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Final Fantasy creator warns of pandemic hit to games development – Financial Times
CEO of Japan’s Square Enix says production slowdown threatens to counter boost brought by lockdowns
The head of the Japanese games group behind the hit Final Fantasy series has warned that Covid-19 has caused “time to stand still” on production of new titles, threatening to undermine the boost the industry enjoyed after global lockdowns.
Yosuke Matsuda, chief executive of Square Enix, told the Financial Times in an interview that while the $145bn sector had benefited from people spending more time at home due to coronavirus lockdowns, social distancing restrictions had hit development pipelin…
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