NoA's CEO, Jack Bowser, was an EA vicepresident. Iwata, a game programmer, was succeeded by a banker and then an economist.
All the decisions they make nowdays, including adding more globohomo to their games, can be explained by this
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (29)
sorted by:
Don't forget mission creep. You can't just excel in your market, you need to excel in every market. If you make great high end sports cars it becomes lets all make mid level sports cars then low level. Sure, you're still in the same game but people at the high end get resentful and move on. Then it becomes "OH. Let's make family cars now!" And now your sports car development suffers.