Elden Ring was one of the biggest hits of recent years, and the DLC Shadow of The Erdtree also thrilled many players again. According to a recent report, gaming giant Sony wants to buy the company behind FromSoftware and Elden Ring.
What is it about? As the Reuters website reports, Sony is currently in talks with Kadokawa Corporation. According to the report, Sony seems to want to buy the Japanese company. Kadokawa is a large Japanese company that owns many shares in other companies.
Including FromSoftware. The Kadokawa Corporation holds 69.66% of FromSoftware. The company Sixjoy Hong Kong owns 16.25% and the remaining 14.09% belongs to Sony. According to Reuters, Sony declined to comment on the reports. Kadokawa said they cannot comment.
The possible purchase already has a major impact on Kadokawa, as its shares rise to an all-time high.
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How has Kadokawa stock changed? On the website companiesmarketcap.com you can see that reports of a possible purchase are already having a major impact on the market value of the Japanese company.
From one day to the next, the share rose by 22.99% to a value of 3.25 billion US dollars, which is just over 3 billion euros.
The company not only has shares in FromSoftware, but also in countless other companies. In addition to video games, the company is also active in books, films and anime.
The possible purchase of the giant could be correspondingly expensive for Sony. Sony would also secure a large share of FromSoftware, with which it could also have exclusive games. With Bloodborne, an exclusive PlayStation game from FromSoftware was released in 2015, which many fans still want on other platforms to this day.
We’ll probably find out in the next few weeks whether a purchase will actually take place. Sony is not averse to expensive purchases. In principle, Sony is not averse to expensive purchases. The publisher also bought the Destiny studio Bungie in 2022. Nowadays, however, people are rather dissatisfied with the purchase: Destiny 2: Sony allegedly considers the purchase from Bungie a failure and is angry with “greedy bosses”