Post: Earthquakes Impact On the Japanese Gaming Industry
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03-14-2011, 09:41 AM
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) // March 14th,2011.As I’m sure many of you know, the recent disastrous events in Japan impacted the lives on many. The destruction took it’s toll on the gaming industry as well.
<li> Sony has closed six plants in Fukushima Miyazaki. Those plants were responsible were creating Blu-ray discs.
<li> More than 12,000 PS3’s and 5,600+ Xbox 360’s have been washed away.
<li> All game events in Japan are canceled for now. Events for games such as BlazBlue, Yakuza of the End, Dead or Alive, Monster Hunter 3 and many more.
<li> Motor Storm: Apocalypse has been delayed due to the fact that the game contains earthquake scenes, which at the moment is a extremely sensitive issue to many.
<li> Final Fantasy XI and XIV servers are offline in Japan.
<li> Konami’s Metal Gear servers are offline as they hope to reduce and save electricity.
<li> Many game and anime studios will temporary stop production, due to a lot of damage.
However, there is one positive note. Sony is donating money towards disaster relief, as well as giving 30,000 or so radio products to help out communication. [/COLOR]
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