Sony has revealed the amount it has for studio acquisitions and purchases, and unexpectedly, the amount turned out to be quite small. This announcement came as rumors swirled that the company is gearing up to announce its next acquisition after the Bungie purchase.
Speculation has begun about Sony's next acquisition. It appeared that the company had just over $ 5 billion in acquisitions and acquisitions through 2024. The company had earmarked 2 trillion yen for this purpose in 2020, to be spent over three years.
This information began to emerge through the Morgan Stanley conference that began at the end of last month, which Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki was part of. As revealed via ResetEra, Totoki was asked about the 2 trillion yen that the company has set aside for acquisitions, revealing that 1.3 trillion yen has been spent until the end of 2022. This means that the remaining 0.7 trillion yen (about US$$ 5.1 billion) is for acquisitions scheduled for the year. next.
In fact, the money Totoki is referring to isn't just for acquisitions. It's also for the entire Sony group. In other words, while it's fun to speculate, it doesn't make sense for the company to spend what it has left to buy just video game studios.
Recently, a rumor emerged from a lesser-known source that the company is looking to acquire Rockstar Games publisher Take Two. It was said that this move by the company would be in response to Microsoft's successful acquisition of Activision, although we've ruled out Sony's ability to pull off an acquisition of that size, with more details here.
