The veteran analyst says it would be a wise move in consolidation if Warner Bros. Interactive joined the PlayStation fold via an acquisition (which, however, would need some detailed agreement to happen).

While there are rumours that Sony is looking to gobble up what’s left of Square Enix (having sold off three of its western studios, as we’ve reported), Pachter at Wedbush Securities says buying another publisher could be a better idea. He says: “I think if Sony were brilliant, they’d make a move for Warner Bros. Interactive. But Warner Bros. Interactive isn’t worth the total price without the rights to exploit the DC Comics franchises. So it’s an open question whether Warner Bros. is willing to fix the license paid for those properties to, you know, $5 million a year, $50 million a year, some manageable number, and commit that they will have a perpetual renewal.

If you can’t make Warner Bros. properties like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and DC Comics, then it doesn’t make sense to buy Warner Bros. Interactive. There are brands there that are good. You know, like Mortal Kombat and Injustice, but Injustice has DC characters. But they’re about the only ones I can think of out there that are sizeable and nominally are for sale.”

Imran Khan, who previously wrote for Game Informer, added on Twitter: “I couldn’t get enough confirmation to write a post about it, but hearing a decent bit of chatter this week about Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shopping their game development studios around. Interested parties include Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Microsoft, Sony, Tencent, NetEase, and PUBG Corp. WBD wants to sell studios and license IP, supposedly.”

However, all of it is unofficial. WBD might be preparing to put up its studios for sale, though.

Source: WCCFTech