Japanese dev industry ‘like a zombie’

One of Japan’s most popular game developers has launched an imaginative and damning analysis of his native development nation.

Katamari Damacy maestro Keita Takahashi described the Japanese sector as a zombie” that needs to die, but won’t.

In an interview with consumer magazine GamesTM, Takashashi said: I think the Japanese industry is like a zombie. We don’t know what to do until we’re at the very bottom, and only then can we start looking at where things are going wrong.

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