MIGS 2010: Square Enix CTO On Working With Japan, Game Tech's Future

[patsu]

I like this article as it reflects some of my own experiences in east meet west business culture:
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/3148...O_On_Working_With_Japan_Game_Techs_Future.php

Square Enix's global chief technology officer Julien Merceron delivered a MIGS talk about the challenges facing his company in forming a global tech strategy which incorporates the needs of Japan and the West.

… in 2009 Square Enix acquired Eidos -- and Merceron became the combined company's CTO. Mercerson thinks more East-West mergers are coming, whether Japanese companies buy Western studios or vice versa.

At first, he said, people in the industry worried that Square Enix might change Eidos irreparably. "Eidos is gone? Not really. But clearly it was a tough ride at the beginning."
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Too many things to summarize. Read it yourself.