Hey Sony, Can You Not
Hey Sony, Can You Not
Sony hoovering up Japanese mega-conglomerate Kadokawa, the main shareholder of FromSoftware, is definitely an idea, but here’s another: Don’t!
Word on the street is that Sony is in talks to buy Kadokawa, which you might know as the main shareholder of Dark Souls and Elden Ring studio FromSoftware, but which also owns other video game companies like Spike Chunsoft, Acquire, Gotcha Gotcha Games, and FromNetworks, a substantial chunk of the manga industry, a publishing arm that is responsible for many of Japan’s still-remaining gaming magazines (including Famitsu), and anime studios like Doga Kobo ENGI, Studio KADAN, and Raging Bull. The list goes on. Hoovering up the Japanese mega-conglomerate is definitely an idea, but here’s another: Don’t!
Does Japan not have... like... an anti monopoly board. This is an insane merger to even consider. It would make an entity so large it could dominate multiple media industries.
Japan is worse for corporate control than even the US.
I don't think Nintendo would like Spike Chunsoft going away.
They developed Wii Play: Motion. That game came with a free wiimote! I loved that game!
Also Fire Pro World.