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(08-10-2013, 04:19 PM)Yini Kihn Wrote:I agree completely! The developers are very clearly making a game they enjoy, and that they want other people to enjoy. Though you can look at several Japanese video game companies in recent years and notice that they're making decisions purely for profit, rather than for consumer happiness. Capcom, anyone?(08-10-2013, 04:12 PM)Sylas Wrote: I'm saying that, and I'll bold it this time, why should a company care? The goal is to make money, not to make a statement or change the status quo.
I think this is an overly cynical view. Yes, Square-Enix is a company, but a company is made up of individuals that have their own thoughts and feelings and moral concerns. The developers absolutely take pleasure in satisfying their customers and want to make them happy for reasons beyond profit.
If they can be convinced that this is the right thing to do, I believe they'll do it regardless of whatever extremely minor effect it might have on their bottom line. The only reason they've not committed to doing so yet is likely much more due to a misplaced concern about offending their customers than it is about money.
I do, however, firmly stand by the fact that Square Enix is teetering on the edge of financial ruin. FFXIV needs to succeed or else the company isn't going to last much longer. They are not in a place to be making decisions that can, for whatever reason, negatively impact their bottom line.
I mean, hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the "waiting for feedback" line is simply to buy them some time to see if they can afford to make a decision that can lose them money.