As Sony’s pursuit of Kadokawa rumbles on, financial experts have said the PlayStation maker may find it hard to buy the entirety of FromSoftware’s parent company. Japan’s Toyo Keizai (via Automaton) reported that Sony may be put off the deal due to the cost of having to acquire all of Kadokawa,

Sony's rumored plans to purchase FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa might have hit a speedbump that could lead to no deal being made.

Sony buying Kadokawa would have major implications for FromSoftware, but those ramifications would only be the tip of the iceberg.

Kadokawa Corporation has confirmed it has received a buyout offer from Sony, but insists it has yet to make a decision on whether to sell up.

Sony Group is in talks to acquire fellow Japanese firm Kadokawa, according to media reports, with animation and games properties the likely target.

But for Kadokawa themselves, they have shared a statement confirming that the potential deal between them and Sony has yet to be confirmed. Noting that they “received an initial letter of intent to acquire the Company’s shares,

Sony might acquire full ownership over Kadokawa in the next weeks and the anime community is not happy about it at all.

Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa said on Wednesday it had received a letter of intent to buy its shares, a day after a Reuters report that Sony was in talks to acquire the developer of the acclaimed "Elden Ring" fantasy game sent its stock soaring.

Sony may acquire Kadokawa, giving them full control of the anime production system. If the deal goes through, Kadokawa's goal is to produce 40 anime titles per year by 2023.

How the entertainment company’s potential acquisition of Kadokawa, the home of “Elden Ring,” could upend anime and gaming.