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On September 2, 2013, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire the mobile hardware division of Nokia (which had established a long-term partnership with Microsoft to produce smartphones built off its Windows Phone platform) [19] in a deal worth 3.79 billion euros, along with another 1.65 billion to license Nokia's portfolio of patents.
Formed in 2004 as a joint venture between Sony Music Group and Bertelsmann Music Group, Sony BMG became fully part of Sony in 2008 when it acquired Bertelsmann's stake. In 2012, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Gaikai to enhance its PlayStation Network offerings and expand its gaming portfolio into the realm of cloud gaming .
Sony further stated that Microsoft's intent with the acquisition is to remove Sony and PlayStation from competition with Microsoft and instead have the PlayStation platform more comparable to the Nintendo Switch, which Sony stated is based on taking up a family-friendly position and not attempting to compete with adult-rated games like Call of ...
Sony's PlayStation 4 has taken investors through an explosive launch. The first chapter of Sony's latest gaming console has been anything but a tutorial, as the PlayStation 4 has outsold Microsoft ...
Microsoft has signed an agreement with Sony to keep the Call of Duty video game series on the PlayStation console after the tech giant acquires video game maker Activision Blizzard. The ...
It's now been roughly two weeks since tech powerhouse Microsoft launched its answer to Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 4. Both Sony and Microsoft matched one another during the first phase of ...
This is a list of largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the video game industry with publicly disclosed deal values.Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is the most expensive video game acquisitions of all time followed by Activision-Vivendi Games merger and Take-Two Interactive-Zynga acquisition. 14 of the 20 most expensive video game purchases in video game history occurred ...
PlayStation 3: Home Sony: 2006 87.4 million [24] [25] Xbox 360: Home Microsoft: 2005 > 84 million [note 3] Game Boy Advance: Handheld Nintendo: 2001 81.51 million [20] PlayStation Portable: Handheld Sony: 2004 80 million [1] Nintendo 3DS: Handheld Nintendo: 2011 75.94 million [20] PlayStation 5 # Home Sony: 2020 74.9 million [33]