Playstation Tablet 1,723 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Publishing and self publishing it seems. Full independence? "Source: https://www.platinumgames.co.jp/20200107_news/The following is Google translated:Capital alliance with TencentThe Company has received an investment from Tencent Holdings Limited and has formed a capital alliance. In this capital alliance, the independence of the Company has not changed, and the management will be led by the conventional management team.By accepting this investment, we will strengthen our management base, and in the future we will work not only on game development but also on our own title publishing business. In addition, we will continue to pursue the creation of high-quality games unique to Platinum Games, with a view to global business development.We look forward to platinum games in the future and thank you for your support.January 7, 2020Kenichi Sato, President" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,227 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Oh really? So when their CEO was hinting last week about a "new phase"..........instead of me making the logical guess that he was talking about the way THEY personally do business in the video game industry and that they were probably going to do something that makes them more independent................they, in fact, were not acquired by Microsoft??????????? Edited January 7, 2020 by jehurey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DynamiteCop 2,085 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Tencent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,723 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Someone needs to pick up the Alice franchise again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ike★ 2,906 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 @Remij_ said MS was acquiring them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,723 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 It's much better this way, they can continue their franchises instead of them being stuck in limbo in the hands of other publishers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 21 minutes ago, Ike said: @Remij_ said MS was acquiring them I did NOT say that.... I speculated that they MIGHT be acquiring them... God you're dumb as fuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, jehurey said: Oh really? So when their CEO was hinting last week about a "new phase"..........instead of me making the logical guess that he was talking about the way THEY personally do business in the video game industry and that they were probably going to do something that makes them more independent................they, in fact, were not acquired by Microsoft??????????? The Company has received an investment from Tencent Holdings Limited and has formed a capital alliance. In this capital alliance, the independence of the Company has not changed, and the management will be led by the conventional management team. bubu more independent he says Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,227 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, Remij_ said: The Company has received an investment from Tencent Holdings Limited and has formed a capital alliance. In this capital alliance, the independence of the Company has not changed, and the management will be led by the conventional management team. bubu more independent he says if you are a publisher, you are more independent. You are literally receiving a larger percentage of the sales of your games than you would had your game been published by another company. But.....nice attempt attempt avoiding the obvious point. Your prediction ended up being completely wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, jehurey said: if you are a publisher, you are more independent. You are literally receiving a larger percentage of the sales of your games than you would had your game been published by another company. But.....nice attempt attempt avoiding the obvious point. Your prediction ended up being completely wrong. My prediction indicated another company investing in them.... Wasn't THAT far off.. You just REALLY didn't like that it was MS. You thought it could be them announcing a new engine for next gen ffs Edited January 7, 2020 by Remij_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabo 442 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Team 2019 said: Someone needs to pick up the Alice franchise again What the hell happened to the recent game they were making? They announced it years ago but haven't heard anything since. Edited January 7, 2020 by Sabo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaz 2,439 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, DynamiteCop! said: Tencent What's wrong with it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynux3 2,049 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Ike said: @Remij_ said MS was acquiring them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,723 Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 I just hope they don't abandon Nier in favour of this shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Remij_ said: The Company has received an investment from Tencent Holdings Limited and has formed a capital alliance. In this capital alliance, the independence of the Company has not changed, and the management will be led by the conventional management team. bubu more independent he says Now you're arguing just to argue Platinum is referring to them being independent of Tencent. As far as this deal goes it does give them more independence because they're now publishing their own games. Edited January 7, 2020 by Goukosan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Remij_ said: My prediction indicated another company investing in them.... Wasn't THAT far off.. You just REALLY didn't like that it was MS. You thought it could be them announcing a new engine for next gen ffs You predicted that MS would purchase them outright and they would become a first party dev. This is literally the opposite of that as now they can develop and publish their own games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, Goukosan said: You predicted that MS would purchase them outright and they would become a first party dev. This is literally the opposite of that as now they can develop and publish their own games. No... actually they announced long ago that they were wanting to get into self publishing smaller titles. The fact is that a company is investing in them... is a FUCK of a lot closer to what I said.. than it is to "they're announcing their next gen engine".. A huge company like Tencent investing in them IS a new stage for the entire company... not announcing a next gen engine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,670 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 37 minutes ago, Goukosan said: Now you're arguing just to argue Platinum is referring to them being independent of Tencent. As far as this deal goes it does give them more independence because they're now publishing their own games. They're LITERALLY dependent on Tencent... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Remij_ said: No... actually they announced long ago that they were wanting to get into self publishing smaller titles. The fact is that a company is investing in them... is a FUCK of a lot closer to what I said.. than it is to "they're announcing their next gen engine".. A huge company like Tencent investing in them IS a new stage for the entire company... not announcing a next gen engine What does a next gen engine have to do with your prediction of MS buying them outright being wrong? all that means is that you and whoever said that were both wrong. Edited January 7, 2020 by Goukosan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,249 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 22 minutes ago, Remij_ said: They're LITERALLY dependent on Tencent... "In this capital alliance, the independence of the Company has not changed" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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