[Rumour] Sony is planning to acquire CD Projekt RED

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What did he say?
What decisions was his before that messed up PS?
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I think Square Enix will be definitely Sony’s first major deal in their history. Square Enix was a mess, that’s why they needed first to trimm the fat by selling the western arm. Well I don’t expect until Square Enix moved in their new and bigger HQ close to Sony in Shibuya. It will be either with the move in November 2023 or early 2024 close to the Fiscal Year Report.
I kinda think there western divisions werent so bad, especially compared to alot of there Japanese Studios outside of FF14/16 Team. And the Octopath/ Triangle Strategy teams.
Tomb Raider was decent, as was Dues Ex. Yeah Avengers sucked but the other 2 teams were good. Not perfect but decent enough.
 

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Did Sony and CDPR ever patch things up after Sony delisted Cyberpunk? I could see CDPR feeling a little salty about that.
 

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Definitely makes sense as an answer to Bethesda but I doubt it since they don't make GaaS that Bungie, Jimbo and Hermen love so much.
 

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Definitely makes sense as an answer to Bethesda but I doubt it since they don't make GaaS that Bungie, Jimbo and Hermen love so much.
It doesn’t matter what Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst like or not…
If Sony (HQ in Minato) decides to acquire a big gaming company, this will be something coming directly from executives in Japan.
 

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It doesn’t matter what Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst like or not…
If Sony (HQ in Minato) decides to acquire a big gaming company, this will be something coming directly from executives in Japan.
Exactly and let’s hope Sony ceo really realized that PlayStation is their main business, not sensors or cars…

And I better shut up.
 

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Stupid Sony ceo finally realized PlayStation is their main business.

Sorry but the guy really messed up PlayStation!
This I agree with it. Wasn't he the one who claimed video games was niche right before the PS5 launch? And then undermining the brand by meeting with Microsoft for that Azure deal when they should have been going to Google.
 

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The tweet isn't loading for me. What does it say, if you please?
Rafal Jaki. Exec producer and showrunner for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, writer of Witcher: Ronin. Biz Dev and Creative professional. Ex-CDPR.
Lol on all the CDPR getting bought by Sony. CDPR is on Warsaw stock exchange and only around 36% is with the founders and board where the rest with many investments founds with a lot below 5% etc. This not any insider info - just information that is publicly available.
 
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I don't see how that would impede Sony at all...

I think his argument is that because they're a public company we'd already know if they were planning to be bought. They don't need to announce anything until both agree to the purchase and even then it's behind closed doors. They can't start the process but that doesn't mean they need to make it public immediately.
 
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I think his argument is that because they're a public company we'd already know if they were planning to be bought. They don't need to announce anything until both agree to the purchase and even then it's behind closed doors. They can't start the process but that doesn't mean they need to make it public immediately.

Exactly and if they are in talks with one company, they probably have at least one or two others interested and discussing potential deals. Talks could last a while.
 
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