No, Sony Most likely Did not Purchase CD Projekt Purple

A brand new rumor is circulating at the moment suggesting that Sony has bought CD Projekt Purple, with a picture reportedly exhibiting a merger or acquisition of the 2 firms spreading throughout social media. Nonetheless, it’s extremely unlikely that the rumor is credible.

The rumor appears to have began resulting from Sony’s web page in the marketplace knowledge platform PitchBook, which lists a collection of the corporate’s investments and acquisitions. Amongst these is the ‘Merger/Acquisition’ of CD Projekt Purple, with PitchBook exhibiting the deal as having taken place on October 26, 2022.

A picture of this acquisition knowledge was then posted to social media and Reddit, the place some claimed that this was proof of Sony buying the Cyberpunk 2077 developer. However except for this itemizing on PitchBook, there is no such thing as a different knowledge to help this declare.

I maintain seeing PlayStation fanboys unfold this.

Is Sony shopping for CDPR? pic.twitter.com/ITr4UFfebF

— PeterOvo (808) (@PeterOvo5) March 11, 2023

Provided that the deal was stated to have taken place in October 2022, it’s unlikely that this data wouldn’t have been made public within the 5 months because the alleged acquisition had taken place. Equally, the supposed buy was not talked about within the firm’s personal earnings stories. As such, it’s greater than possible a mistake by PitchBook.

Since Microsoft introduced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, there was a lot hypothesis as as to whether or not Sony will observe swimsuit with its personal high-profile buy. This has included rumors that the PS5 producer is trying to buy Take-Two Interactive.