After the announcement of the purchase of Activision Blizzard and King by Microsoft, it did not take long for new debates to emerge about whether the Redmond giant could aim to become a group of the dimensions of TencentOther names beginning to appear on the table such as EA (Electronic Arts), Square Enix, Ubisoft, and other developers that, despite being in a good financial situation, could offer a great attraction for Xbox.
In fact, the renowned American newspaper Financial Times has recently shared the note of a small study in which it speculates on what could be the next target company to be acquired. Thus, despite the large number of names, according to this document EA would be at the forefront of market interests“fitting in perfectly” with the main investors in the sector.
And it is that the developer has highly successful titles and sagas such as The Sims, Need for Speed, Mass Effect, Star Wars, Battlefield, Apex Legends and the official FIFA, NBA, Madden, NHL and NFL sports simulators, as well as other games and proprietary IPs.
On the other hand, the article also anticipates offering us an estimate of its value, ensuring that it could be purchased by companies that have the ability to pay the amount of at least 38,000 million dollars, current value of the company. A price that narrows the list to the big players in the market, with companies like Amazon, Meta, Google or Netflix, and even Sonywhich could try to seek to recover its position after the heavy blow dealt by the latest purchase of Microsoft.
Although they are speculations and analyzes without any concrete foundation, The possibility of someone buying EA has been rumored for quite some timeso it would not be a surprise if we see some movement in the future.
