Exclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say : games

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Competing is haaard, you guys.

[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

I do love gaming just getting bought out by the same 4 shitty companies.

[-] Havald@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

The live music industry would be so happy about such an abundance of competition

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

Oh, it's not just gaming

[-] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 day ago

Well, Fromsoft had a good run.

Maybe we'll get one more game out of them.

[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 16 points 22 hours 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

[-] darthsid@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Fuck off Sony

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 23 points 1 day ago

Feels like everything from Japan either belongs to Sony or Kadokawa already. If this goes through, Sony will will pretty much own everything made in Japan. Not just Elden Ring, but all sorts of stuff from Rpg Maker to a ton of anime.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Got it. Rykard (Sony) Lord of Blasphemy is trying to devour Godwin (Kadokawa) Scion of the Golden Lineage. It's even lore accurate, let's hope it stops before the Night of Black Knives.

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 day ago

Oh, great, more exclusives to cement Sony dominance.

[-] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Yep, and I'm still never buying a Playstation. Not worth chasing exclusives when there are plenty of good games on PC.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Anything Sony is burned forever to me since they pulled that Rootkit shit a few decades ago.

[+] roteradler@sh.itjust.works -16 points 22 hours ago

Its annoying, but someone has to compete against Microsoft. MS is buying everything in preparation for the streaming era and we need a company that's big enough to offer a second service. And to everyone praising the gamepass, as soon as MS beats Sony, they'll increase the prices AF.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Would help if Microsoft actually releases some games every now and then and not shut down the studios that bring success

[-] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 6 points 19 hours ago

This is way more than just competing against MS because Kadokawa is way more than a game publisher. Reuters framing it from a FromSoftware perspective makes the issue seem way smaller.

[-] Voytrekk@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Sony is already beating MS. We do not need more consolidation of companies.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Look at POS ps5pro that Sony just dropped because they are lacking in competition.

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