Big piece of missing context for the Kadokawa buyout: A Korean company (Kakao) has been aggressively buying shares of Kadokawa looking to take over. Rumors are saying that Kadokawa turned to Sony for a buyout because they would rather be owned by a fellow Japanese company than a foreign one.
That's very unlikely. The Japanese government can intervene in case of a hostile takeover by an overseas company. There is no need to go looking for a buyer in that situation. That's probably just a planted rumour for PR reasons
The only way a hostile takeover can happen is if the party who wants to do the takeover has a large majority share, like 20%, according to their public records the largest ownership of the company is by Kakao Investment Co at 8.870%, whereas the company itself owns around 4.412% themselves and another 4.78% through Masao Kawakami for a combined 9.192% stake. What they should focus on is buying back shares to ensure they have a larger percentage, to around 15% - 20%.
No activision earns way more in games than fromsoftwares parent company and activision blizzard and Bethesda own way more IPs if you check Xbox’s major revenue is generated by activision and blizzard.kadowa has more influence on anime industry and earns a lot form it
@@ProjectPhoenix21the thing is gamers mostly hate Blizzard, Activision and bathesda. But here we are talking about from software. Which everyone likes
@@himanshupandey8771 and yet those companies take in a way more than From Soft despite all that. Microsoft bought ABK for almost 70 billion, this purchase would cost Sony a rumored 4billion. That should tell you enough how much more money Microsoft is making off their purchase.
Not just Sony and Microsoft, but EVERY company in the entertainment industry has been ruining good quality entertainment with so many acquisitions, that’s it’s just…, stop the acquisitions already!
You think that's bad , every MS dev is worse than concord mess , they new head of MS game studios put "sustainability and inclusion before all else" straight from his goofy mouth...
Who do you think Kadokawa is? Some non profit creative co-operative of artists. Sorry to burst your bubble but it’s a very traditional Japanese corporation. Now potentially being bought by a less traditional Japanese corporation.
People are mad about the fromsoft shit, I’m bothered by the fact that Sony, the latest beacon in censorship, is about to acquire the largest distributor of anime.
They could of done it even without this acquisition lol, i mean they made bloodbourne already, nothing is stopping them from doing it again. This won't change anything if they haven't done it already
XD you have never played a fromsoft game have you even Bloodborne it has a character creator and guess what like most games with a gender option most pick female @@mikev8746
i think soon other movie companies acquireds other japanese companies. Example: Paramount - Shueisha / Shonen Jump; Disney - Kodansha / Shonen Magazine; Universal - Shogakukan / Shonen Sunday; Sony - Kadokawa and Shonen Gangan; Warner Bros - Shonen Champion
Only spoiled gamers care about this. Reality is this will impact anime and manga industry MUCH more. Fromsoftware being there is just a plus. Sony would’ve still been trying to buy kadokawa if they weren’t owned by them. Also this is SONY buying out kadokawa not PlayStation. Meaning it’s not guaranteed PlayStation will step in and force them to make exclusives.
no, they're a major conglomerate in Japan and have their hands in a lot of forms of media like books, anime, games, movies, live action TV shows, and music. This is the same areas that Sony does in Japan. It's basically the equivalent of Google Search buying up Yahoo search
@@zachdk Sony group is a Japanese company and Kadokawa will most likely fall under Sony music or report to Sony group HQ in Japan. The American division of Sony (SIE) has nothing to do with this. When will you people learn the difference. Sony is a Japanese company with an American division (SIE). The company itself is still 💯 Japanese and run by Japanese
@ yeah they really do 😂. Sony’s divisions have such bad synergy that Sony Music has actually accidentally copyright struck Sony Pictures and SIE before. It’s nuts 🤣. That’s why I’m puzzled as to why people think this purchase has anything to do with PlayStation. It’s a move by Sony group and Sony Music
Makes sense that they will try to do that. A bloodborne sequel is going to be a PS6 exclusive made by bluepoint not fromsoft because Sony owns that IP.
Malenia phase two will have her be more “body positive” and also she’s black now and bald because long hair is baldist to the soy consoomers with receding hairlines.
@luckymark571 and look at it now sitting in the dust when they could easily give them the go to port it to pc or even make a remaster. Also that was just exclusivity rights. With them owning fromsoft they will have much more control over the game
Custom Character designer will be removed and replaced with presets to avoid making ugly and fat people insecure. Also all the demigods will officially be nonbinary.
Hmmm an elden ring sequel is definitely not a guaranteed thing. I think it's way more likely their next game is an entirely new IP. And Miyazaki has also said in multiple interviews that he isn't interested in doing sequels.
I can't see a future where sony owning from software leads to anything good but who knows, maybe they'll learn from their mistakes and just let from software make whatever they want.
@@ryuukkkoko874and the dark souls games performed infinitely better because they weren’t exclusives. Bloodborne could’ve been an even bigger hit without the greed too.
imagine the reason is Miyakazi wants a bigger budget for Elden Ring 2 and Song can offer that money. Souls Game are nice but there are a lot of No-Life people who play so with Sony help it will extremely grindy.
People concerned about what impact this will have in the gaming space should calm down a bit lol. Developers like FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft, and Acquire would all most likely retain enough autonomy to do whatever they wish separate from PlayStation Studios or be spun off as independent developers like Bungie currently. I believe FromSoftware will still do Elden Ring 2 and it will still be multiplatform. Spike Chunsoft will still do games like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Acquire will still do games like Mario & Luigi; Brothership. What people should be actually worried about is the fact that Sony will be completely taking over the anime industry if this acquisition goes through. Based on their previous purchases these past few years it's much more likely they're acquiring Kadokawa to monopolize the anime industry than they are because of its gaming studios (The gaming related assets are just a bonus guys).
When it comes to Sony, everyone is pissed. When it comes to disney, microsoft or any american company. Everyone says they are knight in shinning armor who will save the franchise or something 😂
Please No. I prefer Sony not buying Kadokawa. If Sony manages to buy Kadokawa, future games made by FromSoftware will have that annoying PSN account requirement on Steam.
@stroose When they announced that God of War Ragnarok was going to be on Steam I was freaking happy but due to the region lock and the PSN account requirement, I was pissed.
I feel assured Miyazaki will not sell his soul. I honestly thinks he cares more about his art than his wallet. If they try to get him to make trash, he will walk and take his people with him. You don't have a Fromsoft without him
@@Tenz2346g lol. Sure. I'm sure they're only mildly interested in a studio that just came off an RPG that sold 25 million copies in 2 years. No big deal.
@@YeOldeMachine anime industry is way bigger and will earn more and we are talking about Sony not ps while they both are connected there aims are different sony does not go and buy studios ps does that Sony has shares in other anime and was trying to grow its anime influence and Kadowa is one of the biggest company in anime industry
Too late they already made a bunch of trash games for the last decade. That clown doesn’t even play his own games and it shows. Poorly designed ugly pieces of trash. And the industry already glazing them for the TGAs.😒
@@Tenz2346g i don't disagree with most of that. What i took issue with , it's the acting like Fromsoftware is a non-factor in the purchase that i disagree with. According to the report i just looked up, PS is Sony's most profitable division by a fair margin, and From is one of the most sought after studios. It doesn't make sense to purchase Kadokawa under PS, because they have so many different types of assets.
No it hasn't been officialized yet eye g inn kodakawa stated that it's in talks with Sony bit hasn't been finalized as they are still in talks about the acquisition get it right eye g inn
Kadokawa is looking to sell now that the founding family is gone and Sony is the company with the best sinergies across their different divisions. If Kadokawa thinks Sony offered enough they will sell.
I think it would be funny if Microsoft tried to stop this just like Sony did with them and activision. I also think Microsoft would have a better argument since Sony is known more for making things exclusive while Microsoft has taken a more “everyone can play” approach recently.
@@mckenlyoneal143 for games activison and blizzard are way bigger than kadkawa’s studios and Xbox is earning more than a playstation just because of these studios so both the cases are different so they would not be able to do anything
@ but it’s not just games though right? They are buying kadokawa for more than just games. They want to have a majority share in the anime market not just the anime games market.
@@Tenz2346g I see what your saying. But ultimately it’s not Microsoft but the FTC that does or doesn’t do anything. Really Microsoft just has to lobby to them. Now I will say you are right and they probably won’t since it probably doesn’t ultimately concern Microsoft since the market is so small. But I definitely expect the FTC to launch an investigation into this to see if it is monopoly territory.
I mean cod is not doing well even though black ops 6 was good.Xbox’s strategy is to sell more games so they are releasing their exclusives on ps and ps does has more users counting both 4 and 5 so it will only be a loss for Xbox and Xbox has a 10 year agreement which they cannot break
Pulling a massive cash cow like the souls games from other platforms would be financial suicide. They wouldn’t pull the games that make a massive load of money. Only Microsoft was that stupid with Starfield but the game ended up being kinda ass, which was disappointing. Should have just kept it multi platform and took everyone’s money.
I think From is nearly a perfect company right now so would new bosses improve on perfection? Actually, odds are, new suit and tie people in the room might frick things up.
It will be interesting to see whether Sony play their usual role of gate keeping and hoarding exclusives like a spoilt child with this buyout or whether they follow Microsoft in sharing for the betterment of the industry.
If Sony buys Kadokawa say goodbye to possible Elden Ring 2 and other sequel plans. Sony fucking hates and loathes FromSoftware and will force them to make shitty 3rd person shooters. The way Sony has treated Bloodborne IP is very telling.
Big piece of missing context for the Kadokawa buyout: A Korean company (Kakao) has been aggressively buying shares of Kadokawa looking to take over. Rumors are saying that Kadokawa turned to Sony for a buyout because they would rather be owned by a fellow Japanese company than a foreign one.
That's very unlikely. The Japanese government can intervene in case of a hostile takeover by an overseas company. There is no need to go looking for a buyer in that situation. That's probably just a planted rumour for PR reasons
@@pokemigas6049 Just because they can don't mean they will. Its just anime and video games.😂
Agree, is more likely that the Korean company finalize the buyout
The only way a hostile takeover can happen is if the party who wants to do the takeover has a large majority share, like 20%, according to their public records the largest ownership of the company is by Kakao Investment Co at 8.870%, whereas the company itself owns around 4.412% themselves and another 4.78% through Masao Kawakami for a combined 9.192% stake.
What they should focus on is buying back shares to ensure they have a larger percentage, to around 15% - 20%.
So, Kakao needs some sugar!...ok...I will leave now...
They gave it a 7.
Gave what a 7?
@@WildHart_z Joke went over your head moron 😂
Your mom is a 7 😊
Should’ve been a 6.
Bro 😂😂😂
It's not the game that Sony wants to get. It's the anime industry monopoly.
Which is still bad
I sure as hell don’t want Sony and Crunchyroll controlling and censoring Anime from any company.
Bingo
Nice, Sony ❤
Lames watch anime
for a company that keepa on shouting about microsoft acquiring activision is being anti competitive. i think sony is being a hypocrite
No activision earns way more in games than fromsoftwares parent company and activision blizzard and Bethesda own way more IPs if you check Xbox’s major revenue is generated by activision and blizzard.kadowa has more influence on anime industry and earns a lot form it
Microsoft took a massive chunk for themselves. Owning From Soft isn’t even close to Microsoft taking ZeniMax and ABK.
@@ProjectPhoenix21the thing is gamers mostly hate Blizzard, Activision and bathesda.
But here we are talking about from software.
Which everyone likes
This isn’t about buying FromSoftware, though.
@@himanshupandey8771 and yet those companies take in a way more than From Soft despite all that. Microsoft bought ABK for almost 70 billion, this purchase would cost Sony a rumored 4billion. That should tell you enough how much more money Microsoft is making off their purchase.
everybody gangsta until they release Bloodborne with Concord's characters
To be honest Sony and Microsoft ruined the gaming industry with the acquisitions.
Not just Sony and Microsoft, but EVERY company in the entertainment industry has been ruining good quality entertainment with so many acquisitions, that’s it’s just…, stop the acquisitions already!
No just Microsoft
Sony has homegrown studios. Only real acquisition was Bungie
And soon the anime industry with sony!
@@Jpcraque blackrock
Souls like games are about to get that concord treatment
Good. Time for them to go 😒
Like starfield, red fall?
You think that's bad , every MS dev is worse than concord mess , they new head of MS game studios put "sustainability and inclusion before all else" straight from his goofy mouth...
What about that game?
@@thespectator3312 Stop being obsessed with the console war kid, it's unhealthy. This isn't a positive regardless of which side is purchasing
If this happens, this is how creative freedom of a studio dies.
The same goes when Microsoft bought ABK. They are monopolizing the matket in gaming.
They have already both two bangers together lol Demon souls and Bloodborn
Who do you think Kadokawa is? Some non profit creative co-operative of artists. Sorry to burst your bubble but it’s a very traditional Japanese corporation. Now potentially being bought by a less traditional Japanese corporation.
@@James-c6t3n yeah and the've done sooooo much with those huh 😂
They’re not buying FromSoftware, they’re buying Kadokawa.
People are mad about the fromsoft shit, I’m bothered by the fact that Sony, the latest beacon in censorship, is about to acquire the largest distributor of anime.
@@LowKeyJaded sony hasn’t censored a single anime
@@JDisclmd literally not true. See much more censorship on Crunchyroll after being bought by Sony
That would be Capcom you’re referring to
@@JDisclmd You are stupid.
Just stfu and watch your childish anime
If this doesn't get us a Bloodborne sequel I don't know what the hell will.
Sure, but you’ll have to play as a strong woman ☝🏻
They could of done it even without this acquisition lol, i mean they made bloodbourne already, nothing is stopping them from doing it again. This won't change anything if they haven't done it already
@@mikev8746 Kinda like what's happening to Xbox?
XD you have never played a fromsoft game have you even Bloodborne it has a character creator and guess what like most games with a gender option most pick female @@mikev8746
@@mikev8746You can play Bloodborne as woman any souls games you can create a woman character
Them buying Bungie worked out so well and look at what happened with concord lmao 😂
Fromsoft is a distraction from sony monopolising anime industry if they wanted fromsoft so bad they could just buy fromsoft from kadakowa
So Soulsborne games about to get woke. Like when they race swapped a character in Demons Souls remake...
If They are smart
They will say no
Rumor is its Kadokawa that hinted at Sony to buy them since a south korean company Kakao is trying to do a hostile takeover on them.
Not true at all, their stocks are at all time high just cause these rumors
Buddy Koreans is tryna own them 😅 that’s why they went to Sony
i think soon other movie companies acquireds other japanese companies.
Example:
Paramount - Shueisha / Shonen Jump;
Disney - Kodansha / Shonen Magazine;
Universal - Shogakukan / Shonen Sunday;
Sony - Kadokawa and Shonen Gangan;
Warner Bros - Shonen Champion
From Software >>> Bethesda & Activision combined.
Fell to my knees at Walmart
I just saw a person fall to their knees at Walmart
I just heard someone fell to their knees at Walmart
I took the knees from a person who fell to their (now mine) knees at Walmart.
Tf? 😂
Tencent and Sony own like 10% of FromSoftware, right?
30%*
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@ The ones at the beginning of the comment section.
Yes
Only spoiled gamers care about this. Reality is this will impact anime and manga industry MUCH more. Fromsoftware being there is just a plus. Sony would’ve still been trying to buy kadokawa if they weren’t owned by them. Also this is SONY buying out kadokawa not PlayStation. Meaning it’s not guaranteed PlayStation will step in and force them to make exclusives.
Anime has dark times ahead if this passes.
I thought Kadokawa only sold books
no, they're a major conglomerate in Japan and have their hands in a lot of forms of media like books, anime, games, movies, live action TV shows, and music.
This is the same areas that Sony does in Japan.
It's basically the equivalent of Google Search buying up Yahoo search
I was alive during the golden age of souls and FromSoftware games. RIP
Oh god, I don't know how to feel if Sony aquires them.
Sony, right now is not in a good place.
But on the other hand, Bloodborne...
Sony owning Crunchyroll is bad enough... Last thing we need is more of their NA employees being involved with Japanese media.
@@zachdk Sony group is a Japanese company and Kadokawa will most likely fall under Sony music or report to Sony group HQ in Japan. The American division of Sony (SIE) has nothing to do with this. When will you people learn the difference. Sony is a Japanese company with an American division (SIE). The company itself is still 💯 Japanese and run by Japanese
@@dammyoyesanya4656まさににこれ、アニプレックスで成功してる実績あるのに何でみんな検閲だの騒いでるのか分からない
Will you calm down. A decision hasn’t been made yet.
@@dammyoyesanya4656 My only hope is the fact that their divisions hate each other, like that one time one of the divisions sued another one lol.
@ yeah they really do 😂. Sony’s divisions have such bad synergy that Sony Music has actually accidentally copyright struck Sony Pictures and SIE before. It’s nuts 🤣. That’s why I’m puzzled as to why people think this purchase has anything to do with PlayStation. It’s a move by Sony group and Sony Music
Makes sense that they will try to do that. A bloodborne sequel is going to be a PS6 exclusive made by bluepoint not fromsoft because Sony owns that IP.
Microsoft Flight Sim: FATALITY!
Steam users are always quick to leave a review.
Sony is just beating Xbox's grave at this point 😂
Fuck no, this is terrible news for everyone who dares to call himself an anime fan.
theey made it public to try for a bidding war between sony and microsoft
RIP the souls games we love. They will become exclusive and be changed.
Malenia phase two will have her be more “body positive” and also she’s black now and bald because long hair is baldist to the soy consoomers with receding hairlines.
They made Bloodborne a Playstation exclusive years before and its top 3 souls games of all time 😂
@luckymark571 and look at it now sitting in the dust when they could easily give them the go to port it to pc or even make a remaster. Also that was just exclusivity rights. With them owning fromsoft they will have much more control over the game
@@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub haha fr man also we will now have a child with us along the adventure for character development
Elden ring is about to get the inclusive update
Custom Character designer will be removed and replaced with presets to avoid making ugly and fat people insecure. Also all the demigods will officially be nonbinary.
Happiest moment for game gernaliosts
Hope From games don’t get tossed into the Sony dungeon that DeS and BB both are
Demons Souls got a remake. It's not in the same situation as Bloodborne.
(Also stop being lazy and using acronyms).
Both are good games
@@TheFirstCurse1 Sony remakes everything. That means nothing.
@@Tenz2346g Bloodborne is amazing. Demons Souls isn't.
@@o0rolyat0o If it gets remade then it's not being ignored.
As long as Elden Ring 2 comes to PC I don't really give a shit.
Hmmm an elden ring sequel is definitely not a guaranteed thing. I think it's way more likely their next game is an entirely new IP. And Miyazaki has also said in multiple interviews that he isn't interested in doing sequels.
maybe sony has seen the 1000s of Bloodborne remastered comments and with 100s of likes on them
Elden Ring 2 confirmed then.
elden ring 2 with microtransaction and difficulty setting
And Bloodborne
I can't see a future where sony owning from software leads to anything good but who knows, maybe they'll learn from their mistakes and just let from software make whatever they want.
Sony buying out FromSoft is how the gaming industry dies off instantly.
how? Sony funded Demon Souls, wich gave us Dark Souls games
No, you are just spitting dramatic nonsence
This isn’t about fromsoft but the anime industry fromsoft is the least of your worries if anything you’ll get a blood borne 2
@@ryuukkkoko874and the dark souls games performed infinitely better because they weren’t exclusives. Bloodborne could’ve been an even bigger hit without the greed too.
Bro is crying 😂 xbotsssss huddle ! 😂😂😂😂
PC gamers raging rn
We about to have to wait for a year before we can play new FromSoft games now oof
This is bad, real bad, anime monopoly on the way😢
Find it very hard to watch this guy lately
imagine the reason is Miyakazi wants a bigger budget for Elden Ring 2 and Song can offer that money. Souls Game are nice but there are a lot of No-Life people who play so with Sony help it will extremely grindy.
Souls game=Wheelchair game
*OH GOD PLEASE NO*
People concerned about what impact this will have in the gaming space should calm down a bit lol. Developers like FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft, and Acquire would all most likely retain enough autonomy to do whatever they wish separate from PlayStation Studios or be spun off as independent developers like Bungie currently. I believe FromSoftware will still do Elden Ring 2 and it will still be multiplatform. Spike Chunsoft will still do games like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Acquire will still do games like Mario & Luigi; Brothership.
What people should be actually worried about is the fact that Sony will be completely taking over the anime industry if this acquisition goes through. Based on their previous purchases these past few years it's much more likely they're acquiring Kadokawa to monopolize the anime industry than they are because of its gaming studios (The gaming related assets are just a bonus guys).
I hope Sony dies not acquire Kadokawa.
The last thing we need is Sony and Crunchy Roll censoring their Anime.
lol at you
@@kidrobot. Only comment on things you know, kid.
@@samuraigundam0079 nice try kiddo
@@kidrobot. …okay…
Sony has censored the crazy amount of 0 anime shows and movies
Ain't capitalism grand
*Microsoft* : i want to have a monopoly on gaming studios!
*Sony* : i want to have a monopoly on Anime!
Me: No one wins here.....
Say no to Sony!!!
When it comes to Sony, everyone is pissed. When it comes to disney, microsoft or any american company. Everyone says they are knight in shinning armor who will save the franchise or something 😂
Xbox haters crying. 😂
No. Literally no. I don't think I've ever read something that's more incorrect.
You really dont understand anything about sony do you?
Somone flipped the script 😂
So they turned Microsoft Flight Simulator into a live service game and was surprised when it crashed and burned.
Please No. I prefer Sony not buying Kadokawa.
If Sony manages to buy Kadokawa, future games made by FromSoftware will have that annoying PSN account requirement on Steam.
@@HarukiImahara more than that, they’ll be dumbed down and censored.
That or they’ll try to make a live service milking the ips into the ground for all they are worth until there’s nothing left
@stroose I mean really WTF is going on with Sony?!?!
@stroose When they announced that God of War Ragnarok was going to be on Steam I was freaking happy but due to the region lock and the PSN account requirement, I was pissed.
@@stroose where Sony have ever censored a game?
Microsoft buying companies: yay!
Sony buying companies: hypocrite.
Sony about to make Fromsoftware into Concord
I feel assured Miyazaki will not sell his soul. I honestly thinks he cares more about his art than his wallet. If they try to get him to make trash, he will walk and take his people with him. You don't have a Fromsoft without him
I mean I don’t think Sony is buying for
Fromssoftware they want to own the anime industry from software is just a plus addition
@@Tenz2346g lol. Sure. I'm sure they're only mildly interested in a studio that just came off an RPG that sold 25 million copies in 2 years. No big deal.
@@YeOldeMachine anime industry is way bigger and will earn more and we are talking about Sony not ps while they both are connected there aims are different sony does not go and buy studios ps does that Sony has shares in other anime and was trying to grow its anime influence and Kadowa is one of the biggest company in anime industry
Too late they already made a bunch of trash games for the last decade. That clown doesn’t even play his own games and it shows. Poorly designed ugly pieces of trash. And the industry already glazing them for the TGAs.😒
@@Tenz2346g i don't disagree with most of that. What i took issue with , it's the acting like Fromsoftware is a non-factor in the purchase that i disagree with. According to the report i just looked up, PS is Sony's most profitable division by a fair margin, and From is one of the most sought after studios. It doesn't make sense to purchase Kadokawa under PS, because they have so many different types of assets.
Get ready for Elden Ring remastered remake ultra remake part 7 remaster!
No it hasn't been officialized yet eye g inn kodakawa stated that it's in talks with Sony bit hasn't been finalized as they are still in talks about the acquisition get it right eye g inn
Does this mean we will get Bloodborne 2 now?
I’m not a bot.
Ok bot
RIP Souls series. Probably gonna fill future games to the brim with political propaganda.
Stand your ground kadokawa.
Kadokawa is looking to sell now that the founding family is gone and Sony is the company with the best sinergies across their different divisions. If Kadokawa thinks Sony offered enough they will sell.
kadokawa is happy with this
@@aganbraganca4156 how would they be happy? They're happy being censored?
@@Elijah-qu6ttKadokawa owner *wants* Sony to buy them, rumors even suggested that Kadokawa approached Sony
@luckymark571 those are rumors do you even know what that word means?
yay mortal kombat
For the love of it all, refuse... REFUSE!
huge W for sony
@@MohammedRyad-gs5rt Not for the people
Oh shit
I think it would be funny if Microsoft tried to stop this just like Sony did with them and activision. I also think Microsoft would have a better argument since Sony is known more for making things exclusive while Microsoft has taken a more “everyone can play” approach recently.
@@mckenlyoneal143 for games activison and blizzard are way bigger than kadkawa’s studios and Xbox is earning more than a playstation just because of these studios so both the cases are different so they would not be able to do anything
@ but it’s not just games though right? They are buying kadokawa for more than just games. They want to have a majority share in the anime market not just the anime games market.
@ Microsoft is not directly related to anime industry and only way they may get affected is the gaming side so Microsoft can’t intervene
@@Tenz2346g I see what your saying. But ultimately it’s not Microsoft but the FTC that does or doesn’t do anything. Really Microsoft just has to lobby to them. Now I will say you are right and they probably won’t since it probably doesn’t ultimately concern Microsoft since the market is so small. But I definitely expect the FTC to launch an investigation into this to see if it is monopoly territory.
Why would Microsoft give a darn about anime?
We’ll get ready for Sony to ruin everything like usual
If they pull FromSoftware games from Xbox, Microsoft should pull COD from Playstation.
We'd love that, CoD is dead and we dont want or need such garbage multiplayer games with servers not remotely fit for purpose 👍
I mean cod is not doing well even though black ops 6 was good.Xbox’s strategy is to sell more games so they are releasing their exclusives on ps and ps does has more users counting both 4 and 5 so it will only be a loss for Xbox and Xbox has a 10 year agreement which they cannot break
Pulling a massive cash cow like the souls games from other platforms would be financial suicide. They wouldn’t pull the games that make a massive load of money. Only Microsoft was that stupid with Starfield but the game ended up being kinda ass, which was disappointing. Should have just kept it multi platform and took everyone’s money.
COD is the new FIFA
i would rather have souls games that cod we dont need cod dead game you can take away cod
SPOILER !
Sony buy it then they release another concord and its closed .
SPOILER ! You're an incel who will never leave your mom's house
Buddy only can mention one game that went bad 😂 you xbots are sad. Let’s talk about redfall starfield rare and all the other wack ass games you got ?
And that was completely justified lol. What's your point?
I think From is nearly a perfect company right now so would new bosses improve on perfection? Actually, odds are, new suit and tie people in the room might frick things up.
Literally one of the most overrated studios out there. Elden sweep incoming
sony buys FromSoftware i stop buying the games
Go cry in the corner xbot 😂 your days are numbered you will now be a gaming company with NO consoles like Sega
Well that's one way to make a Bloodborne remaster happen
To be announced Sony and new studios future game Elden concord and then shortly after studios closer.
Well there goes souls games. Glad I played them before this garbage
Damn imagine Fromsoftware making game movies with walking talking simulator 😂
Blood borne is a ps exclusive last time I heard it was rated pretty good by players
Every time I get baited into clicking on one of these IGN videos, regret is instantly triggered by that atrocious background music
It will be interesting to see whether Sony play their usual role of gate keeping and hoarding exclusives like a spoilt child with this buyout or whether they follow Microsoft in sharing for the betterment of the industry.
@davidbell5089 Why do you think Netflix doesn't put their content on Amazone Prime?
If Sony buys Kadokawa say goodbye to possible Elden Ring 2 and other sequel plans. Sony fucking hates and loathes FromSoftware and will force them to make shitty 3rd person shooters. The way Sony has treated Bloodborne IP is very telling.
Stupid comment
Sony is behind Demon Souls and Bloodborne. Go cry more Xbot. We are getting your game as well after xbox became a Playstation 3rd party.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Microsoft should swoop in and double Sony’s offer 😂
Microsoft doesn't care about 95% of the Kadokawa business. It's all anime and manga.
Japanese don’t sell there stuff to American companies they care about their culture buddy 😂
Checkmate! XBOTS ARE SHOOK 😂😂😂 Elden Ring 2, Bloodborne 2 PLAYSTATION EXCLUSIVE!!💣💢💣💢💣☝️☝️☝️😎
elden ring and armored core will be ours alone xbox players will have to buy a ps5 to play the next games😎
How old are you guys 😂😂
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You’re a special kind of stupid. If Bloodborne 2 was to really happen it would be PS exclusive no matter what. Sony owns the IP, not From Soft.
I hope Kadokawa is smart enough to say NO
Considering what they done to Bloodborne.. i only fear what will happen to any future souls game.
I welcome our new Sony overlords...
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They gave it a 7.