I hope your take on this is right. That's the path I'd like to see them go down. Screw making games for "global audiences," when all they wanted in the first place was amazing stuff you made for Japanese audiences.
I found another article that reports NA & EU staff have been told the cuts will mostly eliminate NA/EU publishing & advertising, and cut some from IT. Another way to think of it is that there won't be anyone left to speak for the Square Enix brand who isn't directly under the thumb of JP corporate.
I hope your take on this is right. That's the path I'd like to see them go down. Screw making games for "global audiences," when all they wanted in the first place was amazing stuff you made for Japanese audiences.
I found another article that reports NA & EU staff have been told the cuts will mostly eliminate NA/EU publishing & advertising, and cut some from IT. Another way to think of it is that there won't be anyone left to speak for the Square Enix brand who isn't directly under the thumb of JP corporate.
They're going full "Assimilate this!"
I love that line.
Now if only Nintendo would do this to NOA