As the dust from the monstrous Microsoft leak begins to settle, the various players and publishers in the industry are making their positions known on the subject of acquisitions. It might seem like hubris, but Xbox chief Phil Spencer was privately musing about acquiring Warner Bros Interactive, Nintendo, or even Valve, which does put things into perspective.
Capcom COO Haruhito Tsujimoto has made his position known, saying that if Microsoft ever approached the Japanese corporation with an eye to the acquisition, "I would gracefully decline the offer because I believe it would be better if we were equal partners."
Tsujimoto explains in an interview with Bloomberg that this is largely because Capcom is in such a strong position now, but that that might not always have been the case, stating that: "There was once a time we were a target, but rather than acquiring an outside company, we prefer organic growth. It is important to train and develop human resources in-house in order to carry out growth strategies. I also believe we can utilise external partners, but we have no intention of acquiring companies."
Capcom has been dominating headlines over the past week with an exceptional showing at the Tokyo Games Show and a fantastic run of games in recent months. We were able to get a preview of the upcoming Dragon's Dogma 2, and our review of Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways DLC is now live. Add to that the constant Monster Hunter hype and Street Fighter's continual domination, and it's no wonder the company wants to stay independent.
How are you feeling about Capcom these days? Stay true to yourself in the comments section below.
[source bloomberg.com, via videogameschronicle.com]
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I have been a fan of Capcom since I first played UN Squadron on the Super Nintendo, so to hear that they wouldn’t allow themselves to me acquired by Microsoft is the best news for sure! I think everyone deserves to play as many games from as many developers as possible and I would genuinely have hated above all other developers if there was ever a time where Capcom weren’t making games for all formats!
with how difficult it was with their last purchase i don't think they'll be making another major purchase yet. maybe small ones , but it will be harder and harder to do a big purchase unless
This is a new golden age of Capcom; they are absolutely killing it!
Microsoft can p*ss right off. They are such a destructive company.
I honestly don't think the japanese government would stand for any major japanese publisher acquisition by a foreign company. So, i'm not too worried.
I would think that mergers between said publishers would be more likely.
That quote from Capcom doesn't mean anything. He's not going to say "Glad to hear Microsoft is interested in acquiring us, looking forward to further discussions" Nobody is interested in being bought until they are.
Don't Worry About Microsoft Buying Capcom Anytime Soon....or Sony for that matter.
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@Nem but they're ok with moving playstation to a foreign country and having it be ran by foreigners while shutting down studios in their mainland ?
@TheCollector316 activision blizzard and EA are way worse .
It's really wild how Capcom turned from the Crapcom that it was before to the CapGod that it is today. Good on them for declining being acquired and still want to see more of Pragmata god dammit!
Good. The more that don't get gobbled up, the better. Now give us Monster Hunter World 2!
Now they are going to try and take Capcom by force like they want to do with Nintendo right? LOL f*cking disgusting company.
Don't think MS will buy Capcom anytime soon but I don't think Sony will either.
Most likely, Capcom will just remain independent.
Good. Stay away from them Microsoft! makes hissing noises
@nomither6 I don't know if the japanese government would do anything to stop MS but you talk like those closed PS studios were making millions in revenue for Japan and that wasn't the case at all because if so they would still be working lol. Sony as a whole still makes a lot of money for the country, if isn't taxes (of their various japanese companies), it's products or investments. The most watched movie in the history of Japan was partially financed by Sony. MS buying a big japanese company is taking almost all the money that company makes from the country, plain and simple.
"rather than acquiring an outside company, we prefer organic growth. It is important to train and develop human resources in-house in order to carry out growth strategies"
Critical hit.
@MasterPlayerOne as it should be, people having the guts to actually run companies and not washing their hands and give them to the first ass that comes shaking their way with a lot of money LOL.
@nomither6 I don't think they can do anything about that. Though as far as i know, Sony is still a japanese conglomerate.
@Nem Microsoft already has one Japanese studio (Tango) so is not impossible, if is not a hostile takeover scenario there's no reason why it would be stopped by Japan
@Gaia093 This felt like the most unsubtle dig of all time. Brilliant
I could have seen it happen to Capcom maybe 10 years ago, but not now. Capcom are on too much of a roll now.
Great news, now if only every other publisher could think like them, would put an end to this market consolidation.
@thetraditional well japan is mostly mobile and pc gaming (and maybe arcades ??) so it’s easy to see why nintendo is doing good over there , if they made just another console then , well..
i think playstation division could of found a better alternative besides moving
@GymratAmarillo so if sony is doing well in their homeland (i don’t think i implied that they werent?) they couldn’t have found a better way for their playstation brand besides moving ? can’t think of any examples right now but japanese devs make more than jrpgs
@PixelDragon destructive in terms of ? also are you talking about microsoft or xbox ?
@PixelDragon you don’t have to be rude about it
Given the tactics revealed in the Xbox leak about acquiring Nintendo, I don't think any company is safe from the gigantic threat that is Microsoft.
Good for Capcom.
They're absolutely on fire.
@nomither6
How do you figure that? ABK and EA are not buying up every company that isn't nailed down (not just in gaming), talking about wanting to buy one of their two main competitors, and using almost limitless cash from their extremely dominant positions in the PC and enterprise spaces to brute force a business model that their competitors can't possibly afford to replicate and sets a ridiculous expectation for the types of games we want (day one games on Game Pass).
Hopefully this will never happen. Look what happened to Rare, Shadow of there former Self ever since Microsoft acquired them.
@TheCollector316 what M$ is doing is behind the curtain business while EA/Actiblizz directly screws over players with their nickel & diming half finished intrusive microtransaction FOMO battlepass games , & Blizzard Allegations and treatment of employees and activision killing one of my favorite franchises of all time .
i’m not caping for Micro$oft , but i really do see them as the lesser of two evils especially since i vastly prefer windows as it’s helped me with a lot of real life things. sure a M$ monopoly would be bad but , as of how they’ve been lately and speaking as of right now ? they’re the lesser evil imo .
@Tecinthebrain Notice how i said major publisher. By that i mean things like Capcom,Namco, Square, Nintendo and Sony.
Small developers don't matter much.
Major corporations do.
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