Once again, I repeat that Japanese labor laws make it extremely difficult to fire permanent employees making layoffs nigh impossible within Japanese companies. Execs are not taking less pay out of kindness but necessity when times are rough.
gamesradar.com
Japanese companies like Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami are healthier because they have smaller teams, don't have frequent layoffs, and don't pay executives $30 million, says expert
"They didn't get swept up in the live-service trend, or into these mega-blockbusters with 500-person teams"