Updated at 11:16am GMT, 20/11/2024: Kadokawa has confirmed that Sony expressed interest in purchasing the company, but a decision has yet to be made (as reported by ).
Summary
- Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the parent company of FromSoftware.
- Potential acquisition would give Sony ownership of multiple media brands, not just video games.
- Sony's history of studio acquisitions, including some less successful purchases, could make this deal risky.
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Sony In Talks To Buy Kadokawa
Kadokawa is likely a name not overly familiar to the Western World, but it is one of the biggest media conglomerates in Japan. The company owns a 70 percent stake in FromSoftware, as well as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero developer Spike Chunsoft, and dozens of anime, maဣnga and media brands.
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The purchase of Kadokawa would be the latest in a long line of development studio acquisitions from Sony. Over the past few years, the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation creators have purchased Bungie, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Insomniac Games, Haven Studios, and🌱 the ไrecently shuttered Firewalk studios.
However, while Sony seems keen on acquisitions, its track record hasn't been the best. The recently-released Concord was heralded as one of gaming's biggest-ever flops, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:causing its developers to close, and multiple other PlayStation-owned studios have faced layoffs in recent times, including 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:hundreds of staff from Bungie, which 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sony reportedly "overpaid" for.
Should the purchase be finalized, it will likely bring further parity between PlayStation and Xbox creator 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Microsoft, which, over the last few years, has made some major acquisitions of its own. In 2022, Microsoft confirmed the purchase of Call of Duty owner Activision for $70🃏 bil♛lion, and a few years prior, it purchased Fallout𒁃 and Skyrim developer Bethesda for a reported $7.5 billion.
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Both Sony and Kadokawa declined to⛦ comment when asked by Reuters.
