I didn't see this being posted.
Well, I translated it, so if you are better at Japanese or have better English translation skill, please do fix it at your own will.
I think I got the gist of the news, though.
Original can be found here
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Square Enix Holdings announced 540 million yen deficit (same quarter last year was 370 million yen profit) from April to November 2013.
The sales increased 6.2%, but showed -520 million yen operating profit. Out of all the large gaming companies in Japan, SE was the only one with deficit in this quarter.
So what kind of operating situation are they in?
"The rating system has no standard. We are trying to match the goal and reporting higher ups the progress, but it feels like those things do not matter in this company." 30 year old female worker was angry about rating system inside the company.
Also another worker in his late 30s, pointed out following things. “Each project has their own separate groups, and without the recommendation of a leader –producer- it is impossible to raise the rank in this company. It’s not the matter of how good you are at your job, it’s the matter how well you know the higher ups.”
“The culture of the company is that give loads of works to a worker and if he/she can’t follow, cut him/her out. Like they are trying to tell us ‘do not use your brain, use your body’”
One of the reasons of this quarter’s deficit was delay in products release.
“Workers are not happy about their rank, their payroll, and worried about their future. Motivation is low. Producer’s intentions were not reflecting in the final product so they are repeating again and again. This leads to delay.”
In the net, a lot of fans are showing their dissatisfaction. ‘Recent Dragon Quest has fallen victim to mannerism’, ‘I do not want to buy because there are just too many remakes’.
President Wada claimed ‘Japanese manufacturing is falling except cars. All of IT, business, couldn’t follow world’s trend. Square Enix is one of those few that can become the major player in world market’ in his recent interview.
Well, I translated it, so if you are better at Japanese or have better English translation skill, please do fix it at your own will.
I think I got the gist of the news, though.
Original can be found here
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Square Enix Holdings announced 540 million yen deficit (same quarter last year was 370 million yen profit) from April to November 2013.
The sales increased 6.2%, but showed -520 million yen operating profit. Out of all the large gaming companies in Japan, SE was the only one with deficit in this quarter.
So what kind of operating situation are they in?
"The rating system has no standard. We are trying to match the goal and reporting higher ups the progress, but it feels like those things do not matter in this company." 30 year old female worker was angry about rating system inside the company.
Also another worker in his late 30s, pointed out following things. “Each project has their own separate groups, and without the recommendation of a leader –producer- it is impossible to raise the rank in this company. It’s not the matter of how good you are at your job, it’s the matter how well you know the higher ups.”
“The culture of the company is that give loads of works to a worker and if he/she can’t follow, cut him/her out. Like they are trying to tell us ‘do not use your brain, use your body’”
One of the reasons of this quarter’s deficit was delay in products release.
“Workers are not happy about their rank, their payroll, and worried about their future. Motivation is low. Producer’s intentions were not reflecting in the final product so they are repeating again and again. This leads to delay.”
In the net, a lot of fans are showing their dissatisfaction. ‘Recent Dragon Quest has fallen victim to mannerism’, ‘I do not want to buy because there are just too many remakes’.
President Wada claimed ‘Japanese manufacturing is falling except cars. All of IT, business, couldn’t follow world’s trend. Square Enix is one of those few that can become the major player in world market’ in his recent interview.
