It's happening, isn't it? This is just all a formality now.
>>695174939Sony acquiring them and fucking everything up. I just want my two yearly souls slop for some mindless slashing keep off my series you scum.
>>695174939fromsoft got too big now the jews want to destroy them
>>695174939Its going to be fun watching absolutely nothing change because From is a golden goose.
Kadokawa owns an absolute ton of shit, why is Fromsoft the focus of all these articles?
>>695175235you are so naive lol
How the fuck did the parent company fuck up so much that they're about to be bought out?Didn't FromSoftware make a shit ton of money for them? What the fuck did they spend it all on? Cocaine?
>>695175320Lol no dummy
This is Activision Blizzard all over again.
Sony acquiring them certainly can't make their gayms any worseLMFAO
>>695174939https://youtu.be/OT7uxrRcG98?si=_6GAKUx04VAvOY-B
>>695175336>How the fuck did the parent company fuck up so much that they're about to be bought out?Not how the market works. They are publicly traded so you just need to buy x amount of it to own it.
>yet another urinalist that keeps calling Kadokawa "Elden Ring dev's parent company" and still thinking Sony = PlayStation at this point in timeSony (Aniplex) is much more interested in Kadokawa for anime/manga.
The deal hasn't even been signed, but my sources are telling me that Hulst has already demanded Fromsoft get to work on a Horizon soulslike trilogy.
>>695174939It's hilarious how incompetent Sony is, they're almost Microsoft tier at this pointThey can't make any good games so they just try and purchase studiosNot buying your faggot console lmao
>>695175265>why is Fromsoft the focus of all these articles?You see.... gaming is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Gaming is bigger than all the anime that Kadokawa has combined.The gaming industry in general is bigger than movies, tv shows, comics and cartoons combined. That's how much money games bring in.
>>695174939Good, Shadow of the Erdtree was complete shit. I feel vindicated for the $40 they stole from me.
>>695174939Fellas, how do we go about assassinating everyone at Sony?
>>695175336the ceo was arrested 2 years ago
>>695175552Aye I'm tired of the genre now
>>695174939Kadokawa owns other video game engines like rpgmaker and some parts of this site.
>>695175265Even Reuters called them the Elden Ring company, who cares lol
>>695175265Because you're on /v/ you stupid fucking nigger we talk about sex and video game here.
>>695175884Elden Ring ruined Fromsoft's reputation forever.
>>695175265/v/ is retarded. They do the same with Bandai Namco ignoring that they're one of the biggest toy companies and that said toy division is way bigger than the gaming division.
>haven't bought any soulsslop since the first Dark Soulsnot my problem hehehe
>>695175983Most of Bandai Namcos games suck
>>695175983>said toy division is way bigger than the gaming division.
This is very bad. Sony’s level of monopoly is already crazy and now they want to own Kadokawa’s conglomerate on top of everything else they own?Hopefully this doesn’t go through, Crunchyroll (owned by Sony) level censorship and “globalization” on all of Kadokawa is not good for fans or the industry.
>>695175265Bc anime is outsourced china shit these days
>>695174939Elden Ring 2 will be a Live Service game centered around selling Armor for real money and you'll like it! Well...you won't have a choice AHAHAHAHA!Play has no limits
>>695174939If this happens I will probably give up on gaming. Might not be a bad thing, I'm getting a bit long in the tooth
It was over the moment they announced they were chasing normalfags with GRRM and Ubisoft Open World sloppa. Enjoy the money Miyazaki, choke on it
>>695177201elden ring 2 will be made in california, directed by cuckmannit will be a cinematic masterpiece about jews being oppressed in gaza
>>695175235>implying they won't shove dei into everything they make
>>695175067thisfuck off snoy
What's with sony making terrible financial decisions this year?
>>695175235>nothing changePeople don't like being fucked with and getting told what to do. Many, many, MANY studios have dissolved or gone to shit like this. If the company is smart, they'll fire any exec or manager trying to change things ON THE SPOT. You don't kill the goose that lays golden eggs. But this doesn't happen in reality. Most often, the managers/exec have the power to fire people that don't "comply" with company standards. Sounds good on paper, but what it really mean is "let me fire this dude so I can find some boot licker to do what I want." Basically, you're fucking retarded.
>Elden Ring was such a success its now a Skyrim tier IP>Investors frothing at the mouth and all wanting a piece of the pie>Take over company, change entire work culture>"What are you doing making this shit? Elden Ring will make more money, only make more Elden Ring">The great blackpilling begins as FromSoft now turns into an Elden Ring factory>Each new game gets progressively more soulless and generic like Assasssin's Creed>Veteran talent start leaving the company>Miyazaki will either leave with them, or turn into a soulless CEO husk>Company and IP will eventually be bled dry, and the investor parasites will move onto their next targetIt's actually over.
>>695175265>Kadokawa owns an absolute ton of shit, why is Fromsoft the focus of all these articles?Because video games cost millions and millions of dollars to make BEFORE they even sell 1 copy. This money comes from Investors. Investors want to see their investment (money) be returned plus more for their faith in a product that hasn't even sold 1 copy. It's like asking you to buy a game for $5,000 on preorder. If it's good, you'll get your $5,000 back, if it's not, you're out of $5,000.Kadokawa owns 80% of Fromsoft. Sony buys Kadokawa, now they own Fromsoft.
>>695177791buying kadokawa is not a bad business decisionthe bad business decision is destroying kadokawa after they buy it
>>695178280It's sony, anonThey will
>>695175265>Kadokawa owns an absolute ton of shit, why is Fromsoft the focus of all these articles?Remember, that Fromsoft has refused to be bought multiple times already. So Sony said fuck it and is buying the lot Fromsoft is built on.>Fromsoft = House>Kadokawa = Lot/acrage/land etcSony can't own Fromsoft, so they'll own the person that owns Fromsoft. That's why this matters.
>>695176935What's funny is Kadokawa came begging to Snoy to save themhttps://vxtwitter.com/Mr_Bluepoint/status/1859275672193028567
Fromsoft can pull a Taylor Swift from their Record Label. Disband, then rebuild exactly the same but slightly different to avoid lawsuits.
>>695178523
>>695178160I want to snapshot this, but I might have to shoot myself if this becomes true
>>695174939Whelp, who'd going to replace FromSoft, now that they're essentially dead in the water at this point?
>die by Sony or Korean feminist handsIt's a double edge sword either way.
>>695178826>>695178523>>695179186Obviously we would rather Kadokawa stay in <Japanese> hands right..?
>>695175265Because Sony buying Fromsoft is relatively innocuous. Yeah, it'd kinda suck, but in the overall scheme it's not hurting too much.Sony taking control of Kadokawa's entire anime/manga/LN business, on the other hand, is fucking terrifying and edging them into legit monopoly-through-buyout territory. That's the part they don't want people talking loudly about.
>>695175235When has Sony not killed its goose? Destiny 2? Helldiver 2?
>>695178826isnt sony american company now since they have hq in america?
>>695174939I'm gonna really miss the Mystery Dungeon games. The world is just so fucking unfair. I wish Sony would just lose 3/4th's of their worth overnight just so they can fuck off instead of buying companies.
>>695179186koreans love anime as is, sure they may censor some korean hate from source materials but that's about it
Now there is a rumor that kadokawa approached Sony because they didn't want a Korean company to buy then out through a hostile take over
I thought Tencent owned them.
While I know that really the talent is what makes the games and if anything Miyazaki and company could always leave and form an indie studio. What sucks with this though is they have to leave behind all the IPs they've built up from nothing :/ No more AC no more souls. They can make spiritual successors but idk some of the magic might be lost.
>>695174939Wasn't FROM a private company at one point?
>>695178160Elden Ring was a soulless rehash of Souls anyways, and SotE was the most soulless thing they've ever made. Miyazaki is already a husk.
>>695178160>miyazaki leaves>Kojima offers to partner up>from kozaki productions: strand souls
>>695179652like that ever stopped them, metal wolf chaos and murakumo were on par. If they need brand recognition that much they might go xbox route and hijack steel battalion
>>695175961Its their highest selling game, by a lot. like 25 million copies or so. next highest is around 10 i think. Elden ring solidified souls as a normie franchise now, fromsoft finally made it into mainstream spotlight. Elden ring sold more than the pokemon game that year, it might have been the best selling game of that year. Souls was already in the mainstream but elden ring solidified fromsofts spot as a serious company and got more sales for all their games.
>>695179421It's only SIE, the main SONY is still in Japan.
>>695179836That's true and BB and Sekiro has shown that spiritual successors still work and well. I'd mostly be a bit bitter about AC and Souls in general though since there's a lot of fun lore and worldbuilding they couldn't bring with them.
>>695179212Anyone who says otherwise is a korean shill.
SIE would ask to acquire but I doubt From would work with them again after the Bloodborne mess fiasco. As for the anime I would hope they'll be safe with aniplex since they work independently from SIE.
>>695179981I'm still not understanding how the main Sony branch is better or will be any different than if movie game maker central bought Kadokawa and demanded more walking through tight spaces in future FS games. Like if JP Sony aquires FS why wouldn't they just push them into Shitifornia's hands since that's where their gaming division is?
>>695178826>>695179212Does no one notice >Goldman SachRight there with huge amount of shares?
They already made AC6 and it wasn't a complete disaster. I don't care.
>>695180265Yeah, they'd probably move the gaming division Kadokawa just recently formed to SIE.
>>695180296I care, I want moar >:(
>>695175235>watching absolutely nothing changeSony is in California, they will absolutely change fucking everything. If you need an example just look at what they did with Demon's Souls remake. Now picture a PS exclusive FromSoftware game that's even more egregiously meddled with than that.
Remember when Sony kicked Fromsoft out after Demon's Souls and other companies like Atlus and Bandai were willing to help them on their next project.
>>695179212In this case, no matter who gets them, it'll be bad.It ended long before anyone could even bid. This position is generally the end for most talented companies, look at Tango.
>>695180265I'm too lazy to fact check but from what I read lurking threads, JP Sony already has video game companies under it's own jurisdiction, with some of them not even releasing on playstaion, and jp sony apparently doesn't have a good relation to US sony for business politics reasons. But again, this is from some random anon and I have no idea how true it is due to laziness, take with a grain of salt, could be cope
I don't give a fuck about roll slop but this makes me worry about Spike Chunsoft
>>695180687It is cope, SIE will simply get fromsoftware if the deal passes.They'll get what they want sooner or later, easier than ever if it's inside their house.
>>695179421That's just playstation not the main Sony
>>695180687It could be the cope of all time and I'll be taking a long drag on that brother.
>>695180791there is no inherent value to spike, they can go to other publishers and studios, but what will happened to all the ips? Are those uchikoshi games fall under dwango/spike or he owns them himself?
Why are we acting like the Californians are going to turn everything into Concord when it's Sony proper buying them and not western SIE.The way things are going it wouldn't even surprise me if Sony ends up sunsettiing the Disney-esque, woke, westernised, PC push that lead to disasters like Concord to refocus the whole brand around PlayStation / mobile.Imagine them moving back to Tokyo and making games comparable to Genshin in scope with the treasure trove of anime IP under Kadokawa. Console specific games should go back to basics, From Soft their consultants.
>>695181626>Why are we acting like the Californians are going to turn everything into ConcordHave you been living under a fucking rock?>Sony sunsetting woke when Hermen is head of the studios and CEOLol lmao
>>695174939>kadokawa owned by californianssomebody kyoani's sony please
>>695181626Are you one of the anons >>695180687 was talking about? Genuinely curious on where you're getting this cope from. Enlighten us Magic man.
Zero Escape sisters, not our nintendo ip
>>695181769>Hermen is head of the studios and CEOOf PlayStation. He's out just like Jimbo if Kenichiro Yoshida say so, the fact Hermen's a PCsister all but grantees that.
>>695181769SIE is a subsidiary of Sony. SIE can get fucked at any point that Sony proper feels like rug pulling.
>>695182519>says so*
>>695181870It's not SIE that's doing anything.
SONY IS PHONY
>>695180296Went from "goty" to "wasnt a complete disaster"
>>695175265Because you're reading localized news for western audiences? Nobody here gives a shit about the anime/LN side. The news articles on Japanese sites highlights the anime side or simply just says Kadokawa.
>>695175626qrd?
>>695180687It's pure cope extrapolated from the fact that Aniplex released literally one (1) spinoff Fate game on the Switch and not Playstation. That's it. People took that as "WOOOW SONY JAPAN HATES PLAYSTATION NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT GUYS!!"
>>695183128I don't think you understand how subsidiaries work.
>>695182653Yep. It'd be Kadokawa running SIE at this rate, not the other way around.This year has been fucking abysmal for SIE under western leadership with the only saving grace being second and third party exclusivity deals.
>>695183216I think Sony is looking to diversify their media presence and not rely on SIE only anymore since they keep tanking 9 out 10 releases.
>>695174939>over the shoulder cinematic souls with forced slow walkfinally some fucking kino...
>>695175235Get ready to see niggers in ds4
>>695183584Do you really think Sony proper is going to hand them over to SIE?
>>695183216>>695183301The sad part is that SIE is still making bank (i'm talking actual profit) despite the fuckups. Still the highest earning sector for them and there's literally less than 3 worthwhile PS5 games. With xbox circling the drain thanks to Phil being a massive retard, I don't think there's anyone really stopping them.
>>695183205I know you don't if you seriously believe there's "bad blood" between the divisions.
>>695183661Each big flop of these games that take years of development isn't doing anything to help their view in public though. It's going to bite them in the ass at some point.
>>695174939>Kadokawa shareholders allowed some gook company to rain in on their parade>Now begging Sony to save them to keep it a Japanese companylmao nips are cucks!
>>695174939Yeah, I would be shocked if it doesn't happen. Kind of sucks Sony will own Fromsoft now but if they're not directly taken in by SIE it should be fine. Well unless you're an Xbro.
>>695183967Wouldn't the "cuck" thing be letting the koreans have it?
>>695184051I think its the fact they're allowing gooks and chinks to buy up their shares and companies in the first place is the problem. So yeah, Fromshaftkeks can blame Kadokawa themselves for this
>>695183128The F/SN remake didn't release on Playstation either. It's not just the Emiya cooking game.
>>695184021>Well unless you're an Xbro.Games from Sony owned companies that aren't under SIE have be released on non sony consoles.
>>695183967genuinely how does this happen? can't you just be like "fuck off retard" if you don't want someone buying you out?
I agree, they've seen that the wind is changing, and can no longer rely purely on the California slop model in the games sector. I'm not worried, they'll want to keep the focus on the game games here.
>>695184157Not every shareholder is loyal and if money is thrown their way they will sell it to whoever. Its why the ones that are loyal to their company are running to Sony for help.
>>695184157They bought shares from other shareholders. I'm guessing they are moving to buy enough to force ownership of the company and that's why Kadokawa is looking to Sony to buy them first.
>>695175235souls is the golden goose. they dont need fromsoft they just need the ip. sony will buy kadokawa and then announce dark souls 4 developed by toys for bob. yes they are that retarded
The age of Bandai and souls is over. The new age of cinematic mocap actors and 100 hours of cutscenes is here.
>>695184157if someone controls 51% of the shares, they essentially control the company and they can buy from existing shareholders. it's called a hostile takeover.https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hostiletakeover.asp
>>695184301>>695184309SIE isn't involved with this at all.
>>695174939Dude, the Xbox platform is so fucking dead that these news don't matter in the slightest. It simply ain't changing anything about the status quo.
>>695184301Dark Souls is owned by Scamco, Demon's Souls and Bloodborne is owned by From. Another reason why Kadokawa is so friendly to Sony is because they too censor shit for money and Sony helped Kadokawa get the rights for Sekiro and Elden Ring to them. Activision sold it as Sony convinced them From was never gonna make a sequel for it and so they sold it, same with Elden Ring. But Namco Bandai finds Dark Souls, the brand too lucrative to sell.
>>695184421>Demon's Souls and Bloodborne is owned by FromSony*
>>695183301>9 out 10 releasesYes, there was modest little Astro Bot. Everything else this year was pure brand erosion.>The sad part is that SIE is still making bankOnly because of platform royalties they're currently jeopardising in the pursuit of a few extra PC pennies, probably because the lock down bubble ended but green line must never red. Fuck the long term consequences n' shit.
>>695184387Sony getting ownership doesn't necessarily mean things will be Playstation only anyway. It's not Interactive Entertainment that's getting ownership.
>>695184361i am waiting very patiently because this will become the case, people will be upset because they will fuck it all upit is only a matter of time, so enjoy fromsoft games while you can
>>695184387Except it is, its a coin toss if Sony will push and shove relationship with From and this isn't even about From. Its owning Kadokawa's massive stocks in the anime/manga/light novel industry. Sony practically owns a monopoly on it already. Owning them will have own around 80% of the market and Japan has no laws against such things.
Fromsoft going to Tencent and chinks sounds better than being dissolved into nothing by Sony who hates them.
>>695184551>because this will become the case,Not at all. Sony proper already owns other game studios that aren't under SIE.
>>695184617>Not at all.as i said, give it time
>>695184587>Owning them will have own around 80% of the marketAt least there's still CyberAgent.
>>695184592Why would Sony hate them when they used DeSR to sell PS5s and they'll probably use Bloodborne Remastered to sell PS6s?(Which might be too late with the PS4 emulators taking off now).
>>695184592Tencent owned around 30% of Kadokawa two years ago, but stricter laws and Chinks giving up on Nip gaming had them sell off about more than half of their shares back and Sony will practically own the company. About 85% of it outright.
>>695175336Word on the gravepine is that a Korean company named Kakao was about to hostile takeover their asses, so they begged Sony DEI daddy to buy them instead.
>>695184762if sony owns 30% of kadokawa, maybe they're the only ones that the current leadership can sell to to prevent the takeover? all they'd need is 21% of the shares for sony to make sure the koreans can't take over kadokawa.
>>695175374except Activision only acquired garbage. things people actually care about are at stake this time.
>>695184828Yes but Sony wants their anime/manga/light novel ips because they have always wanted a monopoly in this field and Japan will most likely give to them, just as America and Europe already did.
seeing miyazaki go full kojima after he gets ran out of his own company might be worth it.
>>695184884may activision acquire a studio you like and run it into the ground, anon
>>695184921That would be hilarious, most of the staff would go with him.
>>695184931I don't like any of them, lmao
I don't see why people keep thinking that Sony (not SIE) will fuck with anything under Kadokawa to the degree they do. They have little to no reason to consolidate them into their other subsidiaries.
>>695184908sounds like a huge win for sony because regulators in japan would rather kadokawa stay japanese owned. kadokawa would probably need sony to relinquish their shares otherwise and it's possible(but unlikely) that sony could also spite sell their 30% to kakao otherwise.
Sony will SURELY just finish the buyout since it practically dropped in their laps right?They were looking to buy Paramount (but failed the joint bid)Is there any legit reason why they would decline?
>>695184984you only say that as to not jinx yourself, unfortunately, you cannot cheat fate. enjoy.
>>695175235>watching absolutely nothing changeYou're genuinely retarded if you think Sony isn't making FromSoft games exclusive.
>>695185137Souls will be a Playstation exclusive and Switch2 bros will get a lego souls game every now and then
>>695185137Sony has no reason too.
>>695185082Considering Kadokawa likes Sony and Sony directly mailed an acquisition letter to them and nothing negative is coming out of Japan outside of Namco Bandai's stocks dropping I'm gonna toss this up as highly likely at this point, they already own a shit load of shares and were waiting or hoping to get Tencent's anyways and the perfect opportunity was them dumping it earlier this year.
>>695175265It's the most relevant gaming related news to get from all this so it makes sense. They'll get Spike Chunsoft too but no one gives a fuck about them.
>>695184794that's literally just some schizo bullshit from an /a/ shitposter, don't take that seriously
>>695185241i can name a few, all of them equally retarded>impress and appease the shareholders>try to swing their weight around to weed out dissenters inside fromsoft, few as they are with it being a jap company and all>enforce draconian bullshit and remove anyone that, again, opposes it, only this time on the player side
>>695175265Because juicy headlines like "Sony may be acquiring Elden Ring developer" Or "Parent company of dev who made Elden Ring" are more enticing than just saying anything else.
>>695185280>Kadokawa likes Sony and Sony directly mailed an acquisition letter to themThis is mostly why I don't see Sony meddling much with Kadokawa's properties.
>>695185352Those would make sense (but still be retarded) if it was SIE that was doing the buying.
>>695185280>>695185372Sony just really fucked around, had a bid of nearly 30billy for the Star Trek IP, lost it, and now have everything Kadokawa on their lapThe fuck
>>695185137Well PC version are absolutely not gonna be day to day release now, nor will there be Xbox/Switch releases and they will force you to have a PSN account for PC versions.
>>695185483Why would Sony proper pass on more money by doing that?
>>695185532They already do with their own in-house games and some games that used to be third party, I don't know why, they are just assholes.
>>695185572That's SIE, not Sony.
>>695185090I do not believe in such foolishness.
Sony, Chinks, or Gook feminists. Kadokawa what the hell are you fags doing?
>>695185280sony and kadokawa were already working together in an alliance anyway iirc
>>695185596Sony bought companies that had gaming divisions and SIE still managed to get involved. I'm not saying to act all doom and gloom but don't act all optimistic either.
can't wait to have to wait 2 years after release before i can play a fromsoft game
>>695185657Yea but in this case Sony is buddy buddy with Kadokawa, they have no reason to do anything to them other than buying them to keep them Japanese Owned.
>>695185642Bro, this is the same company that had a golden goose on their hands in the name of Kemano Friends. After the series DVD/Bluray and the merch selling gang busters, what did they do for the continuation? They publicly fired the creator because he dared to "Demand" a slightly bigger budget than a penny and shoe string and that the split up was so bad, it made nip professional in the industry openly condemn Kadokawa for doing so. The sequel and gacha game utterly flopped years later and its now dead.
>>695185642Gooks forced their hands, there's no backing out now unless they want to be gook ownedIt's pretty fuckung funny kek
>>695177518>Gay femboy stories>Body Type A/BFromSoft is DEI already
>>695185809This, and Kadokawa already censor the hell out of their anime and manga and game releases to save a few bucks.
>I WISH THE CHINESE AND KOREANS BUY KADOKAWA>SONY WILL KILL AND RUIN FROMSOFT>MIYAZAKI WILL LEAVE FROMSOFT TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT STUDIOPCfags, Xcucks and Tendies absolutely seething lmaooo, literally making fake realities in the minds too cry about KEKCOPE AND SEETHE SONY ALWAYS WINS BAYBAY
>>695185870SIE isn't getting anything.
>>695185870based, i cant wait for cinematic experiences but fromsoft tyle
>>695185870Where's Bloodborne 2? Oh right dead and forgotten since Sony is too busy rehashing Horizon and TLOU remakes.
>>695175412>Snoy put PSN FromSoft game and lock region.Nothing you can do about it because they are too busy with anime/manga
>>695174939They can't afford it after the nonstop flops they've been dishing out.
>>695185598doesn't matter if you believe in it, it will happen regardless.
>>695175235If Sony gets the franchise then it will get a movie adaptation.
>>695185882Cope >>695185912Seethe >>695185974>where is Bloodborne 2Not on PC KEKAROOOOO
>>695185998>Sony doesn't touch anything Kadokawa because they want them to keep being good (haha)
>>695186028it's only 3 billy bro, that's nothing. that's literally less than they spent on fucking bungie. absolutely disgusting to think about.
Wouldn't it be funny if Kadokawa just replaces SIE?
>>695174939I would just simply stop playing FromSoftware games.
>>695185870>>695186076why is he yellow? what sort of disease do you fags carry
>>695174939Good. Fuck From soft fans and at this point fuck gamers.
>Fromtrannies coping hard right nowlol now this is karma
Fromsoftkeks count your days before Sony buries you along with its other dead acquisitions.
>>695175265Vidya makes more money than other media. The vidya industry is larger. No one cares they made some moe FOTM anime that sold 10 mil in merch. They have games that sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth.
>>695186028Kadokawa will be less than their joint bid for paramountKEK
>>695186158Kadokawa is way too weak for that.
It's astounding how few posters understand that Sony isn't the same as Sony Interactive Entertainment.
>>695174939This means death of From Software and with them, the death of all good videogames.
>>695186170Honestly the right choice. you got a decent library of all the games they put out since King's field. just replay those and you'll never miss them.
>>695186253>They have games that sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth.And cost half a billion to make... So profits aren't even in the 10s of millions.
>>695175406why would anyone take a company public? Twitter ain't public anymore. Valve isn't.
Based Sony taking out the trash. Kadokawa is nothing but obscure anime and shovelware.
>>695186253Not to Sony, anime and manga, light novel and streaming is making them decent bank and more consistent. Is anime a money pit and not make much money? Yes, but the ones who make the money are them while the poor shitters slave away to make half baked smoke and mirror animations for months on end get jack shit.
Umm so why doesn't PC just buy all Japanese games and Animes?????
>>695174939I'm going to kill myself
>>695175235Nothing will change because Kadokawa is just a publisher. The article is calling them a parent company for the sake of clickbaiting. Sony isn't going to own Fromsoft.
>>695186382>why would anyone take a company public?Money. You give up your ability to make good decisions and quality products, and in return get a humongous amount of money.
>>695181908You're mixing words here. I'm not saying there's some conspiracy at Sony, I'm telling you western slop is on the fast track to not even being viable products.The point is if you're telling me they'd go through all the trouble for Kadokawa just to shun all the IP they just payed for and make Concord 2 that's just silly.
>>695174939>Japan is going to be a cyberpunk shithole where a single corpo owns their entire media industry
>>695186452Valve seems to have a monopoly on the PC aspect of the largest media format on Earth. Yet not public.Seems unnecessary. Gaben is a billionaire and owns yachts.Twitter isn't doing well but that's because Elon is retarded. It's government now anyway.
>>695186447lol cope, Kadokawa owns From and Sony will own them. ITS FUCKING OVER.
Snoyny doesn't have this kind of money.
>>695186494Just publishing.
>>695186463>but muh westLets see...>Mayro but sony>leaf>Nioh but worse>Mediocre to bad DLC>genuinely bad>thinly veiled propaganda
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>>695186517SIE doesn't. Sony does.
I'd rather have Tencent take them. Sony is an evil monolith that kills everything it touches.
What are the odds of a company like Fromsoft buying themselves out? I haven't known too many gamedev studios to do this
>PCfags seething>Xcucks seething>Tendies seething>Fromdrones seething >/a/ seething>/v/ seethingHOLY BASED SONY
>>695186590Only American devs have done that because they are bought by a private American firm. European devs just abandon ship and go make another company. Japanese treat these places as their cage and leave when they truly feel they have nothing left there.
>>695186657Except IO because they were smart enough not to sell practically all their shares to Square Penis.
>>695186590They could. Kadokawa is just a publishing company.
>>695186076>kekaroo
>>695186585>I'd rather have Tencent take them.This unironically. Tencent may be evil, but Sony is incompetent AND evil. Anything Sony touches turns to shit.
>>695186512It'll be lights out for Kadokawa when Fromsoft and a bunch of anime studios switch publishers.
>>695186580They're the same. It's a mom and son type of hierarchy
It's over if they get bought by sony. I'll just play something else.
>gamers getting their shit ruinedGood.
>>695186832SIE is a subsidiary of Sony.
PARTY ROCKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHThttps://youtu.be/KQ6zr6kCPj8?si=dapayVIMxsaec2ZU
>>695186084Kadokawa started to censor everything
Couldn't have happened to a shittier company and fanbase. Fucking hell, thank you Sony!
>this will force Fromsoft out from Kadokawa's jewish hands and fully be absorbed by BandaiBased.
>>695186551This smells of a Tendie mad non of those are Nintendo games but we were having polite, informed conversations here. Can you and the rest of the third world FUDsisters who suddenly showed up please commit ACK.
>>695175265Because that’s what they want
>>695174939if they confirm the intent and don't counter it's as good as a done deal
>>695186551This, Jeff being a cuck to corpos like Sony, Scamco and Square Enix instead of letting good indies games be up there is par the course for the bitch.
>>695186945Why do you think the (haha) was there?>>695187084No, Sony wants the anime and manga market on lock so they can keep making consistent money in Japan.
Why doesn't 4chan buy Fromsoft?
Smart move.AC7, Anal Ring, and Sharty of the Scattree have shown any talent/passion they had is goneNow they can cash out an/oror get ez paychecks by releasing the equivilant of FIFA and Asscreed games. Sony fans will buy and worship literally anything if it's a Pisstation exclusive. Same with Fromsoft fans.Just reskin the old game with increased enemy attack speed and input reading.
>>695187228Holy shit what the hell is this level of cope going on in this image...
Sony will finally end them and video games will be saved. Thanks Sony for putting out the cancer that killed action games.
What are the odds that Sony getting Kadokawa backfires and everyone stops buying Sony products because they hate Kadokawa and it's the only way to strike at them now?
Kadokawa belongs to the Koreans.
>>695187426Only in your delusional mentally ill mind
>>695187426less than 0%
>>695187553I don't think you know how many people were upset by the Kemono Friends fiasco.
>>695174939I literally do not care what the greater implications of this are so long as it brings me Bloodborne 2.
>>695187228I remember the huge cope about the gay final boss being a laser show that some modder made only for it to be the absolute peak of fromsoft soulless shit
People acting like it's already happened when the article literally says no decision has been made yet.
>>695187679It will never happen. Sony is known to siphon devs into creating failed DEI projects and have them leave.
>>695187760Yes but this is Sony, not SIE.
>>695174939I hope they will get acquired, Fromsoft deserves it after releasing shitty games like Elden Troon
>>695187912hahaha you are trying to fit in too hard
>>695184212>>695183967Literally watch Succession.
>>695177518Have you looked at the demons souls demake? from is dei infested already. have been for a long time. you can even see it in er too. cultists will pretend like it's nothing though.
>>695187912the funnier part is that it means acquire can't make any more mario and luigi games and spike chunsoft can't make any more pokemon mystery dungeon games.
>>695188149>Have you looked at the demons souls demake? from is dei infested already. have been for a long time. you can even see it in er too. cultists will pretend like it's nothing though.Mind giving some examples for the class?
>>695187150>Sony wants the anime and manga market on lock so they can keep making consistent money in Japan.I hope you are right. It's not the first time corporation fuck up everything because people consoom their slop anyway
>>695188229I mean From is a nice bonus and they will get more involved with them, anyone saying otherwise is just coping.
>>695188173>>695188281>just throw away moneyThe whole reason that SIE was forced to go mostly multiplat on their in house games is because Papa Sony wants more cash.
BLOODBORNE CHADS WE ARE BACK
Sorry guys since concord 2 is a flop we are shutting down….No not us we mean these companes we have haha
>>695188281>>695185483 is what I'm worry about
>>695188281Fromsoft will just become a cucked company forced to work on DEI sloppa like another Concord or work on Horizon games for the entirety of their existence unless they all jump ship and go independent.
>>695186517Sony has literally 12 billion in cash. Kadokawa is only 8 billion tops. The real 'cuckening' is that the top manga apps in Japan are all gookshit-owned and they all force webtoon shit down their throats and japs lap it up like good boys. Then they go on their gook messaging app (LINE) and spend 100 million japanese yen (12 USD) on stickers to give even more money to the gooks. After that, they spend 450 million yen (50 bucks) on Blue Archive plushies and merch while they draw fanart and doujins of the Korean game for FREE. It's fucking sad lmao
>Pcfags doomposting like no tomorrowPathetic
>>695188549next darksoul fire keeper gonnabe trans.
Can't wait for Dark Souls GaaS edition
>>695188638Kadokawa is part of the problem that lead to that. If they weren't censor happy faggots that kill anime then Japs wouldn't be looking toward Korea for their content.
>>695181626>doood imagine if these aneemay games were as big and unfulfilling as genshin impact?whatever happened to small, refined games with actual focus? quantity =/= quality
>>695188897>gi >big Only after years of content updates
>>695188897Its just weeb cope
>>695175235Nope expect every other NPC to be a nigger while the others are yellow skinned and pajeets.If you squint your eyes hard enough you might spot a white man, but it will be a normal mob, not even a boss.
>>695175265Because Kadokawa is only known for that outside of Japan
>>695189015SIE isn't buying anything...
>>695189015>noooo muh wypipoWho cares
>>695186804buddy they literally own from
>>695188746From already have femboy in their game
>>695189015Sounds great, Nipigs are already pozzed so they can brag about it.
Fromsoft is a red herring, pic related is what they're really after.
>>695185870I wish from soft just buy itself a-la bungie
>>695187034I don't own a switch. The last thing of Nintendo I played was Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon years ago on Citra and I lost interest after 2 hours.
>Sony could own both Kadokawa and AniplexThis feels like a concerning amount of the anime industry being owned by one company.
>Sony might buy the biggest publisher of anime and manga in Japan> /v/: "Oh they are buying it so they can hand these two small companies off to a subsidiary that is tanking outside of royalties!"
>>695189490>they won't take advantage (in their mind) of the ip and studio they purchase because...well they just won't ok!
>>695189480Jap FTC doesn't give a shit and will let it pass. Other antitrust entities will just have Sony point at Netflix and Disney and they'll go 'oh ok' and approve it as well. Though I do find it funny that the japs blocked Nintendo from merging with Bandai for less.
>>695189724>IT'S OVER GET OUTRAGEDYou PCfags are deranged
>>695189480Japanese HATE other asians more than anything, gooks running the majority of their shit? HELL NAW
>>695189015in ER your default male character becomes a nigger when teleported to azula for some reason
>>695189724>SIE keeps fucking up with games, costing more and making no profits>"yea, their daddy will totally hand them more games to fuck up!"
>>695189827retard
>>695185870>SONY WILL KILL AND RUIN FROMSOFTthis. and I'll be here laughing at both you and sony
>>695189916you underestimate corporate retardation
>>695189490Kadokawa is not that big in the manga market
>>695189925Moron
>>695174939>sony always wins baby
>>695186076>Not on PC KEKAROOOOOso where is it retard?
>>695189995dimwit
>>695189490>>695189982Umm PCbros??? Our outrage story is falling apart!!!
>>695189982>sellingIt's about ownership.
>>695190069idiot
>>695176064I dipped after dark souls one and two Bloodborne and original demon souls
>Fromcucks coping right now>Went from "HAHAHAHA IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!">Now to "I-its FINE, Sony wont ruin them..."lmao
>>695189490Shueisha is a private company
>>695190143>I-its FINE, Sony wont ruin them...thats the sonegroes
>>695190069you don't even know what you're replying to KEK
>>695190065Mouthbreather
>>695190326mongoloid
>>695174939It's funny that Sony wants to purchase one of the most praised studios while Microsoft is doing nothing but stupid purchases of entire publishers
>>695190412It's more funny that they just fell into Sonys open arms ready to be bought
>>695190101And the Kadokawa manga market share is not that big,from the biggest publisher in Japan,Kadokawa is the smaller one
>>695188897Believe me, almost any eastern game is going to cost them pennies next to woke, western, AAA garbage.Why do you think Stellar Chads laugh when trannies say it flopped? Their basis of comparison, 41% Squad: Kill the Franchise cost about 5 times more and was multiplat. Concord was 8 or 9 times as much.
>>695190412The funny thing is that that's not the main reason for Sony to buy Kadokawa
>>695190412>Microsoft continues to make billionsI dont see the issue.
>>695190524>Kadokawa to Sony:>Prease... Don't let the gooks own us..
was getting tired of souls games anyways. honestly, i don't really care if sony kills fromsoft and force them to make DEI slop.
>>695190412>stupid purchases of entire publishersso like kadokawa?
So does this mean Sony will own Bleach?
>>695190792I don't get this, Anon. Sony killed Firewalk pronto so why the fuck would they get From Soft just to say "Pour all your resources into Concord 2". Souls was Borne on PlayStation, pun intended.
>>695191239No, that is owned by Shueisha
give it to the koreans. they won't poz it. no, weeaboo, japan won't like you because you defend them. if anything, you'll think you're a weird pussy for defending another country you have nothing to do with.
>>695174939BLOODBORNE REMAKE PS6 EXCULSIVE!
>>695190412COD sells 1 Elden Ring + its DLC every two years and also generates 1 Elden Ring worth of revenue from COD mobile slop. Factor in King and they have 2.5 elden rings a year. Blizzard is kek so who cares about them, and I doubt Microsoft gives a shit if they own "the most praised" studio or whatever, not like they have a reputation to uphold or anything.
>>695174939Fuck. It's over! God damnit, is nothing sacred without some cunt mega-corp shitting up the place?
>>695187084>Because that’s what they want>sony wants to buy a mega corporation for 0.001% of its overall profitsSTFU you tard
>>695191434Blizzard literally just netted further billions from Diablo 4, WoW still continues to kick the shit out of FF14, Star Craft 2 is still among the most played PC games, especially RTS games, and Overwatch 2 has made 3 times more money than its predecessor and has more players despite gamers trying so hard to claim it failed. Microsoft absolutely cares about them.
https://youtu.be/DS6tPDZLwY8?si=_Q8vRfJz8p4X5ZoP>so, they have failed.>this means the end of fromsoftware.>after all, studios, are, mere studios..
>>695191556Well, even better for them I guess. It's actually insane how "small" Fromsoft is if you zoom out of the internet. The shittiest Animal Crossing (New Horizons) has outsold From's entire fucking catalog. Like, who's fucking buying this shit? A single game made more money than a 30 year old, well-praised studio's entire lifetime sales.
>>695191853The pandemic boosted that game's popularity up the roof. Nintendo originally thought the game would sell 12 million copies in their Q3 report in its lifetime back in 2019 and sure enough it was on track with that exact number. Only for the chink virus to happen and it got massive exposure on twitter, twitch and tik tok. Basically it got insanely lucky with woman in droves buying the fuck out of it.
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/KADOKAWA-CORPORATION-17621316/company-shareholders/twitter was right, gooks do really own the most shares so farno wonder Kadokawa ran to Sony lmaoooooo
>>695191986They also got hit by that huge ransomware attack a few months back and were dumb enough to pay the hackers.
Why are they scared of gooks?
>>695191326>so why the fuck would they get From Soft just to say "Pour all your resources into Concord 2".wouldn't shock me if sony bought from and made them create a souls live service game that's mediocre because miykazki will be too ambitious, and it'll also be a buggy mess that'll take years for the game to be decent, but by then miyakazi would've already left and started his own company.
>>695192056Its a Japanese thing, they dont want other asians coming in and buying up their industries. Second Kakao is notorious for their aggressiveness in wanting to buy shares up in everything they can get their hands on and their many scandals.
>>695192056Asians hate other asians the mostJapanese especially hate the gooks and chinks
>>695174939Hear me out goys>Sony buys From>From games continue to do well>Old Playstation leads get theo boot>Miyazaki rises to take their place
>>695174939Oh boy I can't wait for the Dark Souls remake made by From themselves! Based Sony killing creativity! I just want the same shit forever but now with niggers and fags!
>>695175265because they don't want otaku and nu-weebs to know that their precious anime medium is about to get raped as revenge for mogging westslop
>>695192995Killing Kadokawa would be a blessing.
I’d rather they go to the Koreans instead of snoy
>>695193119Koreans are slimy, the worst kind of asian. Even the Chinese are better.
>>695175265no one cares about tranime and tranga
So the options are give a huge japanese company to chinks and gooks or to commiefornians. Jesus Christ, between flops and bad optimizations throughout the last 4-5 years this is just the icing on the cake.The best thing to happen is that whoever buys them just let's Kodakawa do as they did until now for better or worse. Sadly this won't happen.Gaming wise, the problem with gooks and chinks is that they are completely souless and would just suck out the joy of the IPs, rendering them useless. And if Dead Rising Remastered is anything to go by they can't code a game that was released 2 decades ago to play the same way but better. Not to mention that anytime I see any of their games it's either style over substance filled with monetization ready to suck the wallet of any individual. Pure liquefied greed. The problem with Sony's gaming branch is that they are fucking incompetent and retarded. Helldivers was a hit until Sony just had to require PSNs, they remastered Horizon Dawn(the first I think), adding nothing but removing the original(from Steam, at least) and requiring PSN for single player game.Look, even if you don't care about "hur dur it's just an account" or "hur dur, poorfags out of my niggercattlesoijak hobby" or the flops that sony published whist chasing Overwatch's tail... if Sony had it's way with the original soulslike game, Demon's Souls, then we might have never gotten Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Elden Ring since Sony wanted Demon's Souls to be easier(despite it being as easy as it is) and if Demon's Souls Remake is anything to go by, a soulless product made for consumption made by incompetents without any respect for the art direction of the original, then we all lose, including PS console owners. The only winner would be Sony, but not it's playerbase.
>>695193245>to commieforniansSIE isn't the one buying it retard, it's Sony. SIE is just one company under them.
>>695193245The best thing is it's going through no matter whatEither they accept Sony's offer to buy, or get Gook'd onKoreans gave us to funny drama to end the year on at least
>>695193270Riiiiiiiiight, and I'm sure that Sony wouldn't just push every gaming company bought to SIE? They would just let them remain where they are and do as they please without any interference. I'm sure that's what SIE investors want to hear.
>>695193245The problem is that you think this purchase is made by commiefornia and not by the main branch of Sony Japan that manage Sony music Japan or aniplex
>>695193363SIE investors don't matter to the parent company.
>>695174939Then they can finally force easy mode on the games. And That's a Good Thing!
>>695193549Git gud
As much as it saddens me, elden ring killed any hope i had for from software.t.souls collector
>>695191098>>695190524My bad, I thought they were buying it off Kadokawa
>>695175265About a third of every anime a year are bankrolled by Kadokawa. Their real money is in shitty light novels, where they hold the IP and the licensing rights. But really, by Kadokawa's own admission, their company is really about holding the IP rights, popularizing those IPs, and then generating secondary revenue on them outside of their publishing revenue. And that's why they're so massive in anime, since anime is basically an infomercial trying to sell you the IP.
>>69519523857 shows a years a lot fampais. It's all about them churning through IP.
>>695174939I will be more mad if they do anything to Shiren the Wanderer since Spike Chunsoft is owned by Kadokawa...don't fuck with my mystery dungeon games bro.
>>695174939Fromsoftware may as well be first party, most of their games have always been playstation exclusives
>>695193245God I can't wait for Sony to defile this company.
Hope it happens. Would be basedMuch tears
>>695195610Only Bloodborne and DemonSouls were PS exclusives, literally every other game are multiplatform
>>695187150>Sony wants the anime and manga market on lock so they can keep making consistent money in Japan.
>>695196564This, can't wait until Fromsoft is absolutely ruined by Sony lmao. No more soulshit
>>695193119Korean conglomerates are somewhat even scummier, I wouldn't do that desu.
>>695196919This shit is retarded. Aniplex was right they wouldn't bang and nothing in the games show this. Yoko Taro is retarded and its why all his games beside Nier Automata(thanks plat) failed and he always needs SE to keep him on a leash and throw him a bone.
>>695174939When /v/ was cheering about how Xbox would own Activision I told you all shit like this would happen but you didn't listen.I hope you also cheer for this acquisition though. You told me it's a good thing after all.
>>695197460Well Xbox has treated most of the IPs that are relevant well, except for Tango games so meh. Sony may be a different story but we will see, most I see not ever being used again.
>>695197460what would happen? Sony was going for anime studios even before xbox was created. Fromsoft is just a bonus on top for them
>PeeCunts finally getting evicted from the From fanbaseabout 13 years too late and should have never allowed them to play From games in the first place but we'll take it
>>695198124Sony isn't going to give up free money just to make SIE look good.
>>695198124Day to day releases will definitely stop but I doubt it will stop them from releasing on PC entirely.
>>695198124Lmao, we're talking about current-gen Sony, not the PS1-PS4 era Sony, PCfags would get their Souls games eventually.
>>695198124snoy should help out their only friend xbox and give them souls slop too. You don't see nintendo and pc giving up their exclusives, so why should sony support them?
>>695196823almost every pre demon souls ( playstation exclusive btw) game by fromsoftware was made only for playstation consoles
>>695198392No, Disneyfied nu-Sony is dying and Kadokawa will make PlayStation great again. If they actually made PS5 desirable that's more money because no 30% for GayBen™.
>>695200231Kadokawa isn't making anything great.
>>695198431You know, PC ports would not suck for PlayStation in one from.Every time a new gen rolls over the library of the old console gets ports at the same time as a lavish free update for the new console.The value proposition is increased this way instaed of diminished by PCsisters bankrolling our game preservation / remaster efforts.
>>695177282you realize there are other games right?
>>695174939Kadokawa's press release in Japanese didn't make it seem like they were very interested, fwiw.
>>695200347My exclusive Tanya game for PS6 strongly disagrees.
>>695174939Nah, now that it's leaked they've shot themselves in the foot as they've lost every bidding war they've been in. This might just guarantee Fromsoft doesn't release anymore on playstation.
>Fromsoftware will die this decadefeels good t.b.h, redditors and soulslop youtubers are crying like bitches right now, that's what they get for putting Fromshit on a pedestal and claim they're the saviors of gaming. I wonder how long it'll be till the rats start jumping ship.
>>695200952>he thinks anyone's buying a PS6
>>695186507>>695186382Valve was public. Gabe saw how terrible of a shitshow they were going to make it with completely retarded decisions and entire shareholder meetings where from start to finish every single thing they said was objectively wrong. It was either suicide or risk suicide by trying to buy everyone out.He managed to pull the latter off.
xbots our tears status?
>>695192598From games quality is directly linked to Miyazaki. The moment he leaves i have serious doubts they can deliver a quality game.
>>695200978>First they came for the Fromsoftware fans, and I did not speak out -because i hate fromsoftware.>Then they came for the trade Chunsoft, and I did not speak out -because i hate Chunsoft.>Then they came for Japan developers and I did not speak out -because i hate weebs.>Then they came for my favourite games -and there was no one left to speak for me.
>>695201365Coping that the EU will step in and stop the merger (lol)
>>695174939>intentwow it's nothing.
>>695200840because they're not, but by japanese law they have to make fair considerations about any acquisition attempt.
>>695200978>tearsA full decade of masterpieces. Even if From died tomorrow i would be fine because they had an excellent run. All things come to an end, but they rose above the rest it's what matters.
>Sell Woke Slop>Chud is not buying it>Buy Dark Slop Studio and close it>No more "Rolldodge for Hitler" GamesPROBLEM, NAZIS????
>>695200840They are literally begging them to save them from gooks lol
>>695201829>literally begging themPost the source (/a/ schizos aren't valid sources).
>>695200978They haven't made anything good since DS1 so I don't care>Muh rolly polly R1arolly spam gamesWow
>>695201557kek, when they fought to the last against activ/bliz ordeal? not happening>>695201735i can see your tears through the screen loser, bloodborne never ever
>>695201365Its from trannies coping harder. Tey know Snoy is gonna destroy them but they keep denyng that this is a possibility at all.
>>695201829they're not. there's word that they are concerned about being taken over by that korean company which has been buying up their shares, but this bid is sony desperate not to lose them if anything. in reality, nothing will happen. the koreans will probably get scared off, sony won't want the regulator heat and things should stay as normal.
>>695201970>regulator heatThere is nothing like that in Japan>EU will stop them from owning all anime!They wont, they didn't stop them when they bought up five major companies and wont stop this one.
>>695202059>EUEU is the least of their problems. US is a much bigger issue.
>>695200993Stellar Blade style alternative costumes have been added to the list or requirements for the Tanya game.
>>695201923Bloodborne is overrated, it's not my favourite.
>>695183584I don't have to, just boot up DS2
>>695185483They won't purposely destroy the goodwill and fanbase FROM has built up. Sony =/= SIE. I doubt the Sony execs even trust SIE much anymore after several studio closures and the mega flop that is Concord anyway. If this happens Kadokawa will most likely be it's own independent subsidiary under Sony. Although if they are retarded and decide to break the company up, I doubt most people will care anyway because aside from ER, neither the Nintendo nor Xbox fanbases have much of a history with FROM anyway. I don't think I've seen a single fanboy of those brands be mad about this, unlike ABK where PS fans went crazy because 90% of them play CoD.
>>695203209>nor Xbox fanbases have much of a history with FROM anyway.Did everyone forget that From made games before souls slop? But yes, I don't care about their current output
>>695203209holy cope
>>695175265the real answer everyone doesn't want to spit out is that fromturdware is what most normalfaggots would quickly recognise. this is because of the strong cult following people have towards brand worshipping unlike anime where brand worship is largely nonexistent or decentralized.
>>695205191Where's the cope?
>>695175235anon, theres a very high chance the faggots in charge of sony are making this decision to buy fromsoft just to destroy it from within and own the chuds. faggots live and breathe spite.
>>695198124>PeeCunts finally getting evicted from the From fanbaseYou're saying that like it's a good thing when they're 90% of the fanbase.I mean, have you ever wondered why Souls always flopped on Sony systems?
If From gets bought out, it'll truly be over for decent non indie game devs. Guess if you live long enough as the hero, someone will eventually come around to shoot you down.
>>695205575>>695206308This isn't about SIE buying anything. It's about Sony Of Japan buying a big LN publisher
>>695206449>This isn't about SIE buying anythingWhich means there's two possible outcomes from this deal; either they buy KDC and punt Fromsoft down to SIE to manage OR they dismantle From/Chun internally and write it off to recoup on some of the buyout. Either way, From will be Sony's bitch to be used and played with to their whims sicne they'll have full control of their IP and talent.
this is great fucking news actually, if SNOY buys Fromsoft and decide to make exclusives/not do anything with the studio, then the race for the next souls golden goose will continue.maybe now Bandai Namco will do something with the Code Vein IP again since they won't get to do business with Fromsoft anymore.
>>695207428Greatest thing is that Sony will just kill Fromsoft and you don't have to worry about competition ever again.
>Sony buys From and let's them function independentlyOR>Sony buys and restructures From Software>Miyazaki leaves and starts a new studio or worse gets scooped up by Nintendo
>>695207213IF Kadokawa is wanting to be bought by them then it's likely they expect to not be dismantled.
>>695208117A Nintendo fromsoft would be the best for everyone since they'll get all the freedom they want and won't have to deal with body type bullshit.
>>695174939>It's happening, isn't it?japs are retarded so unfortunately, yes.
>>695175235can't wait to see the seething when Miyazaki quits in less than a year. lol
>>695208239but wait, 5 fps
>>695208117>>695208239Oh yeah! Exactly what nintendo is famous for, getting talent from other places
>>695203209>They won't purposely destroy the goodwill and fanbase FROM has built upAre you willing to bet money on that?
>>695208719But enough about Bloodborne.
>>695203209>They won't purposely destroy the goodwill and fanbase FROM has built up.Anon, that's Sony's bread and butter. I mean, people actually liked Crunchyroll and Funimation until Sony got their hands on it.
>>695174939I hope not, i dont understand how Kadokawa can look at the retarded shit Sony does and think "yeah we should get bought by them"
>>695178160>>Elden Ring was such a success its now a Skyrim tier IPnot even close
>>695209597Money is one hell of a drug
>>695175235I used to think that about EA and blizzard.... okay, not so much ES, but expected at least some quality...
>>695198124I'm so fucking ready for sony to kill kadokawa and from software
>>695174939>inb4 kings field is exclusive to ps5>Bloodborne all over againand so does history repeat itself.
>>695209107>people actually liked CrunchyrollNO ONE liked CR ever. They have always been shit.
>>695174939>Kadokawa owns 69.89% of FromSoft>Sony already owns 18% of themYeah its over. Apparently Bandai Namco wanted to buy that stock but Kadokawa elected for Sony to buy it instead.
>>695174939
>>695174939SHUT DOWN THE COMMIEFORNIA HQ AND OPERATE FROM JAPAN MAKE SNOY GREAT AGAIN
>>695211112nips are already pozzed
>>695211203They can easily undo it.
>>695211203there's a global anti-pozzing movement at the moment, it's not too late
>>695175235Sony hates gamer chuds and goes out of its way to kill studios and games that gamers like. See how they sabotaged Helldivers 2 with the account thing because of the fascism controversy. If they acquire From they WILL sabotage it to death.
>>695211112>MAKE SNOY GREAT AGAINyou lost>>695211203you also lost
>>695211203Especially with that dope of a PM who wants to make gay marriage legal and the fact they had to make a coalition to not let the moderates take more power.
>>695175265Yeah who cares about the currently most praised studio of the gaming world, the highest-grossing entertainment industry of all time? Muh kadokawa manga bro
>>695211283But that wasn't all that ruined that game, it was all the pointless nerfs, the same thing that killed Space Marine 2's multiplayer. HD2 did reverse course this many months later but it was far too late and now they fucked recently again.
>>695211493At least it lasted longer than that gook trash First Descent. Hilarious how desperate they were to add jiggle physics yet the game is still sub 20k.
How would this even benefit Kadokawa?
>>695211493That's a cope and you know it, the game took a gigantic dive in player counts when they introduced the account thing and never recovered. Nerfs made the playercount bleed further but it was absolutely not the reason why the game died in the first place.
>>695175265Because anime is icky and for creeps
>>695185443From will be moved to SIE after Sony buys Kadokawa though
>>695211283>Sony hatesSIE, not Sony. SIE bows to Sony.
>>695211620Get saved from being devoured by gooks, upper management and the shareholders get a ton of money. Employees of departments that they can merge with Sony's already existing ones like their anime ones will probably be laid off.
>>695211729fair enough
>>695178826I'm not a Nintendo-fag but I assume they have a ton of money to throw around. Why didn't they seize the opportunity?
The lay offs will be massive. Fromsoft wouldn't survive. Kadokawa deserves it for being incompetent and bribing during the Olympics. Lets not forget the mishandling of Kemono and Friends while we're at it. Karma works in mysterious ways.
>>695180289Sony is also an insurance firm in Japan.
I want Sony to go full Sony on From just for the Fromdrone tears.
>>695211904>Kemono and Friends wIt's called "Kemono Friends" there is no "and"
>>695174939Where does the money come from? Do they shit money in Sony HQ? How can they stay afloat after so many flops?
>>695211870Nintendo has nothing in the anime/manga/light novel/streaming services market and a bunch of their games are already on their platforms but they are niche. Remember, Nintendo is worth like 12 billion yen with around 2 billion in hand, they can't do much.
Oh no! Now Fromsoft games will... continue to be released on PC.
>>695212135Sony has 12 billion dollars on hand, they can afford the 8 billion yen. They already own like 30% of Kadokawa so it wont be a big issue.
>>695174939It's over
Sony killing off Fromsoft will be the best thing they have done in years.
SIE onws shares of Fromsoft, people thinking they won't either pay for the rest of be outright given it by the Sony group after acquisition are coping hard.Fromsoft is definitely over after Herman gets his hands on it.
Don’t give a shit, absolutely sick of rollslop by now and it’s literally all FromSoft can make. With this I’lll just make sure to add them to the list of developers to never buy a game from and move on.
>>695212704>it’s literally all FromSoft can make.Yeah, AC6 was made by Capcom.
>>695186280It's astounding that people are using pure cope and speculation to cope about how Sony and it's own gaming subsidiary don't still have close ties and they totally won't be involved in the handling of Kadokawa's gaming division.
>>695212704they literally just made armored core
>>695212789>try to play Sekiro like rollslop>die for 40 hoursWho am I kidding, these fags didn't play it.
>>695212789AC6 was staggerslop: robot edition
>>695212948watch him twist it and say it's rollslop and call it a day
>Its 2024>people are still assuming a corporation won't do something stupid because it "makes no sense" and "would lose them money">and this time it's Sony of all companies they assume this aboutAlways expect the worst, idiots. Kadokawa is going to be under SIE.
>>695174939>actually watching the end of FromsoftSouls-slop had been annoying me for years. But it is sort of sad to see them get yeeted. They've been such a big player in the action role playing game scene for so long. At the same time though, maybe it's time for a new studio of up-and-comers to take over their position as top dog. Nothing lasts forever.
>>695175235hahahahahahahow many golden gooses has sony killed now?
>>695174939The snoy jews will make fromsoft woke shit Anyone who defends snoy is a tranny no debates
>>695213783stop pretending already, no one played otogi, tenchu or whatever slop you are referring to
>>695186382short term monetary gain for retirements
>>695212867>cope cope!
>>695211264Yeah well and despite that, they're only getting started adopting that shit. Japs are late to the fad like that.
>>695174939PC fanboys are sweating hard. They feel uneasy a lot these days. Good to remind them console exclusives are the norm.
>>695213783>They've been such a big player in the action role playing game scene for so long. no one gave a fuck about fromsoft in the west until they started making rollslop>inb4 muh armored core!!Geoff Keighley himself shat on the AC games back in the day but now that liking fromsoft games is socially acceptable, he's their #1 dickrider and is doing the impossible to make them win this year's game awardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s91YCc0iwIo
>>695215262Why would PCfags care if Sony buys FromSoft when pretty much every single PS game is released on PC after an year or so after release?
>>695184157>can't you just be like "fuck off retard" if you don't want someone buying you out?Only private companies can, it's illegal for public companies.
>>695212227>Sony has 12 billion dollars on handno they don't. that acquisition qill require liquidation of assets
fromniggers that make rollslop their whole personality is the reason I'm glad to see Fromsoft about to be executed in the near future, to be honest I thought it would take longer.
