Never said it wasn’t. One way or another, Kadokawa is getting sold. The old owners left, and the new owners want to sell. But it could fall off with Sony because of money talks, or if they get outbid.
Reuters: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say
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It changed because Kadokawa has new leadership. The new owners want to sell.
Assuming this is true, I wonder if Phil alluding to them looking for acquisitions in Asia forced their hand some?
Lets see people change their mind on Elden Ring DLC winning game of year, and how good of a studio FromSoft is over night…
If Sony buy Kadakawa they will also get “Acquire” an old studio who helped make Octopath traveler and games like Tenchi and The way of the Samurai series which was on PS2/PS3.
As well as Gotch Gotch games, Spike Chunsoft and FromSoft
FromSofts the only one that is worth it in reality
If Sony buy Kadakawa they will also get “Acquire” an old studio who helped make Octopath traveler and games like Tenchi and The way of the Samurai series which was on PS2/PS3.
As well as Gotch Gotch games, Spike Chunsoft and FromSoft
FromSofts the only one that is worth it in reality
Technically a Kadokawa acquisition would also give them Spike Chunsoft and Acquire, both of whom have at collaborated done smaller scale JRPGs.
Sony trying to own world class Japanese devs and anime IP instead of shitty blue haired libtards of US of A, highly doubt it. If they pull this off please let Sony music Japan have the control over kadokawa if playstation is given control the whole thing will get ruined in 2 yrs max.
Never give playstation control over good studios they will find a way to concord it. There is a reason the Fate IP is popular and brings in boatload of cash - no playstation involved
Never give playstation control over good studios they will find a way to concord it. There is a reason the Fate IP is popular and brings in boatload of cash - no playstation involved
I doubt Sony does any purchasing after this. They are big time cheapos. This is like breaking there backs and against what they want to do lol.
Sega + Ark would be smart for them or Square + Ark after this. Level 5, Nihon Falcon, Konami IP etc. But those are fantasies lol.
I seriously doubt they buy anything big after Kadokawa for probably 5-6 years, unless they are completely changing from being stingy, some small studios thats about it
yes im pretty sure this is all because of this,in one week XD
There not MS. Concord isn’t something that happens all the time time, are you haters gonna bring it up for everything lol.
They have done great by purchasing Studios like Insomniac and Guerrilla etc.
Well I have more trust in Sony Music Japan than whatever Hulst and his cohorts can do. Insoymniac and the Borizon studio will come to bite them in the ass anyways in the future
Wild tho. 2 of my 3 favorite studios bought by Sony. Only CDPR left.
Talent over IPs. Publisher purchases are trash.
It would be nice if they could free Ivory Tower and Crew Motorfest from Ubisoft.
I take back what I said… Ubisoft could still be a good move…. Just let them go thru a bit more downsizing.
Talent over IPs. Publisher purchases are trash.
It would be nice if they could free Ivory Tower and Crew Motorfest from Ubisoft.
I take back what I said… Ubisoft could still be a good move…. Just let them go thru a bit more downsizing.
The consolidation puritans are out full force this morning. Some fail to realize MS buying acti broke how companies compete in this industry (maybe in all of entertainment) going forward. Now its consolidate or get left in the dust.
Hopefully sony gets this across the line. At least this time we can say its not a knee jerk like Bungie was.
Hopefully sony gets this across the line. At least this time we can say its not a knee jerk like Bungie was.
Yes in the future the earth will cease to exist too. We can all make guesses for the future.
Hermen will probably be gone in a couple years. He’s not gonna be around forver especailly as a head of PS who has had the most mistakes.
Insomniac and Horizon been selling 50+million copies between there few games these last 6-7 years, so what if they release a a dud or 2, who hasnt. Most studios cant even make a game that sells more than 5 million
I don’t think Bungie was knee jerk at all. Sony were having issues with their own live service development. It seems like Bungie was the solution to their own internal failures. Information since then supports this. The live service review panel to evaluate if whether to even continue wasting resources on struggling projects etc.
It’s taken way too long to integrate new infrastructure to support their service aspirations. Sony is pulling from Bungie but mostly for roles in managing live service across ps studios as a whole.
Nobody can bid than Japanese companies. Kadokawa also operates a public-sector with School book. Kadokawa is protected by the Japanese government.
Also interesting and forgot to mention: this potential buyout of Kadokawa strengthens the rumours of Sony reallocating the PlayStation division back to Japan. The new focus of Sony will be in general on Asia. The American dream of PlayStation is over and it's time to embrace your roots.
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Can’t wait for the clowns over at IGN to cry about this and say it shouldn’t happen because they don’t want to see the consolidation of Anime/manga industry even though their very own employer consolidated other gaming outlets. Lol.
This is nothing wait until Sony moves the PlayStation HQ back to Japan. That would epic tears.
