Last month, it was reported that the Japanese media group Kadokawa may be acquired by Sony. What makes things interesting is that Kadokawa owns one of the most renowned developers in the industry at this time: From Software, the studio behind Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Seikro: Shadows Die Twice, and more. Following the report, Kadokawa confirmed that discussions had taken place but a decision has not been made as of yet. Now, a new report has given light on how the employees of Kadokawa believe the change would be good for themselves and the company.

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“The people around me are thrilled at the prospect of an acquisition by Sony,” said an unnamed employee of Kadokawa.

“That’s because there’s a certain number of employees who are dissatisfied with the Natsuno administration, which didn’t even bother to hold a press conference after peoples’ personal information was leaked in the cyberattack. They expect that if Sony were to acquire the company, they would get rid of the president first.”

Economic analyst Takahiro Suzuki also gave his insight on the potential deal saying that he believes that Sony would be thrilled by acquiring the wealth of content and IP owned by Kadokawa. However, in Suzuki’s opinion, there would be little to gain for Kadokawa itself.

“Kadokawa will lose its independence, and management will become stricter,” Suzuki said.

“If they want to keep developing their business as freely as they have until now, [the acquisition] would be a bad choice. They’d have to be prepared for publications that don’t lead to IP creation being put under scrutiny.”

Ever since this news broke, there has been on official word from Sony on the matter until now. “We cannot comment beyond the contents of the timely disclosure,” Sony Group said. “It is true that we have expressed our initial intentions. We would appreciate it if you would refrain from commenting further.”