Quote Originally Posted by Teirshin View Post
Thing is, this is Japan, and they dont follow the same mindset we do in the US.
If Yoshi loses enough respect (aka "face") in the public eye, SE would not hesitate to can him if he didnt step down in shame on his own.
SE needs to preserve its image, and if Yoshi tarnishes that, his career is pretty much over.
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It's pretty much a case of Yoshi P/Development team being only as good as the last patch released. All the awesomeness and miracles performed before mean nothing in the eyes of the majority of the player base and the stakeholders. It's a shame really because there is so much good in this game and they have really turned things around since 1.0 but where they fail catastrophically is simply down to not managing expectations correctly which is a key aspect for any service being continually successful.