Ex-Capcom man dubs it a “communist state”.
Departing Capcom R&D boss Keiji Inafune has taken some parting shots at the Japanese games industry, complaining that developers are being turned into lazy salarymen by out of date business traditions.
In an interview with Japanese site 4Gamer translated on NeoGAF, Inafune said, “The really big wall that the Japanese game industry is hitting is the changing of its creators into salarymen.
“In short, it’s like a communist state. Working as hard as you can is your own loss. Not working hard becomes more advantageous. But doesn’t that get in the way of making games? You can’t make good games by just taking it easy.