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Kadokawa Faces Pressure as Shareholders Push to Remove CEO Over Elden Ring Concerns
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sanitation lemmy.today sanitation@lemmy.today
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actionjbone sh.itjust.works actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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Shareholders need to be rounded up and thrown into the sun.

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popcar2 piefed.ca popcar2@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-11-30
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One of the fund’s main criticisms concerns the commercial management of Elden Ring. While the game has been a major success worldwide, Oasis believes Kadokawa failed to fully benefit from that success.

Huh??? They made a very successful DLC, a very successful spinoff game, a licensed manga, and a Hollywood movie coming up. What more do they want them to do?

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CIA_chatbot lemmy.world CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-19
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One of the fund’s main criticisms concerns the commercial management of Elden Ring. While the game has been a major success worldwide, Oasis believes Kadokawa failed to fully benefit from that success. Huh??? They made a very successful DLC, a very successful spinoff game, a licensed manga, and a Hollywood movie coming up. What more do they want them to do?

Micro transactions probably

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thisisbutaname discuss.tchncs.de thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-29
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Micro transactions probably

Wait 10 minutes to revive or buy the season pass and respawn instantly.

Skip the boss for only €4.99.

Buy the "Elden Lord" pack to get the best armor in the game.

Buy the loot box with .00001% chance of a fully upgraded weapon.

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sleepydragn1 lemmy.world sleepydragn1@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-25
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One of the fund’s main criticisms concerns the commercial management of Elden Ring. While the game has been a major success worldwide, Oasis believes Kadokawa failed to fully benefit from that success. Huh??? They made a very successful DLC, a very successful spinoff game, a licensed manga, and a Hollywood movie coming up. What more do they want them to do?

The next paragraph after that one:

The game is published directly by FromSoftware in Japan, but overseas distribution is handled by Bandai Namco. According to the investment fund, this arrangement resulted in a “material profit leakage” for the company.

So, it sounds like they're unhappy that Kadokawa let Bandai Namco take a cut.

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
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The next paragraph after that one: The game is published directly by FromSoftware in Japan, but overseas distribution is handled by Bandai Namco. According to the investment fund, this arrangement resulted in a “material profit leakage” for the company. So, it sounds like they're unhappy that Kadokawa let Bandai Namco take a cut.

"yes we made a lot of money, but we could've made more!"

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
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Shareholders need to be rounded up and thrown into the sun.

Too expensive. Volcanos are more accessible.

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DrPop lemmy.world DrPop@lemmy.world
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The next paragraph after that one: The game is published directly by FromSoftware in Japan, but overseas distribution is handled by Bandai Namco. According to the investment fund, this arrangement resulted in a “material profit leakage” for the company. So, it sounds like they're unhappy that Kadokawa let Bandai Namco take a cut.

That doesn't mean fire him, that means spell on getting to get the distrobution rights. Punishing someone for unrealized capital is foolish, they proved they can make money and make a product people want.

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actionjbone sh.itjust.works actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-12
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Too expensive. Volcanos are more accessible.

Use a portion of the shareholders' own wealth to fund it. There will still be plenty left to provide food and shelter for the rest of humanity.

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