PlayStation is BUYING FromSoftware?! Sony will OWN ELDEN RING and Dark Souls!

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Sony may be poised to have another major weapon in its arsenal. Reuters (and now Nikkei) is reporting that Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware which is the developer of games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls.

The report says that talks are ongoing and a deal could manifest in a matter of weeks. Sony already has a 2% stake in Kadokawa and a 14% stake in FromSoftware itself, but this would bring both entirely under its wing. However, Sony-owned FromSoft games would not be the only result of this acquisition, as it would be yet another path for Sony to control manga and anime properties, when they are already an enormous powerhouse in that segment, owning the likes of anime streaming service Crunchyroll, which already absorbed another anime staple, Funimation, in the last few years.

As for how Sony owning FromSoftware would affect PlayStation, well, the obvious idea is that it’s entirely possible that future FromSoftware games could and/or would be PlayStation exclusives, released on PS5 (PS6), but not on Xbox like Elden Ring was. That could also affect PC release, as instead of launching on Steam day and date, a FromSoft game could use Sony’s delayed PC release schedule and not land there until much later.
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How do YOU feel about this buyout? Thanks for LIKING the video! <3

DreamcastGuy
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FromSoft is just the icing on the cake. It's what Kadokawa is mostly invested in, anime and manga.

tatsuyashiba
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Modern day Sony owning Fromsoft is one of the worst things that can happen to gaming.

Pipopowitz
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I'm a PC gamer so no skin in the game but it's a bit rich criticising Sony for making an acquisition after Microsoft bought half the games industry in one deal.

riggedforepic
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You know it's a bad day when dream cast guy doesn't showcase his epic special edition god of war Ragnarok controller 😞

mrmeme
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I hate it because I don't trust them to leave From Soft alone. I don't want them to ruin a good thing

spacelion
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PlayStation is just going to close them down and remake Elden Ring every other year for the next 10 years

mdrakes
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Going to watch the people that prayed for the Blizzard-Activision deal cry over this.

pstriple
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I mostly play on ps5 but I'm not liking this. The layoffs from the purchase and other players won't be about to play any new darksouls games. And I'm worried microsoft might try to respond to this by buying take-two or EA.
I'm starting to hate those buyouts.

opticgamer
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This is an actual monopoly in Anime, but here we are with Fanboy hypocrisy.

UnRueD
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Apparently Kadokawa is facing a hostile takeover from a foreign company and wants to stay Japanese.

HurricaneTBag
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This would be awful. Sony already censors anime, manga, and games. If they get Kadokawa, they'll just get worse and have a monopoly on the anime and manga market. Let alone how that will influence their business decisions in games too.

grawman
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Imagine if this was done by Microsoft, it is certain that FromSoftware would also suffer the same fate as Tango Gameworks if it were under the Microsoft umbrella

ilhamsusanto
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Lol, bots going crazy after microsoft buys half the industry. Hypocrisy at its worst.

MAR-jqco
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The Bungie issue is Bungie’s fault. Not Sony’s

TheKniteOwl
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As a playstation player and fromsoft enjoyer i can't be happier, xbox players didn't seem to mind when xbox bought Bethesda to make exclusives but are mad now.

mandithezombiegamers
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Fromsoftware exclusive to PlayStation feels right

erod
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I genuinely hope this doesn’t happen since it makes multiple industries worse for the consumer

jackiguess
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I will only celebrate if Sony FIXES ITSELF!

CENSORSHIP IS BECOMING AN ALL TIME ISSUE.

Games are screaming about the censorship and now the anime community is starting to scream about censorship too.

ANYONE WHO HAS WATCHED ANIME KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF NO CENSORSHIP.

Berserk is the marvel that it is because ITS NOT HOLDING BACK.

Thing about Persona 3 Reload and the DLC.

CENSORSHIP KILLED THE DLC.


As in it just copy-pasted the main plot but took away the “horrible parts” like the Shadow-protagonist turning into an anatomy model and also having a teammate against you.

SO FREAKING TAMED!

josetomascamposrobledano
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Sony and Tencent both own a minority stake in Fromsoft, and with Tencent's Elden Ring mobile gatcha game coming, I doubt they are eagar to sell their stake in the company.

jkitty