Bandai Namco has canceled five games that were in development after making changes to its development structure.
The revelation came during the Q&A portion of the company’s recent earnings call. In a response to a question about the outlook for growth over the next fiscal year (FY) after recording losses for FY24, a rep for the company said direction within the company on what gets greenlit has changed.
“We have decided to dispose of work-in-progress in accordance with our internal rules regarding the evaluation of products in progress,” the rep said. “We have also decided to discontinue the development of at least five other titles under development and recorded a loss on disposal of these titles.“
The rep continued: “In addition, we have changed our development structure since the second half of the previous fiscal year, setting stricter criteria for proceeding with development, narrowing down the number of titles, and recording development costs.
“In addition to narrowing down the number of titles, we are also working to optimize our portfolio according to categories, such as those that are strategically deployed worldwide and casual titles for the light users.”
There was no mention of what the five games canceled were.
Also during the call, Bandai Namco revealed an 8.9% fall in year-over-year sales as well as a 96.5% drop in income.
The company did say, however, that Tekken 8 has been a success for the studio since its January 25 release.
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