Famous Insider Brad Samsspecializing in leaks about plans Microsoft, said that the American corporation wanted to buy a studio Platinum games. Moreover, this issue was considered in 2019, that is, after a long time after the cancellation of the role-playing action Scalebound Hideki Kamiya.
“I’m absolutely sure that Microsoft wanted to buy them last year. But it seems that the deal fell through. Or they just decided to move in a different direction,” Sams wrote.
Another insider Daniel AhmadAn employee of the analytical company Niko Partners, added that last year PlatinumGames was looking for financing for new projects, therefore, it discussed cooperation with many companies.
As a result, in early 2023, PlatinumGames announced a partnership with Tencent.. The investment of the Chinese corporation in the studio is expected to allow developers to start producing their own games on their own. At the same time, the team will remain independent and continue to work with major publishers such as Nintendo and Square Enix.
At the moment, none of the games developed in PlatinumGames are owned by the studio. Publishers control the rights. For instance, Bayonetta is a Sega franchise, Astral chain – Nintendo, and NieR: Automata – property of Square Enix.
PlatinumGames has long wanted to start creating and publishing its own IPs, but it took a lot of money.
Microsoft sponsored and published the PlaleGames Scalebound role-playing action game that was canceled in 2017.
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