Seems like a lot of these talented Japanese devs are just cashing out with that China money. NetEase is just bad news IMHO. There is a reason why NetEase is known as the "EA of China"... They put prioritize profit more than anything else and you can see it clearly with their GameLoft strategy of copying every game and launching it on mobile with some deep monetization hooks. Now they are trying to change that image with high profile old school Japanese dev hires... Only time will tell but I'm not too hopeful. Expect a lot of censorship and pro China propaganda in upcoming games.
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Re: Veteran Capcom Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi Joins NetEase Games
Seems like a lot of these talented Japanese devs are just cashing out with that China money. NetEase is just bad news IMHO. There is a reason why NetEase is known as the "EA of China"... They put prioritize profit more than anything else and you can see it clearly with their GameLoft strategy of copying every game and launching it on mobile with some deep monetization hooks. Now they are trying to change that image with high profile old school Japanese dev hires... Only time will tell but I'm not too hopeful. Expect a lot of censorship and pro China propaganda in upcoming games.