Oh pricey, issues do not look like doing the perfect over at Bandai Namco, because the developer and writer has apparently cancelled 5 video games.
As reported by VGC, Bandai Namco not too long ago shared its latest financial report for the third quarter of this fiscal yr. The corporate reported that it had a 96.5% drop in earnings, a quantity so excessive I do not assume you have to be an professional to grasp how dangerous it’s. Bandai famous that Dragon Ball and One Piece titles are nonetheless secure in Japan and abroad, and Armored Core 6 was “common,” however the drop largely got here from the truth that Elden Ring offered so many copies the earlier fiscal yr that it wasn’t capable of be replicated by one other title this yr.
Due to this, it seems that Bandai has needed to cancel a few of its titles, sharing that “within the digital enterprise, along with valuation losses associated to new on-line sport titles and different titles launched this fiscal yr, we recorded a loss on disposal on account of a evaluate of title organisation with a view to the subsequent mid-term plan. Sooner or later, we’ll construct an optimum and well-balanced title portfolio, look at our improvement system fastidiously, and strengthen improvement with an emphasis on high quality.”
In a Q&A held after the outcomes briefing, a Bandai Namco consultant expanded upon this saying “Disposal of work-in-progress was determined in accordance with inside guidelines concerning analysis, and the web video games and different merchandise topic to this disposal had been additionally carried out in accordance with these guidelines. Now we have additionally determined to discontinue the event of no less than 5 different titles below improvement and have recorded a loss on disposal.”
It wasn’t acknowledged what titles have been cancelled, so presumably none of them had been beforehand introduced. The consultant went on to clarify that the corporate’s “improvement construction” has been modified in order that there are “stricter requirements for continuing with improvement.” You must surprise if Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash had something to do with that.
On the very least, Tekken 8 is outwardly “forward of bills for this fiscal yr… and is anticipated to contribute to repeat gross sales within the subsequent fiscal yr.” And do not you go worrying about Shadow of the Erdtree both, as Bandai additionally stated that it’s “getting ready large-scale downloadable content material for Elden Ring,” so every thing is ok and dandy there too.