Can the games industry please stop with the acquisitions for one second, please, cheers

Hi, nice to meet you. Can I get you anything? A drink, a bite to eat, an acquisition maybe? There are apparently a lot of them to go around, after all. Hear that? It’s Sony buying Bungie. It’s Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard. It’s Tencent accidentally dropping £365 billion down a grate as they stroll down the street and unknowingly buy the Earth’s crust. They were on the phone to me at the time, putting an offer on my flat. I am tired of these big companies buying everything. Can we just slow down for a hot second and chill out a bit, please?

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