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NetEase and Tencent, companies of Chinese origin, have invested heavily in Japan in recent years, acquiring various studios and even opening new ones in this territory. However, despite this bet, a Bloomberg Report suggests that the expected fruits are far from those obtained and companies would think about a new strategy for the future.
The same report states that NetEase closed most jobs in Ouka the people behind Visions of Mana, a title released just a few days ago.
Changes in plans for the land of the rising sun
Apparently, The company plans to close the studio and the remaining employees in the company will be responsible for ensuring the launch of the last remaining games. Although neither NetEase nor Tencent are planning to completely abandon the Japanese territory, investments will be much smaller in the short term by the two giants.
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In Japan Netase still has several studies: Grasshopper Manufacture (led by Suda51), Nagoshi Studio (headed by Yakuza saga creator Toshihiro Nagoshi), Pincool (with Ryutaro Ichimura, producer of Dragon Quest 8 and 9), Studio Flare and GPTRACK50 (led by Resident Hiroyuki Kobayashi, producer of Evil 4).
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