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Exclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say (www.reuters.com)
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[-] Renacles@lemmy.world 55 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Havald@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

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

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 months ago

Oh, it's not just gaming

[-] darthsid@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Fuck off Sony

[-] drosophila 29 points 4 months ago

Well, Fromsoft had a good run.

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

[-] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

just hope its not some live service pvp extraction/br soulslike with a mandatory psn account

[-] misk@sopuli.xyz 26 points 4 months ago

Oh, great, more exclusives to cement Sony dominance.

[-] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months 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 4 months ago

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

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 22 points 4 months 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 4 months 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.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Competing is haaard, you guys.

[-] roteradler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months 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.

[-] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 6 points 4 months 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.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] Voytrekk@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

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

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