William and Shy discuss the recent trend of Chinese companies buying up Japanese Studios, on The Nights On, Lights off gaming Podcast. Full Podcast - open.spotify.c... or here - • Nights On, Lights Off ... #gaming #nisamerica #falcom
Reminds me of when Tencent bought the Japanese publisher Visual Arts, who've published a lot of Key's visual novels (Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters etc). I'm not exactly sure what's gonna come of this, but it's hard not to be concerned when companies from a communist country like China, known for its strict laws regarding games, are involving themselves with the Japanese gaming market to this extent. I know there are plenty of talented developers over in China, who simply make and sell games they're passionate about to overseas audiences (can't wait to play Lost Soul Aside), but on the publisher side of things, who knows?
