It is well known that the company Microsoft over the years, very diligently, but somewhat unsuccessfully, trying to gain a foothold in the Japanese gaming market. Today, the attempts of the American corporation are mainly initiatives Phil Spencerteam heads Xbox, which periodically flies with business trips to the country of the rising sun in an effort to enter into new partnerships.
It is noteworthy that before Microsoft also mentioned about the desire to add some Japanese team to the ranks of their internal studiosHowever, the names of potential companies were not called. However, at the beginning of the year, rumors circled the network that said that at some point Microsoft Seriously planned acquire the PlatinumGames team of developers of the series Bayonetta, Nier: Automata and canceled Scalebound.
However, it seems that the rumors mentioned above were somewhat far from reality. Atsushi Inabachapter Platinum gamestalking to the portal Vgc stated bluntly that the idea of acquiring a studio by a third-party company is the exact opposite of the course that PG follows in its development today.
“I heard rumors that PlatinumGames allegedly planned to be part of the Xbox team. And then I thought to myself,“ extremely strange things are written on the Internet. ”Since we [c Microsoft] they certainly didn’t have such negotiations, “explained Atsushi Inaba.
Nonetheless, Inaba immediately noted that in this situation he can speak exclusively on behalf of Platinum games. He does not know the plans Microsoft and he does not know about the decisions that her leadership makes.
“We are not Microsoft, we don’t know what is happening in their company and whether they discussed the likelihood of such a deal. But on our part, I can say that we did not negotiate. But even if we allow such a scenario for a minute, we should not forget that now we try ourselves as an independent publisher.
The point is not that Microsoft is completely uninteresting to us, but that if we had to exist under their control, it would completely erase what we are striving for today and would greatly bind our hands. All that restricts the freedom of the company today is something that does not suit us, “concluded Atsushi Inaba.
Later, he himself joined the conversation. Hideki Kamiyafather of the series Devil may cry and development supervisor canceled Scaleboundwhich jokingly outlined yet another reason why the partnership with Microsoft for PG extremely unlikely today.
“Perhaps someone reminded Microsoft that I was still in the studio, after which they immediately responded, saying,” in this case, everything is canceled, we will not buy them! “, Kamiya added.
Right now Platinum games is in an important transitional period. A reissue of a colorful action game went on sale two days ago The Wonderful 101: Remasteredmade possible by permission Nintendo and published by the forces of PG. In the future, the company will continue to engage in publishing, as well as create its own unique IP, the first of which will be the game, now codenamed Project G.G.
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