Sony acquires 9 studios in 4 years! Spend 4 billion US dollars and still have a budget of 11.5 billion

　　According to public information, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has completed strategic acquisitions of 9 game studios in the past four years, with a total investment of approximately US$4 billion. Among them, the acquisition of Bungie Studios for US$3.6 billion in 2022 became the largest acquisition in Sony Games history.

Other important acquisitions include:

　　Returnal developer Housemarque

　　Producer of "Devil's Souls: Remake", Bluepoint Games

　　The Horizon series technical support team Nixxes Software

　　It is worth noting that some acquisitions use special architectures, such as Fabrik Games is indirectly incorporated into Sony through Firesprite Studio.

In addition, Sony Group revealed in its 2024 financial report that it has reserved US$11.5 billion of special funds, which are planned to be used to strengthen the layout of the VR/AR field, expand the mobile game market, and cope with the new industry competition pattern.