For a couple of years the acquisitions and mergers of companies in the video game industry has been a very important topic, so we constantly ask ourselves which company will be bought next and by whom. A rumor said that Amazon was going to buy Electronic Arts, but it was already denied by CNBC.
A few hours ago there was a rumor that Amazon was going to buy Electronic Arts and make an offer today, but it seems that the rumors were false according to CNBC sources.
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A few hours ago there was a rumor that Amazon was about to make an offer to buy Electronic Arts, but it didn’t take long for the rumor to be denied by CNBC. According to company sources, no negotiations are currently taking place between Electronic Arts and Amazon.
Since the rumor that Electronic Arts was going to be bought, the company’s shares began to fall, but David Faber CNBC says he is sure that this is not the case, because he knows people who would be involved in said transaction and they were the ones who denied the rumors.
David Faber’s sources are very reliable, as he says that previously CNBC also tried to buy Electronic Arts but they did not reach an agreement. Still, Faber says that the people involved in the deal between EA and CNBC would be the ones handling the potential acquisition of part of Amazon, but have confirmed that the rumors are false.
In May it was reported that Electronic Arts was looking for someone to buy them and the main interested party would be Apple, in addition to the fact that the company’s first option had been Disney and they had failed negotiations with Comcast.