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NEWS: Visions of Mana Director Ryosuke Yoshida Leaves NetEase, Joins Square Enix




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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:36 pm Reply with quote
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Bloomberg reported in August that Chinese game development company NetEase has laid off most of the staff at Ouka Studios (Visions of Mana) in Tokyo with intentions to shut down the studio's offices in Shibuya.


After being treated that way, I don't blame him at all. Square Enix owns Visions of Mana and I imagine they simply reached out to someone of his talent and caliber when they saw he probably needed a new job. Can't wait to see what he does over there.
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Issac Sarrowtail



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:29 pm Reply with quote
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"Anecdotally, the Japanese developers' desire to tightly control what can be done with their IP has sometimes been a source of friction." Zhu also stated NetEase was not planning to fully retreat from Japan.


I'm pretty sure they're good reasons for that.... it's not like any of these personnel were part of a bigger corporation drove IP into the ground in pursuit for more profit. Oh yeah, they were.


We are going to have to see how this stint at SE fair's given the turnover and failure seen there.
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