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[BennyBlanco]

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/202505/25-0508E/

I guess this is how Namco wound up publishing Hot Shots and Patapon. Wonder what else they have planned? Gravity Rush?

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I hope Arc the Lad, Alundra, Dark Cloud/Rogue Galaxy, and Legend of Dragoon.

These have the most potential.

 

[Glass Prison]

Ridge Racer. I'm not even asking. Do it.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Generative AI? AI wasn't too popular in the EA thread
But it's the future whether people like it or not.

 

[Plies]

Xenosaga

 

[BennyBlanco]

Ridge Racer. I'm not even asking. Do it.

Namco doesn't need Sony for that but I agree

 

[diffusionx]

what the hell is gaudiy

 

[consoul]

Gaudiy bringing blockchain and LLM technologies? Wonderful. Throw in some of those NFTs while you're at it.

 

[Baemono]

what the hell is gaudiy

The Indian guy I believe

 

[Fahdis]

These cowards need to fix their IP's they already have. Tekken and Soul Calibur being casualties due to moronic decision making.

 

[LordCBH]

Great….fucking blockchain. Who the fuck asked for this other than dipshit cryptobros

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Gaudiy Inc., the new owners of anime and manga database and social networking website MyAnimeList (MAL), have vowed to do right by its fans in a public statement shared by a site lead admin.

It was announced in late March 2025 that Media Do Holdings had sold all of its shares in MyAnimeList to Gaudiy, a Tokyo-based AI and blockchain company. Gaudiy confirmed today that MAL's previous shareholders have now transferred all shares, making Gaudiy its sole owner; however, Gaudiy also raised 10 billion yen from Sony Group Corporation and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. in a third-party share allotment.

New MyAnimeList Blockchain & AI Technology Owners Vow to Do Right by Anime Fans

Gaudiy Inc., the new owners of international anime database MyAnimeList, have made a statement following the site's recent acquisition.

www.cbr.com

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

NGL, I won't be able to see this as a W for PlayStation unless it results in some new exclusive games for the console. Whether they're some Bandai-Namco teams using legacy SIE IP (like the rumored Wipeout revival...though that one may've been with SEGA), or a couple SIE studios using legacy Bandai-Namco IP, that's really the main thing I'm looking at to consider this a fruitful partnership. Everything else is, for my personal tastes, either a distraction or cherries on top.

Like I'd be down for some new anime & manga adaptations through this, but I figure we'd get some of that with the Kadokawa partnership too. Meanwhile, somehow Nintendo got an exclusive out of From Software ahead of PlayStation this gen o.0. I know someone's gonna go saying "exclusives don't matter!" or "exclusives aren't everything!", or even "this is more than just games!" and, okay, sure. But that doesn't mean I can't look at it from or prioritize it from the angle of what games would come out of this, considering this is a gaming forum and we're mainly interested in games around here, right?

Xenosaga

If I had complete faith in SIE's involvement here, we'd very likely get a Xenosaga remaster collection with updated visuals, and even a Xenogears remake (adding all the content that was cut from Disc 2).

But I'm not a believer in that happening; literally have to see it to believe it these days.

 

[BennyBlanco]

NGL, I won't be able to see this as a W for PlayStation unless it results in some new exclusive games for the console. Whether they're some Bandai-Namco teams using legacy SIE IP (like the rumored Wipeout revival...though that one may've been with SEGA), or a couple SIE studios using legacy Bandai-Namco IP, that's really the main thing I'm looking at to consider this a fruitful partnership. Everything else is, for my personal tastes, either a distraction or cherries on top.

Like I'd be down for some new anime & manga adaptations through this, but I figure we'd get some of that with the Kadokawa partnership too. Meanwhile, somehow Nintendo got an exclusive out of From Software ahead of PlayStation this gen o.0. I know someone's gonna go saying "exclusives don't matter!" or "exclusives aren't everything!", or even "this is more than just games!" and, okay, sure. But that doesn't mean I can't look at it from or prioritize it from the angle of what games would come out of this, considering this is a gaming forum and we're mainly interested in games around here, right?



If I had complete faith in SIE's involvement here, we'd very likely get a Xenosaga remaster collection with updated visuals, and even a Xenogears remake (adding all the content that was cut from Disc 2).

But I'm not a believer in that happening; literally have to see it to believe it these days.

If anything this will be Namco making more old Sony IP's as multiplats, as they are already doing. Patapon even has exclusive content in the Switch version. It's objectively better than these IP's remaining dead.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Namco Museum Ultimate Pro Edition Plus Max 2025 Directors Cut hopefully!

 

[DeepEnigma]

Ridge Racer. I'm not even asking. Do it.

The OG arcade one is coming to the Arcade Archives.

Original Ridge Racer arcade classic coming to PlayStation in June

This will be the first time the original 1993 arcade Ridge Racer has appeared on home consoles.

traxion.gg

 

[JPSLotus97T]

Ridge Racer. I'm not even asking. Do it.

This, I am sick of waiting for RR8.

 

[Mr Moose]

Fuck NFT and AI bullshit.

 

[jumpship]

The interesting part is that this isn't a partnership with PlayStation or SIE, this is a partnership with the entire Sony Group Corp. This seems much bigger than getting publishing rights to port and sell old ips.

 

[nial]

Did anyone actually read the PR? This seems like another effort for their anime expansion in the West, and has probably little to nothing to do with video games.
Not everything these companies do need to have any involvement of SIE and BNE.

 

[saintjules]

Xenogears

Fixed.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Xenosaga

Without MonolithSoft? No.

 

[Plies]

Without MonolithSoft? No.

I'm thinking more of a simple remaster of the original trilogy.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Xenosaga

 

[bitbydeath]

Bloodborne 2!

 

[Pejo]

Absolutely dire news for JP media. It's gonna get westernized until it's just modern day western shit, but with anime faces.

 

[kevboard]

Ridge Racer. I'm not even asking. Do it.

RR8 was in development for Switch but cancelled... so... not looking good tbh.

but I don't really get it. making a new Ridge Racer surely can't be that hard right? it's not like these games were some AAA behemoths in the past... it's an arcade racing game with a relatively clean artstyle and linear tracks... that should easily be worth the risk for Bamco to at least try to bring back

 

[Mibu no ookami]

It's also worth noting this partnership is with Sony Group not SIE.

That is probably one thing that I lament about Herman is that I don't think he has really fostered much of a relationship with Japanese companies outside of Kojima and Kojima Productions.

 

[Markio128]

I loved Ridge Racer - one of my favourite arcade racers, alongside Sega Rally.

I really miss those arcade racers with just a handful of tracks that were primed for being perfected. Me and a mate spent months beating each others times in the original Ridge Racer.