Bandai and Namco joined

Guest · Mon May 02, 2005 12:43 pm

http://gba.n64europe.com/index.php?id=3439

I hope they don't mess up. Katamari figures would be neat though...anyway what do you people think?

Freedan · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:48 pm Post subject:

Mergers can be a good thing, since you've got more resources to pool together. I was never a huge fan of most of Bandai's stuff, but Namco does good work.

Might be interesting to see how this turns out.

Dark Samurai · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 1:49 pm Post subject:

most interesting.

Freedan · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:41 pm Post subject:

A more detailed story can be found here.

Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject:

If you don't wanna read all that, like me, from RPGFan.com:

At a press conference in Tokyo today, executives from Bandai and Namco discussed their planned merger. The president of the new company Bandai Namco Holdings will be current Bandai president Takeo Takasu. Namco founder and chairman Masaya Nakamura will be acting as chief adviser to the new company's management, while his successor as Namco president Kyuushirou Takagi will assume the position of chairman. The recently appointed Namco president Shigekazu Ishimura however will only serve as a part-time director on the board of Bandai Namco Holdings, while remaining Namco president. His counterpart at Bandai will be Kazunori Ueno, who just like Ishimura was only recently chosen to succeed Takasu.

As far as the exchange rates are concerned, one Bandai share will equal 1.5 shares in the holding company, while the exchange rate of Namco shares will be 1 to 1.

During today's press conference, president Takasu highlighted the synergy effects of Bandai's character merchandising and Namco's technological capabilities when it comes to developing content.

Similar to the setup of Sega Sammy Holdings, the brands Namco and Bandai will continue to exist under the holding company. As the merger progresses, the establishment of a toy hobby group, contents group, amusement group, visual group, and related businesses is planned. Among those five divisions, the toy hobby, contents and amusement groups are expected to return the highest profits.

Both Namco and Bandai had, in the past, unsuccessfully tried to merge with Sega. After talks with Namco broke down in early 2003, Sammy continued to show interest in Sega and eventually acquired a 22.4% in Sega from CSK. This led to the creation of Sega Sammy Holdings.

Rom Manic · Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject:

I like the merge. They're both awesome companies with great games. Hopefully they'll be able to pull something out of their asses to keep them going.

Manibrandr System · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 3:25 am Post subject:

*Imagines Klonoa piloting a gundam, squashing Moos left and right*

Lol

I like the merge.

Coz · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

Same as Dark Samurai.

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject:

Wonder what that'll mean for their upcoming game "Namco x Capcom"? I wonder if Bandai's gonna try to inject some of their characters in to the game as well?

Dark Samurai · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

maybe now some good quality games based on anime will be released then that would be a true merger.

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:

I thought the Bandai games were pretty well done when they're based off of anime.

Dark Samurai · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

they weren't too bad, i just felt something was lacking...

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

Are you talking about the .hack games?

Dark Samurai · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:

kind of... i liked it but it could of been a little better. maybe we will see better dbz/gt games

Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:

Then again... the .hack games weren't really based off the anime, the anime, games and the manga were all different entities entirely.

When it comes to the DBZ games and such, I wouldn't know. I don't like DBZ, so I don't play the games.