Another Eastern Mogstation Glam?

[Rosekitten]

Didn't... Didn't they have like... Sidewalk adverts everywhere in LA during some of the e3 events for XIV over the past few years? It gets plenty of advertisements. I've seen them in movie theaters too.


There's a lot of confirmation bias in these threads over what people see what they want to see when they add stuff to the Mogstation.

We've seen these threads since it was added late 2014....

I know it gets plenty of advertisement. Heck I see it on most webpages anymore if I'm being honest. I know stuff like that costs money as well but I do feel like they don't keep most of the profit the game brings in where the parent company makes other games and as of late a lot of them have not been doing well or raking in what they thought they would for how much they put into them.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I know it gets plenty of advertisement. Heck I see it on most webpages anymore if I'm being honest. I know stuff like that costs money as well but I do feel like they don't keep most of the profit the game brings in where the parent company makes other games and as of late a lot of them have not been doing well or raking in what they thought they would for how much they put into them.

That's not how most companies function. Everything gets a budget.

Am I happy about it, no. But nothing will change that. The games budget has significantly increased over the years, even if you may not think it.

[Lauront]

I know it gets plenty of advertisement. Heck I see it on most webpages anymore if I'm being honest. I know stuff like that costs money as well but I do feel like they don't keep most of the profit the game brings in where the parent company makes other games and as of late a lot of them have not been doing well or raking in what they thought they would for how much they put into them.

To play devil's advocate, most (successful) companies operate with the expectation that their products will generate sufficient revenue and thus (hopefully) profit to fund other projects, as well as entice shareholders to invest in them. But the caveat to that is that the quality needs to be at a level acceptable to consumers and there's only so much the story can carry SHB.

They say their major constraint is labour rather than money-related, but I'm not really 100% convinced on that one. It may make sense with regard to very niche skillsets, where it is genuinely very hard to source the skills they need in Japan (I believe the one they keep mentioning is MMO raid combat design), but not everything they're struggling with is niche. My guess is it's down to how much SE's senior management is willing to allow the game to retain at any given point and I think SHB has proven to them the game deserves more funding, hence all these projects Yoshi has spoken of to ensure it remains competitive for its projected lifespan. Certainly, the tone was a lot more upbeat during this Fanfest and the game's future prospects.