Miyazaki Rejects Sequel Push at FromSoftware as Kadokawa Investors Press for Safer Games
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Updated · Wccftech · Jun 12
Miyazaki Rejects Sequel Push at FromSoftware as Kadokawa Investors Press for Safer Games
3 articles · Updated · Wccftech · Jun 12
Summary
Hidetaka Miyazaki said FromSoftware will keep prioritizing "truly valuable games" over safer sequel-driven projects, pushing back on investor pressure tied to parent Kadokawa's weak performance.
In comments to Den Faminico Gamer, Miyazaki said the studio can still create freely "without excessive interference" and called preserving that development environment essential to its output.
The pressure comes from Kadokawa shareholders seeking more reliable returns; activist investor Oasis Management has argued FromSoftware's current publishing model lets profits leak away.
FromSoftware's recent slate points the other way: after Elden Ring, it released the multiplayer spinoff Nightreign and is following with The Duskbloods, another experiment rather than a conventional Soulslike sequel.