A brand new report from web site Puck Information revealed that Digital Arts has been in talks to probably promote to NBC Common, earlier than the deal fell aside final month.
The report examines how Brian Robert’s, Comcast chief government officer has missed out on some main offers from current years, like Disney’s acquisition of Fox, and Microsoft’s buy of Activision Blizzard.
It continues to say that Apple, Disney, and Amazon had been additionally a part of the dialogue.
And that doesn’t essentially imply one will likely be, as EA might stay unbiased in the interim.
Massive acquisitions have been the norm for 2022, a pattern first kicked off with Take-Two buying Zynga, which instantly made them a giant participant within the cell market.
After that, Microsoft and Sony introduced main acquisitions every, with Microsoft selecting up Activision Blizzard and Sony grabbing Bungie.
Embracer Group has additionally continued its streak of shopping for a number of studios at a time, with its get of Crystal Dynamics, Sq. Enix Montreal, and Eidos Montreal.
Gamers nonetheless don’t appear settled on whether or not or not this sort of consolidation is sweet. That is still to be seen, however one factor to notice is these acquisitions listed are all from different corporations already closely invested in gaming.
As bigger media giants outdoors of gaming start to smell round for a slice of the pie, the query of consolidation might turn into extra clear.
Supply – [Puck News]
