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Title: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on March 18, 2009, 07:59:12 AM

The acquisition of 19,990 shares of D3 will cost Namco Bandai $12.55 million, giving them controlling share of the company.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=17986

 Last month, Namco Bandai made an aggressive bid to purchase D3 Publisher. Yesterday, the deal was completed when Namco Bandai purchased 19,990 shares of D3 at 62,000 yen ($628) a share, giving Namco Bandai 95% ownership of the company.    

D3 Publisher is known for their Simple Series line of budget games, which includes titles such as Puzzle Quest, Onechanbara, and Earth Defense Force. Namco Bandai plans to keep releasing D3’s budget titles, although it is not currently known what will happen to D3’s North American and European subsidiaries after the buyout. Namco Bandai hopes to leverage the strengths of D3 Publisher worldwide.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on March 18, 2009, 03:18:05 PM

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Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 18, 2009, 03:27:43 PM

Wow, so anything not named "tekken" or "soul calibur" will probably not get released outside of Japan.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: TJ Spyke on March 18, 2009, 05:41:25 PM

Don't be so sure, Namco Bandai has continued releasing One Piece games here in North America even though the show stopped airing years ago (and was never that popular here to begin with).

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 18, 2009, 05:54:16 PM

They're always late with localizing those games.  They suck.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: TJ Spyke on March 18, 2009, 06:19:56 PM

Maybe they will let D3 continue to run itself. Rockstar Games pretty much has sole control over what it does even though it is owned by Take-Two Interactive.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on March 18, 2009, 11:54:32 PM

Quote from: TJ Spyke on March 18, 2009, 06:19:56 PM

Maybe they will let D3 continue to run itself. Rockstar Games pretty much has sole control over what it does even though it is owned by Take-Two Interactive.

I think Rockstar is a special case because they on a per contract basis with Take-Two, I think they recently renewed their contract. Plus I'm sure Take-Two will want to accommodate Rockstar with what they want because they are a huge profit maker.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 19, 2009, 12:34:01 AM

Oh man this is terrible...

No wait, what games did D3 make/publish? The name is familiar, but don't know what they did.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on March 19, 2009, 12:56:02 AM

They make budget stuff, the series I mentioned in the article and their simple series budget line of games.  They also help TOMY publish Naruto games on Nintendo platforms in North America, they also helped bring over Bangai-O spirits.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: Mop it up on March 19, 2009, 02:34:34 AM

This is a good enough excuse to post this:

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What's Namco up to these days anyway? Wii want more Mario Baseball!

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Acquires D3 Publisher
Post by: TJ Spyke on March 19, 2009, 02:29:43 PM

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos on March 18, 2009, 11:54:32 PM

I think Rockstar is a special case because they on a per contract basis with Take-Two, I think they recently renewed their contract. Plus I'm sure Take-Two will want to accommodate Rockstar with what they want because they are a huge profit maker.

You are thinking about the Houser brothers, who founded and run Rockstar Games. Take-Two Interactive owns the studio itself and all of their games. Since Rockstar Games and specifically the Grand Theft Auto franchise is one of the few profit making studios T2 owns, I am not surprised they want to keep them happy and pretty much do their own thing.