Square Enix Plans To Take Over Tecmo

[Kitmitsu]

http://kotaku.com/5043307/square-eni...ake-over-tecmo

Today at 1pm Japan Time, Square Enix will be outlining its plans for a friendly takeover troubled game maker Tecmo. Square Enix's takeover would help the company gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market with popular Tecmo titles like the Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive games. What's more, Tecmo's games will help strengthen Square Enix's current portfolio, which is heavily dependent on RPGs. This isn't the first time Square Enix has moved in on a beleaguered company. In August 2005, Square Enix acquired Taito and wholly owned the company as a subsidiary by September 2005.

Oh if only Itagaki didn't resign. It would have been funny to see him get fired by his new ruler. So now Square own Space Invaders thanks to Taito and Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive and Fatal Frame. This may just be a minor issue but didn't Square post quite a loss this year?

[Neal]

What's the point? They're a shitty company anyway.

[Kitmitsu]

Ninja Gaiden is acceptable but DMC is much better. Project Zero as us Europeans call it is also okay but now on the Wii . Dead or Alive should be destroyed.

Yeah there isn't much of a gain. Still, they're one of the last remaining game companies from the 60's still around so I suppose there's some experience there. Must feel slightly embarrassing being bought out by a company that's younger though.

[Pixel]

I think NG does what it does best. And DMC does what it does best. They are meant to play totally differently.

If they merged the two styles it would be fucking sweet though.

Other than NG, I don't really care about any of the other IP's.

[Caelignis]

lol freakin take it and sell it, or make it better

[ArxTheHero]

As long as FF doesn't change I'm satisfied.

[hentai_]

I don't care about what they are doing ,Final Fantasy Versus XIII has to be great game.
btw.Ninja Gaiden sux,DMC is God,Bayonetta will be Goddess;]

[olorin818]

I hope it wont result in destroying these titles, they should give free hand to Tecmo, so they could develop their games as they did before, and SE could just help them financialy

[Neal]

There will quite likely still be a lot of Tecmo staff. What a random company for them to want to buy though.

[Near|DanteXP|Sasdx]

I this article makes me speechless .___.

[ArxTheHero]

So will Square make more money because of this?

[Whiplash]

Originally Posted by [teehee

There will quite likely still be a lot of Tecmo staff. What a random company for them to want to buy though.

Exactly what I thought.

[Sundance Kid]

It'd be like SE wanting to take over EA sports

[Kitmitsu]

Tecmo declined the take-over bid. They're now aiming to merge with Koei, an equally bad company in my opinion but it'll stop them from being absorbed.

[Desi]

I doubt any company in Japan wants to be part of Square-enix, even Level 5 keeps their distance.

[Kitmitsu]

Well I don't blame them. Looks like Square isn't too happy.

http://kotaku.com/5045698/square-eni...-seems-baffled

[Sundance Kid]

SE fucked up, so why should they be surprised?

How are they going to "take over" Tecmo when they are having financial issues?

[Whiplash]

Maybe they could work something out with Microsoft

[Sundance Kid]

Originally Posted by Whiplash

Maybe they could work something out with Microsoft

True true
OH WAIT!!!

SE's problem is that they make to many games at once, for example, now. They got several games in production, which have been in production for years. They need to take things one step at a time.

[Whiplash]

They definately need to somehow get back into the pattern of getting a new game out every year or two if they're going to keep pouring in all of their resources on multiple titles.