There's been some recent news stories about games

So both are equally important. Fans want the continuation of D2R Items games. As a StarCraft fan, I also want more StarCraft games. Fans would like to see greater Diablo games. I'm a big fan and also want more games from Diablo. Fans want new IPs also, and I am one too.

And so the things that we consider in terms of "What IP should we use and how we can consider it?" The team is given a lot of authority to make decisions on that. Also, we need to be very aware of what games and what IPs the teams are interested in. What IP could be suitable for various kinds of games.

I'm convinced that we have these IPs that have these stories, time periods, any story of games that they have -- I consider that an asset. I do not see it as a threat. I believe the capability and the drive to create new is also important We've demonstrated that we're able to do that through Diablo We'll demonstrate this again in the coming years.

A first-person shooter inspired by StarCraft has been rumored to have become White Whale for Blizzard. Recently, we heard of a plan to create a first-person shooter set within the StarCraft universe being canceled, and of course, we had StarCraft Ghost. Do you think that this idea is something you'd still like to explore?

You know, I think one of the things I'd like to highlight is that there's been some recent news stories about games we haven't taken action on, however internally, it is known that 50% of the games we launch actually take off.

So the fact that we're still not moving forward with the game we're working on or this one is kind of an indication that Blizzard is functioning as usual. I would say that for the majority of games that we've begun aren't yet released due to reasons that aren't clear, most people never even know their names other than Blizzard. It's not really getting the attention D2R items cheap deserves.