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Tencent is close to acquire another Japanese studio; part of the move of Chinese publishers into PC/Console Space
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Something like Konami may be complicated by the fact that it is more than a games company.
They're focusing on small studios and individual developers rather than looking at big companies for acquisitions according to the Bloomberg article. They've been hiring some key players from various big name studios like Capcom, Konami, and last summer hired Bandai Namco veteran Tetsuya Akatsuka. They're also offering a hands-off relationship where all the intellectual property rights remain with the publisher and it would make its own decisions.
With Chinese government putting out more stringent policies and putting more pressure on Chinese gaming companies, I wonder if this is a way for them to sidestep it in a way. Or could Japanese companies that's owned by a Chinese company be somewhat affected as well? For example, Chinese games are limited to like, 1 hour play time for minors during weekdays. Could Tencent be forced to make that the policy for NetEase games?
A lot of people are saying Platinum Games, which I admit would make sense (although aren't they working on something for NetEase?), but I could also see NIS or Level 5 as potential acquisition targets.
Tencent and NetEase are two different companies.
Ed. Never mind, read too poorly🙇🏻
The two phone games I play most are from NetEase so come on with it tbh
Ed. Never mind, read too poorly🙇🏻
The two phone games I play most are from NetEase so come on with it tbh
Restrictions like that would only apply to their domestic market. That goes for Chinese games as well.
It's interesting that part of the reason given why Japanese devs and studios are more receptive now is because of Playstation cutting support.
Nagoshi is an interesting poach as he hasn't had the best record in Japan in the last few years.
I believe the game they are making is for Tencent.
Probably Platinum like everyone is saying since they're already getting Tencent money. Could also go for someone like Marvelous as well.
States both the pandemic and Sony cutting back on support of smaller developers. That's also why NetEase and Tencent are primarily looking at smaller developers as stated in the article.
I don't know who would want acquire NIS or Level 5 to make AAA games right now. From Software should be the safest option if they don't want to make experiments.
Hope it's not Platinum, being bought after saying "now we want to be a free publisher" would surely hit the team's morale
But if it's really Platinum, Nintendo will regret not buying them in the first place for sure
But if it's really Platinum, Nintendo will regret not buying them in the first place for sure
Platinum's games really don't sell that much, I'm sure Nintendo wouldn't really feel a huge loss in the long run. Especially since they could probably still partner with Tencent the same way they kinda partnered with Sega to make the Bayonetta stuff happen.
I see this is more of a move towards brand renown and exposure with Chinese publishers looking to expand overseas and to console and others looking for Chinese partners to develop or publish their games in China (Timi already has Xbox/AoE, COD and Pokemon to date in terms of partnerships).
If anything Tencent tend to be the backer behind the scenes rather than upfront (see Riot, Supercell), so this change is a new direction if they want to bring it under the wider brand.
PlatinumGames seems to be a minority acquisition.
I'm sticking with my guess for Level-5.
This. Perhaps we may be able to get a 3rd Dark Cloud game in which it would be a large AAA title & make it multiplatform with Switch, PS4 & PC!
Though the only problem is that Sony still owns the IP.
They'd have to buy Kadokawa and they'd get From Software as a bonus.
With the Chinese market being unstable with the government talking about coming down on video games, they're making moves so that their primary consumers will be people overseas
With investment from Tencent, I'm pretty eager to see what Bokeh cooks up.
It really is open season in the games business right now.
Not much. To be fair to Nagoshi - he's past on writing duties to mainly Yokoyama and other staff in his team and he's not the head developer or producer on the newer games either. And Sega recognise how popular the game is. Its most likely not going anywhere for now.
The report says acquire not invest.
So, I think, it's more probable that Tencent acquires a studio in which they already invested, e.g. Platinum Games or Marvelous. If Tencent decides to acquire Level-5, I think, they would first make a minority investment.
But, this thread of thought is only applied to big studios. For smaller studios (e.g. CyberConnect2, Mistwalker,...) Tencent could fully acquire the company from the very start.
So, I think, it's more probable that Tencent acquires a studio in which they already invested, e.g. Platinum Games or Marvelous. If Tencent decides to acquire Level-5, I think, they would first make a minority investment.
But, this thread of thought is only applied to big studios. For smaller studios (e.g. CyberConnect2, Mistwalker,...) Tencent could fully acquire the company from the very start.
Then who will make all the shitty anime arena games?
CC2 would have to work overtime.
No law AFAIK, just a very high level of regulatory scrutiny where the govt can basically scrap it if they don't like it