2022 really is the 12 months of buyouts and acquisitions, and a brand new rumor claims Sq. Enix is being eyed up by Sony.
From Microsoft getting Activision Blizzard to Sony getting Bungie, it appears corporations are eager to quickly improve their portfolio. Nevertheless, one that continues to be thus far inside the realm of hypothesis and rumor is a attainable Sony buyout of Sq. Enix.
Shortly after Sq. Enix offered off lots of its western studios, and due to this fact IPs resembling Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, there have been rumors that Sony could be trying to buy the corporate which just lately lower off some weight.
In line with Ex-Eidos Montreal developer Stephane D’Astous, it appears there could also be extra to those rumors in spite of everything. In a current interview with GamesIndustry, he revealed listening to about Sony’s curiosity in shopping for the developer.
“And there are rumours, clearly, that with all these actions of mergers and acquisitions, that Sony would like to have Sq. Enix inside their wheelhouse,” D’Astous mentioned. “I heard rumours that Sony mentioned they’re actually involved in Sq. Enix Tokyo, however not the remaining.”
It needs to be famous that D’Astous left Edios Montreal again in 2013. On the time, he says that whereas he was hopeful of Sq. Enix’s assist when the corporate first purchased them out, they by no means seemed to be as dedicated as they unique thought. Which results in what he felt was a protracted decline for the western corporations.
Is there advantage behind these statements? Given his connection to the corporate, it sounds attainable and maybe Sony was even contemplating it at one level.
The current promoting of western studios does give some the looks that Sq. Enix was chopping off fats to make themselves extra enticing to a buyout. Particularly contemplating the assertion D’Astous gave about how Sony was solely within the Tokyo department of the corporate.