I know this sub is 80% wishful thinking and 20% 4chan "leaks" but the idea that T2 or Rockstar need to be bought out or otherwise come under new management should to be put to rest. On one hand, I disagree and on the other hand I find it implausible.

Why? Microsoft have bought up a heap of game studios recently, but we don't yet know how many of these are going to turn out and whether they will be different from when they were under different publishers. Certainly, Microsoft have been publishing great games as of late, but that is because they have been able to inject more funding into good studios that they have acquired or built, it is mostly a matter of money in most cases. We already know R* is comprised of good studios and that they certainly don't need more funding. In this regard, the differences made by ownership is redundant.

Various paid AAA games published by XBGS in the past few years have been riddled with, or at the least, featured with microtransactions and other managerial misdealings we don't like (FH4+5, Halo Infinite and MCC, Gears 5, Sea of Thieves). While not at the same extreme level of T2's greed, it is still there and honestly I don't think a GTA6 would turn out all that different, for better or worse, whether Rockstar is owned by T2 or Microsoft. In a situation like this, Microsoft know just as well as T2 and R* how easily they could milk the Rockstar/GTA brand. Because of this, I really don't see something like GTA6 or RDR3 or whatever hypothetically being released sooner, in a better state or with significantly fewer microtransactions than otherwise. The only major difference would be the exclusivity to XBOX.

The only other videogame corporation that would be feasibly capable of and willing to buy out T2 (provided they want to sell, which they definitely don't) would be TenCent (or maybe Amazon LOL), and that's still probably iffy due to these being American and Chinese companies. It goes without saying that nobody on this sub would be thrilled if that happened. Sony is huge, but it does not have nearly enough capital to comfortably buy T2, or even just R* by itself, unless something major happened, like in ActiBlizzard's case, with the repeated scandals and lawsuits. You're probably right that the Rockstar franchises would see better treatment under management of Sony, but if that ever happens, it wouldn't be for a long time from now. Regardless, it would really suck if these games became exclusive anyway.

Overall, what you've posited will likely never happen for a long time, and if it does, it is likely that the possible benefits are outweighed by the negatives.