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Some experts believe the unemployment rate in the video game industry is as high as 9 percent , over double the national average in the U.S. In Japan , recent years have seen many of the country’s firms commit to workers rather than cut them.
Sega raised salaries by 33 percent , Koei Tecmo upped wages by 23 percent , employees at Persona -maker Atlus saw their incomes jump by 15 percent .
Japanese companies are able to make cuts, particularly those operating internationally, they tend to do so.
Japanese studios rely on contract and temporary labor, which has the effect of creating a kind of two -tier labor system similar to that which exists in the US .
The Japanese language, spoken by relatively few people outside of the country, might also prove itself a boon to workers.
The mantra Kazdal says he and his colleagues who run independent studios are chanting is “survive till 2025 ” For all the current stresses, 17 -Bit is in better shape than it perhaps would have been following an acquisition deal with Embracer , the former conglomerate that, in June 2023 , began a cost-saving exercise that resulted in some 4,532 jobs.
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