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The it the competition for revenue. The biggest players invest in popular developers and famous games to keep players on their side. Newzoo estimates that the video game industry will generate more than billion in revenue in . By comparison the combined global theatrical and homemobile entertainment market in was around billion. Sonys plan to buy Destiny developer Bungie is the latest step in the video game industrys escalating race to outpace rivals in the battle for studios franchises and players time. In the last few years the acquisition race has been gaining momentum in alone more than gaming deals worth more than billion were concluded. Two of the biggest gaming acquisitions of all time took place last month Grand Theft Auto publisher.
TakeTwo bought mobile giant Zynga for million and Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for billion. This general buying of studios is related to content and the ability to place this content exclusive or not on different platforms. Microsofts Game Pass a Netflixlike Mobile Numbers gaming subscription service for Xbox and PC recently hit million subscribers. Axios journalist Steven Totilo who covers the gaming industry notes that this service is central to the companys longterm strategy. Sony is developing its own Game Pass competitor and Bungie games will most likely appear there.
Both Microsoft and Sony have announced deals saying popular games wont become exclusive right away. But Sony has built a huge fan base for PlayStationonly blockbusters and Microsoft has said that the recently acquired Bethesda appear on Xbox PC and Game Pass. Not only console manufacturers are engaged in acquisitions. This is also done by large technology companies that are trying to break into the gaming business using existing platforms. Netflix bought the studio Night School last year. Google bought the studio Triple A in for its Stadia service test. It is worth mentioning that since the late s the rivalry between game companies has mostly been.
TakeTwo bought mobile giant Zynga for million and Microsoft plans to buy Activision Blizzard for billion. This general buying of studios is related to content and the ability to place this content exclusive or not on different platforms. Microsofts Game Pass a Netflixlike Mobile Numbers gaming subscription service for Xbox and PC recently hit million subscribers. Axios journalist Steven Totilo who covers the gaming industry notes that this service is central to the companys longterm strategy. Sony is developing its own Game Pass competitor and Bungie games will most likely appear there.
Both Microsoft and Sony have announced deals saying popular games wont become exclusive right away. But Sony has built a huge fan base for PlayStationonly blockbusters and Microsoft has said that the recently acquired Bethesda appear on Xbox PC and Game Pass. Not only console manufacturers are engaged in acquisitions. This is also done by large technology companies that are trying to break into the gaming business using existing platforms. Netflix bought the studio Night School last year. Google bought the studio Triple A in for its Stadia service test. It is worth mentioning that since the late s the rivalry between game companies has mostly been.