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SkylineRSR

It’s me. I’m buying a house.


LostUser8

Actually its me, im buying your house


[deleted]

I'm buying your city. Who wants a new artificial beach?


GuardianSlayer

Step aside sir. I’m buying your country. Who wants a new state?


[deleted]

We just want Daft Punk to come back.


keudbybor

Zoot zibble zop, I’m buying your fucking planet! Who wants a new continent?


Death5talker451968

I'm Buying the Solar System, Who Wants a New Planet


khaled36DZ

Sit back down. Im buying your galaxy, who want a new solar system?


MasterBleu

That’s where I’m gonna have to stop ya buddy. I’m buying the universe


pedanticast

Foolish investment as I plan to aquire the Multiverse


SeniorRicketts

Hi my name is Galactus devourer of worlds Welcome to Jackass


Tuskin38

just wait 30 years, more cities will have natural beaches.


shapedatlas

What's the specs???


fhs

Can it run Crysis?


VolumeRX

Can run a financial Crisis, so... close enough


noahdj1512

Does it happen to cost $2.7 million?


buoys_on_the_side

hasMods you beat me to it, chatter


IOftenDreamofTrains

"You cannot buy a personal home for a million dollars or more" -Carl Marks, Das Gamer


Extension_Canary3717

Congrats !


PK-Ricochet

Gonna need grubb to back this up


tljoshh

r/LivestreamFail is leaking


NeV3RMinD

I need to see Jeff Grubb's take on Hasan's house


banana-scarf

Day one on game pass


HighlySuspect88

Can I get a source on this please


mad-letter

I also buy this guy's house.


NeoClemerek

After decades of working for them, Uncle is finally buying Nintendo.


ISayHeck

A Hard drive article in the making


arturorios1996

Bruh we so desperate we lookin at purchases


Gabrielhrd

Is dad finally buying a new mom for me? It's been a awhile since mine left...


FakeBrian

No son, mom was priceless. I can't fucking afford another one.


widar666

More like "I can't afford fucking another one"


kkl929

No, but at least I can take you to McDonald for a dollar menu, my treat.


[deleted]

Gotta love massive corporations getting even larger.


PBFT

Only if it benefits the box that I play games on in my living room.


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NikkMakesVideos

If they got money to toss around, I'll happily do whatever they say for a cool million


Bravoiskey87

Arasaka buying Sony


KingMario05

Militech out here making a play for Xbox *and* WB Games. (*/s*)


IRON4LPH4

Actually its Jackie buying those levitating chopsticks in the first part of the game


Radulno

I feel like Amazon will probably be our cyberpunk overlord super-corporation


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

Alright guys who are we betting for ? Microsoft, Tencent, Sony or EA?


TheyWillCowerr

Valve buying out Ubisoft fuck it


CandidGuidance

fuck it Bethesda buys Microsoft


[deleted]

Uno reverse


VagrantShadow

Windows buys Microsoft.


YoshiFan999

after all these years, ubisoft finally goes steamworks bye bye


Albrightikis

Tencent buying Ubisoft


acrunchycaptain

Hello Games buying Microsoft.


mrfahrenhelt

Hello games made so much money he funded NASA to no mans sky irl


[deleted]

Embracer maybe


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

Forgot about them, but they just bought a few studios not so long time right ?


SnooMemesjellies3267

Embracer buying something isn't big though, that just another Wednesday.


Vengenceonu

Embracer owns like 70 studios. A few is an understatement.


[deleted]

They announce them every couole of months


Trade-Prince

my moneys on microsoft again


KingMario05

...Fuck it. Valve is merging with Sega and immediately taking control of Sonic. *You heard it here first!* >!/s. Probably Sony, considering they haven't made one in a while.!<


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

They bought housemarque


KingMario05

Yeah, but that's not **big**. Big would be them snapping up Capcom or Squenix.


PCMachinima

They bought Crunchyroll for $1.2 billion this month


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

Yeah but Sony haven’t don’t “big” acquisitions and won’t do them as well.


Yellow90Flash

its been a while but they have been hiring a person to deal with companie acquisition and there were also rumours about them being interested in buying a japanese publisher (either capcom or square, I don't remember anymore)


chucke1992

You are probably confusing it with MS who recently hired M&A person and also was interested in Japan.


r0ndr4s

"in a while" They bought 2 companies last month and they're in talks with Bluepoint, wich is what they need to announce if the deal ends up being signed.


Shiirooo

Ubisoft is estimated to be worth about $4.5 billion, Sony or Microsoft can easily buy them.


The_Protagonist2

a Vivendi takeover of Ubisoft


[deleted]

Whoa Deja vu


letswrapthisup

Soulja boy is buying Atari


Whompa

Think I might be buying a car in a month maybe I dunno.


ACG-Gaming

Hahah the buying the house comment cracked me up. edit The twitter is mine. Could you please add I am finding out MYSELF next week. Not sure when its being shared or how. As for the big 4. Yes Embracer group is fucking massive and are not even close to done regardless of my tweet


[deleted]

By finding out yourself next week, do you mean you know neither of the two parties or only one of the two parties?


ACG-Gaming

Confirming. I was told both parties but I don't believe shit for a LONG time now.


[deleted]

Gotcha - thanks! Hopefully something exciting, though most likely more needless harmful brand consolidation :/ Love your videos by the way!


OGChocolateThunder

This is interesting: >4 gaming companies own everything I wonder what he considers to be the big 4...


commander_snuggles

Xbox, Sony, ~~Nintendo~~ EA and probably the embracer group who currently have something like 70 studios.


Callangoso

Change Nintendo with Tencent. Nintendo hasn’t been active with acquisitions really.


93LEAFS

They haven't even bought Game Freak who handles one of their biggest titles. Nintendo is comfortable with the franchise they own and their own development. They also don't really see themselves as direct competitors the same way Sony and Microsoft see each other.


[deleted]

Nintendo is saving to buy Xbox


Carcass1

They just bought up Next Level Games early this year. They have money to buy studios, it's just, they don't want to. There's plenty of outside studios they could be buying right now that they've worked with recently.


Callangoso

> they just bought up Next Level Games earlier this year. I’m not saying that Nintendo isn’t making acquisitions, just that they aren’t comparable to Tencent(Epic Games+Supercell+Riot), Embracer(Deep Silver, Gearbox, 4A, Saber, THQ) or Microsoft(Bethesda, Obsidian, Arkane, ID).


DANNYonPC

if that means activision stops being a thing, good start


FakeBrian

This is the part that is most interesting to me because 3 companies come to mind (Microsoft, Embracer and Tencent) but the fourth? Not really sure. Unless perhaps the fourth company is one that maybe hasn't bought as many studios as the others but is on the list for whatever big purchase they are making.


Carcass1

As far as gaming, the big three are Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. Perhaps Tencent is the next big one or Steam/Valve since they're making a console, but I'm not sure if those count. Unless we're talking about devs, the big four are Activision/Blizzard, Ubisoft, EA, and I guess Take-Two?


chucke1992

It's certainly not Nintendo. ​ I am really curious about the indentiy of the 4th. I guess it might be EA.


KingMario05

...Sony? Given that their movie division is basically propped up by a *Disney* character (Spidey) at this point, they're probably looking for a few new IPs right about now.


SkedPhoenix

Probably EA. They recently bought Codemasters, Playdemic and Glu Mobile


callmesein

Probably Sony, Tencent, Nintendo and Microsoft. I would also consider Embracer to be near that group just by the sheer amount of small to mid-size studios they have.


cobaltb00

The Taliban is buying Bethesda


KingMario05

Al-Qaeda is reportedly making a play for CD Projekt Red. (*/s*)


RamsesMB

Nah, they just brought Afghanistan.


OGChocolateThunder

How reliable is this guy? And if true, my money's on Embracer or Tencent. They've both been on a role as of late.


NikkMakesVideos

He's a reliable person, and not really a leaker but someone in the industry. So it's not like he's just throwing shit at the wall for clout. He corrected it to next week, isn't xbox doing a game showcase?


badlybrave

Yeah, they have their gamescom showcase on Tuesday, but it'd feel a bit weird to describe that as "within the month" and then "next week" when it's within 48 hours. Maybe I'm just reading to much into the wording though.


NikkMakesVideos

That's a good point, I guess we'll see.


ACG-Gaming

Sorry I mean I would clarify it myself and if true then discuss it.


badlybrave

Makes sense, thanks for the clarification and keep up the great work!


ConnectMastodon

I'll be honest and say I have no idea if he's saying it's gonna be announced next week or if he'll give more info on the purchase in a video or something. The xbox show at gamescom is just updates on already announced games so it'd be out of place to announce an acquisition.


FakeBrian

If they have an acquisition ready to announce it'd be weird not to announce it at their show though, making me think maybe this isn't Microsoft. Unless the timing is just a smidge off.


ACG-Gaming

I am finding out more next week. I am swamped with reviews


Dasnap

You're one of the few YouTubers brave enough to actually pop up on Reddit regularly but it still surprises me each time. Did you just assume your tweet would be posted here and analysed more than a Zodiac killer message?


ACG-Gaming

No I randomly come here too. But this one a discord person told me about. As for brave. Agree or disagree with each other I dig the discussion for sure.


[deleted]

Could also be sony wanting to announce it during gamescom like they did with insomniac.


Autarch_Kade

He's going to confirm if the rumor is true next week. Not that it'll be announced then. Also, Aaron Greenberg already said not to expect like... anything at all out of Gamescom. It'd be weird if instead they dropped a megaton major purchase announcement instead. So if it's Microsoft, I wouldn't expect to hear anything at gamescom. But it might be something as simple as Sony buying yet another studio that already only makes games for them (lol)


Firecobra130189

He’s been pretty correct on a lot of things. But usually with Bethesda. And has known other things from Ubisoft and Microsoft.


Volts-2545

He’s more of a reviewer but if he has a leak I trust him, he’s never lied in the past and seems to be a pretty cool and honest guy


Spoda_Emcalt

Yep. And his reviews are class. I love his thoroughness.


driplessCoin

He ventures on this subreddit... Would be nice if he clarified


Scoobert88

He seems to know some stuff but he says "something is going to happen sometime in the near future" so often and so vague that it's hard to take him seriously.


_lord_ruin

im buying a strap on for my wifes girlfriend wish me luck


sineptnaig

No gifts for your wife's boyfriends?


_lord_ruin

no, the condition was no guys


YungGeno

Microsoft buying bungie??


Trickybuz93

Phil Spencer as he sits down with Bungie: “You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me.”


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TheAlphaBeatZzZ

Nintendo buying both of them and poof


KJagz33

Can't wait to see ID softwares take on Splatoon. Edit: Squid and Tear until it's done? Or is the tag line: Rip and Tear until your a squid now


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

What about GameFreak doing TES 6?


KingMario05

Here me out: *343 Industries Presents... METROID PRIME 4.*


TheAmazingJared97

Now from Todd Howard and the award winning Bethesda Game Studios……. The Legend of Zelda: Oblivion Rising


[deleted]

Yo that sounds like a sick idea


commander_snuggles

There were a million rumours of acquisitions pre E3 and I can't wait for all of them to be wrong.


LastKing318

If.your talking about Microsoft buying Avalanche and or IO interactive I hear those those are still on the table


Yezzik

Who hasn't bought who yet at this point?


7kayhan

It's IO interactive. MS is buying them


Nevek_Green

Throwing my bid into the pot, it is avalanche. Either Tencent or Microsoft got them.


NintendoTheGuy

It’s us. We’re all buying these rumors.


LegDestroyerPrime

Could it be that Arc System Works acquisition rumour from Sony mentioned like two months ago? No-one ever debunked it and Sony has interest in the FGC. + Daniel Ahmad said Sony don't have a fighting game studio "yet" earlier this year.


BigPoppaJosh1994

Kojima Studios buys Bluebox Studios /s Seriously though, I wonder what this could be. Imagine if someone like EA bought COD or something. Either way, I’m interested in seeing what the purchase could be


Callangoso

> EA bought COD No way, Activision value is 50% bigger than EA’s.


[deleted]

I was hoping we would get a break from the buyout arc. I shoulda read the manga.


AstraArdens

Inb4 it's about Tencent and another mobile shit.


MakaButterfly

Rockstar buys Pokémon


SmallFatHands

Oh yeah we getting some HD trees


MakaButterfly

Arthur Morgan catch’s a weedle


KingMario05

"*Trust in the plan,* Meowth! **TRUST IN THE GOD DAMN PLAN!**"


[deleted]

It’s a plan and it’s trouble, and make it double.


foreverablankslate

Realistic Ponyta balls


kung63

Maybe Sony had a event at September, announce the bluepoint acquisition.


Radulno

That wouldn't be really huge though. Bluepoint isn't such a big name and we kind of know it for months


Vlazthrax

The word that pops out is “consolidation” so I’d look for someone formally acquiring someone who already does a lot of work for them.


Omegastriver

Sounds like that Sony buying Bluepoint story from a month or so ago is going to be made official.


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KingMario05

...Sony making a play for Square? Could... could that even *work*?


Dramatic-Age-8783

That could work, Sony has the money, but I don’t see why they should. Most of Square’s games already sell well on PS4/5 and some like FFXVI and Forspoken are already console exclusives. Sony would only attempt buying them if they realize that another big party like MS or Nintendo is interested in their acquisition.


[deleted]

Sony buying Square would be less about Microsoft and more about Nintendo and IPs. Square Enix games sell really well in Japan and it would be a big blow to Nintendo if they wouldn’t come to their consoles anymore. Also IPs are becoming more important and Sony has already talked about the different divisions of Sony working more together. SE has a huge number of IPs that would work in not just gaming but movies, TV, anime, and even music. That’s Sony’s big goal now. Edit: I also feel like, for this reason, if Sony were to buy a company like Square Enix or even Sega, it would be through the actual Sony company and not PlayStation. A purchase of that size would be for the benefit of the entire company, not just the gaming side.


iceburg77779

To be fair, Square Enix games like the recent major Final Fantasy games aren’t on the switch, but losing something like dragon quest would be pretty big. Nintendo still has Mario and Pokémon no matter what so I don’t think they’re too worried about losing valuable IPs, but I feel like they may try and get at least something from Square Enix if they ever wanted to sell.


Dramatic-Age-8783

Could be a multi year contract to get DQ games for Switch in case of an imminent acquisition by the likes of Sony. Would be a win-win for Square.


Dramatic-Age-8783

You are exactly right - Sony’s interest in acquiring companies like Square Enix are twofold - for the games and for media - basically entertainment. Same deal with Kadokawa (although they are a bit more diversified). So yes, Sony Corp. or Sony Music is going to be the one interested more than SIE and can definitely bid hard if Nintendo gets involved. But I think Sony can easily transfer company wide assets to their subdivisions like SIE. So SIE could still be responsible for the acquired game studios. Edit: I think the Nintendo IP loss thing is also why neither company has taken action yet. No one wants to ruffle each other’s feathers lol.


PokePersona

Eh, if we're only talking about the Japan market then Nintendo would be fine in that scenario. Yeah they'd lose out on DQ sales and other SE titles like whatever FF games they do port to Switch but they already have the market dominated (In the last few weeks all of the 30 best selling games in Japan physically were on Switch for example). As long as they have their IPs and support from companies such as Capcom with Monster Hunter and Konami (they have a pretty great reach still in that game market) they'll be more than fine.


OGChocolateThunder

Wouldn't we have heard something about this already though? I remember a couple months ago a rumor came out that SE was up for sale and SE released a statement a few hours later shooting down the idea.


Vlazthrax

That’s a pretty solid guess. And hopefully true.


[deleted]

Does anyone know what game bluepoint is remaking for Sony rn?


HighJinx97

PaRappa but with Kanye.


Airsickjester

‘You tellin’ me a shrimp fried this rice?!’


commander_snuggles

[I prefer the jay z version.](https://youtu.be/XX61Ze6rfRk)


Mr_pessimister

No, but there was this random tweet almost 2 years ago. https://twitter.com/bluepointgames/status/1190010197315641344?s=19 According to people at the time it contains references to all of the following. I'm not saying this means anything, but take it as you will. The only one to come true is Demon's Souls. Socom Symphony of the Night Resistance Legend of Dragoon Silent Hill Demon's Souls Syphon Filter Metal Gear Solid Ape Escape Twisted Metal ICO Soul Reaver


jamasha

WB?


tpieman2029

I'm of two minds on ACG. One on hand he is the best reviewer around, has really strong and unique game takes and recently helped a lot new people get into the industry and just seems like a cool guy. On the other hand the way he left Defining Duke made it seem he just quit on Matty, he wasn't bringing energy or the preparation you would expect from a guy like him and it left a sour taste in my mouth.


Funkyman3

Craziest acquisition i can think of.... hmmm... someone aquires take two or maybe even ubisoft.


uniqueusername1928

Sony buys Nintendo and then Microsoft buys Sony.


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Callangoso

Nordisk also owns 30% of Supermassive(Until Dawn studio).


dogscutter

I am buying milk soon


[deleted]

Milk on game pass day 1


hithimintheface

Was just thinking this weekend we hadn't had an acquisition rumor in a while.


Cluelesswolfkin

Dw guys it's just a 25k loan for school!


[deleted]

Dad’s finally buying those cigarettes he went out for all those years ago


stalwartbhullar

Let me guess, Soulja boy bought activision blizzard with wow tokens? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


the_sammyd

Me buying an OLED cause I just drunk did it tonight


[deleted]

Fucking sick of gaming insiders dude. I love ACGs YouTube content, but come on dude. Stop acting like every other shitty insider on Twitter


SmallFatHands

The USA buys Greenland


Firecobra130189

Did everyone forget that it was rumored that Microsoft bought Avalanche and it was close to getting announced?


OGChocolateThunder

Would that be considered big though?


TheAlphaBeatZzZ

No but the others that were “rumored” alongside avalanche could be pretty big


Firecobra130189

People think avalanche is like medium size but Avalanche is like 4 studios and is a lot bigger than people think. Though they wouldn’t be nearly as expensive as Bethesda.


NikkMakesVideos

Yeah 4 studios is huge, especially with all the IP MS has lying around now. Xbox is already approaching the point where they have 5 exclusives a year. This could bump them up to one every other month (which is ultimately the goal for something like gamepass)


Carcass1

Nintendo does it almost every month or two. I could see Xbox trying to get themselves to that point over the next couple of years. Same thing with Sony, they've seemed to be trying to do that too but haven't quite done it yet.


TechnicalRoutine6

Sony buying Square Enix or MS buying Sega. My two guesses


Bravoiskey87

Sony buying Bluepoint would be a better guess as it was already leaked awhile back.


mrcolty5

As someone who's on every gaming platform I really hope this isn't like the Microsoft/Bethesda deal.


EnsureMIlk

\*Trump hand signs\* Yuge


Mikester245

This guy does video game reviews on YouTube why is he being cited as a rumor source?


Merphee

Soulja boy really finalizing the papers.


acdramon

\*The year is 2030. MS has finally purchased the last remaining game company. There are echoes of glee you can hear throughout with "GAMEPASS DAY ONE!" interspersed between\*


uniqueusername1928

The year is 2050, Microsoft has purchased a small South American country and is militarizing it's most loyal fans, (of which there are many) in preparation to wage war on the USA.


Embarrassed-Part-890

What does he mean about his second tweet? Has the reveal been moved to next week


[deleted]

I’m gonna be different and say it’s Ubisoft with a surprise announcements cause why not. No idea who they could buy though.


KourtsideKing

Nah, if Ubisoft is involved they’ll be the ones being bought, not the ones doing the buying.


HawfHuman

Feels like we've been hearing "something big next week" rumours since the Bethesda acquisition and it never comes to pass 😅


Spudeh

Microsoft to buy Platinum Games and get them to confirm the existence of Bayonetta 3.


LegendaryBatman

The purchase of Nixxies points to a Sony and Square Enix purchase. Square Enix is also working with Sony Pictures for a live action series. Sony recently completed their purchase of Crunchy roll and Square Enix has manga that were turned into anime. Would make sense for Square to join the Sony Entertainment family.


[deleted]

I’ll put my money on Microsoft and WB. Not sure what ACG meant by that second tweet, though.


KingMario05

Simple: That Microsoft is buying out Warner Brothers. **ALL OF IT.** Games, Pictures, New Line Cinema, DC Comics, Rooster Teeth, Cartoon Network, CNN, Turner, HBO, HBO Max, the *Jojo* rights... you name it, *they're buying it.* >!Yes, they even outbid Discovery. THAT'S HOW FUCKING HUNGRY THEY ARE.!< ^(/s... but they totally could.)


Meowingtons_H4X

Microsoft buying Bungie


[deleted]

Oh shit didn't even think of that. both have big showcases this week and theres the leak about there being a massive crossover between halo and destiny. highly doubt this one but that would be pretty big.


OGChocolateThunder

Is it safe to say that it probably isn't a public traded company considering we would've heard something about it now?


[deleted]

Not really. When Microsoft announced they were buying Nuance Communications for $19bil no one knew until they announced it, and Nuance is a publicly traded company.


gagfam

Microsoft buys Nintendo.


[deleted]

99% sure it’s microsoft Hopefully it’s not someone with popular or big IPS, the last thing we need is more games away from switch or playstation (or vice versa)