News: SNK restructuring

November 18, 2004, 10:41 AM

by brandon, via SNKP -
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Written by Eric-Jon:

"SNK's reorganized. It has been confirmed (in the usual vague manner) that:

1: SNK Playmore has absorbed SNK NeoGeo and Noise.
2: SNK NeoGeo Hong Kong is now SNK Playmore Hong Kong
3: SNK NeoGeo Consumer Corporation is now SNK Playmore USA

That means there are now only three legs remaining out of the enormous Playmore group. Ben Herman mentioned via email that the move is an attempt to simplify worldwide identity.

Familiar as it is, ditching the "NeoGeo" is due as well, given the direction that SNK has been moving in. And given that they don't have hardware to deal with, it seems to make some sense to consolidate whatever they've got going, development-wise, at SNK NeoGeo and Playmore."