Isekai Is Basically The Live-Service Gaming Of Manga And Anime As Publisher Blames It For Swallowing Up Profits
Kotaku | 19.05.2026 20:04
2026 feels like the year that every video game publisher finally caught on to the fact that going all-in on live-service games makes absolutely no sense when every other publisher is also trying to go all-in on live-service games. Turns out that the anime and manga side of the coin has an analogous example, because the publishing conglomerate Kadokawa has just announced a 51.3-percent decrease in operating profits…and the shareholders think its obsession with isekais is to blame.
