alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoExclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources saywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkExclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources saywww.reuters.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-25 days agoThis should be illegal. They own Crunchyroll and bought Funimation, both massive distributers of anime outside of Japan. Now they want Kadokawa, the source that is inside Japan. Also, after their Concord blunder I didn’t know they could even afford to buy Kadokawa.
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·5 days ago Also, after their Concord blunder I didn’t know they could even afford to buy Kadokawa. I think you underestimates the size of Sony. A few hundred million is not that much for a company worth many billion.
minus-squareDebatableRaccoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days ago“The difference between a million and a billion is roughly a billion.”
This should be illegal. They own Crunchyroll and bought Funimation, both massive distributers of anime outside of Japan.
Now they want Kadokawa, the source that is inside Japan.
Also, after their Concord blunder I didn’t know they could even afford to buy Kadokawa.
I think you underestimates the size of Sony. A few hundred million is not that much for a company worth many billion.
“The difference between a million and a billion is roughly a billion.”