In response to the recent testimony of Microsoft in the face of the allegations of the US Federal Trade Commission, which revealed that it had planned to acquire SEGA, SEGA Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Shi UtsumiEmphasize that the company will not be sold。
Prior to this, Microsoft disclosed in an internal letter that it was considering acquiring SEGA, hoping that SEGA would own the development and distribution assets of series of works such as “Sonic Boy”, “Dragon”, “Persona”, and expand the content of Xbox Game Pass Attractiveness, but also to seize more development opportunities in the Asian market.
Neihaizhou Shi responded to the statement and emphasized that SEGA would not be sold to the outside world, but did not respond to whether Microsoft had made an acquisition offer to SEGA, only stating that the two parties still maintain a good cooperative relationship.
In addition to SEGA, the internal documents used as testimony also showed that Square Enix was also the target of Microsoft’s planned acquisition, but there was no further action in the follow-up.
