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Square ends Japan's "gaming xenophobia"
TechRadar: Gaming news —
... "In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people coming in, no new ideas, almost xenophobic. It is now slightly behind western counterparts," Wada told The Financial Times. ...
Square ends Japan's 'gaming xenophobia'
TechRadar: Gaming news —
... "In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people coming in, no new ideas, almost xenophobic. It is now slightly behind western counterparts," Wada told The Financial Times. ...
Square Enix Open To More Acquisitions
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Following its takeover of Eidos, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada says that the Japanese publisher hasn t ruled out making further acquisitions as it looks to gain a greater foothold in western markets. The combination of Eidos and Square Enix gives us a good platform from which to expand. In that process, we might decide to acquire another company, Wada told the Financial Times . Wada also said that the Japanese game industry needs fresh ideas if it is to keep pace with the the west. In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, ...
Square Enix May Acquire Another Company, says Wada
GameDaily BIZ Features Feed —
... . Speaking to the Financial Times , Square Enix President Yoichi Wada said that this purchase may not be the Japanse publishing giant's last. "The combination of Eidos and Square Enix gives us a good platform from which to expand," said Wada. "In that process, we might decide to acquire another company." Any further acquisitions by Square Enix would be at least partially motivated by a perceived need to reinvigorate the Japanese gaming industry. "In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people ...
Square Enix Contemplates Further Acquistions
Wired: Game|Life —
... the computer industry and from Hollywood, which has led to strong growth.”
Wada (pictured above) makes no mention of which companies the Final Fantasy publisher might be eyeing as possible acquisitions, though his comments about the U.S. gaming industry and Square Enix’s recent push to establish a foothold in Western markets may indicate an upcoming bid for a gaming firm based in The States.
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Square Enix eyes further acquisitions [Financial Times, via Edge ]
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Square Enix Rolling Its Own Meta-Katamari
GayGamer.net —
... Mr Wada said. "The lag with the US is very clear. The US games industry was not good in the past but it has now attracted people from the computer industry and from Hollywood, which has led to strong growth."
Keep an eye out for what could be another purchase for Square Enix - Square's recent Western focus and attempts to reinvent itself might present some clues as to what that purchase might be, but until we hear more your guess is as good as mine.
Square Enix Contemplates Further Acquistions [Financial Times via GameLife]
Square Enix considering further acquisitions
Joystiq —
... Square Enix has one goal: Be a more global company. After recently acquiring Eidos (and leaving its identity intact), Square Enix has exhibited an appetite that's larger than we could have imagined. President Yoichi Wada told the Financial ...
Square Enix Seeks Aggressive Expansion
PlayStation LifeStyle —
... and the Japanese development industry as well.
Some Western influence wouldn’t hurt Square Enix, but didn’t we fall in love with the company for its stellar RPGs? Maybe their sales would increase if they finally went ahead and released a game for the system. I wonder if this shift in focus has anything to do with Square Enix’s new console support policy? There is also a long line of PS3 owners that are dying for a flood of RPGs. Just saying…
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