It’s so funny to me how vigorously the internet defended Microsoft, a much much larger company than Sony, buying Bethesda and Activision-Blizzard, each much larger companies than Kadokawa.
Consolidation is bad for everyone except owners and I hope this doesn’t happen.
Silver linings: at the very least this would probably result in the Bloodborne re-release people have been begging for. If it were Microsoft purchasing them I would expect a ton of immediate layoffs and maybe studio closure after a few years. While Sony has closed a couple of studios (mostly their own home-grown ones that were re-structured into other things) they seem more focused on actually using their acquisitions than just gobbling the IP and eliminating competition.
I’ll be honest, I was in favor of Microsoft acquiring ActiBlizzKing. I didn’t have faith in the existing leadership and Microsoft has mostly taken a hands off approach with its developers. Since the acquisition, things have been mostly OK, at least on the Blizzard side. The biggest issue I have seen has been increased monetization, especially for WoW and D4. Not game ruining, but concerning.
For this acquisition, FROM doesn’t appear to have management issues. I also do not like the direction Sony has been taking things, especially with their PC releases. They are also the market leader on Consoles, so I do not see this as required to stay competitive.
Kinda seems like only xbox fanboys were applauding it. I hate multiplatform developers getting bought and made exclusive.
Cool, so it was nice having From Soft games while they were a thing. Guess they went out on a high note with Elden Ring at least.
If only scifi authors had ever thought to warn us that megacorps are bad.
Sony = Arasaka = Weyland Yutani = Hosaka
The future sure is fun!
GG, it’s been a fun ride
Games, economics, and politics aside…
FromSoft has to be about the worst name for a company ever.
The source in the article is Reuters, not just some rando rumor or tweet.
Nnooooooooooooooooooo
This could be bad news indeed. Sony has at least been releasing their exclusive titles on PC recently, so even if they go through with the acquisition we might still get future FromSoft games on PC (hopefully) but the tidbit about their anime and manga holdings is also troubling.
Kadokawa is like 80% of anime bring broadcasted right now
If Sony pulls some bs with it, I’ll pirate the shit out of it
Meh if they add the PSN bullshit it’s a no go for me and many others
Please no.
Fuck.