Hero of Hyrule
Frieren the Slayer
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"Speaking to myself and this company, I want to say that this is not something I would wish on the staff at FromSoftware in a million years," Miyazaki said. "I'm pretty sure our parent company Kadokawa understands that and shares that view."
"I think it was the old ex-president of Nintendo, Iwata-san, who said that 'people who are afraid of losing their jobs are afraid of making good things.' I'm paraphrasing that, but I totally share this view," Miyazaki said.
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FromSoftware boss addresses gaming industry layoffs: 'As long as this company's my responsibility, I would not let that happen'
Hidetaka Miyazaki describes FromSoftware's relationship with parent company Kadokawa and references Satoru Iwata's perspective on layoffs.
I think that as we see companies like Nintendo, From, and Capcom do well, the wisdom that creatives work best when they are not existentially worried, will hopefully become more and more prevalent and accepted in the industry's modus operandi.