Comments on: Stellar Blade director says using AI will be essential for competing with overwhelming manpower of China and US developers  https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kenji https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/#comment-7295 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:25:15 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=55701#comment-7295 That’s very ironic of him to say that the use of AI ‘won’t cut the workforce’, while saying that a proficient AI user can do the work of a hundred people.

]]> By: Hudz https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/#comment-7283 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:47:15 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=55701#comment-7283 I’m really hyped for the next stellar blade i just hope they don’t turn it into a slop and kill the franchise there’s really no need to worry about manpower look at french studio they’re doing fantastic this year in game and animation i don’t think they care about japanese or hollywood animation studio because they really don’t need to

]]> By: MotoGato https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/#comment-7282 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:45:54 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=55701#comment-7282 YOU DON’T NEED AI TO COMPETE PERIOD!

Why are we trading heart and soul or talent for something soulless to do the work only to result as more slop? Can this damn bubble burst already, it’s time to stop!

]]> By: Gill https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/#comment-7281 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:04:05 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=55701#comment-7281 So by that logic, those 1000 Chinese workers also have better AI right now and can also do 100x the work, so the gap doesn’t close at all.
Aside from that projection on efficiency being an unfounded number with no real basis on real world application. Code that is written by AI is not that good and requires constant revision by human workers. Illustrations generated by AI are empty and noticeably worse, and users will know and raise hell about it. Putting the cart before the horse on perceived profit and output.

]]> By: Yamato https://automaton-media.com/en/news/stellar-blade-director-says-using-ai-will-be-essential-for-competing-with-overwhelming-manpower-of-china-and-us-developers/#comment-7279 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:45:56 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=55701#comment-7279 What a shame, guess I’m uninstalling Nikke then, it was my favorite gacha.

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