Sorry Let’s Get Sweaty, this is a bit off topic, but I think I need to say something ?
Hi DigitalDuck,
Your comments seemed a quite severe, so firstly I’m sorry about using the dollar signs for Sega. It was the first time that I saw it being used, and I copied it from Reminisce as I thought he had some valid points. In hindsight I guess it was a little immature.
Businesses exist to make money. It's what they are, it's what they do. If you've reached adulthood and not realised that yet then maybe you need to get out in the world more.
Wow, a bit harsh, but you’re right. However, I have a different view about this. Please hear me out, well I feel companies with this cutthroat mentality, who only think about money, that don’t want to innovate and are not looking out for their fans, and supporters disgust me. I'm one of those strange people who would boycott using a product or buying a console if I didn’t like the company.
So, I totally understand your point that business exist to make money, but in my eyes anyway, its how businesses go about making money that makes the biggest difference to me.
SEGA are a business. SEGA didn't fund Shenmue III because they didn't think Shenmue III was profitable, and therefore ran counter to the goal of making money.
I mostly agree, but I think Sega knew Shenmue III would make at least a little profit. Although, a new instalment of Yakuza would be an easier way to make money. Sega are a relatively small company now, so maybe they couldn’t afford to divide their team up to work on both titles. I don’t know, but in my eyes, Sega took the easy route.
Sony are also a business. Sony funded Shenmue III because they thought Shenmue III was profitable, and therefore aligned with the goal of making money.
Maybe Sony saw the same amount of profit in Shenmue III as Sega, but I think that Sony also felt the passion of the Japanese legend Yu Suzuki, who wanted to finish his magnum opus; And this was the deciding factor. This is just my opinion though ?
Neither business produces games out of "love". If you think SEGA funded the first two games because they cared about their fanbase and wanted to make them happy, you're naïve. They did it because they thought it would make them money. They were wrong. They didn't do the same for Shenmue III because they thought it would follow the trend set by the first two games and not make them money. Let's hope they were wrong.
I agree with you, I hope that they were wrong and we all can really surprise them. About what you said “Neither business produces games out of "love"”, this might be the case most of the time, but this is Shenmue we’re talking about. I might be wrong, but I don’t think you can just like Shenmue. It’s a game that you are disinterested in or that you adore.
I feel that Sega funded the first games because they still had members of staff high up who were in the latter group. The disinterested members of staff knew with the current excitement for Shenmue III it was best for business to help in funding it.
Similarly if you think Sony are funding the third game because they care about the fanbase and want to make them happy, you're naïve. They're doing it because they thought it would make them money. Let's hope they're right.
I also hope that it makes them lots of money, but once again I don’t think it was just because of money. I think that during the undisclosed meetings behind closed doors with Yu Suzuki and Sony, Suzuki-san’s enthusiasm for Shenmue was infectious.[\indent]
You wake up on your bed that was produced to make money, turn off your alarm clock that was produced to make money, have a shower with water that is provided to you to make money, using soap that was produced to make money and shampoo that was produced to make money, brush your teeth using a toothbrush that was produced to make money and toothpaste that was produced to make money, spit it into your sink that was produced to make money and fitted by someone to make money, pour your box of cereal that was produced to make money into a bowl that was produced to make money, add milk that was produced to make money, eat it using a spoon that was produced to make money, put on clothes that were produced to make money, step outside your front door that was produced by someone to make money, take out your keys that were cut by someone to make money, and lock your front door in order to stop people from stealing your stuff in order to make money.
I get your point about money, but for me isn’t not so simple. For a company that is in the business of making beds, are they going to be importing beds from China for the cheapest possible price and selling for the most they can get or are they an iso registered business specialising in mattresses that have been made with FDA certified materials. I don’t know much about beds ? but I would rather choose a bed from the second mentioned company.
Complaining about a business because they're trying to make money is like complaining about a human because they're breathing.
I just used the dollar sign and didn’t complain about the above. So once again I’m sorry if that wound you up
I do understand what you are saying though, and do agree that most companies are like that. However, it’s the companies that think outside the box, innovate and revolutionise their respective industries’ that really interest me. I might be naive or immature, but I still believe that there are companies out there aren’t just in it for the money.
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