News publication Reuters is reporting this morning that Sony Group Corporation has been in talks to acquire Kadokawa, which would give them some major leverage in the anime, manga and video games markets. The move would see Sony own Spike Chunsoft. and also have a majority share in FromSoft, the developers behind the acclaimed Elden Ring, Bloodbourne and more. They would also own Acquire who were behind the recently released Mario and Luigi Brothership, Octopath Traveler and more.
Reuters: Sony in talks to acquire Kadokawa giving them Spike Chunsoft, and majority share in FromSoft and more
Omg just like the board game
Oh no, Sony owning Danganronpa is a horrifying thought, considering how infamous they are for censoring what are supposed to be mature games.
Kadokawa, I think I saw that logo watching Nichijou. Didn’t know they had stakes in FromSoft.
Nichijou is soooooo good!
Best random moments ever <3
Selamat Pagi!
Knowing that they had paid a few billion to acquire Bungie, how much are they willing to give for the behemoth that is Kadokawa? I still have a big doubt about Sony’s ability to pay even more given their difficulty and especially that kadokawa wants to be bought out.
You do know that company is only worth 2.7 billion which Sony has 12 billion in cash also has said they will make 8 billion in profits lol
And you forget that they bought Bungie for a few billion…. Is a development studio worth that much….?
The value of a company has never reflected the purchase value…
If they acquire Acquire (lol), then we will probably never see Octopath Traveler III D:
Sony is trying is best to create new IP’s and all he achieves is leading the studios they acquire to bankruptcy lmfao, and it’s all Sony’s fault cause they only greenlight the most boring uninspired slop.
Don’t let them own FromSoft. Sony already owns the Bloodborne IP and they’ve been sitting on it.
Bad move for gamers but finally a chance for Bloodborne 2
Sony already owns Bloodborne. Why would this affect anything related to it?
… and? You say that as if they’d suddenly force FromSoft to stop making the games they’re famous for. Silly logic. That’s a move Microsoft would do because they’re morons when it comes to videogames.
So it’s “silly” to distrust the company that won’t even take the easy money of porting Bloodborne to PC (let alone commissioning a sequel) but, instead, bought and invested in Concord? Ok then.
I want everyone that was extremely vocal about MS aquiring Activision and Bethesda, and their worries about MS making those games exclusive to keep that same energy when Sony announced that they are going to make those Souls games and Danganronpa games exclusive to PS.
ah not chunsoft, I’d hate if PMD was locked outta happening
Blah harasses devs over his character wars, the successor to the console wars because he’s jealous of Rosalina
Can someone explain Cubone on the pic? Is Game freak involved somehow?