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Does it matter? If their production costs are too high, they should find better ways of controlling costs; a game that sells 2.5 million copies is still a game

• munificent 14y ago
  > If their production costs are too high, they should find better ways of controlling costs; They do: they find other games that are more profitable to make. > a game that sells 2.5 million copies is still a game that the market has validated. Corporations don't exist to be "validated" in some nebulous. They have to make money. I could get the market to wildly validate any product: give it away for free, or, hell, pay people to use it. That unfortunately doesn't make for a successful business.
  • Gormo 14y ago
    The point is that if 2.5 million people are willing to buy the game, the demand side of the equation is a settled one, and it's up to the supplier to find a way to turn that demand into a viable profit. If EA can't, then it's a problem with their own operations, not a problem with the product. If someone else can produce a title that satisfies the demonstrated market demand for city-simulation games by producing one that is profitable, then they'll win and EA will lose.