Microsoft acquired Activision-Blizzard. And now we ask ourselves, what video game companies are left without buying in this industry?
after buying Bethesda in 2020 and announce the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard this very week, it is clear that the wallet of microsoft is bottomless: more than 70,000 million dollars disbursed for the purpose of expanding the video game studios of the ecosystem Xbox.
With such a large number, it is impossible not to fantasize about the idea that microsoft could have bought other well-known companies in the business like Ubisoft, Electronic Arts or capcom. And the truth is that their values in the market are minuscule if we compare them with the giant of Activision-Blizzard.
All Video Game Companies That Haven’t Been (Yet) Bought
Of the independent companies, Electronic Arts It is the highest value, with about 38,000 million dollars. follows him Take Two with $18 MM (which will increase to $28 MM when you complete the purchase of Zynga), Nexon Y bandai namco with $15 million, embrace with $10.8 million, netmarble Y Ubisoft with $7 million, Konami with $6 million, Square Enix with $5.6 million, capcom with $4.9 MM and sega with $3.6 million. The full list would be:
- Electronic Arts: $38 billion
- Take Two: 18,000 million (28,000 million with the acquisition of Zynga)
- Nexon: 15,000 million
- Bandai Namco: 15,000 million
- Embracing: 10.8 billion
- Netmarble: 7,000 million
- Ubisoft: 7,000 million
- Konami: 6,000 million
- Square Enix: 5.6 billion
- Capcom: 4.9 billion
- Sega: 3.6 billion
Do you remember when we were surprised by the acquisition of Mojang back in 2014? The figure of 2,500 million dollars falls short compared to the latest operations of the North American company. If the deal with Activision-Blizzard closes perfectly, in the middle of 2023, Microsoft Gaming will have under his arm the franchises of Call of Duty, Candy Crush, Guitar Hero, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, which are added to the portfolio of Bethesda with Fallout, Wolfenstein, Doom and of course, Minecraft.