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NCSoft’s Songyee Yoon believes in gaming for a better world | The DeanBeat


Songyee Yoon, president of NCSoft, is one of the rare women leaders at one of the game industry's biggest companies.

It’s because of people like you.” I realized there’s a kind of disconnect between thsee kids, who are in gaming and enjoying it and loving it and learning from it, and their parents, who aren’t necessarily gamers, who are just watching them from the outside and getting frustrated. We realized that having a daycare designed from the perspective of parents and family would help with retention at our company, as well as the birth rate, which is a dire problem in South Korea. GamesBeat: We’ve seen some huge shifts in the game industry in recent years, from a big spike in engagement to layoffs and uncertainty now post-pandemic.

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