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News Famitsu Sales: Week 46, 2024
Holy crap, I didn't know Dragon Quest is still that popular there. -
Discussion What are the best LIVE moments in gaming history?
That EVO moment was so awesome and unique, it's the one I'd choose from eSports because of the crazy mastery and skills that shows to make that epic comeback. Regarding conferences, I'd say the Sony conference where they announced in the same show the long rumored and demanded FFVII Remake... -
Discussion Is Fromsoftware the best purchase for Sony currently? If not, which developer takes the number 1 spot?
Top 1 Capcom Top 2 From Software Top 3 Arrowhead Top 4 Hoyoverse Top 5 Remedy Top 6 ARC System Works Top 7 Shift Up Top 8 Sloclap Top 9 BlueTwelve Top 10 Bandai Namco (not very realistic but in terms of business and synergies would be more important than Take 2 or EA) -
Discussion Sony should acquire Bloober Team to lock Silent Hill games permenantly to PlayStation
Bloober is only the developer. They aren't the Silent Hill IP owner, they don't decide where Silent Hill games are published. The IP owner is Konami, they are the ones who decide if a new Silent HJll is made and where is going to be published. So if something, Sony should buy Konami instead to...- Yurinka
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Discussion Kadokawa stocks have risen $1.1B in the last 5 days
Now I don't find it because there are multiple threads about it in each forums. But someone shared the Kadokawa revenue split: the majority of it was anime and specially manga/books/magazines, the gaming part was a minority. And out it, From Soft wasn't a huge part of their gaming revenue... -
Discussion Kadokawa stocks have risen $1.1B in the last 5 days
I have no idea about Japan. In Europe it is common that heads of studios share beers or lunches (last week I was with over half a dozen of them including a few AAA and a few indie publishers), and are friends since many years ago and know who is happy, who is struggling and will shut down soon... -
Discussion Kadokawa stocks have risen $1.1B in the last 5 days
? This is not a rumor. Kadokawa oficially confirmed that Sony signed a letter of intent about wanting to acquire Kadokawa. It isn't a rumor, it's happening: Sony formally told Kadokawa that wants to buy them, this is a first step. Being in talks or that letter doesn't mean they will buy them... -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
Jim Ryan broke gaming history records in almost all measurable metrics for PS or in many cases also for any console maker in gaming history, and left the company not only most of them on their highest point ever but also most of them and in a multiyear growth. There was absolutely no point to... -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
Maybe some of the hedge funds who fund that outlet also had stocks in Kadokawa and wanted to skyrocket the stock price to get more money when selling them. Or maybe that hedge fund wants to fuck a bigh Japanese company that competes directly against an American one where they have stocks. -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
Yes As mentioned in multiple posts before, Kadokawa owns both multiple game publishers and multiple game dev studios. Plus the IPs of some old ones more that are now defunct. -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
They have no reason to do so when most of their market, their executives and development teams are in the west. And Jimbo, the most successful CEO of a console maker in gaming history, simply retired because of his age. He didn't step down, there wasn't any reason to do so. He's so old and... -
Discussion Kadokawa stocks have risen $1.1B in the last 5 days
It depends if they already agreed a price or not. If they didn't have a signed price for the acquisition, it negatively affects Sony. In case they already had a price agreed, then it protects the acquisition against a hostile takeover from somebody else. Reuters has links to the UK and US... -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
No, Hermen is in charge of the first party games and related products (like movie/tv show adaptations) worldwide. Nishino is in charge of hardware/OS/PSN/marketing/accesories/3rd party worldwide. If they acquire them and put Kadokawa/Fromsoft inside SIE, then Hermen would be their boss, as... -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
Kadokawa is very complex, with many subsidiaries that at the same time have multiple subsidiaries from many different businesses. I think they should move FromSoft and Acquire to PS Studios to make them console exclusive, but I think they won't. I think that if Sony acquires them will be in a... -
Discussion Polygon: Dragon Age was snubbed from the Game Awards
Dragon Age the Wokeguard didn't deserve to be nominated. These awards are voted by the media, and the media reviewed better many other games. So it's normal to don't see it there. -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
What you posted there is when Tencent and Sony bought FromSoft (not Kadokawa) shares in 2022 to invest on them and help them grow. It is from a year later of what I mentioned, which was a different thing signed in 2021, when Kadokawa gave around 2% of Kadokawa (not FromSoft) shares to CyGames... -
Discussion Cloud Streaming(beta) arrives on Playstation Portal
Great news. This should have been there day one, but at least it's coming. Better late than never. -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
Another thing to add to the list: A few years ago Kadokawa, Sony and Cygames signed a 3 ways deal to bring Kadokawa IPs to a global audience using Sony's help for anime and console games, in addition to CyGames' help for mobile games. Kadokawa gave around 2% of Kadokawa's stocks to both Sony... -
Discussion What really is first party nowadays? Definition of first/second/third party games.
As Phil says, a game is 1st party when published by the platform holder. It has nothing to do with the IP ownership or not, or if they own the main studio who developed it or not. The source I provided proves Stellar Blade is a second party (so first party) game, which means that the platform... -
Discussion Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
It is worth mentioning that in addition of From Software Kadokawa also has some current and legacy stuff: Acquire (Tenchu, Shinobido, Way of the Samurai, No heroes allowed!, Akiba's Trip, Rain, Octopath Traveler, Mario & Luigi: Brothership) ASCII / ASCII Media Works (co-creators of the MSX)...