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 reported by the website Reuters, Sony is currently in talks with the company Kadokawa Corporation. According to the report, it seems that Sony wants to buy the Japanese company. Kadokawa is a large Japanese company that holds many shares in other firms.
Among them is also FromSoftware. The Kadokawa Corporation holds 69.66% of FromSoftware. 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 potential purchase has already had a significant impact on Kadokawa, as their stock has risen to an all-time high.
How has Kadokawa’s stock changed? On the website companiesmarketcap.com, you can see that reports of a possible purchase have already had a large impact on the market value of the Japanese company.
The stock rose by 22.99% from one day to the next to a value of 3.25 billion US dollars, which is just over 3 billion euros.
The company not only holds shares in FromSoftware but also in countless other firms. Besides video games, the company is also active in books, movies, and anime.
The potential purchase of the giant could therefore be expensive for Sony. However, it would also secure major shares of FromSoftware, with which they could also have exclusive games. With Bloodborne, an exclusive PlayStation game from FromSoftware was released in 2015, which many fans still wish for on other platforms today.
Whether the purchase will actually happen will likely be known in the coming weeks. Sony is not averse to expensive purchases. In 2022, the publisher also bought the Destiny studio Bungie. Nowadays, they are rather dissatisfied with the purchase: Destiny 2: Sony allegedly considers the purchase of Bungie a failure, is angry at “greedy bosses”
