I would be pretty surprised if the CEO of CDPR sold his shares out. I could see an investment stake like Sony did with Fromsoft though.
[Rumour] Sony is planning to acquire CD Projekt RED
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Jim just had to whisper Cyberpunk GaaS in his ear and he was all for it
ehhh not really. I could see it if CDPR owned the rights/IP to witcher or cyberpunk but those are both licensed out. Like I think the thing that gets these studios interested in partnering with or being acquired by Sony are the prospects of crossmedia projects...like Bungie is obviously interested in doing a Destiny movie/tv show and that's part of why they went with Sony.
I think they own a fair bit of the Cyberpunk IP. Not just a licence. They have the trademark for Edgerunners too.
CDPR owns the Edgerunners anime characters and designs, and that's about it. Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the pen and paper game owns 99.99% of everything else.
Even Johnny Silverhand was a Mike Pondsmith creation, way back in 1987.
I think they own more than that. They have the trademarks. They're the ones involved in all the multimedia projects. I would say they have most of the rights to it.
I'm not 100% sure of what I'm about to say, but I believe that if the company is to be taken private via acquisition, the biggest stockholders (34% or so) can't do shit about it if the other 66% approve it.
Shareholders - CD PROJEKT
Share capital The share capital of CD PROJEKT S.A. amounts to PLN 100,770,800 and is divided into 100,770,800 shares with a nominal value of PLN 1.00 (one) per share. All shares are ordinary bearer shares.
www.cdprojekt.com
I never understood why Days Gone has so many fans, the whole game felt like an Unreal Engine 4 asset flip, it was so generic and boring.
Bend should just make a AAA Syphon Filter
I don’t think this is happening based off of how complicated that it sounds like it could be but if it’s true that cdpr wanted to buy days gone of Sony then I think that would add a lot of validity to this. I’d rather see Sony focus on close partners in japan though.
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CD Projekt tried to purchase Days Gone IP from Sony (Rumor)
Jeff Ross Days Gone Game Director said there was an internal rumor that CD Projekt Red was interested in purchasing the Days Gone IP from Sony. The participation of Jeff Ross and John Garvin (who were founders, directors and leaders of Bend Studio) in a recent David Jaffe podcast has brought...
Multimedia projects specifically based on the game. Pondsmith wasn’t fleeced like Sapjkowski was.
Florian Mueller "I'm not solokingrobert" 'debunked' maybe. I'd like Sony to buy CDPR just so MS couldn't. They'd have their own storefront and would keep CDPR multiplatform.
I’d love it if they bought CDPR and made them PlayStation exclusive while keeping GOG open, just to rub it in.
I think there'd be a lot of pushback because the way CDPR operates GOG doesn't align very well with Sony's corporate values.
They are focused on being pro-consumer, anti-DRM (although not as much as they used to be), and offer a very generous refund policy (30 days no questions asked). Sony tends to be extremely tightfisted when it comes to money.