Sources: Tencent and NetEase reconsider or scale back Japanese game studio investments, after yielding few hit games and the Chinese market staged a comeback
- China's biggest game publishers are rethinking expansion plans — ‘Wukong’ success also encouraged looking domestically for hits
Bloomberg Takashi Mochizuki
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Takashi Mochizuki
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Seeing reactions to the story in English, I can add one thing that is in the Japanese version of the same story: NetEase has been cutting staff at Ouka for a while, since this spring at least. https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/ ...
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That's not great. Ouka just put out Visions of Mana. Hate to see it.
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You mean the development team that made Visions of Mana has (reportedly) all been cut literally on the day the game releases? [image]
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Takashi Mochizuki
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NEW: Tencent and NetEase are rethinking their Japan investment as Japanese developers failed to produce hit games. NetEase cut many staff at Ouka Studio with a plan to shut it down while Tencent backed off from funding commitments on several projects. https://www.bloomberg.com/..…
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