Quote Originally Posted by WhiteArchmage View Post
I'd like to point that, while SE may be raking in money thanks to XIV (and 7R), it's not all getting funneled back into the game. That's a problem. Because while Yoshi-P HAS said that it's not a cost issue, I've called BS because more money means more personnel, either temporary (which carries problems in that they need to be trained in new tools and then they'll be gone) or permanent (which make up their cost after the slow bump from training).

The problem MAY INDEED be monetary, but in a "SE doesn't want to give Business Division 3 more funds for FFXIV" kind of way instead of a "XIV is not profitable enough"... which is actually GOOD, as it means Yoshi-P (now on the Board of Directors), can use the game's clout to convince the suits to release more funds.

Of course, this is mostly speculation.
The bigger question is, does anybody know if this is how SE actually runs their business and if for sure these are the issues going on?
Cause, I dont have any counter-arguments to the discussion, because I dont run a business, and Im not a dev at SE. To that effect, neither is anybody here. So while there is a chance many of you have at least a little knowledge on how things work, can you say for absolute certainty this is whats happening?

I see alot of "Shareholders need to be convinced" or "They should just hire more people" then there is "FXIV makes so much money so they should do this" and just alot of stuff.
But, it all sounds like personal opinion. And unless you actually work there at SE, its hard to really take any of this and believe it, because what YoshiP can share with us sounds abit more reasonable then just "They need more money. The money will overlap the costs"

Im more inclined to take YoshiPs word since he actually works there. Sure, it could just be corporate PR, but without actually having an insider look or knowledge on how things are running inside SE, its hard to take anybodies word here on what they think is going on.
And..despite it being a business like everything else: whos sole goal is of course to make money...I don't believe every company works the same or is run the same.
So, any talk about what Blizzard, Bethesda or Capcom does, I feel isn't the same as what Square Enix does.