The investment exceeds 120 million dollars.
In recent months the word metaverse has been gaining strength within society, thus giving rise to more and more companies that get on this bandwagon of which it is not known if it is viable or not, this being something that only time will know how to answer. In any case, Within the video game industry, Bandai Namco has made a moveand it could be said that he has done it in a big way in view of the investment he has made.
This has been known thanks to a quarterly report presented by the Japanese company, in which its profits, benefits, investments, among other points, are revealed. And focusing on the latter, it is gathered that Bandai Namco will allocate 130 million dollars between April 2022 and March 2025 for the creation of a Metaversethis movement being called IP Axis strategywhich would help maximize the value of the company’s IPs and make them more accessible and attractive to everyone.
An idea that aims to reach a greater mass of people
In this way, the same report indicates that virtual spaces would be anticipated that would allow customers to enjoy a wide range of entertainmentwhich would in turn allow the establishment of communities between Bandai Namco and the fans of the company’s own brands, as well as among the fans themselves.
Having said all this, it must be said that the Bandai Namco universe is not that it falls shortsince, to mention some of his sagas, a metaverse could be created with Dragon Ball, Digimon, Tales of, all From Software titles, Pacman, Tekkén, Ace Combat, Code Vein, Narutoamong many others, so it is clear that they have plenty of material to make their metaverse and attract a large community of followers.
However, we will have to be aware of the movements they may make in the future, since Being such a young technology, it is not known if it will end up being accepted. or if, on the contrary, it will go unnoticed by society.
In any case, we will have to be attentive to what may happen until March 2025, This being the moment in which we will see if it has been a beneficial investment or if, on the contrary, it ends up being one of Bandai Namco’s biggest wastes. Only time will tell.
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