Here are the other publishers that Microsoft could have bought with 70 billion

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Here are the other publishers that Microsoft could have bought

The acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft for almost 70 billion dollars has had the effect of an earthquake in the world of video games and entertainment, this is not a scoop for anyone. The kind of sum that makes you dizzy for sure, but which also makes you fantasize, and which reminds us that there are not many companies that are able to put so much money on the table. So there is Microsoft, but also Google, Amazon, Apple, Disney and perhaps the Chinese Tencent who have the backs strong enough for this kind of transaction. But with $70 billion, what other video game companies could Microsoft have afforded? Former journalist and now businessman Geoff Keighley asked the question on Twitter and shared the valuation of some of the biggest video game companies. With such a sum, Microsoft could have acquired companies such as Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactiv (and therefore Rockstar Games + 2K Games), Square Enix, Capcom, Ubisoft, SEGA, Bandai Namco Entertainment and others. Moreover, a few hours after the announcement of the takeover of Activision-Blizzard, the shares of certain publishers soared on the stock market, as if the bookmakers were trying to find out which will be the next publisher to be bought by the American giant. .

– Electronic Arts: $38 billion
– Take-Two Interactive: 18 billion dollars (28 billion with the acquisition of Zynga)
– Nexon: $15 billion
– Bandai Namco Entertainment: $15 billion
– Embrace: $10.8 billion
– Netmarble: $7 billion
– Ubisoft: $7 billion
– Konami: $6 billion
– Square Enix: $5.6 billion
– Capcom: 4.9 billion dollars
– SEGA: 3.6 billion dollars

Is Microsoft done with its takeovers or does it intend to bring other players back into its fold to strengthen its position in video games? At this stage, neither Sony nor Nintendo has commented on this rather unexpected commercial maneuver.




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