In line with Greg Miller in the latest PS I Love You podcast, he had heard from a number of sources that Sony was looking to buy Sq. Enix.
Miller does qualify this although, saying that he heard this hearsay previous to The Embracer Group’s announcement of its acquisition of Eidos Montreal, Sq. Enix Montreal, and Crystal Dynamics.
He explains that he’s not sure if what he heard meant Sony was additionally doubtlessly as much as purchase Sq.’s three inside western studios, or if they’re nonetheless looking to buy Sq. Enix as a complete.
“Once I talked in regards to the three rumours I had heard, and one was an acquisition, this was the one I had heard. I had heard that PlayStation was buying Sq., and I had heard that from a number of completely different sources. Is it occurring or is it not? Was it simply scuttlebutt…You’re listening to issues third, fourth, fifth hand”
Miller factors out that the potential for it’s nonetheless actual, within the sense that if 2022 has taught us something, is to count on sudden acquisitions, notably massive ones.
We all know that Sony is nowhere completed with acquisitions, and with all of the PS5 unique titles coming from Sq., it might very effectively be on the desk.
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