My prediction: Ubisoft will be acquired before E3 2023 – Reader’s Feature

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will soon be bought up by Microsoft, or some other large company, after suffering a difficult few years.Over the past few years, more and more video game studios have been acquired by larger entities. This trend of smaller companies being consumed by larger ones has been prevalent for the past few years, with the peak being Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, announced in January of 2022.

That same month saw Take-Two acquire the mobile developer Zynga and the acquisition of Bungie by Sony.Since then, speculation has been rife with regards to which company will be the next to be acquired. In the summer of 2022, Embracer Group acquired Square Enix’s Western studios, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal.

In the months since then, it has been rumoured that Sony have had meetings with Square Enix regarding the purchase of their Japanese studios. There has also been speculation around and Take-Two being acquired.There is also a very good chance that an acquisition of Ubisoft could be imminent.After stating that they have, during a recent investor’s call, Ubisoft also announced that Skull And Bones would receive yet another delay; now aiming for a 2023 to 2024 release.

This inevitably caused Ubisoft’s stock price to drop significantly, hitting depths not seen since 2015.Historically, large corporations take the opportunity to swoop in and gobble up smaller entities in their darkest hour. Microsoft purchased Bethesda in the midst of the Fallout 76 backlash.

They made their deal with Activision during (still unresolved) sexual misconduct claims. Thus, right now is the perfect time for Microsoft, Sony or Amazon to capitalise on Ubisoft’s recent misfortune.Consolidation is rarely a good thing for the consumer, but what real