Platinum Games open to acquisition, but would want their creative freedom respected

Atsushi Inaba, who is the head of Platinum Games, was recently interviewed and was questioned about what he thought of Microsoft’s recent acquisition of the giant gaming company Activision Blizzard and whether or not Platinum Games would be open to be acquired in the future. Mr Inaba said he wouldn’t turn down a reasonable offer, however, it would only happen if the team could ensure that their creative freedom wasn’t taken away in the form of micromanagement. Here’s what he said:

“The most important thing for us is to have the freedom to make the games that we want to make. What I hear about the recent acquisitions, I don’t think Microsoft is going to start micromanaging Activision to where they take away all their freedom… I don’t think it’s going to be a relationship like that.”

“I think there’s going to be a lot of mutual respect there and I think Activision will be able to continue doing what they do best. That’s also what’s most important to us at the end of the day, whatever form that takes for us and our company. So I would not turn anything down, as long as our freedom was still respected.”

Platinum Games CEO, Atsushi Inaba 

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