Sony inks deal for Bungie Studios shortly after Microsoft’s Activision acquisition

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Published onJanuary 31, 2022

published onJanuary 31, 2022

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Microsoft made headlines with its eye-poppingacquisition purchase of Activision Blizzard for $87 billionlast week, and Sony followed suit by snapping up Bungie Studios for $3.6 billion.

Moments ago, Bungie announced it will bejoining Sony Interactive via its websitein a post to fans, customers, satellite employees, and others.

While the acquisition is a magnitude smaller than Microsoft’s grab of game publisher Activision Blizzard, Sony’s deal to purchase Bungie is relatively as seismic for both the studio and Sony as a competitor.

Last week Microsoft gobbled up a Sony staple in Crash Bandicoot in its deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, and a few days later, Sony will own Xbox’s Halo creation studio Bungie as two of the gaming industry titans’ jockeys for exclusives and gamers future dollars.

However, unlike Microsoft’s proposed deal, Sony’s acquisition of Bungie should be fly under the FTC’s radar due to its less bombastic standing and could allow Sony and Bungie to begin hashing out titles much sooner than the proposed year-long purchase date of Activision Blizzard.

As of now, there has only been a price tag associated with the deal and to-date Bungie’s main revenue generating game Destiny is currently multiplatform and when asked about it and future games, Bungie indicated that it will remain “self-published, creatively independent, and will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community.”

Sony’s Bungie acquisition feels more like an Activision deal, as Bungie will remain independent inside SIE. This means Destiny doesn’t go PlayStation exclusive, or any future Bungie games. “We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games.“pic.twitter.com/wZJkUIlBQJ

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren)January 31, 2022

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He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.

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Kareem Anderson

Networking & Security Specialist

He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security

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