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Sony has increased its shares in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa as the two companies agree to form a "strategic capital and business alliance".

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

My only concern with this, is that if Sony owns the studio I'm worried that the entire company will become a PlayStation exclusive.

I really hope that this case goes in front of the FTC(at least in the states), and if it's allowed through a contingency is put in place forbidding this.

But personally I don't think this should be allowed in the first place, especially with a company that is already acquired studios. Just like I didn't agree with the Activision acquisition

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Could the FTC even stop them? Neither company is American.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Indirectly yes, it does get stickier when neither company is US based but, they can forbid the sale of their product in the states if the acquisition went through, so essentially if i understand the process right, it would be forced to be separate companies in the US, but merged in other countries, but they could straight out just ban the products from sale period in the country as a blanket statement as well, but it's unlikely they would go that drastic