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[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 36 points 8 months ago

Nice while it lasted...

[–] CitricBase@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

This would be massive, Kadokawa is a hell of a lot more than just Elden Ring. They're one of the biggest media publishers in Japan. Books, manga, anime, games, you name it.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Wikipedia lists their gaming properties as:

  • Spike Chunsoft
  • FromSoftware (69.66%)
  • Acquire

Acquire is a name I associate most with Tenchu but it looks like the developed the Mario & Luigi game that released a week or so ago.

[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Spike Chunsoft also developed the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games and, fairly recently, the new Dragonball game that, as far as I know, got good reception.

Kinda lame that these developers will be locked to PS or (months after release) Steam with PSN Account.

EDIT: And according to comments from Reddit, Kadokawa is a huge corporation that also distributes anime, manga and light novels. This isn't just about games.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just went on a rabbit hole of wikipedia. This would be a huge buy of MANY IPs.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Think of the remastering opertunities

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago
[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kadokawa is a massive publisher of books and media in Japan.

For that reason alone I hope this is blocked. It would make Sony too huge in Japan to reasonably compete with outside of Shueisha and directly incentivize brand exclusivity deals.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Does Japan have anti-monopoly laws?

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Please don't

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago

If Sony buys Kadokawa Corporation. Sony will have a near stranglehold on so many industries. It’s insane. https://en.namu.wiki/w/KADOKAWA

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

There go the good games

[–] Matshiro@szmer.info 7 points 8 months ago