Yoshi P... Please dont listen to subscribers!

[Pandastirfry]

Not true, if they get something they like, they move on to something else. improving the game.



Really, I thought investors invest for some sort of profit, not distinctly monetary, but profit in general. Are you 100% positive it is just monetary? Anyways, we've made a monetary gain by saving money on the final product.



It isn't that hard to please the crowd, if people are still playing, they are somewhat pleased with the game, that doesn't mean they don't want to improve their experience, because they do, which is why they complain, to aim for more. It is a natural human thing to do.

Just going to answer the bit directed at me.


Profits are money, and money above intial invest are profits. Typically an investor will put in a set amount based on a garunteed percentage "return on investment" one time investors will pull out after they have made as much as they care to risk, while continued investors will put a portion of their profits back in to the company with the intention to continue to make more.

An investor doesn't really in the end care about product quality, they just care that it sells, that's why Barbie horse adventure never has to turn to kick starter to get made, it will make enough that it is an acceptable risk to investors, and why untested indie games routinely die on the vine.

[Daku_Naito]

Just going to answer the bit directed at me.


Profits are money, and money above intial invest are profits. Typically an investor will put in a set amount based on a garunteed percentage "return on investment" one time investors will pull out after they have made as much as they care to risk, while continued investors will put a portion of their profits back in to the company with the intention to continue to make more.

An investor doesn't really in the end care about product quality, they just care that it sells, that's why Barbie horse adventure never has to turn to kick starter to get made, it will make enough that it is an acceptable risk to investors, and why untested indie games routinely die on the vine.

Thanks for the reply, also I wasn't trying to be condescending. It was an honest question. I am a PEngineering major, I won't try to pretend like I know more then someone in the field. Though the discount given is a gain. As well as several other opportunities.

[Pandastirfry]

Thanks for the reply, also I wasn't trying to be condescending. It was an honest question. I am a PEngineering major, I won't try to pretend like I know more then someone in the field. Though the discount given is a gain. As well as several other opportunities.

Heh, not in the field, actually I'm a chef, but the business principles are the same. Basically for me the frame of reference is this, I'll find more investors to help me open a McDonald's far easier than opening a, let's say, Indian-Carribiean tapas bar in an untested market. No one wants to throw they usually over 10-20mil to open a restaurant if they think it's going to fail in 3 months.

[Daku_Naito]

Heh, not in the field, actually I'm a chef, but the business principles are the same. Basically for me the frame of reference is this, I'll find more investors to help me open a McDonald's far easier than opening a, let's say, Indian-Carribiean tapas bar in an untested market. No one wants to throw they usually over 10-20mil to open a restaurant if they think it's going to fail in 3 months.

Yeah, I meant just someone who knows what they are talking about really well ^^