Square-Enix Explains Eidos Desire
- Scribbled on February 16th, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Legal Brief, Press Release
If you listened to Epsiode 110 of Gaming Podcast, you would have heard Derrick, Don and Jennifer pondering why Square-Enix, a Japanese developer/publisher, would have so much interest in Western developer/publisher Eidos; Square’s acquisition of Enix made sense, and Eidos, not so much.
Well, it seems Eidos’ properties are very attractive to Square-Enix, who cited some franchises that it wanted to snag:
In the publisher’s fiscal report, the Japanese giant cites four series under its title of “Major Franchises”: Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Kane and Lynch as well as Hitman.
Square-Enix is also interested in the worldwide development houses under Eidos’ banner, as seen in the image above.
It will be very interesting to see what Square-Enix does with those licenses, especially since Warner Bros., which owns 20% of Eidos, is happy to sell.
(Thanks, Edge Online.)
February 16th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
hahaha they run out of talent, now they are buying ideas as the master M
February 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
fusions, or new boss, whatever they need fresh ideas
February 16th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Major Franchises, looks good and they’re right, great titles
February 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
It also might have something to do with the fact that western developers have seen a great deal of growth this console round, while Japanese developers have seen shrinking profits or losses. Square Enix has the luxury of being bale to buy the expertise in “western style” development that is sorely needed to revitalize the Japanese scene and help them to compete better with their western rivals.