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Phil Spencer: "I think it would be nice if we found an Asian studio, in particular a Japanese studio, to add [to our studios]"
- Thread starter Klobrille
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Buy Playstation.
The next inside Xbox can just be a live feed of Phi at Sony HQ to sign the paperwork. Like when Shane bought WCW.
The next inside Xbox can just be a live feed of Phi at Sony HQ to sign the paperwork. Like when Shane bought WCW.
Kadokawa Dwango Corp.
- Japan
Jun 11, 2019 - Market cap (USD)
953.85M
Microsoft could offer them maybe 175- 250 million and have from software if they wanted I like them how they are so I wouldn't hope for it to happen
Why would they want to sell to MS?
Pachinko gives more money than games.
Yep, better than nothing.
And I don't get the negative posts. Microsoft was doing great this past year and with the collaboration between them and Nintendo, they made a lot of things possible. I trust them more and more again. They know by now that the focus should be on the consumer.
I completely disagree. From Software and Platinum Games need to remain independent so that we can have more multiplatform games from both.
Microsoft needs to find a smaller studio (Mistwalker please) or build their own Japanese/Asian studio from scratch.
I don't think anyone in charge now had anything to do with that. That was a Myerson budget cut.
Consoles in general are a small fraction of the Japanese market these days. Dunno if they will able to convert the mobile users to switch to their games, but i feel xcloud is their best shot
It would be glorious. Microsoft would be very smart to add a Japanese studio to their portfolio. I've always maintained they should despite their lack of presence in Japan. You cannot ignore Japanese games and exclusives if you want to have success in the West.
I could see a potential Sega purchase. Just a hunch I've had throughout the years.
A dev like Toylogic would fit the bill imo. They are smaller, have a history with MS because of happy wars and happy dungeons
Can we stop asking trillion dollar companies to buy studios?
Serious cult-like behavior going on in that regard.
Serious cult-like behavior going on in that regard.
Lol. Way to go out on a limb there. He even said he only wants to buy ONE. So by definition, almost all of the studios we could name won't be purchased.
The fact that people think that From Software is independent is crazy. I don't even play their games but I already did a simple search on wikipedia years ago to see that they're owned. lol
Kadokawa has much more than that. And those two aren't even their biggest business
It's actually pretty common for a company to sell off part of their business and focus on the most profitable segment. Sega could keep the Pachinko with rights to all sega properties for those machines, Microsoft gets the game division.
The cult of Phil mate.
Whoever is bought will only be ruined, but it's ok I guess. Buying studios is totally an ok thing now.
this is the best answer , they already had relations with them and they can build upon existing titles already
They're not "buying" anybody as big as From or Platinum. That said, there is a bit of history with Platinum, albeit troubled.
Also, these are two-way street deals. Mid-tier companies who they have a history with and need some kind of financial stability. That history is important. Note Phil name-checking Kung Fu Chaos as a shared DNA with Ninja Theory, etc.
Honestly, look at their studios. It's not as predatory as some make it out to be, and they've been holistic about their approach:
Created Studios
- 343
- Turn10
- The Coalition
- The Initiative
- Xbox Global Publishing
- Age of Empires team
Second-Party Studios (consummated partnerships with history)
- Playground Games (Forza Horizon)
- Undead Labs (State of Decay)
- Compulsion Games (We Happy Few early access)
Purchased Studios (which people seem happy about)
- Rare (people kind of accept this as part of Xbox now)
- Minecraft / Mojang (good use of brand; kept it away from Notch)
Outright purchases... but all with history
- Obsidian (prior history; cancelled "Stormlands" game)
- InXile (history with Obsidian)
- Ninja Theory (history with Kung Fu Chaos, etc.)
- Double Fine (history with Psychonauts, etc.)
I dunno. I get that people are sort of frothing, thinking of what MS needs to do, but every time these threads come up, it's hyperbole. They had a huge gap in their first-party studios, and now they're going to be a content spigot for Game Pass. They need studios, but they're not just going to buy CDPR, From, EA, Rockstar and call it a day. They need a healthy industry.
None of the purchases, from where I sit, are completely predatory. Two-way streets with companies who had some kind of history. Sony has done the same thing with half of their studios, some of them consummating long-term partnerships with them.
Also, these are two-way street deals. Mid-tier companies who they have a history with and need some kind of financial stability. That history is important. Note Phil name-checking Kung Fu Chaos as a shared DNA with Ninja Theory, etc.
Honestly, look at their studios. It's not as predatory as some make it out to be, and they've been holistic about their approach:
Created Studios
- 343
- Turn10
- The Coalition
- The Initiative
- Xbox Global Publishing
- Age of Empires team
Second-Party Studios (consummated partnerships with history)
- Playground Games (Forza Horizon)
- Undead Labs (State of Decay)
- Compulsion Games (We Happy Few early access)
Purchased Studios (which people seem happy about)
- Rare (people kind of accept this as part of Xbox now)
- Minecraft / Mojang (good use of brand; kept it away from Notch)
Outright purchases... but all with history
- Obsidian (prior history; cancelled "Stormlands" game)
- InXile (history with Obsidian)
- Ninja Theory (history with Kung Fu Chaos, etc.)
- Double Fine (history with Psychonauts, etc.)
I dunno. I get that people are sort of frothing, thinking of what MS needs to do, but every time these threads come up, it's hyperbole. They had a huge gap in their first-party studios, and now they're going to be a content spigot for Game Pass. They need studios, but they're not just going to buy CDPR, From, EA, Rockstar and call it a day. They need a healthy industry.
None of the purchases, from where I sit, are completely predatory. Two-way streets with companies who had some kind of history. Sony has done the same thing with half of their studios, some of them consummating long-term partnerships with them.
Microsoft had the opportunity to buy Sega long ago and Bill Gates said no.
Sega is owned by Sammy now. FromSoftware is owned by Kadokawa.
They had chances to be bought and those ships sailed long ago.
SegaSammy also owns Tokyo Movie Shinsha, so Microsoft has a need for an animation studio too? Lol
Disagreed. There's a lot of value in platform holders acquiring a developer, depending on the developer in question. Publishers like Square Enix or developers like From Software? The value proposition would be solely in Microsoft's court given that they're more than healthy at the moment, so these aren't developer acquisitions that would be good for the industry.
But developers like Mistwalker, Grounding Inc, Silicon Inc, Valhalla Game Studios, etc? I think these types of acquisitions are absolutely fair game, and would a benefit to Microsoft, the developers and the industry at large. A lot of these studio have the potential to make great games, and an acquisition by Microsoft would give them the financial backing to grow their studios - and develop titles they otherwise would not have had the chance to make.
Microsoft has been gathering studios who have either already worked directly with them (Playground) or are on the smaller size and don't want to be independant any longer. They certianly won't go after a studio whose main sales are on the PS4 and Switch because that is too much to pay for just to make them Xbox/Windows only. Anyone know of any decent PC Japanese developers?
I'm not sure of any Japanese studio that has some pedigree that needs assistance. All I know is if it's anyone that has released a worthwhile game will be met with a lot of resistance but I say good because some people need to get out of their comfort zone and consider Xbox an actual option and many still don't.
Grounding inc would be ideal. History with Xbox (Futatsugi used to be the head of MSGS Japan, White Owls' Swery made D4), plus I don't think we'll see the same fanboy backlash as with other studios with strong ties to Sony and Nintendo.
Global Publishing could also make some deals for exclusive Sega, Capcom or Platinum games.
Global Publishing could also make some deals for exclusive Sega, Capcom or Platinum games.
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Sums up a lot of the Xbox audience regarding Japanese games PERFECTLY.
And it comes up so often. They don't want them for the games, and never have, they want them for the thread reactions and to spite Playstation.
Except when Bloodborne, Astral, Nier, Demon's Souls, Wonderful 101, Bayonetta, Yakuza, etc is exclusive.
I agree with your sentiment, but they tend to make exclusive games.
I'm definitely not the "xbox audience". I just bought Trails of Cold Steel II last week, I also bought Ys: Origin from Limited run and Ys8 on the PS4/Switch. But I love a good salt show on the internet. There's not many more entertaining things than that.
Jesus Christ imagine actively supporting monopolization tactics.
What an embarassing example of a console warrior persecution complex. The "Xbox audience never wanted Japanese games, and never have, they only want then to spite Playstation."
Like, holy shit. You really said that?
Then isn't that just trolling?
Then why is it very often the case that the desire is for thread fires and salt, and I'm hardly the first person to notice it in the thread. It's one of the more common posts. And I didn't say all, I said a lot, some people do genuinely want them.
Probably the same type of person who says I will never buy an Xbox because they don't have Japanese content, then they buy a Japanese studio and it's like, noooo! How dare you!
Maybe Microsoft will do Nintendo a favor and buy Metro Studios. Not a Japanese developer but one who has the ability to cater to Japanese gamers like Rare was supposed to.