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If production cost are to high because you spend money on things that lead nowhere you will lose money. If you lose money all the time why would you get more founding? Do people not know how companies work? Sony does not make games because they are gamers, they do it to make money.

Well, DS didn't lose money, but nonetheless, traditionally game publishers are in the business of publishing games, which sometimes involves risk. The question is, what is considered a good return on their investment?

Depending a little bit on how the deal is set up but a return of at least 50% more then development cost is expected as a minimum and it needs to cover marketing as well. Kojima ia known for going over budget and doing a lot of things outside of scope.

They never seem to take into account that when you do this to a team, you're not only divesting yourself from the profits of this game, but you're divesting yourself from *all games this team will ever make* because now they hate you.

Imagine looking Hideo Kojima in the eye and saying "you are not profitable enough"

The cancer currently running rampant in this industry called "numbers must go up"🤡