PlatinumGames Announces Partnership with Tencent

<p>Well&comma; here&&num;8217&semi;s something odd to wake up to&period; PlatinumGames has announced a new partnership with the Chinese giant Tencent&period; According to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;platinumgames&period;com&sol;news-january-7-2020&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">announcement<&sol;a> on the developer’s official website&semi; the basis for the partnership is a capital investment from Tencent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-150749" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;07064130&sol;Tencent-Platinum&lowbar;01-06-20&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"337" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">PlatinumGames&&num;8217&semi; Partnership With Tencent<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>If you need a refresher&comma; Platinum is known for games such as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;new-bayonetta-trailer-shows-off-new-switch-features&sol;">Bayonetta<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;astral-chain-review&sol;">Astral Chain<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nier-automata-shines-on-xbox-one-x&sol;">NieR&colon; Automata<&sol;a>&period; However&comma; it seems like Platinum was expecting some concerns regarding their independence&period; The developer stated that their independence will not get affected after this partnership takes effect&period; As said by President and CEO&comma; Kenichi Sato&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We would like to announce we have received a capital investment from Tencent Holdings Limited as a basis for partnership&period; This partnership has no effect on the independence of our company&comma; and we will continue operations under our current corporate structure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business and expand from game development into exploring self-publishing&period; We also hope that this partnership can give us a wider global perspective&comma; while still creating high quality games that stay true to our name&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you as always for your continued support&period; Please look forward to what we have in store&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>It seems like there are still concerns about the independence of game developers while partnered with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;tencent-holds-40-developer-epic-games&sol;">Tencent<&sol;a>&period; In fact&comma; some are wary about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;forbes&period;com&sol;sites&sol;olliebarder&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;07&sol;nintendo-and-tencent-are-partnering-up-to-release-the-switch-in-china&sol;&num;2efaa8b3155d">Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s partnership<&sol;a>&period; However&comma; the Chinese gaming market is just way too important for any of these developers to turn down&period; In the end&comma; there must be a source of income for the developers and gaming companies in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about the partnership between PlatinumGames and Tencent&quest; Do you think that this will not affect their independence as stated&quest; What are your thoughts on the Chinese gaming market&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;