Japanese developers discuss plans for 2013
Famitsu is looking ahead to the future in this week’s issue. The magazine collected a number of responses from Japanese developers regarding their plans for 2013.
You can find comments from the likes of Konami, SEGA, Atlus, Platinum Games, and more below.
Company: Konami
Keyword/phrase: “Continuous, New Enjoyment.”
Look To 2013: It’s top secret, so we can’t disclose it now. It’s a secret.
Company: Square Enix
Keyword/phrase: “A Shift to Online Service”
Look To 2013: Establish MMO games and social games as well as strengthening IP.
Company: Sega
Keyword/phrase: “A Year of Leaping Forward”
Look To 2013: We will provide a balanced lineup of completely new titles, series titles, multiplayer games and such for a wider audience to enjoy. We also hope to obtain new consumers in both the home console and arcade market and increase customer satisfaction.
Company: Atlus
Keyword/phrase: “Revolutionary”
Look To 2013: We look to increasing our user base by delivering the “Atlus” brand to new stages through methods like mixed media and collaborations.
Company: Namco Bandai
Keyword/phrase: “Challenge! Growth! Evolution!”
Look To 2013: Namco Bandai plans to expand by thinking out of the box and through our IP-centric products and services.
Company: Tecmo Koei Games
Keyword/phrase: 2013 makes the 30th anniversary for the Nobunaga’s Ambition series. We will “Make It a Year of New Challenges” while caring for our existing series and fans!
Look To 2013: We aim to be the world’s number one entertainment content provider by offering products and services to satisfy our customers.
Company: Platinum Games
Keyword/phrase: In April, 2011, our CEO, Tatsuya Minami, delivered the message, “Challenge The World As Representatives of Japan.” In 2013, we will re-acknowledge and strengthen this feeling as we slowly begin releasing the titles we have been preparing. This will be the year that the second stage of Platinum Games comes to form, and it will be a year that we vigorously push forward as both a brand and as a group.
Look To 2013: It looks to be a very dense year with the release of Metal Gear Rising Revengeance and new information on the already announced The Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2. We have become widely recognized internationally as an action game maker, but we hope to strengthen our image through the release or announcements of the aforementioned titles. We hope that 2013 will be a year that many more users across the world will hear and know of the company, “Platinum Games.”
