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Kadokawa confirms Sony sent an acquisition letter

ShaiKhulud1989

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Mibu no ookami said:
The paramount global deal was a white whale. It wasn't budgeted for and as the scope of the deal got larger Sony lost interest.

I think it would have favored Pictures mostly, but in a transformative way that would have aided music and GNS.

Sony being able to put out a first party star trek game without paying royalties (outside of Sony) would have been huge. Same with Spongebob, TMNT, Mission Impossible. It also would have given them the movie rights to sonic and I think, an incentive for Sony to buy Sega.
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Sony cannot own Paramount TV arm due to US laws anyway but it was still a try, I guess
 
bitbydeath

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Monkfish877 said:
Nah, I'm dead serious, I'd like FROM to remain a distinctly Japanese company. The thought of Playstation/Califronia getting their pozzed hands on FROM makes me feel sick as they are one of my favourite studios, it'll be a sad day for me if/when Sony takes them over.
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You know Sony is a Japanese company, right?
Having an office in California doesn’t make them American.
 
Sanepar

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Monkfish877 said:
Nah, I'm dead serious, I'd like FROM to remain a distinctly Japanese company. The thought of Playstation/Califronia getting their pozzed hands on FROM makes me feel sick as they are one of my favourite studios, it'll be a sad day for me if/when Sony takes them over.
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And if it was Microsoft?
 
DeepEnigma

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Sanepar said:
And if it was Microsoft?
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Fab 5 Netflix GIF by Queer Eye
 
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Aaravos

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This acquisition makes sense for all parties involved out interest how much would from software be worth on its own?
 
Fake

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Danjin44 said:
I hope this doesn’t happen, FROM doesn’t need be owned by any big company and more importantly I have no faith in current Sony.
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I don't think Miyazaki would agree with this either.

Being independent is what made Fromsoftware the best of the business. Was a time when I looked at Sony with good eyes, but now I don't trust Sony changing things here and there.
 
Mr Moose

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Danjin44 said:
I hope this doesn’t happen, FROM doesn’t need be owned by any big company and more importantly I have no faith in current Sony.
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Erm...
Fake said:
I don't think Miyazaki would agree with this either.

Being independent is what made Fromsoftware the best of the business. Was a time when I looked at Sony with good eyes, but now I don't trust Sony changing things here and there.
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What? From are not indie lol.
 
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Fake

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Mr Moose said:
Erm...What? From are not indie lol.
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And? Doesn't mean is need to be owned by Sony. Bandai helped their carer initialy, but they can pretty much run things by themselves now. And is not like Sony can't make deals somethings without the need of buying the company.
 
Banjo64

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James Sawyer Ford said:
These same delusional people think Sony first party is somehow awful

Or that they aren’t successful working with traditional partners in the SP space

Just pure sour grapes.

Anytime Sony works with a traditional SP third party dev, their games seem to only get better thanks to all the support.

Its insane to think stellar blade is shift up’s first AA type release and ended to that good and polished
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Sour grapes… you don’t have to be a millionaire to afford a £300 PS5. Any retard can buy one.
 
Banjo64

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bitbydeath said:
You know Sony is a Japanese company, right?
Having an office in California doesn’t make them American.
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Having an office in California is a strange way of saying PlayStation’s HEADQUARTERS is in California. What the fuck is Japanese about Naughty Dog, Insomniac, SSM and Sucker Punch? They’re about as Japanese as a Big Mac.
 
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mayham2199

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Fake said:
And? Doesn't mean is need to be owned by Sony. Bandai helped their carer initialy, but they can pretty much run things by themselves now. And is not like Sony can't make deals somethings without the need of buying the company.
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It’s going to be owned by someone they are looking to sell. So no point in arguing this doesn’t need to happen the company wants it to happen.
 
Mr Moose

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Banjo64 said:
Having an office in California is a strange way of saying PlayStation’s HEADQUARTERS is in California. What the fuck is Japanese about Naughty Dog, Insomniac, SSM and Sucker Punch? They’re about as Japanese as a Big Mac.
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Sony's HQ is in Tokyo though. PlayStation wouldn't be purchasing these.
 
Fake

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mayham2199 said:
It’s going to be owned by someone they are looking to sell. So no point in arguing this doesn’t need to happen the company wants it to happen.
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There is no arguing lol. I never like acquisitions, happening or not. This is the point of the thread, to have a discussion about a subject, not to boot licking. I don't give a shit about what money can or not Sony get with this acquisitions. I already complain about Microsoft buying Activision, will do the same if Sony buy FromSoftware. You guys will not seeing me change my stance.

Danjin44 said:
I’m not talking as perspective of investor, I’m talking as gamer who don’t to see fucking Sony owning FROM…..This gen Sony absolutely sucked.
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Is like we are talking with Sony investors or something.
 
nial

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Banjo64 said:
Having an office in California is a strange way of saying PlayStation’s HEADQUARTERS is in California. What the fuck is Japanese about Naughty Dog, Insomniac, SSM and Sucker Punch? They’re about as Japanese as a Big Mac.
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What does this even have to do with anything when SCE's development workforce has been predominantly Western since the year of fucking 2000?
Fake said:
Being independent is what made Fromsoftware the best of the business.
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From Software hasn't been independent for over a decade.
Danjin44 said:
I’m not talking as perspective of investor, I’m talking as gamer who don’t to see fucking Sony owning FROM…..This gen Sony absolutely sucked.
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It's perfectly good to not want more consolidation, but I don't understand this part. Going by your previous posts, aren't you saying this in a developer level, as in you not liking most of their first-party games this gen? So, why would this be a worry when it comes to a developer you actually like?
 
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Banjo64

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bitbydeath said:
You’re pointing out American studios.
There’s nothing Californian about Asobi, Bend, Firesprite etc.
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The HQ is based on California. Really I could have just stopped there. That’s not ‘an office’. PlayStations headquarters is not Japanese. It’s in the US.

I have to say I’m pretty shocked, having been away from this thread for a couple of days, to return to see some PlayStation fans in full on Xboi ABK mode. I’m actually shocked. Some of you need to give your heads a serious wobble.
 
DeepEnigma

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Danjin44 said:
I hope this doesn’t happen, FROM doesn’t need be owned by any big company and more importantly I have no faith in current Sony.
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They already are owned by a big company. They also have to pay more for publishers since the company doesn’t self publish.

They are looking to sell. Sony would be the best fit in contrast to others.

That’s not saying I’m down with more consolidation, because I’m not, but the alternatives are more grim.
 
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Danjin44

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nial said:
What does this even have to do with anything when SCE's development workforce has been predominantly Western since the year of fucking 2000?

From Software hasn't been independent for over a decade.

It's perfectly good to not want more consolidation, but I don't understand this part. Going by your previous posts, aren't you saying this in a developer level, as in you not liking most of their first-party games this gen? So, why would this be a worry when it comes to a developer you actually like?
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Because this gen Sony cares far more about profit more than ever, this why like remastering game that fucking Horizon and Last of Us because those are the games that makes big buck for them.

More importantly I dont want FROM’s games only get released on PS5, I want see it on other platforms as well.
 
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Banjo64

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nial said:
What does this even have to do with anything when SCE's development workforce has been predominantly Western since the year of fucking 2000?
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In the year 2000 the person holding the leash wasn’t a purple haired muppet.
 
nial

nial

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Fake said:
Oh yeah. Demon's Souls. The game everyone played on PS3.
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Imagine believing that sales are everything. Ignoring the fact that it still managed to sell over a million on PS3, it ABSOLUTELY put them on the map, like, we're talking about the first fucking Souls game.
Danjin44 said:
Because this gen Sony cares far more about profit more than ever, this why like remastering game that fucking Horizon and Last of Us because those are the games that makes big buck for them.
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Isn't remasters and/or remakes exactly what people want Sony to do with their FS games? It happened last gen and it's happening now, and MUCH MORE at that.
Danjin44 said:
More importantly I dont want FROM’s games only get released on PS5, I want see it on other platforms as well.
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That's perfectly reasonable.
Banjo64 said:
In the year 2000 the person holding the leash wasn’t a purple haired muppet.
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Zero actual fucking correlation. We were talking about development workforce here, don't do this goalpost moving shit with me.
 
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killatopak

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Banjo64 said:
Having an office in California is a strange way of saying PlayStation’s HEADQUARTERS is in California. What the fuck is Japanese about Naughty Dog, Insomniac, SSM and Sucker Punch? They’re about as Japanese as a Big Mac.
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They have two CEOs though. I assume Totoki has more control over the domestic devs
 
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Danjin44

Danjin44

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nial said:
Isn't remasters and/or remakes exactly what people want Sony to do with their FS games? It happened last gen and it's happening now, and MUCH MORE at that.
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Sony could easily do remaster of Bloodborne even without FROM but the chose not to do it because Horizon makes more money for them.

Not only FROM previous games, Sony has so many other games from PS2 and PS3 era they can bring to PS5 but they just don’t fucking do it…..let’s release another fucking remaster of Horizon again.

Nintendo loves money and they can be greedy as much as other companies but time to time they willing give something like this year the brought back Another Code even tho it was super niche and I’m pretty sure it made no money for them.
 
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