| LudicrousSpeed said: Weird seeing Sony people on various forums excited for this, given Sony's recent record with acquisitions and the years of bitching we have heard about how Sony is mismanaging the one FromSoft IP they own (Bloodborne). Now they'd own all of them. edit, maybe they own Demon's Souls too, idk |
What I find to be most weird is how these ppl, who have been completely against nearly all acquisitions ever since Microsoft merged with Activision, are taking a complete heel-turn. Not only defending, but supporting, this current acquisition. I'm a Nintendo gamer, but if Shiguru Miyamoto came out one day to announce they've merged with SqEnix, for example, I would not be pumping my fist. I would be pretty disappointed and upset with (as well a little concerned about) Nintendo.
Acquisitions are bad. Period. Unless we're talking small studios which lack any major IP (e.g. Grezzo would be an example of a great acquisition by Nintendo), acquisitions are not healthy for the overall market. If FromSoftware is under the control of Sony, then PC/Microsoft/Nintendo gamers (NSW2 was almost certainly getting strong FromSoft support with an Elden Ring port, for instance) can all say "Buh-Bye!" to day one release of FromSoftware titles.
This is bad for the market. Nobody should be supporting it. Might not be quite as egregious as Microsoft taking Activision under their wing, but it certainly isn't anything good. I hope an anti-trust case prevents Sony from exerting exclusivity control on FromSoftware titles.
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