IT House February 1 news, the first month of 2022, the game industry has completed three major acquisitions totaling $85 billion.
Half a month after Microsoft's $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, Sony today announced a $3.6 billion acquisition of Destiny and Halo game developer Bungie.
Just now, Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted congratulations to PlayStation and Bungie.
Phil Spencer said: "Congratulations to the talented Bungie team, this is a great testament to your creativity. And congratulations to PlayStation and Hermenhulst for adding a talented team to your studio. ”
IT House learned that Destiny 2 is Phil Spencer's favorite game, and even Destiny 1 + Destiny 2 has been played for more than 1700 hours combined.
Sony said that Bungie will continue to operate independently after the acquisition, Bungie's current CEO and management team will remain in office, Destiny 2 will still land on multiple platforms, and cross-platform connectivity will be retained.
Some foreign media even said that if it were not for Bungie and the industry-changing Halo: Combat Evolved, Xbox would probably not be where it is today, so Bungie is still very important for Xbox.
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