A new, far-fetched indiscretion is taking hold in the last few hours on the web, according to which Microsoft would have successfully completed the acquisition of Sony. But in reality, it’s just a joke that started in Spain
It is true that in recent times Microsoft has proven itself in the mood for new purchases, the rumor appears crazy and unfounded, in fact we repeat it, it’s just a joke, a winter fish made in Spain.
Here is the elaborate staging of a Spanish portal: the Redmond house would have shelled out the beauty of 130 billion dollars to secure all the multiple Sony divisions and therefore incorporate any product the Japanese company has placed on the market in its various sectors of interest. Obviously it’s just a joke. How come today? In Spain, December 29th is a bit like April 1st in Italy.
The Spanish site took advantage of the rivalry between the two companies protagonists of a head to head on the videogame front and put the good Phil Spencer, promoter of the crazy operation. The intention of the Xbox leader – continues the source – would have been that of incorporate Sony’s first party lineup and therefore publish the major PlayStation titles in the catalog of Xbox Game Pass. All this would have foreseen the collateral rebirth of other branches of Microsoft’s entertainment market thanks to the acquisition of Sony Pictures and Sony Music (with the consequent rebirth of Groove Music, a music service that Microsoft has stopped supporting since 2018).
It goes without saying how all this is summed up in a colossal joke especially at the dawn of the new videogame generation and the life cycles of Xbox Series X | S and PlayStation 5. Even Ed Boon of NetherRealm Studios enjoyed reporting the news on Twitter, making fun of what was written on the pages of the Spanish portal. Despite having recently shown that he shares some ideas aimed at the growth of the videogame industry (for example, by signing theagreement related to the development of cloud gaming technology), the two companies will continue to operate on the market in completely separate ways.
And no jokes like that!
nrd: The news has been edited to better report the terms of the question: more than a fake news it was an off-season April fool’s joke (at least for Italy).
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