In a 12 months flush with video-sport-firm layoffs and restructuring, Bandai Namco has reportedly canceled a number of titles together with video games that includes One Piece and Naruto licenses. Along with these video games, there was reportedly an unnamed contract mission with Nintendo that has been shuttered as nicely.
In a report by Bloomberg, coinciding with the tasks being terminated, it is acknowledged that the corporate is taking a conventional “Japanese strategy to cut back employees and sending staff to rooms the place they’re given nothing to do, placing stress on them to go away voluntarily” so they do not obtain any type of severance. The strategy is usually known as oidashibeya, that means “expulsion room.” The consequence has led to virtually 100 resignations, however the firm insists there isn’t any such tactic in place.
“Our choices to discontinue video games are primarily based on complete assessments of the state of affairs,” a Bandai Namco consultant mentioned. “Some workers might have to attend a sure period of time earlier than they’re assigned their subsequent mission, however we do transfer ahead with assignments as new tasks emerge.”
Over the summer season, the corporate additional shuttered its lengthy-working Tales of the Rays cell sport and mentioned it could take down its MMO sport Blue Protoco beginning in January. “Now we have loved a powerful relationship with Amazon Video games all through the event of Blue Protocol,” Bandai Namco mentioned in a press release. “Each of our groups are disenchanted that we won’t be able to ship the sport to gamers all over the world.”
Bandai Namcon’s newest launch, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero noticed robust preliminary gross sales. The sport, developed by Spike Chunsoft, offered greater than 3 million units worldwide inside its first 24 hours after its launch.