Bandai Namco Is Now The Latest Games Company Dealing With Layoffs

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Bandai Namco Is Now The Latest Games Company Dealing With Layoffs
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Ollie Barder covers gaming in Japan as well as the pop-culture there, including numerous interviews with Japanese creators. He also founded the mecha gaming site, Mecha Damashii and has over two decades of games industry experience, working across both publishing and development.

also known as ChinaJoy, in Shanghai on July 26, 2024. / China OUT and even something with Nintendo. These project cancellations will also have an impact on Bandai Namco’s staffing, with layoffs or their equivalent to be expected.

Bandai Namco is also the first major Japanese games company to be impacted by this kind of typically Western budgetary downsizing, which likely means it won’t be the last.. With most large games taking 7-8 years to make, it means we are only beginning to see the results of this budgetary overspend now.

The follow on from all this, is that all the game studios in Japan that were working with these publishers are now also affected. However, as downsizing isn’t feasible due to previously mentioned Japanese employment law, many studios will likely just go bankrupt.23andMe To Pay Up To $10,000 To Data Breach Victims—Are You Eligible?The result will be the same though; lots of game developers out of work and no money in publishing to create new studios.

Again, because of the lead time for game development, we won’t be seeing tangible results from all this for a good few years. That means if Bandai Namco isn’t the only Japanese game publisher facing cutbacks, then gaming as a medium is going to have a rough time over the next decade.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.

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