Sony More Likely Than Microsoft to Acquire a Japanese Game Company, Analyst Explains

Believes Sony may be planning a move in Japan.

If Microsoft’s planned $68 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard has you wondering who’s next, and whether the tech giant could scoop up your favourite Japanese publisher at any moment, then we’ve got good news: it probably, maybe, might not happen.

Video game consultant and writer Nathan Brown has penned a very informative article on the subject of overseas companies acquiring Japanese businesses, with the help of Japanese gaming industry analyst Serkan Toto. The article outlines why a Japanese firm like Sony would be a frontrunner in buying other Japanese companies — and why Microsoft can’t simply waltz in and acquire whatever it wants.

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