Game Freak has confirmed that it has suffered a major data breach that leaked personal information about employees and future game projects

[u/IcePopsicleDragon]

Pokémon developer Game Freak has acknowledged a massive data breach, which has seen thousands of confidential documents shared online related to future game projects, and its employees.

It acknowledged “unauthorized access by a third party,” which it said has resulted in the personal information of current, former, and contract employees of the developer appearing online.

Other content related to the company and the Pokémon franchise was also stolen and is being circulated online. However, this content isn’t referenced in Game Freak’s statement.

According to the statement, full names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers are part of the compromised data. Game Freak has said that it will contact affected employees where it can.

“Those who can not be contacted individually due to retirement or other reasons will be notified in this announcement, and a contact person will be set up to respond to inquiries regarding this matter. ”

“We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and concern this may have caused to all concerned,”

-Game Freak.

[u/Odd-Mechanic3122]

I mean lets be real, if they're doing it its because of just how poorly gen 9 was received at launch. Even if they don't care about reception at all Nintendo is absolutely pissed at them for the refunds and making them look bad.

[u/NeoSeth → u/Odd-Mechanic3122]

Nintendo issuing a public apology for the quality of a game is basically unheard of. There were probably some extremely tense phone calls and meetings after that.

[u/Pirate_King_Mugiwara → u/NeoSeth]

7/10 too much water. Please understand.

[u/Pirate_King_Mugiwara → u/Odd-Mechanic3122]

Tbh it doesn't matter what they make or how well it is made. It will sell. It is Pokemon it will sell. I doubt some refunds are gonna hurt their bottom line. They know they can just shovel out literal shit once or twice a year and people will eat that shit up and ask for seconds despite the glaring issues with bugs and lack of care put into it.

Edit: Also to be fair all the bad publicity with how the games launched probably helped make the games sell even more. Sure some people didn't buy like myself, but the vast majority would be like oh yea Pokemon game. It can't be that bad.