Quote Originally Posted by Kalise View Post
I know what passion towards one's work entails.
All evidence to the contrary.

It is not. You've yet to create a tenable link between "Throwing money and resources" at something and that thing not working.
I never tried to toss a link where throwing more money and resources at something doesn't mean it will be successful. There isn't a need to when you are also stating things like this:

Heck, even Kaedan whom I originally responded to had a better link, which one was where they mentioned:

In which the argument is that money spent =/= success. Which is true.

Since success is determined by profitability and sustainability. If you throw tons of money at something and don't get back that money, your venture, however good, will fail as you will eventually run out of money.
Again I point back to you having a firm understanding of the two sides to the same coin, but have no clue how they coincide with each other in order to provide a product that is not only profitable but also sustainable. The example I provided displays that money and resources isn't everything, because a small group of people was able to produce content that far outweighs what has been delivered when those deep pockets and resources are provided. The reason behind this is passion and understanding. The intangibles, and what cannot be coached. You could argue that if those same people who produced that video had more money and resources, what they could have done would even be more amazing. And I would agree, IF they can find the same people who are as passionate as they are. This isn't easy. Certain qualities that people possess, arguably the best even, doesn't have a price tag. You can't just go out there and buy it.

Hiring programmers and artists and other members of a team doesn't necessarily mean replacing Yoshi as the lead designer and thus handing over the reins of creativity over to someone else.
No it doesn't. But if you think you can just go out there and buy programmers and artists who share his vision and understand what he's trying to accomplish then you are sorely mistaken. Once you understand how difficult this is to accomplish, especially in the field of business, then you will know exactly what he's talking about.

I very much can.

Especially when I did in fact mention, that it was crucial to manage monetary expenditure.

You know, if you bothered to read my initial post the whole way through.

You'd know I mentioned that the Developers of the game need to weigh costs versus profits because they have to sustain the business.

This includes stymieing their own creativity by the nature of they might have plenty of ideas but it's not feasible for them to implement them.
Actually no, you can't. Right here is why I say your arguments are self-deflating. You talk about and seem to understand exactly what happens when you choose quantity over quality. You're fully aware of why the SW franchise went to schite, and then in your last breath suggest that SE do the exact same thing by "stymieing their own creativity" because it isn't feasible. They have indeed had to do this as is, otherwise FFXIV would be even better than it is already. Time is one of their biggest constraints, and in order to meet deadlines they do have to cut corners and not implement everything they would like to. Money and resources don't help here, which my earlier example of the two machines should have helped you understand. Could I have provided a better example? Possibly, but if you can't understand such a simplistic approach such as that one then perhaps someone else can make it even simpler for you.

At the end of the day, if someone had infinite amounts of money to throw at a project, as long as it was invested properly, that's how you create the best product, as you give your creative team the freedom to work on what they feel would be good additions without worrying about manpower, resource management (Other than time) and can focus on putting their ideas out there and polishing them to perfection.
Good grief. smh

It's a really good thing that no-one reads my posts. Otherwise you'd have made yourself look quite the fool.
Wait. You admit that no one reads your posts, and I'm the fool? Alrighty then, I believe this little argument has reached it's conclusion.