My bet is that this is a more useful maneuver for getting acquired by Microsoft than Sony in the current marketplace. Microsoft doesn't need much more "Western

My bet is that this is a more useful maneuver for getting acquired by Microsoft than Sony in the current marketplace. Microsoft doesn't need much more "Western IP" (not after Bethesda), but everyone knowns Microsoft needs a much bigger Asian IP footprint as the last big hole in their "global" catalog.