Geoff Keighley shared the market values of other major gaming companies after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for a record $68.7 billion.
Accordingly, electronic arts appears to have the greatest market value among independent gaming companies. EA has a current market capitalization of $38 billion.
The companies and market values that follow EA are as follows:
- Take Two: $18 billion
- Nexon: $15 billion
- Bandai Namco: $15 billion
- Embracer: $10.8 billion
- Netmarble: $7 billion
- Ubisoft: $7 billion
- Konami: $6 billion
- Square Enix: $5.6 billion
- Capcom: $4.9 billion
- Sega: $3.6 billion
If you recall, Take-Two began buying Zynga and struck a $12.7 billion deal. Once this acquisition is complete, Take-Two’s market value is expected to increase to $28 billion.
This list, of course, does not include nintendo and Sony, the other two biggest players in the industry. Otherwise, Nintendo alone has a market capitalization of $54 billion.
Of course, these numbers don’t mean “the one who gives so much money blows the whistle.” Activision Blizzard had a current market capitalization of around $48 billion, 45% more than that. Still, Microsoft could have added almost half of the list above instead of Activision Blizzard if it wanted to (and accepted).
