Rupert Murdoch Considers Entry to Gaming Industry

GamesIndustry.biz reports that News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch is considering acquiring a game publisher. He's apparently "kicking the tires" on everything up to and including EA. From the article: "He highlighted Activision as one games publisher which is being considered for purchase. The Californian company, which is one of the biggest publishers in the world, has a market capitalisation of under $3 billion, compared to around $19 billion for Electronic Arts." It's sobering to consider that as big as EA is within the gaming industry it is small fry compared to the big fish in other sectors.

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Downfall of gaming in Japan

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Another "outsider" will be backing a video game company, presumably looking for success in Western markets. If you look at the biggest sellers in NA, the majority are from local publishers and developers. A lot of Japanese developers have merged because of failures in the West (SquareEnix, Sega/Sammy, etc). There is a divide between what each hemisphere wants from games and the Japanese seem to be losing ground.