JRPGfan said:
Leynos said:
Oh for fuck's sake Tencent does not own Platinum in any way shape or form. It's a capital investment. Platinum is still independent. All this means is PG is even more independent and a CI from Ten expects some benefit in the future. It could be money. It could be an exclusive game or whatever. It doe snot mean Tencent is buying them. PG does not want to be bought. This in no way means Tencent owns PG. They don't even have ownership of the lint on the carpet much less the company.
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The article doesnt list how many % they own, but they make it clear tencent does own apart of platinum now.
Otherwise they wouldnt have used the world "partnership" imo.
"it could be money", that usually implys buying stakes in a company, and as they rise, you either get a pay out or sell them.
"it doe snot mean tencent is buying them"
^ this we agree on, tencent isnt trying to get 60%+ ownage of the company to controll it.
They ll probably stop 20-48% margin or so.
Stil if you buy into platinum for that much, you expect to have a say in how they do bussiness.
Tencent doesnt just go around handing out money and expecting nothing done with it, or no input in how its done.
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The partnership has no effect on the independence of Platinum Games, which will continue operations under its current corporate structure.
https://www.gematsu.com/2020/01/platinum-games-receives-capital-investment-from-tencent-holdings-to-expand-into-self-publishing
Look up what a CI is, please. Ten owns nothing of PG. Nothing. Nadda. 0. Zilch. Cero. 零
That is very different sounding than let's say when SEGA bought Atlus but let Atlus keep doing what they do. PG is still fully independent but now has essentially a loan to self publish some games. It's not a Gungho situation with Grasshopper or Kadakowa with From Software or anything like that. PG is still 100% privately owned.
Last edited by Leynos - on 08 January 2020
