According to a report from Reuters, Sony are currently in talks to buy Kadokawa Corporation, the owner of ELDEN RING developer FromSoftware. They also made Armored Core, Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Seems like a purchase that would make sense for Sony. Kadokawa are a big name in both Anime and Manga publishing, and with Sony owning Crunchyroll (and Funimation) it would help them expand it even more. Kadokawa also own some huge names in the industry including Spike Chunsoft (Danganronpa), Gotcha Gotcha Games (RPG Maker) and various others.
Reuters said "Sony declined to comment. Kadokawa said it cannot comment." but according to their sources a deal might be signed as soon as a few weeks time.
If Sony do acquire them, this could have a big effect industry-wide. For PC releases, it could even mean seeing more games end up requiring the PlayStation Network account system. That would make sense, as Sony keep pushing that with more recent games, and acquiring more companies to push it even further would also align with their plans to bring more players into their system.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Kuduzkehpan 20 Nov 2024
Arehandoro 20 Nov 2024
This would totally be investigated in the US and possibly blocked.Sure, just the same way the US blocked Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.
Arehandoro 20 Nov 2024
Everyone is talking about FromSoftware, but I am mostly worried about Acquire as they also belong to Kadokawa and made the new Mario & Luigi: Brothership game which I really like. I love the Mario & Luigi series and I don't want the series to be dead again because Sony buys them.
Pretty sure the IP belongs to Nintendo for that one.
Arehandoro 20 Nov 2024
Kadokawa is so much more then the owner of fromsoft, its more like the Disney of Japan.
I thought that was Ghibli? Will Nintendo buy Ghibli if Sony acquires Kadowaka?
Ghibli makes good movies that people worship (and seems to be kind of running out of steam these days). So, closer to Pixar I guess?Kadokawa is so much more then the owner of fromsoft, its more like the Disney of Japan.
I thought that was Ghibli?
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 20 Nov 2024 at 5:39 pm UTC
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