The event was held on June 24, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo (Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) I went to the general meeting of shareholders of Square Enix Holdings, Inc. Today's report is about this.
The shareholders' meeting started at 10:00 on time. After the audit report from the audit firm, there were items to report, including business results, the election of six directors (who are also members of the Audit Committee), and the appointment of a new board of directors. The President, who is the chairman of the meeting, used a slide presentation to explain all of the resolutions, including the one about (except for the officers).
An overview of the meeting was as follows
Smartphone games "Dracula Walk" and "FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS". Despite the strong performance of 'War,' 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' for PS4 is postponed
Final Fantasy XIV and other MMO's have seen the number of users increase due to the demand for the new corona nesting system. multiply
In the publishing business, e-books and print media are doing well
The amusement business was hit hard by the request to suspend operations of the new Corona.
The rights property business also suffered from the cancellation of events due to Wuhan Pneumonia.
Development recovered to about 80% by working from home. Voice and motion capture could not be resumed due to a 3-density situation.
Sony's (6758) and Microsoft's (MSFT) next generation game consoles will be released at the end of 2020. But the future is in the cloud game.
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And a Q&A.
Q: Normally there's a new game announcement at E3, but what are the plans for the impact of Corona this year?
A: Normally there would be an announcement of a new game at E3. We were going to hold a presentation event as an alternative to that, but due to the lack of assets, we were unable to do so. From now on it will be done on a per-title basis when we can announce them, and we'll release some in July or August. Schedule.
Q: My thoughts on stealth marketing
A: We do not intend to take the advertising approach of stealth marketing.
Q: Whether or not stealth marketing was used in the current year.
A: I haven't received any reports that it was implemented.
Q: Looking at your background, the alternate auditor seems to be the greater of the two, what do you think?
A: The auditor is not determined by how great they are or aren't, but by whether they are the right person for the job.
Q: Regarding the lack of internal directors.
A: We have a holding company system and there is a strong monitoring aspect to our company. For this reason, many of our employees are outside the company.
Q:Nintendo Tokyo, Nintendo's official direct-managed store, was opened in Shibuya You've opened in Parco, what are your thoughts on store development?
A : We also operate the Square Enix Café. We believe that opening stores is an important sales channel. If there are any issues, we will deal with them on a case-by-case basis.
After the question and answer session, a vote was taken on the resolutions, and the general meeting of shareholders came to an end.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Source: http://blog.livedoor.jp/majo2/archives/52117280.html
Machine translation there until I get a better translation (salromano?)
Edit: Check the threadmark for a better translation, thank you Salromano!
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