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  • ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 hours ago

    Kadokawa is a massive publisher of books and media in Japan.

    For that reason alone I hope this is blocked. It would make Sony too huge in Japan to reasonably compete with outside of Shueisha and directly incentivize brand exclusivity deals.

  • CitricBase@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 hours ago

    This would be massive, Kadokawa is a hell of a lot more than just Elden Ring. They’re one of the biggest media publishers in Japan. Books, manga, anime, games, you name it.

  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    7 hours ago

    Wikipedia lists their gaming properties as:

    • Spike Chunsoft
    • FromSoftware (69.66%)
    • Acquire

    Acquire is a name I associate most with Tenchu but it looks like the developed the Mario & Luigi game that released a week or so ago.

    • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      7 hours ago

      Spike Chunsoft also developed the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games and, fairly recently, the new Dragonball game that, as far as I know, got good reception.

      Kinda lame that these developers will be locked to PS or (months after release) Steam with PSN Account.

      EDIT: And according to comments from Reddit, Kadokawa is a huge corporation that also distributes anime, manga and light novels. This isn’t just about games.