Someone that actually understands the issue here. The gaming studios are by comparison a drop in the bucket. They already own funimation(rip) and chruncyroll. Now they would then also own the anime outright that gets put onto those streaming platforms
@@KoiStewart-r6d Not even remotely the same for Xbox. The vast majority of us Xbox fans came to terms with Xbox going multiplat, there's very few, as in single digits, Xbox Fanboys even remotely close to as bad as Sony fanboys.
I just see it as the gaming version of Trump Derangement Syndrome, Sony Derangement Syndrome is insane, PlayStation content creators talk about PlayStation and Microsoft content creators talk about PlayStation and PlayStation console owners.
@@MobileDecaywhat are you in about? You haven't needed a PlayStation5 to play PlayStation 5 games from the get go, because they are on PC so what are you on about? However what you're missing out is, how many people want to play PlayStation games over any other platform. You don't see petitions from PlayStation gamers to play PC games or Xbox games. Yet you see petitions for Xbox and PC gamers wanting PlayStation games. It's pretty pathetic either way. Just look at Hell divers 2.... Xbox fans cried and put out a petition to get that game on Xbox haha
Actually Xbox fans are that has been officially confirmed when it comes to Nintendo Sony pc and Xbox Xbox is officially known for having the worst fan base not just that but also the dumbest too lol
I don't like Sony doing this for one big reason. Microsoft is still putting Activision and Blizzard games on Playstation, even some Bethesda games. But you know Sony will not put anything by From Software on Xbox once they fully own it. At least I'm getting a PC next year, but I still hate the hypocrisy behind it. Also I despise them for trying to own all anime, because they love censoring anime.
@denhawken The last thing we need is for anime to become censored and sanitized by the Western media and allow one of the last bastions of freedom and creativity to fall.
@@chrisbryan7611while we're on the topic of things that are concerning, politicians are coming after steam claiming there's a bunch of Nazis on the platform. While this might fall flat in the usa, hopefully, Germany is turning the screws on steam which will cut into their profits. All these control freaks need to back off our hobbies. They already wrecked movies And comic books. They should stick to playing with their broken toys instead of demanding we share ours.
Imagine a PlayStation fanboy preaching loyalty like it’s a religion, swearing they'd never bow to the enemy. But then Sony buys FromSoftware, and suddenly, they're prophets of the acquisition gospel.
@@KoiStewart-r6dno one is bringing up xbox stop starting shit that has nothing to do with this crap. this not only affects the gaming space but also anime and light novels in japan. whole different beast
But to be honest why should this effect anime book movies n stuff when formsoft n Sony are the same n family Sony is smart they won't stop formsoft from being indapendant or try to change stuff theyl keep it still as it is n just take the extra money profits n revenue good business
@@sesuneiro I could care less besides Microsoft just recently said there going to aquire more acquisitions as well so what are you talking about getting upset over dumb games is just weird .
@@KoiStewart-r6d if you couldn’t care less why you commenting bruh ? Like he said this has more to do with anime manga and light novels than your stupid overpriced console. That you suck off daily. Sony does more then just make consoles for you to deep throat and froth over, take the dualsense out your ass and use that brain for once.
Yes, Sony wants Kadokawa for Manga and Anime, and it worries me. Kadokawa releases one of my favorite manga series "Trinity Seven". And sony really likes censorship and DEI, and I worry if them buying Kadokawa won't result in one of my favorite series getting censored or completely axed.
If it's Xbox doing these purchases these PlayStation ponies will say it's bad for the industry is so funny that when PlayStation does it they say that's a good thing these PlayStation ponies or hypocrites
inuyasha , ghost in the shell, dragonball OG, dragon ball Z ... remember zelda cartoons and mario bros and sonic man we where spoiled back then god i miss the 90s
"People voted for elden ring because they didn't want god of war ragnarok to win". Elden ring was a much better game than ragnarok. That's the most asinine thing I've ever heard.
@sir_gort wasn't even that. Ragnarok was a downgrade from 2018. Other than the combat and enemy variety, 2018 was the better game. And elden ring was better than both those games.
And also. I've never cared about what wins game of the year because the game awards are an absolute joke. I watch for the announcements and trailers, not the awards.
As a ps5 owner, Fromsoft _needs_ to stay independent (creatively speaking). Fromsoft games won't have the same essence to it if From becomes a 1st party dev.
@@wilhelmschmidt3715I wouldn’t mind the tech part it would be nice if Sony could send over some engineers as much as I love fromsoftware their games r very unoptimised it is their games literal only flaw
@@nicholasvaccaro4826 oh please no, most PC-ports of Sony games are absolutely horrible in terms of optimization. Even compared to fromsoft, they are horrible. That would be a step back.
The problem is that Japan may not see it that way. Buying Kadokawa means they have near monopoly of Light Novels in the US (Kadokawa has a near monopoly of as it is) but such a business is a drop in a bucket compared to Hitotsubashi, and Netflix still pays out more. All these moves Sony does to "monopolize anime" is really to prevent them from getting eaten alive by Netflix and Amazon like Dramafever did. Bland and sound business decision, for sure. I just don't like the thought of Sony having my info because they are never careful with it.
So basically, Sony's been woke for at least five years, so it wouldn't surprise me if they're going to be part of the push to make Japan censor their anime from the source, which does not bode well for the future of creative expression, but what do you guys think?
Japanese authors might decide to not make their manga books into anime. They may also decide to sell their stuff directly from Japan in the future. If not Sony may or may not kill a lot of anime.
@@missp6983 Then anime will go back to being niche or barely existent. That is not a future that's for the benefit of these anime studios going forward
Sony buying the parent company would be bad for 2 reasons. 1: They'll ruin the franchises by infesting it with DEI and 2: This will be bad for Nintendo as one of the companies is responsible for games like Mario and Luigi: Brothership.
@@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et No, no they are not. The proof is that Ponies are constantly caught in 4k. Name me one time you saw an Xbox fan getting as assblasted and delusional as the average playstation fanboy in the last few weeks.
As someone who mainly plays on playstation I 100% agree that consolidation and less competition is a bad thing. I want Microsoft, Nintendo and the PC platform to do good so everyone gets pushed to be their absolute best. At the end the customer wins.
MBG is, almost without competition, the biggest single hypocrite on the net. Was good to see him at the end, in a "place of honor". Also Reforge almost (that's ALMOST) sounding like a reasonable commentor with a valid point. Of course, we knew that wasn't gonna last. Still I have to ask; did we just do a whole episode on hypocritical Sony fanboys without an appearance by Dreamcastguy? Then again, continuing to tee off on him is kinda like continuing to beat a weeklong dead dog with a stick because he growled at you once. When he was alive. In any case, good vid
@@da_001doesn't Activision have publishing right of the Sekiro everywhere aside from Japan? And Elden Ring, I don't know if they fully acquired the rights from BandaiNamco though
@@Phill-Allan oh, I saw Sekiro in the trailer of Xbox acquiring Activision in the past. That's why I thought Activision owned the publishing right everywhere aside from Japan since for Japan, it's Fromsoft themselves from what I heard.
Bruh... Please no. Sony has already censored a bunch of anime they own already. Kadokawa is one of my favorite anime companies. I will never watch a localized version of any anime they make ever again, if Sony buys Kadokawa.
And there it is! MBG blocked me a year or so ago…why…because I consistently told him he had 0 self awareness AND he is Crapgamer 2.0!!! Thanks Alex!!!! ❤
Wouldn't it be hilarious if from software decides to leave kadokawa because of this and become an independent AA studio. Kind of like Bungie did with Activision
@@zerosam5541 Bungie was owned by activision but bungie paid off activision to go independent before sony bought them. With the money from software has made from dark souls and elden ring they could easily afford to do the same. They certainly generated more money from those games than destiny ever did
The number of people who will pay $700+ for Playstation exclusives is nowhere near the number of people who would buy these games on other platforms. All these exclusives do is choke the life out of game studios to push a loss leader. It's incredibly shortsighted and frankly moronic.
People seriously think that Sony gives a damn about that company's games, no, the answer is no, they are probably only going to focus on the animes, and we are slowly going to see fewer and fewer games. this company had a good relationship with nintendo, they made the pokemon mystery dungeon series, they just made M&L brothership, you think Sony will let them continue to work with Nintendo, that's a great company relationship thrown out the window
IIRC Aniplex aka Sony Music Japan act independently from Sony SIE or Playstation, they even made a Switch exclusive game. Essentially Nintendo probably couldn't care less as long as Kadokawa is a seperate entity or managed by Sony Japan, but they probably would start throwing hands if SIE and Playstation is the one managing Kadokawa Games Division. But honestly the Anime monopoly is the bigger reason why Sony wants Kadokawa and its concerning to say the least (I believe Rev made a video about Cruncyroll trying to Westernized anime for Global Audience).
Seen a clip of the logicians pro exclusivity in this regard being a good thing because the developers would only have to optimize and develop for one platform instead of 3 or 4 thus the game being higher quality and arriving sooner. While there is some truth to this its a fanboy argument because there are plenty of examples of high quality games that are multiplat. It doesnt benefit the consumer if say From Software games became exclusive. These games always came to all platforms. The level of hypocrisy we're going to see if this goes through will be tremendous.
The biggest hypocrisy is claiming that PC is all that yet it's outdated bunk hardware. If you were serious you'd update to the best. It's never good enough to say your setup is good enough. No its not better than any console you can't manage to obtain. Most of us moved on to the newest titles while you basically just benchmark 2+yr old games! Wouldn't be surprised to hear him say, "Finally saw Avatar!" 😂🎉
Funny how creating a monopoly is not allowed by law even in Japan but no one seems to care. Same goes for Microsoft and many others. well if you control all you control the ... well that was a conspiracy wasn't it.
That doesn't work like that there's actually contracts on these games so Sony cannot pull anything from Xbox they have to wait up to the contract ends and why Sony do this and makes no sense for them
Imagine Sony turning Chainsawman into ChainsawTrans. Denji is now inlove with Aki and turn Asa into a girlboss... only this time an unbearable girlboss for modern audience For funanimation, Goku is now on yaoi with Vegeta 😭 The anime and manga industry is fucced 😂
I remember some decades ago when people where like "Oh disney should own this franchise, they would make it even more awesome than it already is"... well we see how that did go. Serioulsy, have people never played any monopolay board game? The rage spewing from this game should make clear why monopolies are a bad thing, no matter who has it. But I guess some idiots are okay with having to pay even more money and having more censorship....sigh, thats why trump won, because of idiots like this -_-
If this happens, considering how well FromSoft games sell on PC, Sony would be fools to not do day and date. My guess is they would release to pc a year later... once. The drop in pc sales due to the delay would straighten that out.
They’re consolidating, but not in the gaming industry, it’s in the anime and manga industries. Also there isn’t gonna be an Elden Ring 2 for at least a long time, which I know cause I’m admittedly a From Soft fanboy
I hate cancel culture, but seriously of ALL the people to get cancelled and come out of it with a platform in tact, did it HAVE to be Reforge Gaming?! 😩
So let me get this straight. Sony wants Kadokawa to monopolize the anime industry and owning From Software is secondary and yet the Sony zealots/fanboys are losing their remaining brain cells over Souls games like Dark Souls and Elden Ring claiming to be exclusives which is not the case. I couldn't stop laughing at this stupidity from the fanboys.
I work for an investment firm, Me and some of the analyst that I work with have been following the game industry for over 25 years. We found out last year that Sony was looking to purchase Fromsoft as soon as possible because Nintendo went to speak with Fromsoft developers in 2023 to create a new direction for the Legend of Zelda franchise for the Switch NEXT mixing Dark Souls and Zelda gameplay
4:09 I think he does actually. He even helps host a gaming podcast on his channel. Whatever the case, I'm glad we have lawyers like him who are familiar with technology. His Virtual Legality playlist is very well done.
That's what I hate about today's people. You do not like the product or service, then they are your worst enemy and should be destroyed. Politicians back in the 1990s weren't like this to each other, so why cannot gaming fanboys of either sides? LOL Good video, Alexx.
All these ponies who had FTC volunteer in their twitter name fir a year whioe theu hegged big nose Lina to block the merger want them to look away here
Sony would also be acquiring, Acquire Corp. (Tenchu, Way of the Samurai, Akiba's Trip; co-developed Octopath Traveler I & II, and Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
Wait what who thinks "bloodborne is in out future" when fromsoft literally have said they are intrested in remastering the first one but its on sonys hands and nothing have happened...
How does someone have such a hate boner for Xbox that they somehow didn't spot the absurd and blinding contradiction in, y'know, somehow it being a 'great day for gamers everywhere' when tons of gamers suddenly can't enjoy FromSoft games on the platform of their choice any longer?
@@zenoafro that’s what I mean. ER sold that much as a multiplat game. Using roughly Spiderman 2’s sales as a metric (even tho a souls game doesn’t have the same mass appeal) *how tf would going from 25 million to 6-10 million on a single platform help them* lmao 😆🤦🏻♂️ Sorry. Should been more specific. Was eating
@@zenoafro I had JUST looked up the amount of copies sold to make a tweet lmao 😆 I don’t even gotta look up Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne numbers to know it didn’t hit 25 million lol
I have owned every single playstation console to date since the OG playstation. I will never buy another playstation product in my lifetime as I actually despise playstation since they noved their HQ to california. Awful corporation
Side note: From Software did, exclusive for Xbox/360 Ninja Blade Otogi 1 Otogi 2 Metal Wolf Chaos* Steel Batallion Heavy Armor Shadow Assault Tenchu Chromehounds
There is no reason to buyout studios, the video game industry makes 20 to 40 times the money the movie industry makes, the reasons you give for that consolidation are bogus at best, not to say entirely false. It's going to kill creative freedom and the originality of these games to be sparkled with corporate atrocities like unbridled monetization, censorship, battle passes, it does not just mean video games from fromsoft, but the pure unbridled creativity that also exists in a lot of anime and manga productions, you didn't think this through long enough for this one. If Sony acquires it it's gonna be the end of way too many things under corporate umbrella's of ethics department and financial constraints.
I don't want SONY touching Fromsoft with a 10foot pole because I don't want to see Fromsoft game's being locked from 2/3rds of the globe and requiring a PSN account to play and the game being locked away for a year from PC plus the whole censorship of the anima industry thing.
So are you going to stop saying Playstation has no games? Microsoft were criticized for that same reason, so they purchased studios so people could shut up.
I don't want Sony to fuck up Kadokawa not for dark souls but cause the absorbed the company that used to make Way of the Samurai series and I've been dying for that damn series to be revived and Kadokawa was my best bet those games are known for replayability, branching storylines, good combat with both dramatic and hilarious attacks, it's like the looter shooter of Samurai games where it's combat is like the Ghost of Tsushima samurai combat. It's an incredibly fun game that was way ahead of it's time the 1st and 2nd game came out on ps2 the 3rd and 4th on Ps3 none are on ps4 due to cancelation and they tried to change genres to roguelike which while not back isn't what the fans of the series really wanted I still supported it but that's when they got absorbed I've been praying for either a remaster, a remake or Way of the Samurai 5...
I'd sacrifice my left testicle for Way of the Samurai to resurge today with the same teams that made the previous ones or at least not be injected with forced DEI cause if people liked Ghost of Tsushima these games normally focus on 2 things story or f*ck it do what you want and it's replayability kept me entertained for years and I always came back to it I just want those games back and at this point planning on getting a damn PC and Steam Deck just to play 3 and 4 and emulate tf out of 1 and 2. 2 has the best stort but only on ps2 and 3 has the best combat but unless you're on ps3 or steam good luck trying to play it and all I want is to play those games today
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You realize from software owns 100% of the sekiro IP and Activision was only the publisher... Right?
Sony is stealing sekiro too 😂
I'm a builder
So sony should stand by and let Microsoft buy everything and Sony not acquire anything 🤔 ok buddy
Albino u going hard on $ o n i e 🤣
These games will be Day-n-Date on PC so why worry 🍺
Sony acquiring Kadokawa will literally give them a monopoly over the anime industry.
Someone that actually understands the issue here. The gaming studios are by comparison a drop in the bucket. They already own funimation(rip) and chruncyroll. Now they would then also own the anime outright that gets put onto those streaming platforms
@@1EnZBosS1 i literally said this when it was happening.. they also own aniplex
Exactly. And that's going to lead to the same situation as Disney owning Star Wars and Marvel. Fans will be pissed
@@1EnZBosS1all anine would then get censored and sweet baby localizations
And? Who cares? Oh virgins with mommy issues 😮😮😮😮
Monopoly in digital games on PlayStation, monopoly in anime.. but its ok, monopolies are fine if it's Sony, just no one else..
Thats stupid
Ponies would burn the entire rest of the industry down if it meant a little W for their daddy Sony 🐎🧂
Fax facts they are so weird
The same with xbox oh by the way I don't own a Playstation
Sony fans are borderline Psychos
@@KoiStewart-r6dSo?
@@KoiStewart-r6d Not even remotely the same for Xbox. The vast majority of us Xbox fans came to terms with Xbox going multiplat, there's very few, as in single digits, Xbox Fanboys even remotely close to as bad as Sony fanboys.
Sony fanboys still don’t understand why they’re on this content weekly
Its because you PC Spec Nuts and jealous bots have a common enemy and get exploited by content creators as a result.
I just see it as the gaming version of Trump Derangement Syndrome, Sony Derangement Syndrome is insane, PlayStation content creators talk about PlayStation and Microsoft content creators talk about PlayStation and PlayStation console owners.
I shared this with a Pony and they flat out said they aren't watching it lmao
@@thev3432 found the fanboi
@@thev3432it's more like it's because Sony California had access media in its back pocket, and you fanboys don't get it.
Update -
Kadokawa stresses that "no decision has been made"
It would be funny if it doesn't go through.
They did confirm though Sony does intend to buy.
Wrong they just officially confirmed it that and not just the talks were happening but it’s actually going to happen lol
Welp... rip Anime
They know how companies end once acquired by Fony. Concord cough cough. 🤣☮️
The amount of receipts that gotta be pulled now… 🤦🏻♂️ Alex doesn’t pay me enough for this.
Alex pay this man some more you himbo.
@OhNoItsAlexx pay this man moar! 😂
I’m sure Astro Cyborg’s Twitter will be helpful here.
we thank you for your hard work my good sir.. i can send you some lucky strikes and bourbon..
Don't be like Rich Reviewtechusa and pay your editor 💀
ps fanboys also love cloud streaming now apparently after the ps portal update
Portal is still junk but I guess if you need to pretend to be happy wasting money there ya go
So it's a brick that can stream, and if what I'm reading is true, it's only a few select titles, some saying 5 other 10 titles.
Yup now you don't need a PS5 to play PS5 games. 😂
@@chriswihulufrom what I read it's 120 but on PS Plus Premium subscribers get it.....for now
@@MobileDecaywhat are you in about? You haven't needed a PlayStation5 to play PlayStation 5 games from the get go, because they are on PC so what are you on about?
However what you're missing out is, how many people want to play PlayStation games over any other platform.
You don't see petitions from PlayStation gamers to play PC games or Xbox games. Yet you see petitions for Xbox and PC gamers wanting PlayStation games. It's pretty pathetic either way.
Just look at Hell divers 2.... Xbox fans cried and put out a petition to get that game on Xbox haha
Ponies are the worst fanboys in gaming
All fanboys are actually, they act know it all and what they think is best for industry but they literally know nothing
Actually Xbox fans are that has been officially confirmed when it comes to Nintendo Sony pc and Xbox Xbox is officially known for having the worst fan base not just that but also the dumbest too lol
I honestly wish the community would ignore them..let ‘em stay in their bubble.
@@akiraangelfire2127You’re proving his point, stoopid ass Pony lol
@@CensorTube84 even if we did, they're that annoying kid, who can't shut up for 5 seconds in class
I don't like Sony doing this for one big reason. Microsoft is still putting Activision and Blizzard games on Playstation, even some Bethesda games. But you know Sony will not put anything by From Software on Xbox once they fully own it. At least I'm getting a PC next year, but I still hate the hypocrisy behind it.
Also I despise them for trying to own all anime, because they love censoring anime.
There is also news of demand for Japan to censor anime from the source as we speak! I'm very concerned for Japan right now.
And? So?
Fuck em.
@denhawken The last thing we need is for anime to become censored and sanitized by the Western media and allow one of the last bastions of freedom and creativity to fall.
@@chrisbryan7611while we're on the topic of things that are concerning, politicians are coming after steam claiming there's a bunch of Nazis on the platform. While this might fall flat in the usa, hopefully, Germany is turning the screws on steam which will cut into their profits. All these control freaks need to back off our hobbies. They already wrecked movies And comic books. They should stick to playing with their broken toys instead of demanding we share ours.
Imagine a PlayStation fanboy preaching loyalty like it’s a religion, swearing they'd never bow to the enemy. But then Sony buys FromSoftware, and suddenly, they're prophets of the acquisition gospel.
They are just bozos
@@KoiStewart-r6dno one is bringing up xbox stop starting shit that has nothing to do with this crap. this not only affects the gaming space but also anime and light novels in japan. whole different beast
But to be honest why should this effect anime book movies n stuff when formsoft n Sony are the same n family Sony is smart they won't stop formsoft from being indapendant or try to change stuff theyl keep it still as it is n just take the extra money profits n revenue good business
@@sesuneiro I could care less besides Microsoft just recently said there going to aquire more acquisitions as well so what are you talking about getting upset over dumb games is just weird .
@@KoiStewart-r6d if you couldn’t care less why you commenting bruh ? Like he said this has more to do with anime manga and light novels than your stupid overpriced console. That you suck off daily.
Sony does more then just make consoles for you to deep throat and froth over, take the dualsense out your ass and use that brain for once.
The Sham Awards pushed a DLC for Elden Ring as GOTY nominee... Sony are purchasing Form Software... It all makes sense now haha
Unfortunate, but true.
The FTC and CMA will approve this Day 1
Exactly. Keighley wants to make sure Sony gets a GOTY award. He is a Sony shill after all.
The highlight of Keighley life: the day after the game awards, when Sony execs run a train on his face.
@@inkdreaper874 and kojima drops a duece on his chest
Yes, Sony wants Kadokawa for Manga and Anime, and it worries me. Kadokawa releases one of my favorite manga series "Trinity Seven". And sony really likes censorship and DEI, and I worry if them buying Kadokawa won't result in one of my favorite series getting censored or completely axed.
They own my fav series as well. highschooldxd trinity seven is fire as well tho(new season when 😢)
They would turn Trinity Seven's protag into a cuck
Do you know...HOW MUCH...that would destroy it?
Kadokawa was probably gonna censor anyways, they've made ESG/DEI statements in recent years.
They don’t even own Dark Souls. Dark Souls is owned by Bandai.
Frit: delta pass the Bong
So only sekiro,armored core 6 and elden ring remaster if Sony buys the company
Dark souls is a finished series so I guess it doesn't really matter.
Demons souls was better anyways 😂
@@zerosam5541sekiro is owned by Activision, I think. They promoted it next to WOW
@@glowinTHX Activision only published the game outside of japan fromsoft owns sekiro
If it's Xbox doing these purchases these PlayStation ponies will say it's bad for the industry is so funny that when PlayStation does it they say that's a good thing these PlayStation ponies or hypocrites
It's called paybacks bi**h. Just admit that you are salty cause you don't want the deal to go through.
Wait wait wait… you’re telling me that hypocrites are gonna hypocrite?
I would support PS if they bring back Concord and start making Concord 2 “It’s Concording time”
Keep our anime safe, for the love of god screw the gaming side the anime is what’s important here!
inuyasha , ghost in the shell, dragonball OG, dragon ball Z ... remember zelda cartoons and mario bros and sonic man we where spoiled back then god i miss the 90s
"People voted for elden ring because they didn't want god of war ragnarok to win". Elden ring was a much better game than ragnarok. That's the most asinine thing I've ever heard.
People are turning away from movie games, so this makes sense. Movie games are mid at best.
@sir_gort wasn't even that. Ragnarok was a downgrade from 2018. Other than the combat and enemy variety, 2018 was the better game. And elden ring was better than both those games.
And also. I've never cared about what wins game of the year because the game awards are an absolute joke. I watch for the announcements and trailers, not the awards.
@@smaffl1525 I agree. The game awards in recent times are just like other award shows. One big circlejerk.
Elden Ring is boring though.
As a ps5 owner, Fromsoft _needs_ to stay independent (creatively speaking). Fromsoft games won't have the same essence to it if From becomes a 1st party dev.
Bollocks. They will get better funding, better tech and better marketing.
@@khalidamajoud4114 Oh, just like Concord?
@@wilhelmschmidt3715I wouldn’t mind the tech part it would be nice if Sony could send over some engineers as much as I love fromsoftware their games r very unoptimised it is their games literal only flaw
@@nicholasvaccaro4826 oh please no, most PC-ports of Sony games are absolutely horrible in terms of optimization. Even compared to fromsoft, they are horrible. That would be a step back.
@ I thought nixes was one of the better pc porting houses they do most of Sony pc ports and they seem pretty positive on steam
I don’t see this happening. They already own Funimation and Crunchyroll. This would literally make them a monopoly in Anime.
The problem is that Japan may not see it that way. Buying Kadokawa means they have near monopoly of Light Novels in the US (Kadokawa has a near monopoly of as it is) but such a business is a drop in a bucket compared to Hitotsubashi, and Netflix still pays out more. All these moves Sony does to "monopolize anime" is really to prevent them from getting eaten alive by Netflix and Amazon like Dramafever did.
Bland and sound business decision, for sure. I just don't like the thought of Sony having my info because they are never careful with it.
They own Aniplex and Vizmedia too. Buying Kadokawa would be a monopoly.
Japan doesn't care about monopolies. Heck, the US doesn't anymore.
@@GamingProspector84 Good Lord…. How the fuck.
So basically, Sony's been woke for at least five years, so it wouldn't surprise me if they're going to be part of the push to make Japan censor their anime from the source, which does not bode well for the future of creative expression, but what do you guys think?
Japanese authors might decide to not make their manga books into anime. They may also decide to sell their stuff directly from Japan in the future. If not Sony may or may not kill a lot of anime.
@@missp6983 Then anime will go back to being niche or barely existent. That is not a future that's for the benefit of these anime studios going forward
They went woke right after they moved their main headquarters to Commiefornia in 2016.
They already created a Crunchyroll Bootcamp to train studios on "what the global market wants".
@GamingProspector84 Okay, so a little more than half a decade
”Let me live my life in peace.“ 😂😂😂
As an Xbox player who doesn’t watch anime or play fromsoft games, I’m just going to keep going about my day. 🤷♂️
The FTC and CMA have to protect "My Playstation".
This is why Sony will be allowed to buy all these companies without dispite.
Sony having the monopoly on the anime industry would be a bad thing for anime. That means more censorship from the top.
Sony buying the parent company would be bad for 2 reasons. 1: They'll ruin the franchises by infesting it with DEI and 2: This will be bad for Nintendo as one of the companies is responsible for games like Mario and Luigi: Brothership.
Not to be rude, but the gaming studios are the extra's. The anime IP's and publishing rights is what they want.
The dei is already in the companies b4 sony.. lay off the soy.
@@denhawkendei is not in japanese media seperate from the west lmao speaking pure shit
This is why Ponies are nearly always being used as content. They say/do one thing then say/do another without keeping the same energy.
Sounds like an Xbot to me 😂
@@Phill-Allan Calling yourself out, eh?
@@Phill-Allan 🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏🤏
Both fanbases are EXACTLY the same.
@@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et No, no they are not. The proof is that Ponies are constantly caught in 4k. Name me one time you saw an Xbox fan getting as assblasted and delusional as the average playstation fanboy in the last few weeks.
As someone who mainly plays on playstation I 100% agree that consolidation and less competition is a bad thing. I want Microsoft, Nintendo and the PC platform to do good so everyone gets pushed to be their absolute best. At the end the customer wins.
This would be terrible for anime the censorship sony would do be crazy
MBG is, almost without competition, the biggest single hypocrite on the net. Was good to see him at the end, in a "place of honor". Also Reforge almost (that's ALMOST) sounding like a reasonable commentor with a valid point. Of course, we knew that wasn't gonna last. Still I have to ask; did we just do a whole episode on hypocritical Sony fanboys without an appearance by Dreamcastguy? Then again, continuing to tee off on him is kinda like continuing to beat a weeklong dead dog with a stick because he growled at you once. When he was alive. In any case, good vid
Kadokawa said today they only got a letter and nothing more have happened.
I feel like I'm in a timeloop, wake up everyday and find out ponies continue to lose their minds.
Lose.
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I own both Xbox series X and PS5 I don’t give a shit about soul like games. I can go the rest of my life not playing any of those games.
Diablo 4 made 1 billion in microtransaction's alone including PlayStation gamers they should just say thank you to Microsoft and move on!
Imagine Elden Ring II with PS account linking.
Playstation wouldn't own Dark Souls. Because Bendai Namco owns the rights to those games.
fact sony will only get sekiro and elden ring which FROMSOFT bought the IP from bandai
@@da_001doesn't Activision have publishing right of the Sekiro everywhere aside from Japan? And Elden Ring, I don't know if they fully acquired the rights from BandaiNamco though
@@zenoafrono Activision only published that game, they dont own any of the IP
@@Phill-Allan oh, I saw Sekiro in the trailer of Xbox acquiring Activision in the past. That's why I thought Activision owned the publishing right everywhere aside from Japan since for Japan, it's Fromsoft themselves from what I heard.
Bruh... Please no. Sony has already censored a bunch of anime they own already. Kadokawa is one of my favorite anime companies. I will never watch a localized version of any anime they make ever again, if Sony buys Kadokawa.
And there it is! MBG blocked me a year or so ago…why…because I consistently told him he had 0 self awareness AND he is Crapgamer 2.0!!! Thanks Alex!!!! ❤
Wouldn't it be hilarious if from software decides to leave kadokawa because of this and become an independent AA studio. Kind of like Bungie did with Activision
Fromsoft is owned by kadokawa so no and sony bought bungie
@@zerosam5541 Bungie was owned by activision but bungie paid off activision to go independent before sony bought them. With the money from software has made from dark souls and elden ring they could easily afford to do the same. They certainly generated more money from those games than destiny ever did
Don’t care about the souls games, just hope they don’t ruin the anime with crappy woke localizers, and bad storytelling.
I was against Bethesda acquisition, I was against Activision acquisition and I am against FromSoftware acquisition.
Eldenring 2 exclusive??? Sony didnt even port bloodborne to new console...
The Elden Ring IP is owned by Bandai-Namco, not Sony… so I wouldn’t be worry about that
@@domymbd Bandai Namco owns the dark soul ip not elden ring unlesa i am wrong
When was the last time a report like this actually resulted in a purchase actually going through??
the fact that kadokawa talked about it means it's not happening
Where’s the hip hop gamer pony salt delusion video from ILP from Sunday? His entire take is a content gold mind.
The number of people who will pay $700+ for Playstation exclusives is nowhere near the number of people who would buy these games on other platforms. All these exclusives do is choke the life out of game studios to push a loss leader. It's incredibly shortsighted and frankly moronic.
People seriously think that Sony gives a damn about that company's games, no, the answer is no, they are probably only going to focus on the animes, and we are slowly going to see fewer and fewer games.
this company had a good relationship with nintendo, they made the pokemon mystery dungeon series, they just made M&L brothership, you think Sony will let them continue to work with Nintendo, that's a great company relationship thrown out the window
It's like Microsoft taking away rare from Nintendo all over again 😂
IIRC Aniplex aka Sony Music Japan act independently from Sony SIE or Playstation, they even made a Switch exclusive game. Essentially Nintendo probably couldn't care less as long as Kadokawa is a seperate entity or managed by Sony Japan, but they probably would start throwing hands if SIE and Playstation is the one managing Kadokawa Games Division. But honestly the Anime monopoly is the bigger reason why Sony wants Kadokawa and its concerning to say the least (I believe Rev made a video about Cruncyroll trying to Westernized anime for Global Audience).
Appreciate the continued extra heat this time of year Alex! Thanks!
Seen a clip of the logicians pro exclusivity in this regard being a good thing because the developers would only have to optimize and develop for one platform instead of 3 or 4 thus the game being higher quality and arriving sooner.
While there is some truth to this its a fanboy argument because there are plenty of examples of high quality games that are multiplat. It doesnt benefit the consumer if say From Software games became exclusive. These games always came to all platforms.
The level of hypocrisy we're going to see if this goes through will be tremendous.
The biggest hypocrisy is claiming that PC is all that yet it's outdated bunk hardware. If you were serious you'd update to the best. It's never good enough to say your setup is good enough. No its not better than any console you can't manage to obtain. Most of us moved on to the newest titles while you basically just benchmark 2+yr old games! Wouldn't be surprised to hear him say, "Finally saw Avatar!" 😂🎉
Funny how creating a monopoly is not allowed by law even in Japan but no one seems to care. Same goes for Microsoft and many others. well if you control all you control the ... well that was a conspiracy wasn't it.
That doesn't work like that there's actually contracts on these games so Sony cannot pull anything from Xbox they have to wait up to the contract ends and why Sony do this and makes no sense for them
16:38 that chefs kiss was perfect 😂
Imagine Sony turning Chainsawman into ChainsawTrans. Denji is now inlove with Aki and turn Asa into a girlboss... only this time an unbearable girlboss for modern audience
For funanimation, Goku is now on yaoi with Vegeta 😭
The anime and manga industry is fucced 😂
FTC
Sony : I sleep
Xbox : Real shit
The only thing Pony is good for now is a comedy show 👌😅
Bro went off the deep end with that rant lmao😂
I remember some decades ago when people where like "Oh disney should own this franchise, they would make it even more awesome than it already is"... well we see how that did go.
Serioulsy, have people never played any monopolay board game? The rage spewing from this game should make clear why monopolies are a bad thing, no matter who has it.
But I guess some idiots are okay with having to pay even more money and having more censorship....sigh, thats why trump won, because of idiots like this -_-
RIP Bozo
Here lies FromSoftware please be kind rewind
Editing was on point with this one. Very funny 👍
While watching this video, I am currently compling Shaders for Stalker 2!!!!!
Thanks for the time-usage alex, boy!!
If this happens, considering how well FromSoft games sell on PC, Sony would be fools to not do day and date. My guess is they would release to pc a year later... once. The drop in pc sales due to the delay would straighten that out.
They’re consolidating, but not in the gaming industry, it’s in the anime and manga industries. Also there isn’t gonna be an Elden Ring 2 for at least a long time, which I know cause I’m admittedly a From Soft fanboy
I hate cancel culture, but seriously of ALL the people to get cancelled and come out of it with a platform in tact, did it HAVE to be Reforge Gaming?! 😩
Reforge about to become the biggest Elden Ring fan on planet Earth
So let me get this straight. Sony wants Kadokawa to monopolize the anime industry and owning From Software is secondary and yet the Sony zealots/fanboys are losing their remaining brain cells over Souls games like Dark Souls and Elden Ring claiming to be exclusives which is not the case. I couldn't stop laughing at this stupidity from the fanboys.
And the haters will cry themselves to sleep if the deal goes through 😂
Demons Souls is what started it all
I work for an investment firm, Me and some of the analyst that I work with have been following the game industry for over 25 years. We found out last year that Sony was looking to purchase Fromsoft as soon as possible because Nintendo went to speak with Fromsoft developers in 2023 to create a new direction for the Legend of Zelda franchise for the Switch NEXT mixing Dark Souls and Zelda gameplay
22:30 Missed opportunity to say "It's really hard over here."
Shit I'm already the blackbeard of pirates when it comes to anime. I ain't givin Crunchyroll a dime out of me.
I don't want this, I"d rather 4kids own the anime Industry
4:09 I think he does actually. He even helps host a gaming podcast on his channel.
Whatever the case, I'm glad we have lawyers like him who are familiar with technology. His Virtual Legality playlist is very well done.
I haven't heard a single person say that dlc should win GoTY. No matter who owns the game, it's just a dumb idea
The Fanboys will never understand there are become zombies milk for companies in microtransaction.🧙♂️
That's what I hate about today's people. You do not like the product or service, then they are your worst enemy and should be destroyed. Politicians back in the 1990s weren't like this to each other, so why cannot gaming fanboys of either sides? LOL Good video, Alexx.
Heres the way I see it. If Sony ( and any other company) censors/deletes their product too much they will just lose money.
All these ponies who had FTC volunteer in their twitter name fir a year whioe theu hegged big nose Lina to block the merger want them to look away here
Ironic Otogi 1 and 2 were from Sega and Developed by From Software Exclusive for the OG Xbox.
No need to worry about Sony for a Bloodborne remaster. The people have decided to do that themselves. Common emulation and digital preservation W.
Sony would also be acquiring, Acquire Corp. (Tenchu, Way of the Samurai, Akiba's Trip; co-developed Octopath Traveler I & II, and Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
It’s more like Japan Hates “Japan Hates Xbox” ☠️
Wait what who thinks "bloodborne is in out future" when fromsoft literally have said they are intrested in remastering the first one but its on sonys hands and nothing have happened...
How does someone have such a hate boner for Xbox that they somehow didn't spot the absurd and blinding contradiction in, y'know, somehow it being a 'great day for gamers everywhere' when tons of gamers suddenly can't enjoy FromSoft games on the platform of their choice any longer?
Not a single xbox fan on twitter wanted the elden ring dlc to win over astrobot . Tf he talking about LMAO
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Demon's Souls and Bloodborne didn't do very well as exclusives
Elden Ring sold 25 million 👀
@@OhNoAlexxStreamshe is talking about exclusive games though👀
@@zenoafro that’s what I mean. ER sold that much as a multiplat game. Using roughly Spiderman 2’s sales as a metric (even tho a souls game doesn’t have the same mass appeal) *how tf would going from 25 million to 6-10 million on a single platform help them* lmao 😆🤦🏻♂️
Sorry. Should been more specific. Was eating
@@OhNoAlexxStreams ah alright, your first comment confused me there😂😂
@@zenoafro I had JUST looked up the amount of copies sold to make a tweet lmao 😆
I don’t even gotta look up Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne numbers to know it didn’t hit 25 million lol
I have owned every single playstation console to date since the OG playstation. I will never buy another playstation product in my lifetime as I actually despise playstation since they noved their HQ to california. Awful corporation
Alex is HILLARIOUS 😂
KEEP EXPOSING THE PUNKS BRO 🎉
Ponies: FromSoftware are the best games ever. Everyone tries to make souls-like games with no quality.
Sony owns FromSoft and Elden Ring 2’s boss fights are just QTEs in between cutscenes lol
If they do buy Kadokawa then that means From Software games will more than likely end up being exclusive to Sony. Like why??!
Brother ew
Keep them xbots crying Sony ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m laughing allll day watching this Xbot meltdown
Oh well, it's time to sail the seas, bois! ⛵️ ☠️
Side note:
From Software did, exclusive for Xbox/360
Ninja Blade
Otogi 1
Otogi 2
Metal Wolf Chaos*
Steel Batallion Heavy Armor
Shadow Assault Tenchu
Chromehounds
Alex had to dig into the Archive for all these Receipts
Imagine if they made CoD exclusive to Xbox. They would lose it. But taking Dark Souls is fine. They can keep Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo.
LOL urotsukidoji is such an old reference! We old!
Alex do you ever want to live debate these fanboys? Or do you think it would be waste of time and they wouldn’t show up?
Look up *OhNoItsAlexx DEBATES a PlayStation Fanboy Live (The Utsav Debate Part 2)* 😏
There is no reason to buyout studios, the video game industry makes 20 to 40 times the money the movie industry makes, the reasons you give for that consolidation are bogus at best, not to say entirely false. It's going to kill creative freedom and the originality of these games to be sparkled with corporate atrocities like unbridled monetization, censorship, battle passes, it does not just mean video games from fromsoft, but the pure unbridled creativity that also exists in a lot of anime and manga productions, you didn't think this through long enough for this one. If Sony acquires it it's gonna be the end of way too many things under corporate umbrella's of ethics department and financial constraints.
I don't want SONY touching Fromsoft with a 10foot pole because I don't want to see Fromsoft game's being locked from 2/3rds of the globe and requiring a PSN account to play and the game being locked away for a year from PC plus the whole censorship of the anima industry thing.
So are you going to stop saying Playstation has no games?
Microsoft were criticized for that same reason, so they purchased studios so people could shut up.
I don't want Sony to fuck up Kadokawa not for dark souls but cause the absorbed the company that used to make Way of the Samurai series and I've been dying for that damn series to be revived and Kadokawa was my best bet those games are known for replayability, branching storylines, good combat with both dramatic and hilarious attacks, it's like the looter shooter of Samurai games where it's combat is like the Ghost of Tsushima samurai combat. It's an incredibly fun game that was way ahead of it's time the 1st and 2nd game came out on ps2 the 3rd and 4th on Ps3 none are on ps4 due to cancelation and they tried to change genres to roguelike which while not back isn't what the fans of the series really wanted I still supported it but that's when they got absorbed I've been praying for either a remaster, a remake or Way of the Samurai 5...
I'd sacrifice my left testicle for Way of the Samurai to resurge today with the same teams that made the previous ones or at least not be injected with forced DEI cause if people liked Ghost of Tsushima these games normally focus on 2 things story or f*ck it do what you want and it's replayability kept me entertained for years and I always came back to it I just want those games back and at this point planning on getting a damn PC and Steam Deck just to play 3 and 4 and emulate tf out of 1 and 2.
2 has the best stort but only on ps2 and 3 has the best combat but unless you're on ps3 or steam good luck trying to play it and all I want is to play those games today