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Sony reportedly looking to acquire Kadokawa, owner of ELDEN RING dev FromSoftware

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Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/sony-reportedly-looking-to-acquire-kadokawa-owner-of-elden-ring-dev-fromsoftware/

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  • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Please kindly fuck off. I don’t want Sonys bullshit touching these games.

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Elden Ring sequel will definitely be a console exclusive or timed exclusive (no Xbox ever) to PC

      Not good

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      • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Elden Ring sequel

        Lol

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    • shani66@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not just a few games, this is gonna hurt anime too.

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  • 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oh God please no

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  • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait…is this the Kadokawa that owns like 85% of anime studios in Japan as well??

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep. This is a much, much bigger deal than just a few game studios.

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      • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        These motherfuckers already own Crunchyroll and now want ownership on the largest production studio for animation in the country!?

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    • shani66@ani.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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  • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sony seems to have a pretty workable strategy now.

    1. Want to acquire a company for cheaper.
    2. Make news that they are going to acquire.
    3. Target company’s sales plummet, because gamers don’t want Sony DRM
    4. 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.

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Stock went up by 700 JPY with a 22% increase. Did the opposite

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      • ulterno@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So could it be that FromSoftware is considering selling out and working to increase their stock prices, to get a better deal?

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  • KillerTofu@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just so they can require a psn account.

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  • AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leave them alone!

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