Most if not all of top tier branded implants are from militech, in some quest Johnny says that if new war starts Militech will rip Arasaka's throat, they won last war and their trump card is way stronger just for a reason they have a trump card. I am kinda confused because Arasaka is presented as this top 1 arms dealer in the world with top notch tech and best agents but when you look a little more in the game lore they maybe not really pushovers, but all they can is manipulate people's opinions while Militech literally orchestrated successful nuking of the Arasaka tower
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Yes, because the developers were thinking about all that deep in-universe lore while making the game and deciding how it will play. They totally have financtial reports from Arasaka and Militech and their wider grasp on society, elaborated in sociological studies done in NC, so they can properly position those companies in the ficitonal universe.
Yes, thats totally what game devs do.
Arasaka is more criminally shady while militech was tasked with poking around the deep web and developing weapons of mass destruction for the government.
Militech develops its implants specifically for the military, and implants of this level on the photos are designed for special forces of various countries. The very essence of their corporation is the production of military equipment, weapons, gear and military-grade implants. Arasaka, on the contrary, has the production of military implants as a secondary factor, and this affects their quality
If you do the song bird ending for Phantom Liberty, either Johnny or Alex will comment that they can’t believe they lived to see the 5th corporate war, and that “militech will rip Arasaka’s throat out.” Or something like that,
Arasaka keeps their tech in-house. Militech is basically both R&D for military research… While also being a massive player in wars themselves.
Militech is basically America.
In tabletop lore, Militech had the advantage when it came to its corporate armed forces and producing heavy military equipment, but Arasaka had more wealth and global influence, and was considered more powerful overall.
When it comes to 2077 though, it could be down to Militech’s having a home field advantage in North America, and Arasaka’s best tech not being available there.
Arasaka isn’t primarily a military or armaments company. They’re a cyber security company with ties in banking and manufacturing
It would be like asking if Lockheed Martin is stronger than Apple
If it came down to only being able to use their own tech against each other, then yeah, Militech probably wins that fight, but they really aren’t in the same industry all that much
the sandy apogee is just one iconic implant, Smasher also has one of a kind. There are others too.
Militech won in 2020 but they barely made it on top by nuking Arasaka tower in NC and doing extreme collateral damage. In 2070,Militech did not engage Arasaka when they came to defend Night City. In Phantom Liberty, the FIA was losing hard to saka netrunners. They were tearing Reeds agents to shreds, and those people would have been equipped with the best Militech had to offer.
Arasaka is nr 1 because of their soft skills on top of having the best security contracts.dozens of nations depends on their mercs and private police forces. Compared to that, Militech has less global presence.
Arasaka also has Secure Your Soul unique program on the market, where the rich can upload a copy of their mind in a digital library. This brings in very powerful clients from around the world.
Arasaka is basically apple, they advertise themselves as the best one, but in fact aren’t. Some technology are innovative, but they suck at implement them in actual product. Militech instead is more on the useful side of the product, producing cyberware that actually do the job better, without all that drama and show like arasaka
Arasaka is basically a consolidated Samsung-Suzuki-Yamaha etc. they have Samsung heavy industries for all their container ships all the way down to consumer electronics. Militec is the consolidated Raytheon-Lockheed Martin-Triple Canopy-Halliburton etc
In the end it probably doesn’t matter. Though Militech probably has an advantage when it comes to combat hardware/software because that’s their singular focus.
Depends on situation Arsaka has greater influence world wide and their tech and weapons are considered top teir.
Militech is considered high teir but not as much as arasaka from knowledge would have to read into it.
If you ask me I prefer Militech weapons and equipment. But Arasaka does have some impressive weapons with some features that would be useful in situation that we sadly can’t take advantage of in game.
I like to think of their corporate rivalry dynamic between Militech and Arasaka using an analogy: it’s kinda like the difference between a knight and a samurai.
Both are heavily armed fighters, but they have very different strengths and weaknesses that are well suited to their specific style of combat and conflict. Much of the two corp’s constant maneuvering and espionage would likely be structured around making sure they would have the largest battlefield advantage that would cater to their specific strengths and thus dictate a theoretical fight/was. But in a straight head-to-head duel, it becomes a bit less clear. Likely the “knight”, being more heavily armored (Militech is basically an entire military), would just plow right into the “samurai” and overpower them, but that wouldn’t be a guaranteed win.
Millitech has more military strength, but Arasoka has the advantage when it comes to Intel gathering and peddling influence. In a straight out battle, millitech is going to likely come out on top 9 times out of 10, however when it comes to the political landscape, they lack the level of influence Arasoka exercises around the world.
I think it needs to be clearly stated that in 2077 militech and America are much closer to where arasaka is compared to there place in cyberpunk red. Just look at Langley during the ending there. It’s clear that the nusa has already started cleaning up the rest of the country. We just haven’t really seen it.
Also, Johnny makes a comment that at the very least he’s recognizing that militech has actually taken one step forward while arasaka has stayed in place and he used old militech weapons before so he should know something with what’s going on around him.
I have that one but I honestly couldnt quite get it to be as fun as a good solid Cyberdeck for quickhacks.
Yes.
Arasaka was more powerful in the last corpo war, so much that Militech nuked them. Now Militech is basically the NUSA and has home field advantage against Arasaka which, after being banned for nearly 50 years, has just started to reestablish itself in North America, so the advantage definitely is Militechs
Thats made pretty aparrent throughout the story. Arasaka was only in Night city because Militech couldnt come there. Thats why theu hirwd Johnny to blow up the Arasaka Hq. During the corporate war Militech had Arasaka to thw brink of destruction. The only thing rhat saved them was the Japanese government banned them from operating outside of Japan for an extended period of time. However arasaka is much more ruthless and evil like secretly building a Mass Driver on the moon.
Stronger AND more evil
Maybe in terms of their military tech but Arasaka has their hands dipped in a ton of other businesses and are the de facto kings of NC.
Also like real life corporate ear is bad for business if both sides qre evenly matched. Iirc either the 1st or 2nd corporate ear wiped out the main belligerents. So t militechbhas all th3se cool as weapons but they won’t enter full scale ear with Arasak. Its just not worth it.
Arasaka is a smaller company to Militech, but is much more independent. Arasaka also has very little presence in North America, being outlawed from 2023 to 2070. Militech is subject to market forces from across the globe, as well as influence from the NUS government which nationalized parts of the company. They can produce similar quality of products, but Militech can produce more of them for cheaper, especially in North America
“Nanopowered” and that makes it good for regenerative purposes…. Sounds like
https://i.redd.it/82pxd490bote1.gif
Militech is an army that does R&D, Arasaka is a tech conglomerate with a private army
Militech clears arasaka easy
Ask anyone who has been in the military what military-grade means to them… it’s not what the public generally thinks 🤣
But to summarize:
-easy for the lowest common denominator to use
-easy to replace
-easy to repair
(Most vets would probably say: “sh*t”)
Well they were the ones to take on arasaka in the corpo wars, so not necessarily stronger, but can face em head on if necessary
Yeah? Wasn’t much of a secret. They won the Corpo wars I’m pretty sure
At first glance that may be true but thats what you see. You just don’t know what arasaka does. They have figured out how to make a thing the size of a usb stick thats capable of removing and healing brain tissue by itself AND store someone in there. And thats one of their worst guarded secrets somehow