According to Bloomberg’s article, private equity firms are hooked on Ubisoft. Blackstone Inc. and KKR & Co. have pressed the button for acquisitions by private equity firms. Kotaku, who spoke to Ubisoft’s former and new employees, said that due to recent problems, Ubisoft thinks it will be sold, if not to these private equity firms.
Blackstone and KKR & Co., the world’s two largest private equity firms, want to buy Ubisoft, but Ubisoft has not yet begun “serious discussions” on the issue.
Ubisoft has been working with private supervisory firms for the past few years, and firms often prefer it to edit a potential pre-sale accounting ledger.
Especially in the last few years, we’ve had some very serious purchase news from the gaming world. Take-Two’s acquisition of mobile gaming giant Zynga; bungie; and several studios developing games for Sony joined PlayStation; Microsoft began buying Activision Blizzard for $70 billion. When news spread that Ubisoft is open for sale, I personally think that not only private equity firms, but other big players will be involved in buying.
It should be added that Ubisoft has suffered significant devaluation in recent years and is now very suitable for potential acquisitions. The shares, which are now trading at $41 ;d 110 in mid-2018.
