Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert

inari@piefed.zip · 7 days ago

Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert

I Cast Fist@programming.dev · 7 days ago

They didn’t get swept up in the live-service trend

I guess by “didn’t get swept up” the author meant these companies didn’t go all-in like western studios, because all 3 have their portion of f2p mobile crap, with Konami being the worst offender with, PES Mobile, eFootball and others.

I suppose another big difference is shareholder expectation. In the US, if you don’t grow every quarter, you’re dead.