Many PlayStation fans expect Sony to respond to Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard. Over the past few months, rumors have surfaced about potential acquisitions of the Japanese company, such as Square Enix, SEGA, Take-Two, EA and more companies.
All these reports have something in common: they got many gamers excited, but in the end they turned out to be false or simple community hoaxes. Now, a new rumor is circulating in networks that claims that Sony will buy Valve, the owners of Steam. As you can imagine, this is a hoax that some gamers fell for.
Will Sony buy Valve to strengthen PlayStation? No
Twitter user PMS Jordan posted information that caught the attention of PlayStation fans. She claimed that Sony was in talks with Gabe Newell to acquire Valve to respond to Activision Blizzard's purchase.
He added that Sony's plans were to take control of Steam, the most popular PC game store. This would boost its plans to expand PlayStation to computers. In addition, he commented that the purchase of Valve would allow Sony to contact developers with expertise in virtual reality and portable devices.
Finally, PMS Jordan commented that the acquisition would give PlayStation Studios more development teams. A portion of the community instantly doubted the report, as the source does not have a corroborated history of leaks and, moreover, the idea of Sony acquiring Valve is somewhat unrealistic.
However, some players got carried away and celebrated the fake news on social media. Other parts of the community knew right away that it was a joke, so they just fantasized about what would happen if it really occurred.
PMS Jordan waited a few hours before clarifying the situation and claiming that it was all a joke to kill time before going in to watch Barbie. As you can imagine, this disappointed many PlayStation fans and caused the networks to be flooded with memes. That said, Sony will not be acquiring Valve.
Ok. It’s been a few hours now and I had my fun. My source is in the picture below. ⬇️
— PMS Jordan (@PMS_Jordan) July 22, 2023
Please forgive me for this sh#t post. I was just trying to kill some time before my showing of the #BarbieMovie started. 😅 pic.twitter.com/HTzk0dbCsL
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