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
on 19 Nov 2024 10:04
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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
on 19 Nov 2024 10:28
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I just went on a rabbit hole of wikipedia. This would be a huge buy of MANY IPs.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
on 19 Nov 2024 14:17
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Great.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works
on 19 Nov 2024 13:18
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If Sony buys Kadokawa Corporation. Sony will have a near stranglehold on so many industries. It’s insane. en.namu.wiki/w/KADOKAWA
CitricBase@lemmy.world
on 19 Nov 2024 13:19
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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.
_sideffect@lemmy.world
on 19 Nov 2024 13:26
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There go the good games
lowleveldata@lemmy.world
on 19 Nov 2024 13:28
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Please don’t
ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world
on 19 Nov 2024 15:05
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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
on 19 Nov 2024 17:31
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Nice while it lasted…
Wikipedia lists their gaming properties as:
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.
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.
I just went on a rabbit hole of wikipedia. This would be a huge buy of MANY IPs.
Think of the remastering opertunities
Great.
If Sony buys Kadokawa Corporation. Sony will have a near stranglehold on so many industries. It’s insane. en.namu.wiki/w/KADOKAWA
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.
There go the good games
Please don’t
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.
Does Japan have anti-monopoly laws?