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Vodacixi on 17 October 2022
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Chrkeller said:
sc94597 said:

Part of the arrangement between Platinum and Nintendo (and most third-party developers working on another's IP) is that the risks and costs are held by the publisher/IP owner but the publisher/IP owner also gets the bulk of the reward; the developer is mostly insulated from all of these. It is very much like an employer-employee arrangement. It would only hurt Platinum if Nintendo (or another publisher) refused to work with them in the future, but if the game's sales are hurt because of a boycott you can't blame Platinum for that. Nintendo/NoA (as they are the publisher) are the ones who set the development budgets as the entities paying for the game, not Platinum.

And if Bayo 3 flops, you don't think that could damage Nintendo's relationship with Platinum?  You don't think it could impact a potential (perhaps even likely) Bayo 4?  A boycott isn't harmless.  

Just my opinion but Bayo is the best action franchise in gaming.  I would hate to see it damaged because some person didn't get the money she wanted.  

Again, it's not just about the money. It's about Platinum wanting her out just because. It's about Platinum lying publicly and blaming Hellena's schedule for her abscence in the game. And sure, it's about Platinum humilliating a person by offering her a ridiculous number and only accepting to pay her the so called "industry standard" after she writte a letter to motherfucking Hideki Kamiya.

I don't know, Chrkeller. If you don't want to support the boycott, that's fine. If you think she shouldn't have called for the boycott in the first place, that's fine. If you think Hellena shouldn't have picked on Jennifer, that's fine. But don't reduce the matter to just "she refused the money and now she's pissed". Is far more than that. It's about dignity and calling a company out for doing something bad.