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src on 13 September 2021
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twintail said:
src said:

My logic with FROM is that Kadokawa is not really in the gaming business.....its pretty much just FROM by revenue and they haven't made any clear moves of expanding. And their gaming business doesn't add much to their bottom line either.

Imo, and I think FROM kinda knows this, FROM is a studio that could become a leader in the RPG genre, up there with Bethesda and CDPR, however they are often quite behind in tech and it seems they haven't grown as quickly as they should be.

Combine that with the variability of publisher fishing, IP ownership, I think FROM with be a whole different beast under a AAA gaming publisher.

I get what you're saying, and anything is possible of course. 

But Kadokawa also owns Spike Chunsoft. Gaming might not be the greatest money maker, but its an industry they seem ok to be in, even if partially. 

I checked their 2020 FY report:

Games were $166M for the year, $27M profit.

That's 8% of their total, 14% of their operating profit. Forecast for next year is a -16% decline. Looks like they pretty much rely on FROMs output.