Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explained to Japanese magazine Famitsu that video game development will become even longer, more complex and sophisticated in the future, and that mergers and acquisitions could be one way to address this. Nintendo isn’t the only company to say that video game development is getting longer, more expensive and more complex, with Sony and Xbox echoing this statement in the past.
“He also stated that he believes that further lengthening, complexity and sophistication of game development is inevitable in the future and that mergers and acquisitions are one possible way to address this, but added: “First of all, we would like to develop human resources that understand Nintendo’s in-house brand and will be responsible for the future development of Nintendo, alongside the developers who have built our brand over the years. However, the company’s core policy is “first and foremost to understand the Nintendo brand well within the company and develop the human resources that will be responsible for the future development of Nintendo, together with the developers who have built the brand over the years.”
