Geeks + Gamers › Forums › Gaming › General Gaming Discussion › Tencent is reportedly raising billions to buy EA, Take 2, or others. Thoughts?
Tagged: China, EA, Gaming Industry, Tencent
Aside from the obvious security and propagandistic concerns, it looks like they’re taking the Disney approach to games industry. There’s much with this, what do y’all think about this? They already own or are investigating in a massive amount of the market, I put a list down below that was current as of October this last year. (Two sources of news information linked right below)
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/77498/report-tencent-raising-billions-to-buy-ea-take-two-or-others/index.html</p>
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/01/25/tencent-reportedly-could-make-a-multibillion-dolla/
What Tencent is already invested in gaming companies (source at the bottom)
1. Riot Games-100%
2.Epic Games-40%
3. Bluehole-11.5%
4.Ubisoft-5%
5.Activision Blizzard-5%
6.Grinding Gear Games-80%
7.Supercell-84.3%
8.Platinum Games-Undisclosed
9.Yager-Undisclosed
10.Frontier Developments-9%
11.Kakao-13.5%
12.Paradox Interactive-5%
13.Fatshark-36%
14.Funcom-29%
15.Sharkmob-100%
16.Sea-20%
17.Discord-158 million in funds received in 2019, undisclosed the percentage which is held by Tencent
18.1/2 a dozen or so mobile games- undisclosed
https://www.pcgamer.com/every-game-company-that-tencent-has-invested-in/