I have paid this much in the past. Introducing Microsoft's Top 10 Acquisition Value Rankings [UPDATE]
notebook-laptopYesterday, Microsoft announced that it had agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard, which is famous for the "Call of Duty" series, and became a hot topic both domestically and internationally.
This news is not only about the merger of two big companies in the game industry, but also the fact that the acquisition value of 68.7 billion dollars (7.87 trillion yen) is the largest in the game industry. . So, this time, I tried to summarize the top 10 companies that Microsoft has acquired in the past. (Japanese yen notation is converted at the rate at the time of article publication.)
1st place: Activision Blizzard $ 68.7 billion (about 7.87 trillion yen)
2nd place: LinkedIn $26.2 billion
3rd place: Nuance Communications $ 19.7 billion (about 2.26 trillion yen)
4th place: Skype 8.5 billion dollars (about 970 billion yen)
![I paid this much in the past! Introducing Microsoft's Top 10 Acquisition Amount Rankings [UPDATE]</p><p>5th place: ZeniMax Media (Bethesda parent company) $8.1 billion (about 900 billion yen)</p><p>6th place: GitHub $ 7.5 billion (about 860 billion yen)</p><p>7th place: Nokia 5.44 billion euros (about 706 billion yen)</p><p>8th place: aQuantive About 6 billion dollars (about 700 billion yen)</p><p>9th place: Mojang (](https://website-google-hk.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/drawing/article_results_9/2022/3/21/33095a7e342ff83a1e955fb3eed165e2_1.jpeg)
10th place: Visio about $ 1.5 billion (about 170 billion yen)
Although it was not ranked due to reasons such as the acquisition amount being undisclosed, Microsoft has so far been "Super Donkey Kong" developer Rare, "Destiny" series developer Bungie (currently independent), It has acquired Ninja Theory, which is developing Project: Mara, and Playground Games, which is developing the Forza Horizon series.
* UPDATE (2022/01/23 8:53): Fixed an error in the company name and game title name. In addition, a supplement was added regarding the notation of the acquisition price in Japanese yen. Thank you for pointing out in the comment section.
