Words Of Wisdom said:
You know... it's pathetic how many people think of "Western developers" and "Eastern developers" as entities unto themselves. They're really not. When you have companies as different from one another as Bioware, Valve, Blizzard, and the Bethesda that each handle their games very differently, you'd think people would realize that they don't all act the same.
Some companies adapt quickly (EA), What are you smoking, adapting to what, losing 400 million dollars by quarter? I don't call that adaptation, I call that financial suicide. They may have changed model, it doesn't mean the new one work.
some adapt slowly (Take-Two), Or at all
and some just weather the storm casually glancing down at the peasants around their feet (Valve/Blizzard). That I agree, funny how both of them are PC oriented company, same for EPIC. Actually all the company who are mainly PC developer are doing really well. Hmm I wonder why:)
Meanwhile companies like Konami have been taking hits financially Err, they made more money in 2008 than 2007 and just a little less than 2006 where they made almost 200 million. So much for financial hit. I suggest you look at the hard number, not at fanboy article straight out of Kotaku(sp?)
and SE has had to reverse its flagship title from exclusive to multiplatform to survive the times. To survive the time? They are still profitable during the time they are making FF, so even if it flop, hell don't sell at all, they won't die because of it they would just lose profit. Square learned it's lesson with The Spirit Within.
It's not a factor of where the company is located or what race of people run it, it's just a matter of some having foresight and covering their butts... and some not.
Funny how all the japanese company you could think of "doing badly" are still profitable yet the western one mentionned are on course for bankruptcy. That is the real problem, japenese company sacrified market share for profitabilty, while the western one are doing the opposite, the problem is oblivious, not matter how much market share you have it won't change the fact that when you go under you find yourself with nothing.
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