Recently, rumors began to jump that Amazon was going to launch a purchase offer to take over Electronic Arts. It is not the first time that rumors of this type have surfaced. In the past it had been commented that the company had also been in the crosshairs of giants like Apple, although in the end no type of offer was made by the apple company, at least publicly.
The fact is that the possible purchase of Electronic Arts by Amazon makes a lot of sense, especially given the ambitions that the company founded by Jeff Bezos has within the gaming sector in general. USA Today has been one of the most important sources that has supported this possible purchase offer, and has quoted a Swedish source related to the video game industry, although so far there has been no movement, and some experts believe that in the end there will be no offerAt least in the short term.
Looking at the history of Electronic Arts, and taking into account that the company also entered into negotiations with other giants to close a possible purchase operation, the truth is that we have more reasons to believe in an attempted purchase by Amazon than to think so. contrary, but since there is nothing confirmed right now, the only thing we can do is wait. So far, these rumors have had a positive impact on the shares of Electronic Artswhich rose 15%.
Neither Electronic Arts nor Amazon have wanted to comment, but it is clear that the second could strengthen its strategic position within the video game sector, and that an operation of this type would also come in handy to boost Amazon Luna. At the time of writing this article the value of Electronic Arts in market capitalization was about 36,000 million dollars, while Amazon hovers around 1.36 billion dollars. I wanted to give you this information so that it is totally clear that for the second time buying from Electronic Arts would be almost like “spending a little change”.
However, even if a purchase offer were made by Amazon, it should be approved by the regulatory bodies of free competition, and more than one problem may arise there. We will see how the situation evolves in the coming days.
Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts, sources tell CNBC’s @DavidFaber. Shares of $EA emerged earlier on a report citing a “rumor.” pic.twitter.com/k7wk0Fy7xv
— CNBCNow (@CNBCnow) August 26, 2022
