Composer Masashi Hamauzu Left Square Enix, Good or Bad?

Composer Masashi Hamauzu Left Square Enix, Good or Bad?
	Masashi Hamauzu, who wrote the score for FINAL FANTASY XIII and other games, had left Square Enix.
	This is a damage for Square Enix.
	Not really.
	What the!! You mean he is redundant!!
	I haven't say that...
	Sorry.
	I mean this is an advantage both to the company and the composer himself.
	Why?
	Firstly, as a company, making games with its own staff is already old-fashioned. The trend is to cooperate with external studio. As a listed company, Square Enix's wage scale is higher than the industry's average. More staff inside the company would only block its growth. That's why it shifts to a cooperation style.
	You remind that Square Enix is downsizing.
	The only merit of holding a composer inside the company is that he can write the score for most of the company's games. But writing a score is relatively less time-consuming. If the composer uses too many time for a score, which means the company needs to pay for his thinking time.
	You can't make a good score without thinking...
	That's true. But thinking doesn't mean the score will be good.
	You're right...
	Offer to an external studio with a fixed price will lead to a lower cost. Also, by this method, the company needs to pay less tax than hiring the composer inside itself.
	Then in the point of view of Masashi Hamauzu, what is the merit for the composer?
	Firstly, he can accept other companies offer freely. Till now, he could only write score for Square Enix. If he was a minor composer, he won't get a new job, but he is a guy writing score for many famous games, so that's fine.
	Only famous composer can do that huh.
	Also, till now the copyright of his music belongs to the company. From now on, he can expect his own copyright fee.
	Huh.
	And he can manage his time freely, no need to follow the company's rules. Many tax avoidance too. Rent of his own house, social expenses etc. can be used for tax avoidance. I don't know why Japanese think working in a company is great. If you can get job offers, freelance or self-employed is much better. The reality is just the opposite of the public view.
	You mean if you really can get some job offers...
	Nowadays even big companies collapse so nothing different. Being an employee still need to face wage cut or downsizing like Square Enix.
	That's right...
	Masashi Hamauzu didn't argue with Square Enix, he may still accept offers as external composer. Their relationship hadn't vanish.
	Masashi Hamauzu's last work at Square Enix is "FINAL FANTASY XIII Original Soundtrack", selling date is January 27.
	Nowadays game soundtrack won't sell too much. The company don't need to keep the copyright any more. But the copyright fee is still a big sum of money for the composer. Such difference make him left the company. Anyway, we are waiting for his next composition.