Square Enix definitely is setting itself up for a buyout - Part 2

[Xxain]

twintail said:

Xxain said:

For all the people saying , " Have Team Asano and DQ sill release on Nintendo". Stop. Think.

I am sure SONY would like SE to help them restore their prominence in Japan. How will that work if they are still releasing games on their main rival's console in that territory? SONY has a long a strong relationship with SE. They fund/or market most of SE's major releases. When SE announces their non "nostalgia games" they are exclusive to PS or on PS. So in that case what reasons would SONY need to buy SE?

To keep them off other platforms. The only reason it would make sense to buy SE, who acts as 2nd party developer to them anyways.

The likes of KH and DQ are bound by contracts that Sony can't just easily bend to their will. KH, maybe. DQ is a lot harder since SE only has publishing rights to the DQ, not the development rights. 

Unless we know what the parties involved with KH and DQ would want, it's impossible to say that Sony could keep the IP off other platforms. 

Why would Disney or Armor Project decide to change anything about their relationship with SE because of a buyout? Not like the IP's did spend a considerable amount of their lifetime on PS consoles only anyways. Hell, Enix willingly left Nintendo consoles in the past to go exclusive to PS. What would be the trigger after all this time?. You dont specifically know the bindings of KH and DQ agreement anyways. So they idea they can judge leave when they wanted is a assumption. I highly doubt either the KH or DQ SE ownership gives then the ability to just say... bye. Pretty amateur business decision by Enix/SE.