Square Enix reveals Eidos bid

ah ah

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good stuff wonder what will change now

- japanese toilets

- sushi for lunch. every day

Japanese toilets have more lines of code than Unreal Engine 6

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Square Enix Execs Take Self-Imposed Pay Cut

Financial forecasts slashed, stocks plunging. Times are hard for Japanese role-playing-game maker Square Enix.

While some other execs might pass the buck and make cuts everywhere except for their own salaries, Square Enix's Yoichi Wada is not some other exec.

In a recently released briefing from last month, Wada explained, "In recognition of the latest results, we're cutting the remuneration of three executive directors by 15 percent. The three directors are myself, our Vice-President Keiji Honda, and Director and Chief Financial Officer Yosuke Matsuda. This reduction is for an indefinite period. In the meantime, we intend to stand up straight and push ahead with reforms."

Sure, Wada makes gobs of money. Even with the 15 percent cut, he still probably makes gobs of money — just percent less gobs. But seeing an exec stand up and show he's willing to take a hit for the company does offer fuzzy feelings. Imperial Hot? No, Imperial Heart.

i applaud people that can stand up for what they believe in... even though it's "only" 15%.

I don't think it's so extraordinary in Japan though, to make personal "sacrifices" for the company - my sister-in-law still feels a sort of loyalty to Toyota, for instance, and I think I've even heard of (maybe exaggerated?) stories of execs committing suicide for dishonoring companies. My point is, I think a lot of Japanese gamedev execs are going to do this, I don't think it's a strictly Square Enix thing. Blah blah blah.

Good for Eidos then. I think/hope

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I don't think it's so extraordinary in Japan though, to make personal "sacrifices" for the company - my sister-in-law still feels a sort of loyalty to Toyota, for instance, and I think I've even heard of (maybe exaggerated?) stories of execs committing suicide for dishonoring companies. My point is, I think a lot of Japanese gamedev execs are going to do this, I don't think it's a strictly Square Enix thing. Blah blah blah.

i wouldn't put it past them. the culture is so much more built around putting your "soul" into whatever you do, so it somehow doesn't strike me as weird at all. i'm just hoping people from the west would start following the same direction (well okay maybe not murder/death/suicide for the company).