Während der Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference wurde Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman und CEO von Sony Pictures, gefragt, ob die Filmindustrie eine weitere Konsolidierung erleben werde.
The upswing in the game industry caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has already led to a significant increase in mergers and takeovers.
According to a recent study by Investgame, the value of the mergers exceeds and took over $ 22 billion in the game industry in 2020, including the sales of Zenimax to Microsoft and Codemasters on Electronic Arts, which has been the highest amount since 2016.The most important acquisitioners 2020 were Tencent, Embracer Group, Stillfront and Zynga.
Video games have surpassed many industries affected by the pandemic, so that public and private investors have started to target the industry as a supposedly safe investment.
Regarding the company's annual results in April, Sony himself explained that it will invest in its first party game studios in the current financial year (ends in March 2022) and will also enter partnerships with external game developers for exclusive games.
Sony partnerships with the new studio of the former Stadia Games boss Jade Raymond, investments in a multiplayer game by Bungie-veterans as well as the takeover of the PC portrait company Nixxes and the British Studios Firesprite were announced.
In addition, another $ 200 million were invested in Epic Games and thus expanded the minority stake.
Sony has worked more closely with his film business in recent years after the film studio PlayStation Productions has opened that has the task of adapting its game franchises for television and cinema.
