MBG WANTS Sony To Buy FromSoftware And Thinks Taking Elden Ring 2 Off Xbox Would be A Good Thing

[@corey2232]

This generation has made me REALLY dislike Sony, and their army of fanboys helped make that possible. People love to say "all fanboys are bad" or "every company has fanboys," but PS fanboys are the most numerous, most vocal, and most excited imagining their company as a total monopoly.

[@LamiaLover]

I agree

[@Exmachinagamma]

Same. The delusion that they can compete against PC needs to be analyzed.

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

Yea they are the only ones making this about console wars failing to see the bigger picture. Such pathetic low lives who have little purpose beyond glazing a greedy company.

[@flintburner6313]

They're purchased like 4 studios. 2 of which they supported WAY before they actually bought them. Bungie is still its own thing. But sure, monopoly over the gaming industry.

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@flintburner6313 bungie is NOT it's own thing. Sony is slowly devouring them and they'll be the next closure for Sony. Hell, people ignore that Sony has closed 6 studios this generation. 😂

[@Url_Idk]

there are no plans for an elden ring 2. Miyazaki has said they do not plan for one. MBG is delusional

[@jacksoncabrera7236]

Plus the dlc was basically the ending for the game

[@boblionia]

There are no *current* plans for a sequel, as with Dark Souls they have expressly not erradicated the possibility of a sequel, it just isnt in their plans for the next couple of releases. If the Sony buyout is successful I guarantee that ER2 will be immediately green-lit and they'll have another team build it if necessary

[@HyouVizer]

the expansion seemed like "Elden Ring 2" anyways being like a full blown game

[@roseforyoubabe]

when sony buys kadokawa you can expect a elden ring 2 a new dark souls game and a bloodborne remaster..

[@teamofone1219]

I thought Ponys hated monopiles? Yet they are cheering for Sony to become a monopoly.

[@viewtifuljoe4412]

Sony ponies only care about exclusivity for their own stuff. Anti-gamers and Anti-Consumers at its worst. I despise them.

[@LamiaLover]

​@@viewtifuljoe4412They are anti-gamer, anti-devloper, and anti-consumer.

[@JennTheDerp]

They only hate the monopoly when it's not Sony

[@thev3432]

Xbox is dead either way so it doesn’t matter.

[@teamofone1219]

@@thev3432 If Trumps tariffs plan gets in place it won’t be because it would be even the more affordable option since Microsoft doesn’t have to worry too much about importing the consoles.

[@LamiaLover]

And in addition if this buyout succeeds - Sony would have a complete Monopoly over Japanese Anime and Manga. Funny is that people screeched about the ABK deal, but this one would cause way more harm to another industry if it comes to fruition.

[@godssalvation87]

Sony own those anime companies funimation an there been anime like usual. So i dont get what would change. People only complain be cause all you wanna see is the negative side of things instead of the positives an just expect tragedy.

[@justthere845]

@@godssalvation87 the moment that sony(that owns funimation) bought crunchyroll and merged funimation with it. The streaming service immediately got worse(let's not also mention the fact that other smaller streaming services got bought out) They increased the price with no improvements. Pirate sites have more and better services than any subscription anime. Also crunchyroll has a bunch of problems and has just been getting worse. The only reason anime was still being given is because crunchyroll and funimation normally just worked on adding translation and english dubbing(let's also not mention the problems there). They only had a "monopoly" on dubbing, translating and streaming already made anime that they didn't have much control over. With how bad crunchyroll is and how it's being handled it'll become a way bigger problem for anime and manga if sony gets their hands on it. If they

[@roguespartan2854]

bUt iT's s0Ny!!!

[@LamiaLover]

@@godssalvation87 With how Sony's recent track record is, I definitely expect it to be BAD if this company manages to buy Fromsoft's parent.

[@CyrusIsnt]

​@@justthere845Id say the big issue if sony fails its taking a ton of stuff down with it.

[@LuisPerez-5]

Dude is hypocrisy incarnate

[@RuneRaged]

It's funny how they cry over Xbox making moves and deals and stuff But get all buttblasted when we say they play Twitter more then games

[@FloppyFiona]

Kadokawa doesn't own Crunchyroll, Sony does. One of the reasons people are against this acquisition is that Kadokawa is really big in the anime industry, and Sony already owns three companies involved with anime, Crunchyroll, Aniplex and the now closed Funimation. If this deal goes through, it could have Sony as a monopoly in the anime industry, and due to how anime is handled by Sony, it wouldn't be for the best either

[@VitalVampyr]

Funimation wasn't really closed, they merged with Crunchyroll. Between Crunchyroll and Aniplex of America Sony already controls the majority of North American anime localization.

[@denhawken]

Ah another low iq tuber. It is neither a monopoly of anime or gaming. And kadakowa approached sony because kakao is attempting a hostile take over. Low iq tubers and their nonsense

[@FloppyFiona]

@VitalVampyr And with Kadokawa, they would become a monopoly

[@denhawken]

@@FloppyFiona you don't understand the term of monopoly.. Low iq.

[@TT09B5]

@@denhawken Calls people "low IQ" Docent capitalize the I and Q like your supposed to. Besides that it doesn't matter if its a monopoly or not, Sony having any more control at all in anime is a bad thing.

[@drewmantheoriginal]

I’m more worried about Sony pushing the same PSN requirement that they did for helldivers on all fromsoft games. Making it an exclusive is terrible. But a PSN requirement would be just as bad.

[@boblionia]

This really would kill FromSoft for me, their creativity has already been diminishing with each release with ER being the closest to a dumb action game of their post-2009 catalogue so I'm already falling out of favour, but a PSN requirement would just be a straight-up killer, cut and dry.

[@sketchpen777]

Sony has known to hate Demon Souls, they would make Dark Souls into a "Sony game" and when it fails, they gonna close the studio down.

[@Kingofdragons117]

Bandai Namco owns Dark Souls.

[@flintburner6313]

Sony game? So story driven, triple A experience that's actually really good? MFs saw Concord and the closure of the studio and think that's what Sony has been doing the last 20 years.

[@dylanculshaw6977]

Sony hated demons souls SO MUCH that they made a whole remake for it and wanted fromsoftware to make another game for them. I would hate seeing fromsoftware become just another sony studio like ND, santa monica, insomniac, sucker punch, team asobi, etc. I can't remember the last time a PS studio put out a quality game😅

[@Rando1481]

@@dylanculshaw6977tlou2 godw ragnarok Astro bot spider man 2

[@Sablemae76]

They hated it so much they helped them make and publish bloodborne 😂

[@Tedakin]

Removing future From games from Xbox and delaying their PC releases a year or 2 would be very, very bad.

[@retroman3960]

Yeah, I don't Elden Ring would sell very well as an exclusive.

[@boblionia]

​@@retroman3960why exactly do you think that? The Demons Souls remake has sold 1.4mil and that is a remake of an unsuccessful game, probably the most niche of From's recent catalogue and released when PS5s were impossible to buy. From games will continue to sell millions with exclusivity, just they will lose out on half their players. That is very different to not selling well

[@reversemudkip8798]

@@boblioniadon’t defend sony

[@boblionia]

@@reversemudkip8798 dont get me wrong, I am absolutely not defending Sony by any means, I am 100% against this buyout. Just pointing out that FronSoft games will still sell many millions if copies if they are PS exclusive. I never said that was a good thing

[@JustinB6699]

​@@boblioniaYeah, doubt that. We're talking about a remake of a game that got a second chance after FromSoft got popular only selling short of 2 million in 3 years compared to their next multiplat game released selling over 13 million after the first month.

[@n3rgal166]

Ponies really want exclusives so they can justify their 700$ "investment" i never dealt with a PC owner that says" i paid way too much for this PC, i want every game to go exclusive so im happy with my purchase"

[@nathanhendrickson790]

The only investment in gaming is a pc with appreciating value so long as you take care of and replace parts

[@rcpolygons]

How odd, so first place Sony should be allowed to buy studios and publishers but third place Xbox shouldn't. Doesn't sound right

[@kyeda]

That's not how it went, Microsoft wanted to buy a mega-gaming studio, everyone with a brain was like "Wait a minute, this isn't good for the gaming community because Microsoft are setting a precedent of this big a purchase being acceptable... Other companies will follow them if it goes through." And then... It went through, and then other big companies used MICROSOFT doing it first. So now it's okay. Microsoft justified purchases like this. Glad I could help, little xbot. 😊

[@flipyapd2321]

@@kyedaPlayStation fanboy mental gymnastics lmao MS buying ABK literally changed nothing except COD going on gamepass

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@kyedawait until you find out that big companies have been making bigger purchases than activision for decades. 😂 Stop trying to hide your fanboyism behind fake concern for companies buying other companies. And Sony is literally trying to do what you pretend to care about and be against. But Xbox bad, right? 🤡

[@stonalisa3729]

@@kyeda Sony isn't just purchasing a gaming studio. The company is involved in anime which would give them a damn near monopoly on anime coming to the west. They already own all the anime streaming services. Their purchase would mean even more nonsense censorship and rises in their prices for anime as there is no competition

[@silveraustinluna]

This is actually bad. This would Sony would make censor anime and make games exclusive to their platform. I don't understand how fanboys like MBG would think keeping games off Xbox would be good thing. Japan hates Xbox said it would be good for players everywhere. Like no. It won't be good for players everywhere because Xbox players won't be able to play souls games like Elden Ring 2 (if there is one) in the future. Also, if this does go through, Nintendo won't be able to make any more Mario and Luigi games.

[@jakelong5554]

Why would they not be able to make more Mario and Luigi games?

[@raikenninja4843]

@@jakelong5554 Mario and Luigi Brothership is made by Acquire, which in turn owned by........Kadokawa. And Nintendo AFAIK never hand IP made by one company for another company to develop, like Fire Emblem game are made by Intelligent System and they wouldn't hand that IP to say Square Enix to work on the next Fire Emblem game, its always Intelligent System that will develop the Fire Emblem game.

[@skeletor2994]

If Sony buys fromsoftware, their games will most likely require a psn account to be linked in order to play them.

[@are3287]

Sony is buying Kadokawa, and Sony Interactive Entertainment isnt acquiring Fromsoft.

[@skeletor2994]

@are3287 If Sony buys kadikawa, then Sony also buys everything under kadikawa. It's just like when Microsoft bought zenimax and acquired bethesda.

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

@@are3287Kadokawa owns fromsoft studio’s, and small number of other big ip’s. If the next octopath traveler (also owned by kadokawa) uses a psn login… sailing the seven seas is the only option.

[@skeletor2994]

​@are3287 If Sony buys kadokawa, they still acquire fromsoftware. It's like when Microsoft bought zenimax and acquired bethesda.

[@skeletor2994]

​@@are3287if sony buys kadokawa, they still acquire fromsoftware. It's like when Microsoft bought zenimax and acquired bethesda.

[@jurassictyrantkingYT]

Sony will own 85% of Western anime Dubbing Business and I'm actually hoping that this gets squashed by the FTC and CMA considering that all countries have to approve this before this even possible because let's just be honest it is going to be devastating for the anime and manga industry as a whole especially in the west where anime fans are starting to see Crunchyroll sensor and destroy the quality of Japanese animation in the West because of Sony's westernization style of destroying their own entertainment, just like Disney Destroyed Star Wars.

[@LamiaLover]

@@jurassictyrantkingYT congratulations Sony! Keep on going, you're gonna tarnish your own reputation even further, not only you'll be anti dev, anti gamer, and anti consumer, you'll be responsible for destroying the ENTIRE Anime industry and getting people in there to hate your guts! Good job Sony very good job. (At this point they've ran out of legs to shoot off so they're playing Russian roulette with an AA12 shotgun)

[@EmperorDxD]

FTC ain't doing sh-it Lina Kahn will be fired by that idiot that the new president of America that man is very corporation first and billionaires first

[@kyeda]

western anime doesn't exist, glad I could help. :)

[@EmperorDxD]

@@kyeda I don't know what get these people use those word anime littrally means animation when I was living in Japan SpongeBob was called anime

[@EmperorDxD]

@@jurassictyrantkingYT what are you talking about Sony owns anime as a whole not western they own all the anime

[@VitalVampyr]

Everyone is talking about how Sony might buy (a majority stake in) From Software, but no one mentions that they'd also be (wholly) buying Spike Chunsoft. I'd really like to keep playing those weird mystery visual novel/arcade game mash-ups on Xbox. Kadokawa also owns Acquire (who has collaborated with Square Enix and Nintendo recently) and RPG Maker.

[@qu1253]

The silver lining to this is that if the acquisition did go through, Miyazaki could easily pack up and start his own studio.

[@sir_gort]

Exactly. Plus, it would be really easy for him to do so with a kickstarter.

[@iraford5788]

But Sony would still own the Elden ring property.

[@sir_gort]

@@iraford5788 True, but Miyazaki did state that ER was a one-and-done game.

[@boblionia]

​@@iraford5788good. It does not need a sequel. It is a complete story and a complete experience, anything to stop the sequel happening is good for everyone.

[@djfussell1987]

"It's not bad for the industry because it doesn't affect me personally." Talk about tunnel vision!!

[@kyeda]

Sounds like xbots when Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard... Almost like... Sony and every other gaming community with a brain was like "Hold up... If this Microsoft deal goes through, they are setting the precedent that these kinds of purchases are okay." Blame Microsoft for this and them alone. We tried to fight against monopolies but now it's something we're all gonna have to accept, hope they're happy.

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@kyedastop it. You don't even know what the word monopoly means. If you did, you wouldn't be all over the comments dick riding Sony and blaming Microsoft for Sony actually attempting a monopoly, which they started doing before Microsoft bought Activision. So that little fallacy you keep throwing around falls flat real quick. 😂

[@AltoRosei]

Now, let see if the FTC will actually go against Sony

[@boblionia]

Sony is primarily based in Japan whereas Microsoft is primarily in the US. Your comparison makes no sense

[@Isaacs-Comics]

​@@boblionia? Why can't we compare them.

[@boblionia]

@@Isaacs-Comics the FTC is obliged to assess potential monopolisation regarding USA companies, but they have no obligation to assess monopolisation from foreign companies. It is Sony Japan who will be conducting this buyout, so while the FTC could intervene, they don't have to. With Microsoft they were legally obligated to assess the Bethesds buyout, so your implication that the FTC is somehow biased against Microsoft holds no ground

[@alexmeek610]

​@@boblionia the ftc for the longest time has asserted it can provide rules and intervene in anything that affects us consumers similar to how the eu has will they with a more business friendly administration coming in probably not but who knows

[@Reta_2937]

I feel like, if Sony does buy Kadokawa, I think Alex is right and they'll end up tanking FromSoft. They have a very bad habit of getting too involved and ruining the game with their ideas. Or just ignoring the IPs completely, which would be beyond depressing.

[@kazumo50]

65 million ps5s sold yet stellar blade and astro sold less than 2 million each elden ring 2 being exclusive would be in the samrpe ballpark 😂sony will force and easy mode too

[@maxburrill6192]

It's almost as if the average joe isn't gonna buy a whole new console just for a handful of (mostly mediocre) exclusive games.

[@jackd6148]

Taking MBG off of KZbin and X would be a good thing.

[@FurryPig]

We need to deplatform this genetic failure

[@theculling497]

MBG doesnt even believe most of the stuff he puts up. He cultivated a toxic community but then found out they pay good money to hear him agree with whatever they say and to show them his cat. His formula is litterally just, start off stream with half baked gaming rumor, then guage the reaction from his audience, then pick out a very controversial comment and ask what the rest of the community thinks about said comment, and then I'm not exageratong, sit in front of the camera for 15 minutes and say nothing until the audience pays more money. Repeat.

[@phantom-lofi]

The anime monopoly would be seriously concerning. Joe brought the recipes showing how Sony really doesnt like Fromsoft games despite making two exclusivity title deals they restricted the regional distrubution before being shown how popular the games are. Guys like MBG arent dedicated Souls players, they just care about things being exclusive to hold them up in their dumb "war"

[@kyeda]

This isn't a receipt. During the development of the original Demon's Souls, one dude said it was 'too hard' a fucking play tester. Not anyone that matters.

[@MegaNdela]

Sorry guys...I just couldn't understand anything M-assive B-big G-ums was saying. Wasn't it only last year that monopolies were bad? Where's the FTC on this? Sorry, dumb question. I keep forgetting that the FTC is the BEST EXCLUSIVE Sony Playstation has. That and their cronies in the media.

[@kyeda]

Yes, dumbarse. Monopolies are bad. But when Microsoft sets the precedent, it's now allowed. Phil Spencer did this. Are you that mentally deficient that ONLY Microsoft is allowed to make a monopoly purchase? "Rules for thee, but not for me" style headass? Sony didn't go "Hey, Microsoft, go buy Activision-Blizzard, start a monopoly, so we can." Everyone with a BRAIN was like "Wait a minute, this is bad for all gamers, because Microsoft is gonna start a wave of Mega-Corps buying out companies like Kadokawa" AND THEN IT HAPPENED. It's almost like everyone except xbox players know what's up!

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

Sony fanboys are desperate for Bloodborne 2, its not going to happen. Sony shut down the studio who helped FromSoft with Bloodborne and whats worse they did it in their push for more live service games like Marathon and Concord.

[@pancholopez8829]

I don't think they even care. They will only brag about Bloodborne and demon's souls when it suits them.

[@stonalisa3729]

@@pancholopez8829 they care. The game deserves a 60fps patch which hasw been done by its community. They own BB and hjave no reason to. If they didnt have thr ights anymore it wouoldn't be given as a ps+ reward

[@zachfranklin6359]

Bloodborne is my favorite fromsoft game and I prefer PlayStation over Xbox but I am vehemently against Sony owning and killing every future game Miazaki makes

[@NocturnEternal]

“Certain Xbox players won’t be able to play it.” Hey MBG, is there a meaning behind that or are you just splitting hairs like you always do?

[@thev3432]

@@NocturnEternal it doesn’t matter in a world where Xbox is dead anyway. You guys aren’t being honest. The Series S/X might hit 3 million this year if lucky.

[@kyeda]

@@thev3432 The Series S is actively hurting Microsoft fans and they're too stupid to realise it.

[@flipyapd2321]

@@thev3432Dang Xbox been dying since 2013 🤣

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@thev3432Xbox is dead, yet makes as much money as Playstation. You guys really don't buy games. 3 times the playerbase, but only 1/3 of you are actually buying or playing games. 😂

[@christianedwards9025]

​@@thev3432 Enjoy your soyny monopolized slop, and great good to know they'll ruin anime too now more people will despise soyny. Dhum ash soyny latte fanbot.

[@Amy_T85]

Okay MBG, by your logic, it would make sense for Microsoft to buy Take-Two & make GTA 6 and RDR3 and all future titles exclusive to PC & Xbox. Exactly, MBG ... it makes no sense.

[@dnhofer]

Take 2 doesnt want their game to be exclusive on the losing console.

[@akeemnereida6119]

​@@dnhofer He is talking about MGB logic

[@AridBloom1]

@@dnhofer Real smart of the ponys to support Sony's acquisition of Kadokawa, so Microsoft can use it as leverage to acquire another big publisher like Take-Two, and it probably wouldn’t face much resistance with the Trump administration controlling all three branches of government.

[@dnhofer]

@Amy_T85 i can find you plenty of xboxers who want them to make more xbox acquisitions/exclusives.The fact that m$ is tired of consoles that won't sell doesnt mean playstation should stand down. Sony likes exclusives..they sell consoles.

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@dnhoferif exclusives sell consoles then why do so very, very few of you actually buy or play them? The attach rate for exclusives sold to consoles sold is terrible. Look at Astrobot and Stellar Blade, for example; over 60 million consoles and those games sold just over 1 million copies. Pretty horrible sales for a community that claims to buy their plastic toy for exclusives. Even worse is if you look at the trophies and see that around 40% of people actually play through most games.

[@CelestialInfinite678]

Absolutely horrible buy out, one of the few game studios that make good quality games

[@LightShadowOnyx]

yeah, we should listen to MBG and make elden ring 2 or whatever fromsotware's game exclusive to playstation like that worked out well for the og demon souls whiich didn't reach 1 million copies sold, the remake almost sold 2 million, and bloodborne sold 7 million. Look how well playstation exclusive souls' games sold well. Unless the souls' games keep going to pc this would be a bad business move because out of the 25 million elden ring sales 15 million were from pc. Again, what do we expect from mbg he thinks emotionally instead of thinking logically MBg would totally bankrupt sony.

[@thev3432]

@@LightShadowOnyx it would go to PC obviously. It just won’t go to the *dead XBox*

[@JennTheDerp]

No, their next game shouldn't be playstation exclusive, and it would be bad for FromSoft to be owned by Sony

[@thev3432]

@@JennTheDerp whats your evidence lad? You speak but no words of truth come from your orifice.

[@iconofsin4578]

Bloodborne sold 2.5 million 😂

[@JennTheDerp]

@@thev3432 Bloodborne has yet to get any re-release or any sort of acknowledgement from Sony, and between the last of us 2 and concord, Spider-Man 2 taking a couple step backs, and the characters in Ragnarok nonstop giving you tips, and the failure of PlayStation classic, Sony isn't the right fit for FromSoft. And lets not forget how North America almost didn't get Demon's Souls because the head of Sony hated the game at the time

[@mattfayne9691]

Don't know why people keep bringing up Elden Ring 2, when they have stated there are NO PLAN for it. So IF they ever changed their mind, it wouldn't see the light of day for a decade.

[@stonalisa3729]

fr they're working on something new. if leaks are to be believed then it's a magic focused game in a new world.

[@sniff8739]

Fromsoft is my favorite studio. If SEI aquires FS, mark my words. They start meddling...... no more 'from'. This is bad

[@dragonsteamworks6675]

Sony really should not have this deal go through because they WILL have a monopoly on anime and manga in the west. Funny how ponies aren't screaming about monopolies now that it would "benefit" them. It wouldn't benefit them though, Sony would drive prices up, release more poor quality products and tell us to like it because we can't get it legally elsewhere but hey, at least Xbots can't get ripped off like the ponies right? RIGHT?! I don't believe Elden Ring 2 will be a thing. It was successful sure but it also required RR Martin to do the backstory of the world and who knows what his schedule looks like nowadays. Plus, I don't think it needs a sequel? A game similar to it with new characters, new environments and the like would be nice. Like having a similarly gothic Bloodborne "2", delving into the eldritch and the Great Ones. Although I'd rather have it remastered/ported to other platforms.

[@stonalisa3729]

Miyazaki said there are no plans for it. Speculation that it is is just silly. We already know they are in development for a new IP but not much info outside of possible leaks for it to be a magic based game

[@itsjusterthought7941]

In defence of MBG, on a purely logical basis, a game is always better when it is just on one platform, especially 1st party, because it is optimised to the best it can ever be which leads to better value for money for the consumer. If we are looking at volume of consumers who benefit, Xbox only has a small userbase so those that would loose out are only small. PlayStation has a huge userbase so the change would have a huge benefit to a lot of consumers. Again, tell me why console sales do not matter and why the related userbase size does not matter. Personally I believe in *Pay to Create* not *Pay to Deny* so I do not think it is right to take a franchise away from invested consumers who have bought the game to help make it a success. Bloodbourne 2 is fine because no Xbox gamer is an invested consumer, but Elden Ring 2 should remain multiplat because there are invested Xbox consumers who have played the franchise, even if they did not pay full price and only played the Game Pass version. I don't think Sony should lower themselves to the Xbox standard that stole Halo from invested Mac consumers and denied Tomb raider for a whole year from invested consumers on PlayStation. Tomb Raider went belly up after that because the fans blacklisted them game and the dev for selling out. Any dev that gets in bed with Xbox's *Pay to Deny* dirty tricks must pay the consequences. That is not an issue anymore because the Xbox plan failed and now they are a full 3rd party game publisher.

[@theblahhhman2614]

Yet Sony threw a hissy fit about cod being exclusive?

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

Dont lower to microsoft standards… sony has bin longer in this game and played much much dirtier. Ms has a much higher standard then sony when it comes to consumers and play where you like. Sony is the lowest standard together with ubisoft.

[@stonalisa3729]

On a logical basis you make a lot morer money making it available on everything. Espcially PC which ha sa larger market than all of the consoles combined. God of war sold 4 million on the ps2 (probably the largest userbase in anty of their generations) and on PS4 and PC it sold 23 million. god of War Ragnorok is exclusively on ps4 and 5 (2 consoles does = more users) but that is caped at 15 million. This proves that they are making more money releasing these titles on PC too. I don't care what games they have i will never go back to being a playstation user and paying a lot of money each year just to use online features that are free on PC.

[@ranran2218]

Mbg would want that since sony has no more exclusives. Would be a dumb move by sony though. From the anime standpoint id rather not see this acquisition happen

[@kylegallant3059]

Honestly I don't really want this thing to actually go through because it does actually hurt in the anime apartment and it puts Sony as a Monopoly And the anime Space

[@nickreutener9153]

He keeps asking if it would be so bad for the industry if Sony bought Fromsoft, but does not name a single reason why it would be GOOD. In fact, the reasons he named are all bad. This amount of copium is reaching lethal levels.

[@chrisgeorge651]

Can Sony even afford them lol 😂 Had to pay three payments for Bungie

[@garfgarf331]

I can’t wait for that part in Elden ring 2 where you have a push past a narrow valley and every 5 min you have a new cutscene.

[@patriciamorgan2521]

Sony would probably make Fromsoftware work woth Guerrilla games so Guerrilla can show them what indicators in an open world are supposed to look like 😂

[@DemonKingHiei]

It’s funny how Sony bitched about MS getting ABK and saying MS doesn’t care about PS players yet Sony wouldn’t hesitate to keep that same energy

[@dwanrobinson]

Time to go to PC. Which I was planning on doing anyways as consoles are inferior. Plus this war is getting more ridiculous every single day.

[@Themistocles30]

Consoles are heading towards moslty cloud/online gaming whilst on PC you can play them offline and no paid monthly membership required. I know alot of my xbox 360 buddies moved to PC with me and it is the best choice they ever made. The next gen consoles will most likely require online just to run games. Worst decision they could ever make.

[@stonalisa3729]

@@Themistocles30 not really because that measn when the service is over you are forced to buy the hsiny new version. It is exactly why Black Ops 6 is online only for even campign and single player zombies

[@Themistocles30]

@@stonalisa3729 That's exactly why PC is better because xbox and Sony want their players locked into online only. I bet the next console will require internet to play singleplayer games whilst PC can play games offline from other 3rd party websites.

[@hardcoregammer1964]

So this guy is just going to ignore Hiroke Totoki, who clearly stated that “popularizing the console” is no longer a priority. 😂 These guys really don’t want to face the fact that hardware isn’t where the big money is made. If it were, PlayStation’s margins wouldn’t be in the toilet.

[@Allstargamer1000]

If Sony aquires that company it be a bad thing. I can not believe he would want Fromsoftware to go from 25 million copies sold on 3 platforms back to barely getting 3 million games sold on one platform. One question no one is asking if Bandai namco has multiple publishing deals for Fromsoftware with sequels of Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Armor Core, and if Sony would buy out those deals? Bloodbourne 2 is a pipedream since it's been 10 years. Demon Souls didn't sell that well as an exclusive like bloodbourne compared to their multiplatform titles.

[@matthewrenault7839]

The problem with Sony is the fact that they don't care for other platforms, but their own. If Blooper Team didn't argue to put Silent Hill 2 Remake on PC because Sony wanted Exclusive only to Sony Playstation would of hurt Silent Hill 2 remake sales since Silent Hill 2 has issues on PS5 and pro. Luckily it was released on PC and they made great sales with overwhelming positive reviews on Steam showing it's important to release games on other platforms if you want game developers to succeed in the gaming business and to be recognized. I rather sony don't buys out Kadokawa and hold From software hostage for Exclusive.

[@are3287]

Sonys acquisition of Kadokawa would be much more significant in ways other than fromsoft. Fromsoft's position likely wouldnt change at all, they could still self publish (as they were aiming to do and probably wont use Bandai anymore regardless of the buyout). Being majority owned by sony at large doesnt mean being a playstation studio or being under Sony Interactive Entertainment, but if that were to become the case it would be catastrophic nevertheless. But I hold optimism that nothing happens.

[@peterkoncz6744]

You NEVER heard of them, but Sony is going to have a monopoly??? wtf??? And you hope they not going to allow it? Bro they allowed the BIGGEST acquisition in gaming history, I think they have absolutely no word in this one.

[@nathalos1205]

I really can’t understand not wanting people to have access to a game regardless of what they play on. I have a PlayStation and would hate if Xbox and pc suddenly lost access to souls titles in any capacity. I won’t even start on Bloodborne but jeez.

[@brianthomas2839]

PC gamer here, but wait until the next Xbox runs on windows and then so long as PlayStation puts the games on PC it won’t matter.

[@pahowitzer446]

I think if Sony acquires from soft the games won't be exclusive except maybe any Bloodborne content.

[@TremelJackson]

All these companies buying up studios are just going to stifle competition and creativity.

[@karamuto1565]

Imagine how good Demon's Souls and Bloodborn would sell if they were not exclusive to PS. Edit: Oh and From Software could also make another Sekiro like game imo

[@12345wery]

MBG doesnt realize, Miyzaki swore off exclusives ever again after the shit sony did with bloodborne

[@Eldron4]

It will still be playable on pc if you already have it right?

[@yaboipele34]

What did ER sell on PS, 3.5 million out of 25 million? And sequels usually only draw about half- 3/4 of the first. Yeah locking ER2 up as exclusive wouldn’t totally tank the game at all…

[@boblionia]

FromSoft's general design philosophy has been on a slow, but downward trend the last decade, moving away from the unique experimentation that made Dark Souls an industry defining experience and towards making broad-appeal action games Sony aquiring them will be the end, the absolute last thing they need is to have Sony's meddling stifling theid creativity even further

[@AndyJourney]

I hope Tencent buys Kadokawa just to cockblock Sony.

[@jasongraves2493]

Just wanted to comment that the developers at Fromsoft have explicitly stated that there isn’t going to be an Elden Ring 2.

[@retroman3960]

Next you should do a video of Harman saying that Sony buying Kadokawa will destroy Elden Ring, 'cause oh BOY is it gonna be a bumpy ride if you do.

[@cloudshines812]

Off topic here, but can anyone tell me the build or stats your running for Elden Ring?

[@mynameismud-qd9vu]

Any Sony live service game will be on Xbox. Helldivers 2 wasn't intended as a live service game which is why it didn't go to Xbox. Plus, Sony thought it wasn't going to do the numbers it did.

[@Kingofdragons117]

At this point, I don’t think putting it on Xbox would be a terrible thing, since the game relies on having a large community working together. Honestly the PlayStation players are just awful at the game so much, I turned off cross play. Not sure how good the Xbox players will be, but they can’t be worse than the PS players.

[@maxnum1sgameclub263]

@@Kingofdragons117prolly much much better since xbox players get alot more of this genre games. I always try to avoid ps players on starship troopers. Never had any issue with xbox players but ps players are just soo bad. I dont have a issue with console players per se (except for the “microphone in a snow storm” players). But if you wanna play a game atleast learn the mechanics etc. There is no yellow paint like in ps games!

[@maux9175]

@@maxnum1sgameclub263 They've been pandered from scripted QTE over the shoulder games

[@Nirob615]

Sony already has a monopoly on western distribution of anime. Crunchyroll bought up all of its competitors besides Funimation which Sony already owned. They bought Crunchyroll and merged the two together. Kadokawa will just give them an even stronger grip on the studios actually making anime. Also kadokawa owns the developer that made DBZ Sparking Zero and Acquire studio which made both Octopath Traveler and Mario & Luigi Brothership.

[@slyferyuki1908]

I am disgusted. Having known this, and I play on Playstation! Absolutely atrocious that Sony wants to get and would try monopolizing anime in the west and would even hold back games from other platforms' days and date. Games are meant to inspire and be played by everyone not to be stockpiled like some treasure trove. It's infuriating. However, this video was great, and u are awesome klutzy keep up the amazing work.

[@thev3432]

@@slyferyuki1908 Fake outrage!

[@GamingProspector84]

Soyny’s acquisition of Kodokawa would literally be a monopoly of the anime/manga market. They nearly own everything as it is now and if they bought them they’d have it all. Ever since then (5+yo) anime/manga has been pumping out like it on an assembly line, the “AAA yearly release” alike the gaming industry slop. A lot of it is censored and has risen 25% in overall price. Soyny is a fucking detriment.

[@JvsBobGaMeZ]

A reminder that square enix made final fantasy exclusive on playstation and now thier regreting that decision

[@Mikeh2077]

Well, I mean, it’d be a better purchase than Bungie. I couldn’t get into fromsoft games, so it wouldn’t effect me none. Unless they let Fromsoft stay independent, then I doubt everything would be exclusive.

[@Dbeastlygamer95]

It's hilarious how all of their demeanors have 180'ed lol. Like Activision buyout had them FUMING on streams and MBG specifically was so pissed and saying how horrible it was. Now they act like kings sitting on a chair because they might get an exclusive game they won't even play more than 2 hours before rage quitting lol.

[@TrollAxeThrower]

MBG thinks buying FromSoft will make Sony put exclusives on their system? Hell, they gave GOW and Spiderman, their most associated with Sony IP they own, to the PC platform. Doesn't he get that everything is ported to PC now? Why owning FromSoft will change that? He is such a Rakinishu...

[@thev3432]

@@TrollAxeThrower they’ll keep going to PC obviously. Xbox will be left out though.

[@thev3432]

@@TrollAxeThrower as usual

[@TrollAxeThrower]

@@thev3432 I think it's hypocritical that they expected xbox to put CODs on PS, but don't return a favor. Seriously screw them for that. I think MS should have negotiated ABK games instead of promising them automatically to Sony. You want COD on your platform? Give us some game in return. The court even implied MS could even extort money from sony to get ports of ABK on PS.

[@thev3432]

@@TrollAxeThrower 84% of sales for BO6 were on PS. They have no other choice.

[@TrollAxeThrower]

@@thev3432 That's and interesting statistic senator... can you back it up with a source?

[@mcelfy1006]

Not only fromsoft games might be PS exclusive but also be locked behind PSN if they get released on PC, PSN isn’t available in my region so therefore this is gotta make sales for fromsoft games drop even more (well 80% of world can’t access PSN so that’s where I’m coming from)

[@henrymgray]

If Sony is allowed to aquire From Soft and didn't learn from keeping Final Fantasy (Square) games on PlayStation then they deserve to loose out on money. Personnally they shouldn't be allowed to aquire From Soft, just for the anime.

[@RyderSontaig]

I pretty much only play FS games on PS so I am happy I won't be losing that. I don't think their games would become exclusive either, unless of course they made another Demons Souls or Bloodborne. I think everything else would release simultaneously on all platforms. The deal might (should) have a clause like Bungie has. I really do think people are getting worried for no reason.

[@alanaeichsteadt]

Bloodborne still wouldn’t be available in over 180 countries and regions

[@Lamajmassar]

Well Sony hates fromsoft and if it were microsoft they wouldnt have a problem because microsoft actually lets games get released everywhere even playstation and doesnt dictate their moves

[@lawnmanGman]

i dont think elden ring being on xbox would matter the brand is dead tbf, i want a re:zero game and sony will make it happen

[@SgtSpooky666]

i thought Miyazaki said he wont do a second Elden ring game since Elden ring was the closest thing to his masterpiece, i would assume the next Fromsoft game will be a new IP, if not that i think that if Sony gets control of Fromsoft they'll remake Bloodbourne or remake DS2 or 3

[@DemonKingHiei]

The thing is people are trying to say it’s fair cuz MS got ABK. No it isn’t, MS will continue to treat ABK as 3rd party. I’m sick and tired of games getting locked off. And I certainly don’t FS under anyone. It’s bad enough Sony doesn’t even realize they own Bloodbourne. I had to buy a whole new console for Stellar blade and I’m not ok with that. Exclusivity is anti consumer and always will be

[@rabbyd542]

Yes, take the game off PC and Xbox so it can sell 1 million copies. Brilliant. If they think I'm buying a PS5 to play the next From Soft game they're wrong. It can go right next to Bloodborne in the not-worth-it category.

[@leeviheiskanen1271]

If Sony gets FromSoftWare, their games most likely get GoW treatment Those games become way easier, and some fans lose interest

[@MoonlightAce-f4p]

Yes, Sony owns Crunchyroll. Summarized from Wikipedia 7

[@LAMBO3601]

PS players arguments against Microsoft/Xbox only affect them when it has to do with something out of their console. But Kadokawa owns many animes and right now Sony owns most of anime and Crunchyroll. I bet whatever you want that as soon as that purchase gets through….. Everything FromSoft will be exclusive. Yea having favorites in consoles it’s dumb but at least now Xbox became the most open company with their products and IPs but….. Sony only cares about competing with Microsoft when they are not even looking at Sony as a rival.

[@ironaikau8236]

exclusivity aside, it's going to be the most watered down fromsoft games.

[@theincrediblefella7984]

Actually, sony wants this aquisition for the anime, not fromsoft.

[@TheJohhnyE]

Wait.. people still think bungie will be around for at least 2 more game releases? 😂 Sony is slowly devouring bungie and taking away their independence more and more each quarter. I wouldnt be surprised if bungie is the next studio closed by sony.

[@stevenbishop1782]

I thought Ubisoft's last good game was Fenyx but the sequel got canned..

[@zartul]

Crunchyroll is not owned by Kadokawa, it's owned by Sony! The problem is that Sony owns Crunchyroll, Aniplex and Funimation, if they get Kadokawa they will have a monopoly of streaming and publishing animes outside of Japan, and have the strongest position in anime publishing inside of Japan.

[@zartul]

And Kadokawa only owns about 60% of Fromsoft, and From is also owned by Tencent, and Tencent would never allow their games to do less money just to sell consoles.

[@jeffcole8838]

Sony needs to work on themselves before buying more companies (fix your own company first)

[@callofdarksouls]

It’s not fully about the games being exclusive even though it sucks cuz it would lock out modding and lots of challenge runs. What worries me is Sony hates bloodborne and quite possibly would just have fromsoft make games that no one wants. Best case scenario would be sony just leaving fromsoft alone but it would be unlikely. I get exclusives are the only way consoles survive but its such an anti consumer practice.

[@kyeda]

People often confuse Sony's western branch as the HQ. Sony is a Japanese company, and all their Japanese studios and purchases get preferential treatment. Fromsoft will be fine.

[@dylanculshaw6977]

You shouldn't take ppl out of context bro, that's just a shitty thing to do.

[@HyJyncks]

The word Monopoly is a bad thing. The game was made to illustrate how bad monopolies are. PS Fanboys don't play souls games either, this is just list wars. For EVERY question he asked "Would it be bad if..." the answer was yes. He just does the typical "It doesn't affect me in particular" argument.

[@MrFaleh1129]

12:20 it is their primary goal cause it locks the user in their ecosystem thus selling more software and even 3rd party software would go to their profit margin (some percentage of it ) so with all do respect you got this wrong

[@MrFaleh1129]

13:07 that right there should tell you your wrong cause they’re reliant on the micro transactions that’s why it’s essential for them to lock the user in their console ecosystem

[@sanwell4409]

More and more will hate sony if they think buying kadokawa will fix everything what they have done, Massive L for sony and all the fanboy support this

[@delorean237]

It would be so funny to see the elden ring haters suddenly act like they love the game because it was exclusive to Sony tho

[@omarguerrero6417]

Doesn't matter if they do in end they only make one type of ip if they were still making lego racer games than I would have a problem with this

[@jaredweiman2987]

My PC costs more than most peoples' car. It's still mind blowing to see console players in 2024 talking like their shit doesn't stink. Bad games made by even worse companies with the odd PC port here and there. Even bad PC ports still hold 4K @120 FPS on flagship GPUs. Consoles usually get a pep talk a few hours before launch telling players to dial back their expectations. "You can use this performance mode to get 50fps stable." LMAO

[@Raiders1917]

Watch if Great Circle becomes a Microsoft exclusive (It won't but hypothetically) Ponys would flip their shit.

[@FiniteRich]

mbg acts like playstation released black ops 6 while ms released concord guy is a clown 😂

[@EvilResidentXIII]

Sony has a small but glariny record of treating FROM like crap. They trued burying Demon Souls, they have left the Bloodborne IP to stagnate and contracted them for a freaking VR exclusive. Plus they had a fit with just about every facet of Xbox & Activision's purchase only to turn around and do what they said xbox would do, only to the western anime market. This dude in the clips seems like a very shortsighted and misinformed fanboy in a day where being a fanboy of just about anything isn't worth it in the slightest

[@Bob-g8i2v]

People are mildly misinformed. Sony didn't approach Kadokawa. Kadokawa approached Sony because another company was attempting to initiate a hostile takeover of Kadokawa. This was Kadokawa's attempt to save itself, not some sinister plan of Sony's.

[@SigurdVolsunga-e8l]

They hear Sony is looking to buy they come in to protest their hatred over a company that wants to save their partners from being taken over in a hostile manner. I bet you if Microsoft was doing this most of these Xbox fanboys will cheer for it when Microsoft literally bought two massive publishers 3 years apart and a handful of studios about 100 billion.

[@SyndicatedSkull]

4:49 "I'm not playing on xbox." Ok who asked like do you have to shove it in people's faces, oh wait he's a PlayStation fanboy 😂

[@Khris-1017]

Yeah xbox players wouldnt be able to play it but I dont play on Xbox! Also MBG: Call of Duty Xbawks exclusive? REEEEEE