Japans Game Industry on Impressive Rise as Western AAA Development Struggles

Sony and others hitting record highs.

Five of Japan's biggest video game companies have just posted record-breaking share prices, strongly suggesting that the country's industry is actually strengthening amongst the global unrest that surrounds AAA development.

As reported by analyst Dr. Serkan Toto on Kantan Games, Japan hasn't really felt the effects of soaring development costs and the employee layoffs that so often follow. Granted, Japan's labour laws make mass redundancies much more difficult, but the bigger picture here is that the country's leading companies are going from strength to strength right now.

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