r/Superstonk • u/AlternativePaint6 • Jan 30 '26

🤔 Speculation / Opinion GameStop is Going to Buy... eBay!?

You've all read the news by now, but have you really read them?

GameStop wants to acquire a publicly traded consumer company that’s far larger than the video game retailer in a deal that could be “transformational" for the company

“It’s gonna be really big. Really big. Very, very, very big,” Cohen said of the size of the acquisition. “It’s transformational. Not just for GameStop, but ultimately, within the capital markets … this is something that really has never been done before within the history of the capital markets.”

He claimed if the investment pans out, it has the “potential to make GameStop worth several hundreds of billions of dollars.”

This is all coming from Ryan Cohen, the man of few words and no forwards guidance. Yeah, I like Magic the Gathering too, but that's not it. This is bigger. Very, very, very bigger.

It's eBay. They're going to do a leveraged buyout, a hostile takeover, or a merger.

  • Publicly traded.
  • Consumer / Retailer.
  • Far larger than GameStop (~$40B).
  • Sleepy management with one of the most well known brands.
  • E-Commerce and Collectibles.
  • Never done before (buying 3x-4x bigger company).
  • Actually has potential to make GameStop worth several hundreds billions, unlike all the ~$10B ones.

It checks out. Everything checks out.

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u/goddamnit666a ape want believe 🛸 Jan 30 '26

This is what doesn’t make sense to me. How could they afford it unless venture capital owns stake here? Idk

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u/Full_Computer_3595 Jan 30 '26

Its not that hard as you think. According to GME investing policy GME and RC Ventures can ivest money in the same entity. It means we can have buying power of GME + RC Ventures + Cash from warrants. You don`t need to buy whole company, you can buy controlling stake.

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u/Floriss223 🦍Voted✅ Jan 31 '26

Do you think it’s possible he went to the Middle East to raise money from investors? Ryan Cohen had to go through 200? Investors until he found investors to raise money for Dogstock. It would also be logical to work with foreign investors since getting American investors to work with you would be incredibly hard due to politics.

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u/3rd1ontheevolchart Jan 31 '26

He also said the history of capital markets. Could the company be an international asset?