I'm going to guess it's not just patenting and probably also includes helping to protect characters and other IPs. As far as patenting goes, that could be certain ways they do online functionality, as it sounds like this is a big part of it. I don't know. This just sounds to me like the beginning of an eventual merger. A series of small steps that leads to Bandai Namco absorbing them. Either that would come with another name change or Capcom would be kept as a development house within Bandai Namco so they could continue to use the branding.I agree. I'm just saying it's weird that Capcom has patents of fighting games. Maybe they plan to make a new fight network server, which would be super awesome. Like being able to see top Tekken players, or Street Fighter players from one game. Maybe even make a base platform to load up Tekken or Street Fighter games... but that's wishful thinking.
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