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Sakurai talks about his long hours at work, and how they've lessened in recent years
Sakurai is back with another Famitsu feature. This time he talks about his hours working in the game industry. Sakurai is still putting in some very long days at work, but not quite as long as he used to. Check out the reason behind the lessened work time below.
In the game industry, there’s a lot of overtime, all-nighters, and coming in on holidays! It’s a practice that has been occurring for a long time. That suddenly changed in recent years, though.
Actually, if you look at other companies and even myself, 10:00 p.m. is when everyone goes home. Or rather, maybe we’re getting shut out? I go to work at 10:00 a.m., so I usually spend about 10 hours working each day. In the past, it wasn’t that uncommon to work until 1 or 2 in the morning so compared to those days, I’m taking it easy.