| Kyuu said: Buying Kadokawa would solidify Sony's anime/manga position and ensure Playstation's future even if Microsoft acquires one more major publisher and goes back to exclusivity. Kadokawa and SquareEnix were the two most plausible major acquisitions from Sony. And after FromSoftware got full ownership of Elden Ring, it became a no brainer that acquiring Kadokawa is the higher priority to Sony which already owns like 12% of them. I think what they're aiming for is majority stake and not full acquisition. |
I'm not sure Kadokawa would be enough to prevent disruption of their business model, if Microsoft bought another publisher like Ubisoft, and decided to go back to exclusivity. Elden Ring is the only tentpole title they have under their portfolio.
Sony would probably need Marathon or the Horizon multiplayer project to hit big at the very least.
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