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coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago

Sony has acquired 2.5% of Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco in a ‘strategic partnership’ | VGC

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Sony has acquired 2.5% of Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco in a ‘strategic partnership’ | VGC

www.videogameschronicle.com

coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org )  to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago
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Bandai Namco joins Kadokawa as major Japanese media brands that Sony owns a piece of…
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  • brsrklf ( brsrklf@jlai.lu ) 
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    “Elden Ring publisher”. This is a weird way to describe Bandai Namco.

    Especially in relation to Sony that already owns 14% of From Software and 10% of Kadokawa (who owns most of From Software).

    • DoucheBagMcSwag ( DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      They got to do what most fans will recognize and click on. A fuck ton of people know what elden ring is so that increases familiarity

      • coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OP
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        “Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero publisher Bandai Namco” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

        • DoucheBagMcSwag ( DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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          “Katamari Damacy publisher bandai namco”

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      I guess since its a gaming article they have to show why bandai has any relation to gaming

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        … What about the Namco part?

        Ridge Racer? Soulcalibur? Tekken? Tales of Whatever? Freaking PAC-MAN?

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