Posted by SignOfZeta on June 02, 2020 at 16:08:11 EST in reply to hmm, I guess the goal would be to get a better sense of whether Aruze "killed" the NGPC before its time or whether it extended its life briefly by doing the blister pack thing. Or indeed whether there was some viable path to keeping it going. I see your point with the "necessary loss" there, but SNK didn't have enough other divisions going at the time to absorb any damage I reckon. 2000-2010 was pretty dark for them - it was interesting getting a sense of that while talking to the samurai shodown folks. That game was so popular that they actually constructed a new (10+ story) building with the money. (well, they say "maybe samurai shodown paid for the first three floors" - but it was SNK's money that build the building). If you go around that neighborhood it's full of places they used to own, or built, or something else. Now they're in one smaller building nearby, and you kind of feel the consolidation of the company quite literally. (n/t) from exodus.
Did Aruze/SNK actually do the blister pack thing? My perception at the time was that they sold everything to a third party who created those things on their own. Now I can’t remember what those bundles were called...
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