Holy shit!!! We have now agreed on something two days in a row. The world is coming to an end!! lol
I hate souls games and wish the genre would die because they influence way too many games, the story is always non-existent, the gameplay/combat is clunky as fuck and the technical issues especially with From Software are always massive. Plus they look like 360/PS3 games. UGH.
As for the acquisition itself, this rumor has been going on every year since Elden Ring released and until it actually gets officially announced, I see it as just another bullshit rumor.
Yep lol, itâs one trend that arrived and just wonât fuck off - agreed, they use âhard gameplayâ often to mask a lacklustre / nonsensical story and passable graphics, then also avoid the additional cost of accessibility options as âthe game isnât for people who need themâ.
The sooner the genre fucks off and dies the happier Iâll be as it seems to infect so many other genres and series
I enjoy some Soulslikes, but in general it very much just feels like trying to throw in arcade cheapness for the sake of âdifficultyâ. More importantly, if games like AC could stop copying a battle system thatâs ultimately extremely limiting, Iâd appreciate it.
Hey look, someone else whoâs mirrored my exact statements about Sonyâs financials for the last four years.
I will say too, this isnât the first time this rumor has made rounds and I would find it a bit hilarious if we had another Bethesda situation on our handsâŚ
Edit: I hate the new âSiriâ, Apple intelligence is really Apple Idiocy and I need to spend some time looking at disabling options across the board. Already have a config for macOS, just not tinkered with iOS yet.
Prediction - If Sony does in fact acquire Kadokawa, I will say that they will remain multi-platform ala Bungie. From Softwareâs biggest success is Elden Ring by far and was cross-gen and multi-platform (5 platforms to be exact) and I wouldnât be shocked to see a Switch 2 port because if the PS4/XBO base consoles can ârunâ it, I would assume that the Switch 2 will be able to as well.
Sony would absolutely lock up those games to their consoles (and PC), even if this acquisition might mainly be an acquisition about manga/anmie. Letâs hope this isnât true.
I canât imagine they cut PC out, that would be insane. Cutting out Xbox is more likely but still pretty crazy. I could see it being like Bungie though and remain fully multiplatform.
Yeah, Sony isnât yet ready to do what MS is doing and well, apart from Indiana Jones which isnât their IP neither is MS. So far it has been the expected games, but none of the truly big names just yet and certainly not day and date. I think weâre still far off from that. Sony even more so.
This is my feeling too. It would be a Sony acquisition, not Playstation. And Sony would want to maximize sales and profits, not hold it back by making things exclusive. The math & business sense changes between paying for an exclusivity/publishing vs owning the whole company and paying for all those employees etc.
Technically, every acquisition Sony makes would be a Sony acquisition. lol
But yeah, I donât see Sony making any of their games exclusive whatsoever especially when they have 5000+ employees and how often does From Software release a game? Once every three years or so?
Of course, first it has to happen which I highly doubt.
