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Thought it was worth discussing this in here, seeing as they create our favourite football game...
Konami are reporting a 70% jump in profits - there's actually been a drop in revenue, but their operating costs have been lowered.
SOURCE: Eurogamer - Konami Doing Very Well Indeed
On the surface, this sounds like great news for PES - higher profit equals a higher opportunity for real investment in the game (better programmers / artists = better playing / looking game)...
But I'm actually a little concerned (and looking for reassurance to be honest), because I have the following questions:
A) You can see download numbers for a lot of games, but not PES (which is just described as delivering a "solid performance"). Does it sell a significant amount less than their other games?
B) With operating costs being lowered and PES performing "solidly" (which I translate as "satisfactorily"), is this the most Konami want out of it? Is PES going to become a yearly "slap the new teams in and call it a new game" operation, because realistically, without a massive turnaround (and investment), sales numbers aren't going to leap up any time soon?
Konami are reporting a 70% jump in profits - there's actually been a drop in revenue, but their operating costs have been lowered.
SOURCE: Eurogamer - Konami Doing Very Well Indeed
On the surface, this sounds like great news for PES - higher profit equals a higher opportunity for real investment in the game (better programmers / artists = better playing / looking game)...
But I'm actually a little concerned (and looking for reassurance to be honest), because I have the following questions:
A) You can see download numbers for a lot of games, but not PES (which is just described as delivering a "solid performance"). Does it sell a significant amount less than their other games?
B) With operating costs being lowered and PES performing "solidly" (which I translate as "satisfactorily"), is this the most Konami want out of it? Is PES going to become a yearly "slap the new teams in and call it a new game" operation, because realistically, without a massive turnaround (and investment), sales numbers aren't going to leap up any time soon?