Microsoft Hires Square Executive to Run Japanese Game Business

**Prince** · 09-25-2003, 06:29 AM

Microsoft Hires Square Executive to Run Japanese Game Business
September 25, 2003 00:09 EDT -- Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest maker of computer software, hired Yoshihiro Maruyama, a former official of Square Enix Co., to run the U.S. company's Xbox video- game business in Japan.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news...ws&tkr=msft:US
http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...loperId,33431/

"If you can't get their support, just buy their workers one by one"

**HylianKWG** · 09-25-2003, 09:21 AM

Microsoft is the devil!

**Michael Bluth** · 09-25-2003, 10:30 AM

Like that's going to do anything.

**Blaksmoke** · 09-25-2003, 05:12 PM

Poor guy. He'll be blamed for everything. And then Gates will shoot him for failing.

**dncardman** · 09-25-2003, 08:58 PM

NO Gates is going to make him dround(spelling maybe) is his Billioms of dollers.

**Glenn2K4** · 09-26-2003, 04:21 AM

poor guy

poor, poor guy

**Haris** · 09-26-2003, 08:43 PM

Smart.

**Notedog** · 09-26-2003, 09:29 PM

Japanese will want XBOX now for sure! Oh Im sorry what I meant to say was "not want."

**Michael Bluth** · 09-27-2003, 01:03 AM

After visiting message boards, I now realize why this guy is important: contacts. Japanese people are very formal, and no one within Microsoft had real leverage in terms of dealing with the Japanese CEO's (etc.) of Japanese development companies. Now with someone that has an incredible ammount of experience in the area, aswell as a man with many contacts, content should start coming more often in the land of the rising sun. Will it make a huge difference? Probably not. But will it make a difference? Yes.

**DarkNeptune7** · 09-27-2003, 01:08 AM

i can agree/see that...in the case, could be a good move for microsoft

***dwhittenempire*** · 09-27-2003, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by Phantagram

After visiting message boards, I now realize why this guy is important: contacts. Japanese people are very formal, and no one within Microsoft had real leverage in terms of dealing with the Japanese CEO's (etc.) of Japanese development companies. Now with someone that has an incredible ammount of experience in the area, aswell as a man with many contacts, content should start coming more often in the land of the rising sun. Will it make a huge difference? Probably not. But will it make a difference? Yes.

I agree totally what you said. Looks like Microsoft made a smart investment....wish I could say the same for Rare.