Given the poor management of their recent acquisitions, notably with Bungie or the closure of 5 studios this year, it would be surprising if they allowed themselves to be bought out like that, or at least not without major concessions and guarantees. Elden Ring , for example, have been huge successes in terms of multi-platform sales. And when you see the sales flop of recent PS exclusives like Until Dawn, Concord, the latest FF games, leogo horizon, or even Astro Bot, which sold only 1.5 million copies despite all the marketing around it, Kadokawa shareholders will never accept an exclusivity policy, and They would be foolish to let themselves be bought by Sony.
Besides, I’m not sure that’s what Sony wants either; I think they’re taking the same direction as Xbox with a hybrid policy that mixes exclusives and multi-platform. This is what Sony’s management declared not long ago, leaning more towards multi-platform, as they need to adapt to the market’s evolution.
The other question is about the monopoly, not so much in the video game sector, but in the manga and anime sector. However, since this is a takeover between Japanese companies, and their regulatory authorities are very lax .......
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