Thanks to duckroll for reading the original article and finding this English article.
This is what was originally reported as "Capcom buying Tencent" (lol, Tencent is approximately 150 times larger than Capcom by market cap) and "Tencent buying Capcom".
This is what was originally reported as "Capcom buying Tencent" (lol, Tencent is approximately 150 times larger than Capcom by market cap) and "Tencent buying Capcom".
e27 said:News broke out recently that the Japanese game developer Capcom could potentially be buying shares of Chinese companies. According to a report on Chinese news site 17173, Capcom has been in substantial negotiations with Tencent Holdings, and may have reached a deal. If this news is true, then it would appear that Tencent would continue to be an entertainment gold mine for foreign companies.
[Note: The Chinese article has been updated and it seems to be a share swap of stock. Keep in mind that Tencent is 150 times larger by market cap than Capcom, so it's not going to be a controlling share here.]
e27 said:Tencent has invested in more than 10 overseas companies, with the biggest investment going to American game company Riot Games, owner of the highly popular League of Legends series, which also has a large following in China. At the end of 2011, it had invested US$3.94 billion (RMB24.4 billion) and received 92.78 per cent equity in Riot. In 2012, Tencent received an undisclosed amount of shares from Epic Games, famous for its Gears of War and its Unreal engine.
Source: http://e27.co/capcom-may-enter-china-market-via-tencent-holdings/e27 said:With possible news of a partnership between the two giants, Tencent could receive a large boost for its latent giant of an empire in the future with Capcom properties such as the Resident Evil and Street Fighter series. The latter may need to figure out its mobile gaming plan though, as the free-to-play market is big in China.