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With these talks of acquisitions, is it possibly for a big Japanese Publisher(Square, Bamco, Capcom, Sega, etc) to be bought?
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Nintendo wouldn't need to be desperate to purchase Koei Tecmo. The companies are fairly close-knit, and an acquisition might be a graceful exit for KT leadership.
I wonder if Sony will feel compelled to get more aggressive with acquisitions, since Microsoft has the potential to buy even more. I don't know if Sony has 7.5B just laying there. Either way this next gen just feels a little worrisome to me. One side runs the risk of creating a monopoly by buying so much competition, the other is getting into potentially anti-consumer practices with the frankly insulting price increases. And I don't want to imagine what the Big 3 will come up with in the following years.
Yes, but that's not how this works. MS would only do that if they think the price is worth it for them.
Yeah,seems like people here really underestimate how much money Microsoft has.
Anime properties in Japan usually have multiple parties having ownership of said anime, the animation studio, the owner of the original manga series and the television network it was originally aired at. I don't see how that's really relevant to Sega's gaming division.
How much is KT worth? Are they a realistic purchase for Nintendo? KT now work with Nintendo much more than BN ever did I think and KT have put like 99% of their current library on Switch.
Did you have any inkling of the Bethesda thing happening recently? Was it a known thing? Seems weird how no insiders said it was imminent (not you).
Didn't the JP government also try to intervene when Nintendo tried to buy Bandai?
I've known of various discussions for a long time. No idea today was the day.
I don't think so....
If you had to bet, who would you think is next for either company?
I'd imagine that the family-owned companies like Capcom & Koei Tecmo would be more resistant to such a buy-out more due to their current structures than their size or value.
Microsoft is a trillion dollar company, there competition not buying them is worth it to them.
No you see, if sonic games are bad then Sega as a company must be about to crash and burn.
Maybe Microsoft may try for Sega/Atlus since the relationship is already there (for Sega, not Atlus), but even that I'm not sure of.
Was this Zenimax buy the one you hinted last time?. It seems there are rumors about another buyout by MS.
They tried that with 360, it got them nowhere so they quit bothering.
Sony's the default for most bigger JP games, but Nintendo's been gaining more support for niche releases with Switch by comparison.
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I didn't expect a serious answer to this, but of course you're right. It is just that I always have the felling that some anime-ips could be much bigger in the west if they were marketed more consistent and would have better cross-media content.
Yeah, that's not how things work. Or else MS would have TikTok US right now, and WB Games.
Just because you can afford anything doesn't mean everything is worth to you what you would need to pay to get it.
I hope not. Capcom, Sega, Bamco, Square Enix are doing a good job at the moment. Konami deserves it's shot at redemption too.
I feel ultimately most of these companies aren't interested in being bought though.
I feel ultimately most of these companies aren't interested in being bought though.
Yes exactly, few weeks ago, Apple Google Amazon and Facebook (but surprisingly not Microsoft) testified before the Congress over market power, dominance position, and high profit. And I believe if todays news announced few months ago, the story will be different. I'm not saying the acquisition today is illegal but something the committee would certainly look at it
With this kind of logic they'd buy up every third party available. That's not how corporations look at mergers and acquisitions.
What would be worth a certain price tag to Sony or Amazon or Tencent or whoever might be different to the value Microsoft places on it.
Sony owning vanillaware would kill the company. They already can't fund the Japanese ips they own and people expect them to fund the ultra niche studio Vanillaware
So Sony knew about this also. I wonder if the were bidding too or if they plan an answer.
Their current market cap puts them at about $6B USD, but their market value has basically doubled since April and that might not last.
Koei Tecmo Holdings also has a slot/pachinko business, an amusement facility operation business, a real estate business, and a venture capital business, all of which Nintendo might not be interested in. So a divestiture of what we think of as Koei Tecmo — the game development studios and publishing operation — is probably a little more likely than Nintendo buying them outright. Not that Nintendo hasn't been in odd businesses before.
Capcom getting bought by Sony would kill portable Monster Hunter, which is about to become very profitable for them again, so not gonna happen.
I couldn't give less of a shit how profitable or stable they are, my beef is with the fact that their incredible stable of IPs is literally going to complete waste, they'll neither release sequels nor re-release anything except the same old crap over and over and over again, it's downright insulting for longtime fans. Follow any Sega centric youtuber (like SLX) and the frustration is palpable. They (corporate Sega) are unquestionably holding their own games hostage.
I have no affinity towards MS, but given that Sony or Nintendo would never ever purchase them, I've been secretly hoping MS would do the deed ever since the 6th gen.
I suppose if you knew many other knew. Is not like when an offer is done the seller doesnt call other possible bidders to increase the price. Possibly the january leak about Sony and Bethesda buyout if true could be deliberated to increase the price.
I 100% agree, but why would you let your primary competitor buy out a company that will then not publish on your platform. Just as a business it makes no sense especially when you are dealing with one that wrote off a 2billion dollar loss on Nokis.
Today hasn't filled me with warm happy feelings towards the video game industry so if any more go through I might have to take a break from it or leave entirely. I primarily play on Playstation - MS has taken games made by Obsidian, Ninja Theory, Double Fine, etc, and now the entire Zenimax Media group of Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom, Dishonored, Prey, etc from people like me. If Sony buys Capcom or Sega then they then take those IPs away from people who play mainly on Xbox. It fucking sucks. So I hope this is the end of gargantuan acquisitions but I doubt it. Feels really bad to me.
Yes, thats why i wonder if Sony thought they could buy another company for similar money more suitable for their interests.
I hope it doesn't come to that. Hearing about Bethesda already makes me kind of wary about what else is to come.
I mean, what if Sony buys Capcom as an answer? What if Nintendo acquires Bamco? Microsoft is at least pretty good about pushing their titles to PC, but Sony and Nintendo are under no such obligations whatsoever.
I mean, what if Sony buys Capcom as an answer? What if Nintendo acquires Bamco? Microsoft is at least pretty good about pushing their titles to PC, but Sony and Nintendo are under no such obligations whatsoever.
Since when? The only stories about Bandai was the initial Sega-Bandai merger in the 90s-2000s and the eventual Namco-Bandai merger.
the worse is that an Elder Scrolls lover i cant see a similar budget for next entries supported mainly in game pass incomes.