Iwata can’t promise “overwhelmingly rich” Wii U launch titles, proposals for evergreen titles

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sperrico87 said:

kitler53 said:

a) buildings don't make games.

b) when opening the new facitilities the old ones are to be closed.  this is more about consolidation the hardware/software guys to be together then expansion.

It was my understanding that the new Kyoto facility was to be a great deal larger than their current headquarters, and that it would allow them to greatly expand their development teams.  If I am wrong, I stand corrected.  Perhaps we're both right.   Because, I thought that the hardware teams were already in the main headquarters with the rest of the company, except for EAD Tokyo, which is obviously in Tokyo.

Correct.  The new facility will be far larger than the current facility and house more employees.   If my figures are correct, it's going to be almost twice as big as the current facility and when you add in the staff moving over from the main HQ building as well, there will be about 40% of unused space in a direct transfer.  I highly doubt they plan to keep that much space unused.