Square Enix sold Western studios for a relatively small $300 million, because Sony was interested in buying its Tokyo division. Stephane D’Astous, founder and former CEO of Eidos Montreal, said this in an interview GamesIndustry.biz .
D’astoux noted that these are only rumors. But he heard that Sony wants to acquire exclusively a division in Tokyo, without other studios of the Japanese company. In his opinion, such an offer might seem advantageous to the head of Square Enix, who as a result arranged a “garage sale”.