alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours agoExclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources saywww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11cross-posted to: playstation@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksanime@ani.social
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkExclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources saywww.reuters.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: playstation@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.worksanime@ani.social
minus-squareRightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-212 hours 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-down2·11 hours 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-down1·7 hours 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.”