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Machiavellian on 28 July 2015
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V-r0cK said:
Machiavellian said:
V-r0cK said:
He can spin it any way he wants, we all know it's nothing more than greed.

He better know that the game will bomb hard and will be long-term.

Actually its not greed it's just business.  The agreement with MS allows the company to help finance a project without any risk.  It means even if TR crash and burn, the publisher and even the developer do not lose out because MS fronted the bill for development and advertisement.  Not sure how long this agreement is from MS but this does mean that if MS paid for exclusive for one year for more than one instance of the game, the project will be funded for multiple years.  

Gamers need to step back with their platform of choice blinders on and think about the finanical situations for developing games.  Its a great deal for Square because they can continue to grow the franchise and tech for the game while someone else pays the bill.  They can get more agressive with hiring key talent and expanding the team to provide better tech all around without much risk financially.  Not only that, they still own the IP and its direction and can sell it on other platforms.  

Greed, I think not.  Smart business, I would say yes.  Either way, Square comes out fine in this deal.

There's a fine line between 'greed' and 'business' depending on how you look at it and the company's intention. (ie. just think of some random corrupted businesses)

I would disagree and I would say this is not a smart business.  Look at the comments on this thread and negative reactions on the internet because of this deal from the very beginning.  This 'smart' business is tarnishing the company's name (more so) and the franchise, and this wont be good long-term.   Square "may" come out of this deal fine, but just wait until the next TR installment as they might not be as lucky.

What I found out is that negative in comments mean nothing when it comes to actual sales.  There will always be negative comments because to many gamers have to much agenda in their platform of choice to do anything but be negative.  What will make TR a success is actually reviews of the game and how well gamers receive the game.  The game really does not have to sale gang busters right out of the gate but instead have consistent good sales for months.  Development already paid for so there is no need to recoup sales right away.  Square can be way more patient in recouping cost if the cost was paid by someone else.  If the game proves to be  great and get high reviews, that will keep it selling for months then the whole process can start again when it comes out on Steam.  Do some DLC and other stuff then start the whole process again when it comes out on PS4.

Not sure how this is tarnishing Square.  In one breath you say their name is tarnish but in another you champion them because you get an FF remake.  Gamer are so fickly that relying on comments in thread is pointless.