Bandai Namco seems to have misplaced over 100 workers since April 2024, in keeping with on-line information of the Japanese Pension service. These workers have departed with out a lot fanfare, after a tough patch for the online game large.
First found and reported by Amber V at Automaton Media, 117 builders have left the corporate – and consequently the individuals below Bandai Namco’s pension payroll scheme – in a mere 10 months. Which groups these workers belonged to, and the sport’s they have been engaged on, stay a thriller.
Bandai Namco have struggled within the online game division in some regard inside that point. Blue Protocol, the corporate’s newest MMORPG launch, was taken offline following a launch that fell under expectations. This in flip cancelled the Western launch of the sport, which was to be printed by Amazon. Some Blue Protocol builders cut up off the from the corporate have opted to maintain the spirit of the sport alive with Blue Protocol: Star Resonance, a religious successor to the sport being developed below Tencent subsidiary BOKURA, bringing a portion of the Blue Protocol staff alongside for the journey.
Alongside the closure of Blue Protocol, Bandai Namco On-line was dissolved and included into Bandai Namco correct. Workers from Bandai Namco on-line, caught on this limbo between initiatives, could nicely have made up a large portion of those departures. Nonetheless, given there aren’t any official bulletins or record of departing workers between now and April final yr, nobody is aware of for positive.
Whereas one might intuit a destructive outlook for the corporate based mostly on this stat, latest official monetary experiences for Bandai Namco paints a far completely different image. Within the February 5 report, the corporate introduced important development in working revenue in comparison with the identical time final yr. That is linked to huge releases like Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero which solely just lately handed 5 million copies bought. So it looks like company-wide, issues are going nicely no less than.
What do you assume the reason for these departures are? Are you want me, attributing the loss to huge misses like Blue Protocol, or can this be blamed on one thing else? Tell us under!
