SEGA has no interested in being acquired
With all the talk about acquisitions in the video-games industry, you’d think SEGA would at least consider the thought of being acquired, but that’s not the case.
In an interview with Reuters, SEGA representatives said they are aware of what’s going on at the top of the industry, with the merger between Activision and Blizzard, The Bioware-Pandemic acquisition by EA and now it’s attempt of acquiring Take-Two, but it wants no part of it.
“We’re moving very nicely up the charts but we are also very cognizant of what is happening at very top end of market, with regards to some of the M&A activity. That’s not an area we want to play in right now. We have no interest in being acquired, we are very happy with our position right now.” said Simon Jeffrey, president of SEGA of America.
Jeffrey also added: “There is plenty of room for smaller companies to be successful and profitable in this business. You don’t have to be number one or number two. You can be number six very happily.” SEGA is currently the sixth moth important video-game publisher in
