>>69420045>but having other companies catching up to themThat's a whole other issue for them, isn't it? They've underinvested in their talents for years and now that their 2D looks heavily outdated, they can't just dump a lot of money in the EN branch without the JP branch starting a riot. It's even worse for events because their whole tech is based on a single studio in Tokyo, so good luck fixing that. Also last year the JP events underperformed compared to the year before and I believe two events got cancelled, so it's not like they can - again - dump a lump sum on EN without JP starting a fuss.
The whole company looks like it rode on a working model for years and never updated it for the future and now that the future is here they're so fucked.