Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post
Yes, they can learn- does that mean the process will be any faster? Managing a bunch of ignorant programmers (not saying this in an insulting tone) will not make the process any faster- it will slow them down, if anything. Especially if the feature ends up being full of bugs, and you bet it will be. it's not just about being familiar with the engine or the code either- the people need to work together efficiently, and the existing team, top management aside perhaps, can work with each other better than some random-san's from the 5 floors below can. That's more important than you'd think.
Whatever the case may be, it all pretty much comes down to the fact that the development teams over at Square Enix are horribly managed and terribly unoptimized. It takes them 5 years to make a so-so game whereas other developers take 2 years to make an awesome game.

Given the vast amount of resources at SE's disposal, they should be many times more productive than they are and than they have been up until now. However, they are not. And like Wada said in his "I'm sorry we just lost 12 billion yen" report, it'll take at least 1 to 2 years to fix.


EXAMPLE - take a look at this game (First Person Shooter) that is currently in development.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/de...-hawken/714433

Looks pretty damn sweet, huh? It's beautiful, has both great aesthetics and pretty graphics, looks to have great gameplay, and the CEO's philosophies on game balance and promoting good gameplay are pretty spot-on.

Guess how many people are on the dev team?

6 employees and 3 interns.


Step up your game, Square Enix!