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MarshalBanana
Joined: 31 Aug 2014
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 Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:32 pm
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I had no idea that Sony owned a part of Square Enix. Is that why they get timed exclusives.
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Ushio
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:21 pm
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This is a typical boiler plate response till negotiations are finalised if Square Enix has a potential buyer.
Always remember the vast majority of aquisitions fall through and you hardly ever get any official response.
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TheCanipaEffect
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:08 pm
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| MarshalBanana wrote: | | I had no idea that Sony owned a part of Square Enix. Is that why they get timed exclusives. |
It's part of why the two companies are close, since Sony kinda bailed them out, but Sony sold their stock in 2014.
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NegativeZero
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:37 pm
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Surely the only company out there with the pockets to be able to snap up a company as big as Squenix and with the actual motivation to do it as well is Microsoft?
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Mr. slicer
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:57 pm
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| NegativeZero wrote: | | Surely the only company out there with the pockets to be able to snap up a company as big as Squenix and with the actual motivation to do it as well is Microsoft? |
I think a company such as Tencent might be able to pull something like this off as well.
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Lynx Raven Raide
Joined: 01 Nov 2017
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Location: Central Coast, AU
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:58 pm
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| NegativeZero wrote: | | Surely the only company out there with the pockets to be able to snap up a company as big as Squenix and with the actual motivation to do it as well is Microsoft? |
Or Sony. Been there before, might go back again.
Never say never, but I doubt Squenix, if sold, would go to a company outside Japan
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AmpersandsUnited
Joined: 22 Mar 2012
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:09 pm
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I'd rather Microsoft buy Square than Sony. Sony is easily the worst case scenario.
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Ushio
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:27 pm
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| NegativeZero wrote: | | Surely the only company out there with the pockets to be able to snap up a company as big as Squenix and with the actual motivation to do it as well is Microsoft? |
What? Square Enix has a market cap of less than $8 billion it's a minnow, Activision, EA, Sony, Nintendo and Take Two could all buy Square easily with cash or an all stock transaction.
Sony is willing to spend over $1billion for Crunchyroll which is just a niche streamer there is a lot of money out there.
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