Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
"please, yoshida-san, waste time that you could use actually working on the game to compile a less informative version of something we already have!"

Because the fact that when he posts in the forums he does so at 2 AM already shows that he has plenty time to waste, right?
I usually tend to agree with your posts Abriael, but here I really think you need to tone down the attitude that your posting suggests. As Yoshida has already had to point out in one of his letters due to all the rage and arguing, there are various teams with various tasks all working together to create this game. Who is to say there is no team that works on the website who could work to consolidate information in an easy to view table on the main page.

1: there's less space in the tables, so they're even less informative
As Betelgeuzah already stated, a table would serve as a simplified compilation to give anyone who sees it a quick idea of what goals have been completed it, what goals have been set, and what goals are currently being worked on.

2: they can only be updated alongside yoshida's letter, making them less flexible
Assuming they were only updated alongside a letter, a milestone of progress from letter to letter is still nothing to sneeze at. Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a page on the site dedicated simply to the table and occasionally changing the status of its contents as progress is made?

3: what exactly is hard to read in a forum format where new features and updates are added on top?
While perhaps not hard to read, it is safe to assume that generally speaking not everyone bothers to look at the website for any given game very often, and even fewer actually populate official forums if there are any. Creating other outlets to show people "hey, this is what we have planned, this is what we're working on, and this is what is finished" would only help.

We need less "no, doing X is stupid and a waste of time" and more "I don't think X would be a good way to go, but maybe Y wouldn't be so bad".