Nier: Automata saved PlatinumVideo games, says Hideki Kamiya

Kamiya talked about Nier on Twitter over the weekend, displaying his appreciation for Yoko Taro. 

ニーアの成功はプラチナにこれまでとは違うファン層をもたらし且つスタッフの成長、成功体験、優秀な就職志望者の増加と計り知れない恩恵を与えてくれた…本来は全て俺がやらなければならない事だった…情けない話だがプラチナはヨコオさんに救われたと言っても過言ではない…感謝してもしきれません…

— 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya (@PG_kamiya) August 13, 2017

Here’s the interpretation, courtesy of NeoGAF:

“Nier’s success has to this point given Platinum a new fanbase, a growing staff, a brilliant success story, an increase in qualified job applicants, and a great benefit. Normally, I can’t help but do everything by myself… it’s a pitiful story, but to say that Yoko-san saved Platinum would not be an exaggeration. I cannot thank him enough.”

Platinum is well one among my favorite Japanese builders, and it’s been nice to see it porting video games over to PC – even higher that they appear to have achieved fairly nicely, notably Nier. Here’s to this persevering with!