This would be massive, Kadokawa is a hell of a lot more than just Elden Ring. They're one of the biggest media publishers in Japan. Books, manga, anime, games, you name it.

[–] Kelly 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Wikipedia lists their gaming properties as:

Spike Chunsoft
FromSoftware (69.66%)
Acquire

Acquire is a name I associate most with Tenchu but it looks like the developed the Mario & Luigi game that released a week or so ago.

[–] Aielman15 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Spike Chunsoft also developed the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games and, fairly recently, the new Dragonball game that, as far as I know, got good reception.

Kinda lame that these developers will be locked to PS or (months after release) Steam with PSN Account.

EDIT: And according to comments from Reddit, Kadokawa is a huge corporation that also distributes anime, manga and light novels. This isn't just about games.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just went on a rabbit hole of wikipedia. This would be a huge buy of MANY IPs.

[–] Z3k3 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Think of the remastering opertunities

[–] NOT_RICK 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great.

[–] ocassionallyaduck 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kadokawa is a massive publisher of books and media in Japan.

For that reason alone I hope this is blocked. It would make Sony too huge in Japan to reasonably compete with outside of Shueisha and directly incentivize brand exclusivity deals.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Does Japan have anti-monopoly laws?

[–] lowleveldata 18 points 2 weeks ago

Please don't

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

If Sony buys Kadokawa Corporation. Sony will have a near stranglehold on so many industries. It’s insane. https://en.namu.wiki/w/KADOKAWA

[–] _sideffect 10 points 2 weeks ago

There go the good games

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Please no