Hidetaka Miyazaki, the author of Elden Ring among others and Dark Souls, as well as the current president of FromSoftware, said follow the philosophy of Satoru Iwatathe late former president of Nintendo who left us in 2015, regarding layoffs.
Miyazaki touched on the topic in an interview with the PC Gamer magazine, when we started talking about the enormous amount of layoffs that have occurred in the industry, with the closure of entire development studios. Miyazaki has no intention of allowing this to happen within FromSoftware. His view on it is the same as expressed in the past by Iwata, who he quoted directly.
Miyazaki’s words
“I think it was the old former president of Nintendo, Iwata-san, who said that ‘people who are afraid of losing their jobs are afraid of doing good things‘. I’m paraphrasing, but I totally agree with this point of view. I think it’s true. And I think the people of Kadokawa, our parent company, understand my thoughts. While it cannot be said with absolute certainty, it is impossible to predict what the future holds for From and Kadokawa, at least as long as this company is under my responsibility, I will not let that happen. So I hope our players and our fans can feel safe.”
Iwata spoke these words during a very difficult period for Nintendo. However, he didn’t want to fire anyone. In fact, he reduced his salary so as not to affect the employees. Currently FromSoftware is a very thriving company, which has one success after another, so it is certainly not in dire straits. Let’s hope it stays that way, so that Miyazaki doesn’t have to choose.
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