. Start scooping up large portions of the industry and become the dominate players along side Microsoft. I think Sony will just be priced out in the long term
I can see Microsoft buying capcom I think capcom want to see how a new atmosphere feels they already know how Sony and Nintendo atmosphere feels then after that they’ll choose who they really want to be with after that deal
I love EA Sports.
Ubisoft fought off an acquisition already so I don't know that they would allow themselves to be purchased by either Microsoft or Sony. Maybe their relationship with them would make this different though. Small possibility.
EA would probably cost as much as Activision-Blizzard, maybe even more because those sports licenses, so I think that gates them off from Microsoft and Sony. Sony because I doubt they could afford like 80 billion and while Microsoft probably could, they just spent that on Activision. Their pockets are deep but not infinite. They're already working their way back up from that purchase.
Take-Two would cost about 35 billion I think. Still within the purchasing power of either Microsoft or Sony. Sony only has 10 billion in budget left now, but that could always change. On hand cash isn't the only way this can happen either. I could see this being Sony's counter to Activision if they feel desperate enough.
WB studios I could honestly see going anywhere. Not even necessarily all to the same buyer. AT&T was trying to sell them off individually it seemed.
As for the Japanese publishers, I don't think any of them would cost more than Bethesda so either of them could easily buy any of them. I don't know about Japanese monopoly laws though. I don't think Japan would be keen on an American company like Microsoft acquiring them. Or even Sony since they now supposedly see Playstation as "westernized"
no way take 2 would sell.
@@jkarma3356 never say never. If they get a good offer they would review it as they are legally required to work in the intrest of shareholders. I could 100% see microsoft picking up take two next just to stop someone like apple from trying to buy them
Ya know for EA there is so much that would go against a Microsoft acquisition
1. The amount of Mobile Studios EA has
2. Sports Licenses
3. Battlefield (Microsoft has COD & Halo, this would complete the trifecta)
4. Skate (Microsoft has Tony Hawk)
5. SSX (Microsoft has Amped to revive already)
6. Shit ton of Racing Studios under EA
But I would still be down with it if they can work through all that
@@ytv6602 what do you mean by go against?
game on
I don’t like acquisitions due to the fact that there’s always lay offs and with some(looking at you EA) studio closures. But I get it. Especially since every company is trying to go the GAAS route.
Overall in last 2 years acquisitions have actually saved alot of studios
It's just some companies just don't learn: Square Enix (Selling their European Studios but STILL having the audacity to announce they want to buy (and make) more studios), EA/ Take-Two/ etc graveyards, & some others
Xbox, Sony, & Embracer Group are doing well for most part with new studios not being shut down
@@ytv6602 both EA and take two are well known for shutting down studios. Square enix literally have said that because there games haven’t been meeting these outrageous expectations there selling them. Embracer is a subsidiary of tencent. Sony and Microsoft both have been doing well but there eventually going to be like most companies where they will just incorporate them into one franchise only(like EA with fifa and mass effect or activision with call of duty.) but you aren’t wrong some companies will do good(for now) but most would rather save money and lay off people just to reach a quarterly goal.
@@gameman876 I get ya but where did you get info about Embracer Group being a Subsidiary of Tencent
I looked everywhere and there's nowhere that says that
@@ytv6602 I think I was wrong on that but I’m pretty sure some big name publisher works under tencent.
Still waiting for Apple to acquire Nintendo and put the content on Apple Arcade
the only one that matters is take2 (gta). EA would be second (u got the devs doing apex and starwars/also all the bioware IP)....and Ubisoft should be last in terms of western devs (cuz everyone is sick of ubisofts IP). japanese devs would be hard for xbox or anyone from the west to buy cuz of japanese laws so only sony or Nintendo can buy them and if they are loyal to sony like square and capcom then there isnt a reason to buy them...thats why sony had bought mainly western devs recently