UK has been waiting for this moment forever. Its there destiny and coming out party lol.
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Reuters: Sony in talks to buy Kadokawa [UP] The company wants Sony to buy all of its assets
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UK has been waiting for this moment forever. Its there destiny and coming out party lol.
It’s no different to EU regulatory law and we all know how they dealt with the ABK acquisition.
Get ready for a MASSIVE astroturfing campaign. Youtubers will be bending over backwards to paint this as bad, including some industry people.
I am assuming the deal was supposed to be done within the few weeks (so by early December) and then publicly announced next year.
So I’m guessing we’ll hear about this again in January if it’s signed.
Just to annoy some MS shills that might be lurking here.
If this does get blocked they way it is, Sony will still probably walk away with their gaming studios and IPs. The biggest point of contention will be Kadokawa's anime business, which can be spun off and sold to someone else.
If this does get blocked they way it is, Sony will still probably walk away with their gaming studios and IPs. The biggest point of contention will be Kadokawa's anime business, which can be spun off and sold to someone else.
I've been seeing major cope, that from would end up at Aniplex, go independent (lmfao), or that miyazaki would leave and give up his position as a CEO in one of the most important game studios in the world right now.... all for the xbots
Explaining that Xbox verions of FROM games are toast feels a lot like:
Kadokawa doesn’t want to spin off their game studios though. They want someone to buy the entire company.
That’s what you’re hearing on Era. LMAOI've been seeing major cope, that from would end up at Aniplex, go independent (lmfao), or that miyazaki would leave and give up his position as a CEO in one of the most important game studios in the world right now.... all for the xbots
Explaining that Xbox verions of FROM games are toast feels a lot like:
They'll have nothing to say about Sony/Kadokawa. And if they do, I'll be there to expose every hypocritical flaw they come up with.
They were working on this for a while but the timing of having this granted after a certain massive $75 billion M&A is certainly "convenient". Like others are saying, if the CMA suddenly start conjuring frivolous reasons to block certain M&As, companies will just skip the UK market altogether, which hurts their GDP and economy, not to mention UK citizenry.
Again, this won't have much impact on the M&A this thread is discussing, but it could be a blemish on future ones depending on how the CMA choose to implement these new powers. If they're "conveniently" selective, rather than being earnest and fair across the board, it'll get them in a lot of hot water and be the end of them.
Personally I have little respect for the CMA after they started shucking & jiving for Microsoft in the 11th hour of the ABK acquisition; the sudden 180-degree turn and complete dissolving of the principals they stood up through most of their time on that M&A was just shocking and appalling to me. If they can "suddenly" find the heart to let M&As that massive be approved, much smaller ones should have no issue.
I also think their choices with the ABK deal will bite them in the ass as Apple, Google, Amazon etc. challenge the CMA in the future if CMA block certain M&As they want to do, pointing to the ABK acquisition as their evidence. That's what happens when you compromise your core values out of thin air
Right now they are convincing themselves that PlayStation cannot sustain exclusives anymore. SonyToo astroturf was very effective lol
I actually have it... My kid wanted it and never ended up playing because of the Xbox sign-upICON era party lol
Lets all meet on Sea of Thieves
I don’t think anything is crazy there.
Just talk and no action.
They where loud at start of AB deal but get quiet after the first MS said they will boycott UK.
It is basically an useless regulator that have no power how it is now.
More power comes to better but that is to see yet.
How they 180 changed their stance on AB deal from night to day was hilarious…. all pre talk was just jokes.
Im tempted to buy a used copy lol. But only if I can use my old 360 sign up. I dont wanna add anymore numbers to there pointless stats
CMA is a joke, obviouly bowed to pressure from a big corporation essentially rendering it an impotent regulator.
I don't think sony have as much lobbying power as MS, but CMA opened the door to accepting more behavourial remedies so sony can kick them in balls if they try and block it or want some structural remedy.
I don't think sony have as much lobbying power as MS, but CMA opened the door to accepting more behavourial remedies so sony can kick them in balls if they try and block it or want some structural remedy.
Well Kodawaka is a local acquisition so external regulators won’t even be consulted.
Just Japansene regulators that are basically supporting it already instead of the external acquisition.
I wouldnt be shocked if MS raised concerns to regulators out of spite at this point. The xbox division exists to spite the Japanese gaming market and sony in particular.
Sony, just buy the freaking company and sell off or spin off what you don't want and be done with it.
Yeah… I can see that but Japanese government wants that deal happening because of it does t happen probably an external company will take place…