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[–] 194 points 2 years ago (40 children)

Could he not use the excess profits to pay the employees a massive bonus for the success that they created?

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  • [–] 92 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Yes, all a nice retirement fund and they can make the game. Hire some additional people. No need to become a mega corp

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I often wonder exactly what the pathway is to a company growing in response to a huge influx of cash.

    It seems like a company could simply not let itself be transformed, but it never happens.

    Why not? Is it in the nature of people who run companies that they can’t constrain themselves from 10x-ing the staff? Are there Men in Black type folks who show up and start threatening you if you don’t try to grow the company?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Generally that’s true but there are outliers. Valve for example continues to rake it in while not turning immensely shitty. (Not saying they aren’t without issue, but they are vastly better than many others in the industry)

    Similarly, the route that Hello Games took. They started off with an unfinished product rushed to market, but took the money made and invested back into NMS, continuing to release big free expansions to this day.

    I think a big part is “don’t go public.” As soon as you go public, your dedication is no longer to your product / your customers, but to quarterly growth / gains for shareholders

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Even if they gave every employee a ¥10,000,000 bonus, they would still have ~95% of the money left over.

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    [–] 83 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Money can be exchanged for goods and services

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  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    I mean it sort of makes sense from a business perspective. The amount of rapid scaling is something you can get wrong very easily.

    But yeah a lot of big ass bonus checks is a good start.

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  • [–] [S] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yep, it's an amusing headline which makes it perfect for this community but it's a genuine problem that needs to be navigated carefully. But as far as problems go this is a pretty damn good one to have.

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    AAAAAHHH!!!!

    I'm getting too much money!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This shit don't mean nothing to me, man.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Haters in shambles. They stay pickin' the corn out of my shit. This Smith & Wesson got me movin' like an invasive species. I got Midas touch, fuck boi! Bitch so bad, I made her shit in my chopped cheese. I'm at the bank about to withdraw all of it. These Valentinos are from Milan, you fucking idiot. That Fentanyl gave me Vitruvian Man flexibility, got me in a state of rigor mortis. Caught a broke boy trying to come up on my Amazon package, so I skinned his ass alive.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago

    Pokemon with guns and more slavery…

    “How could someone make money with such a stupid idea?”

    “And how could you NOT make money with such a BRILLIANT idea!”

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The Palworld devs sound like they are very switched on, its a good thing that they recognise that their epic success can bring with it headaches.

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    Oh this is something i can surely help with, here is my iban: IT54500-....

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yeah they should just add content. No need to throw All that money around. Bonuses, nice office.. these guys are set for life and can just make the labor of love they started

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    At least they can afford lawyers now lol

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago
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