Square Enix explains the various connections between NieR Replicant and Automata, including the various cameo appearances ...

Automata saved the Japanese games industry. According to Yoshida, the game was so well-received and so unequivocally Japanese ...

The release of Nier Automata 'revived' the Japanese games industry, which was struggling after the PS3 era, according to ex-Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida.