Blood_Tears said:
Exactly, some people are thinking that DQ wouldn't be part of the deal if it went through. Sony knows how valuable that IP is in Japan and would likely take it as well. Yuji Horii's company, Armor Project is also partly owned by SE as they have quite a few shares in his company along with publishing contract rights and assets such as engine design, concepts and artwork. The relationship with SE and Horii is very strong and an acquisition by Sony would not break that. They certainly wouldn't just drop DQ off to Nintendo beforehand as that would make no sense, Sony is looking for SE Tokyo as a whole according to the rumor. They are not looking for a westward shift in this because if they were, they would have picked up CD and Eidos back in April. |
Square Enix doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or Dragon Quest. The only big IP they have is Final Fantasy.
