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  1. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Big difference between buying the biggest 3rd party publisher on the market and buying Kadokawa/FromSoftware. FromSoftware doesn't even historically publish their own games. And no this isn't going to create a monopoly in the manga market, in fact this wouldn't even make Sony the biggest...
  2. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Have to keep telling myself not to engage with, but part of me always tries to educate people like you. What's running is a build. Games are always built to run on PC that's not a PC game though. What makes a PC game is the ability to run smoothly on multiple PC configurations. You can...
  3. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    I'll do a ban bet with you, that if this deal goes through FromSoftware will fall under SIE. If they fall under SIE, you're banned. If they fall under SME, I'm banned. If they remain under Kadokawa as an independent subsidiary, it's a push. Deal?
  4. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    It's pure Hopium. This day was always coming and I told you it was and that you'd be sad it wasn't Square Enix.
  5. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    They're both massive purchases with different objectives, but it guarantees for SIE substantial and consistent revenue on a near annual basis with pretty low operating costs. Consider the following games Demon's Souls PC Demon's Souls 2 (AKA Dark Souls 4) PS5/PC Bloodborne 2 PS5/PC Elden Ring...
  6. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    I've already brought up Bluepoint. Miyazaki already praised them. It's clear Bluepoint has the technical prowess to speed up FromSoftware development and get their games to be more technically proficient. Farming out the work to Bluepoint isn't a big ask. They made Demon's Souls without having...
  7. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Nixxes handles the porting of Insomniac's games to PC, not Insomniac and guess what not a single Insomniac game under Sony has launched on PC on day 1. Sony is going to want Elden Ring 2, Bloodborne Remastered, Bloodborne 2, and Demon's Souls on PS5 first and then they'll port them to PC...
  8. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Yeah, because Insomniac is out here making Xbox, PC, Magic Leap, and mobile games still. Again, zero chance they make Xbox games going forward (if this deal closes) and my guess is that PC games would be taken over by Nixxes just like any other PlayStation developer.
  9. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    No one said Sony was selling itself ot buy Kadokawa... Why spend your time on english speaking forums if you don't understand the language?
  10. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Consolidation can be bad, but I don't think it's bad here, let me tell you why. First, it means that FromSoftware will be free to make Bloodborne games without any hurdles. Second, pairing FromSoftware with technically superior Bluepoint games will make their games more technically proficient...
  11. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    When Sony restructured they took Sony Online Entertainment from Sony Pictures and assigned them to SCEA. Aniplex/Sony Music Japan is allowed to publish games and produce mobile/handheld games, but they've never managed a AAA developer.
  12. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Not only would this result in Team Asobi Polyphony Digital FromSoftware but you would add companies like Acquire. I'd love to see Acquire come in and help Sucker Punch with the Ghost franchise or use their tech for Tenchu.
  13. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Sony Group isn't going to let aniplex own a major AAA game developer. In a purchase of Kadokawa, they'll breakdown what subsidiaries will fall under what and FromSoftware will fall under SIE. There is zero chance that doesn't happen if this deal goes through.
  14. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Japanese companies are going to favor selling to Japanese companies. That's a reality. It's also always going to be easier for Japanese companies to buy large cap Japanese companies than foreign companies. This is devastating news for some people, but this probably goes down by the end of the...
  15. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    They wouldn't be a monopoly. Do you know what a monopoly is? I hate that people just say things just to say them. They absolutely would become exclusive. The Bungie acquisition was more an exception to the rule because their board of directors kept control post acquisition. That won't be...
  16. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    @Yurinka Told you they weren't going to wait.
  17. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    Point to me a similar case that was blocked by Japanese antitrust laws.
  18. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    It's definitely about both. They'd just buy From if it was limited to that, though it's probably easier to buy Kadokawa than From at this point. Buying Kadokawa, they can push Tencent out of FromSoftware too. There aren't that many redundancies here, though if they find some they can probably...
  19. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    GOG isn't a great launcher, but you would seemingly be able to bring that staff over, and obviously you get the talent behind Witcher and Cyberpunk. They would complement the rest of Sony's studios really well. I've posited that Sony is in a race to come up with 50 billion dollars and having...
  20. mibu no ookami

    Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say

    LOL, why do people think regulators care about small purchases like this?
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