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Forums - Sony Discussion - Rumor: Sony to acquire Kadokawa Corporation

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

There's a lot of speculation that there is some sort of agreement with bloodbornefromsoft that only Fromsoft is allowed to touch that game. Like you said everyone wants a remaster and Sony knows it yet they remaster everything but that game seems very weird. On top of that miyazaki has claimed that Bloodborne is his favorite title so it's not crazy to think he would have requested that no one touches it but him.

They also own Demon Souls.

As far as mismanaging acquisitions I agree. Difference here is that Bungie has been mismanaged by every single company that's owned them. The concord acquisition was clearly a mess both of these acquisitions were far outside Sony's norm for working with companies first.  From soft has made three different titles for Sony at this point all of them very successful and highly praised much different situation here.

I don't want this to happen but apparently the company is in trouble and someone is going to take over that company one way or another.



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Speculation time!

Kakao Entertainment is making moves on Kadokawa, buying up shares like a savvy shopper eyeing a Black Friday deal. Rumor has it that Kakao might be gearing up for a corporate romance or a takeover, depending on how you frame it. This has likely sent Kadokawa scrambling for backup, potentially knocking on Sony’s door with a "Hey, remember our alliance? We might need to level up our partnership."

Sony, already holding a modest slice of Kadokawa's pie, has been Kadokawa’s buddy in crime for decades, helping them push anime and gaming magic to global markets.

It's like a high-stakes love triangle.



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deskpro2k3 said:

Speculation time!

Kakao Entertainment is making moves on Kadokawa, buying up shares like a savvy shopper eyeing a Black Friday deal. Rumor has it that Kakao might be gearing up for a corporate romance or a takeover, depending on how you frame it. This has likely sent Kadokawa scrambling for backup, potentially knocking on Sony’s door with a "Hey, remember our alliance? We might need to level up our partnership."

Sony, already holding a modest slice of Kadokawa's pie, has been Kadokawa’s buddy in crime for decades, helping them push anime and gaming magic to global markets.

It's like a high-stakes love triangle.

Yep... its like a hostile takeover (its called right?).

I think this changes things abit, if they themselves approached Sony, and asked to be brougt in under the umbrella.
Thats very differnt from sony just being out to become some mega manga holder monopoly.

Also this way, a japanese company stays in japanese hands.
Rather than go to some Chinese/Korean company, that might make drastic changes for profits ect.