Sorry brother
Eh, it was worth it for the translation. I LEARNED SPANISH!!!
Something tells me Sony will leave From IPs as they are now.
Genuinely don't know why people are thinking this means From Software stop releasing games on Steam or PC; SIE are just gonna continue things as they are, and that's probably what Miyazaki & From Software would want, too.
But, I can see a team within From Software bringing back say King's Field or making a new smaller IP, and it's a console exclusive to let them focus on the game instead of supporting a bunch of different platforms.
Or maybe they have interest in doing something with a legacy IP like Legend of Dragoon or Popolocrois, and work with members of different SIE teams on it while the main From Software teams focus on Elden Ring and the such.
The market isn't making any decisions here, Sony just came up to one of the biggest names in gaming/Anime and said "can we buy you?"
And if you're gonna say "well they wanted to sell anyways" bethesda also wanted to sell and look at the deep shit they're in now....
Those situations aren't comparable. Zenimax was struggling on a game development front and in generating sufficient revenue and profit. When they were looking to sell, they turned to Microsoft in part because they have a long history with them, and Microsoft were interested in buying. Post-acquisition the faults with Zenimax are down to them being under the management of Phil Spencer, Matt Booty, Sarah Bond and others at Microsoft Gaming, who already had a history of poor management outside of select IP like Forza Horizon and select games like Ori, Cuphead etc. One of the reasons Minecraft has endured is because Mojang operate on their own, no influence from people like Matt Booty on them.
Kadokawa have been a healthy company for a long while, and in gaming especially so particularly the last few years. They have strong management, and let From Software basically do their own thing under Miyazaki. They're looking to stave off a hostile takeover from Kakao, so they're looking to companies like Sony, who they have a long history with, to acquire them. Sony generally have been good with the anime/manga stuff (the censorship being complained about is by the subbing & dubbing groups hired to do that work for the anime, not Sony), and while it's been a bit sloppy with overall games management past couple years (certain big studios like ND are MIA still, the complete failure that was Concord), they've still been producing hits like Returnal, Rift Apart, HFW, Helldivers 2 and Astro Bot.
Even with some of the mistakes I think they've had on the games front the past year (and what I still feel is a flawed multiplatform strategy WRT PC, but I've already talked about what I felt would be the best strategy there sans their own launcher), their gaming management for the brand and business sensibilities are still leagues ahead of Microsoft's. It's a bit ridiculous to assume they'd mess up From Software as if they're Microsoft, when even Microsoft managed to not screw up Minecraft.
It's like some folks think Sony are going to just run up into From Software and force things on them, instead of understanding they're so successful because they have a strategy that already works. And just force them to abandon that strategy because of...Concord? That's got nothing to do with From Software or Kadokawa.
First, you need to remember that Sony already owns part of the 30 percent you're referring to.
This would bring Sony to 83.75% ownership.
So it's a near certainty that they would squeeze Tencent out.
Fair enough tbh.
