oh God please no
Sony reportedly looking to acquire Kadokawa, owner of ELDEN RING dev FromSoftware
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0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Wait…is this the Kadokawa that owns like 85% of anime studios in Japan as well??
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Yep. This is a much, much bigger deal than just a few game studios.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
These motherfuckers already own Crunchyroll and now want ownership on the largest production studio for animation in the country!?
shani66@ani.social 9 months ago
More than just that, they are big novel publishers, they own spike chunsoft, hell they even have their hands in tourism and some science labs! Idk the broader culture of Sony, but experience with their gaming branch says this will be the disaster of our times for otaku.
ulterno@programming.dev 10 months ago
Sony seems to have a pretty workable strategy now.
- Want to acquire a company for cheaper.
- Make news that they are going to acquire.
- Target company’s sales plummet, because gamers don’t want Sony DRM
- Cheap company to buy.
So unless FromSoftware releases a statement claiming they won’t be bought by Sony, I’m not buying any more of their stuff.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Stock went up by 700 JPY with a 22% increase. Did the opposite
ulterno@programming.dev 10 months ago
So could it be that FromSoftware is considering selling out and working to increase their stock prices, to get a better deal?
KillerTofu@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just so they can require a psn account.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Leave them alone!
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Please kindly fuck off. I don’t want Sonys bullshit touching these games.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Elden Ring sequel will definitely be a console exclusive or timed exclusive (no Xbox ever) to PC
Not good
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Lol
shani66@ani.social 9 months ago
Not just a few games, this is gonna hurt anime too.