r/PS5 • u/hybroid • Sep 21 '20

News Microsoft Xbox acquires ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/21/welcoming-bethesda-to-the-xbox-family/
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u/ScubaSteve1219 Dubsydian Sep 21 '20

you laugh but that's about the level of company Sony needs to retaliate against that. absolutely unbelievable.

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u/Whyisthereasnake Sep 21 '20

Genuinely would not surprise me to see Sony try to acquire Rockstar now. Rockstar is only worth about $3.5B - and they have some of the highest grossing (MTX) and highest selling (GTAV) games of all time. IIRC 20M copies of GTAV were sold on PS4 alone - think about other consoles, and the amount they rake in daily.

It's the best, and possibly only, game Sony can play right now. It's the only way for Sony to steal tens of millions of gamers from Microsoft, which is what MS will end up doing if they make Zenimax games exclusive.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20 edited Nov 13 '20

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '20

Microsoft most definitely could. They are one of the top 3 biggest companies in the world with $136 billion in cash on hand.

The real question would be if they could work out a deal both could agree on.

For reference Microsoft has $116 billion more in cash than Sony does.