Rather than a full out acquisition, Sony is further strengthening their capital alliance with Kadokawa, becoming their biggest shareholder.

Sort of an anti climatic finish lol.

It is LOL but it is for the best.

It was hard to be happy about a situation where you don't know if Miyazaki and his crew were just going to leave the moment they were acquired. Sony is interested in their anime more than in their games but if something like that happens after the acquisition it would have been a huge blow to the value of what they bought even if that wasn't the reason why they did it.

This way FS maintains "independent" and Sony can (and they should because they put a lot of money in this push) publish FS games instead of Bandai.

I doubt Miyazaki and the rest of From's leadership would depart the studio if Sony did acquire Kadokawa. 

They have a great working relationship. 

I choose to believe so too but I can't but think about Kamiya lol. Platinum Games didn't change after the Tencent acquisition, they made good games for the switch ant yet he left, people who were loyal to him also left to join him at what would be Clovers and now he is saying he doesn't have bad blood with PG but his creativity would have died if he stayed there LOL (so much for not having bad blood).

The minimal of details could have triggered a change, maybe sony closing Haven if fairgame fails or fs becoming a ps studio and making all their games exclusive.

I don't think Tencent owns Platinum Games from what I recall. 

As for studio closures changing their mind, I really doubt that, its just the cost of business. Many of these independent studios who bomb will have no choice but to shut down. I do think Sony would do whatever it takes to retain From's top talent though, and that might mean offering them independence like Bungie, if it came down to that. 

Platinum Games wasn't acquired by Tencent.

Kamiya had some disagreements with Inaba, and was finding him difficult to work with. 

pretty sure they do but could be wrong. (About Tencent and PG).

Still this is actually a good chance to see first how fucked up is Kadokawa inside because they had their own problems in recent years and that's why they wanted to sell the business. From security attacks to bribing in the Olympics and the least thing Sony needs right now is a second Bungie.

If everything goes as they plan there is always the chance of Sony buying more of Kadokawa. The Saudi bought all of SNK in 3 moves made in 3 consecutive years from 2020 to 2022.

The details of the investment, including the amount, have not been disclosed but the studio has stressed that -- unlike past Tencent investments -- the deal does not involve a change of ownership.

The Tencent investment wasn't an acquisition, PG didn't change ownership. 

Cool to know but my point beyond who owns PG was about how in the industry things change fast and given the vg industry is still about creation, certain names have more value than products. Developers can leave for personal reasons and those moves make companies lose money. If Miyazaki was going to leave or not was just a possibility but still enough to be cautious abut it.

It's like when Sony was partner of Deviation, once Jason Blundell left the project lost all value in Sony eyes so they cut the investment. Later we knew Jason Blundell didn't leave because of Sony and he is actually part of Sony now but at that moment whatever personal reasons he had to leave his own studio were enough for the studio to die.

Trust me, this move wasn't just strategic, it was Sony saying, "We’re in this game, and we’re not just playing with the rookies." Buying a 10% stake in Kadokawa? That’s Sony tossing a royal flush on the table and making Kakao wonder if they should’ve folded earlier. It’s like poker, but with way more anime and a lot more power moves.