Sony has acquired 2.5% of Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco in a ‘strategic partnership’ | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
from theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 24 Jul 2025 16:04
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brsrklf@jlai.lu on 24 Jul 2025 18:20 collapse

“Elden Ring publisher”. This is a weird way to describe Bandai Namco.

Especially in relation to Sony that already owns 14% of From Software and 10% of Kadokawa (who owns most of From Software).

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Jul 2025 18:21 next collapse

They got to do what most fans will recognize and click on. A fuck ton of people know what elden ring is so that increases familiarity

theangriestbird@beehaw.org on 24 Jul 2025 18:25 collapse

“Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero publisher Bandai Namco” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Jul 2025 18:28 collapse

“Katamari Damacy publisher bandai namco”

xylol@leminal.space on 24 Jul 2025 18:57 collapse

I guess since its a gaming article they have to show why bandai has any relation to gaming

brsrklf@jlai.lu on 24 Jul 2025 21:54 collapse

… What about the Namco part?

Ridge Racer? Soulcalibur? Tekken? Tales of Whatever? Freaking PAC-MAN?