If someone tells you $6 mil (not to mention all the other sales) is not motivation enough, someone is lying to you, they are lying to your face!
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Arguably not one single person is getting the whole 6 mil, maybe none of them, except for buying/creating a new game engine, workstations to work on, promotionals when they come, etc., but still.
I can see where everyone on the one side is saying let's do this! Let's be nice! Let's be generous! Let's show them we care!
But I can also see where the other side, although less common or more to the point, probably too afraid to speak up,
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seem less grateful. But we are not less grateful, only understanding that money from our pockets is reward enough or should be reward enough.
But I wont lie and say it is not nice to feel noticed beyond the norm either. They or at least some development teams work extremely long hours, especially the last few months of crunch time and may work up to 12 to 16 hours in a day. Some people just prefer to sleep at work and not even bother making the trip home. They miss loved ones, among a slew of other problems.
Then again, 6 mil and all the sigs from all the fans eager for another game should of showed them, but maybe that is more eagerness for a game then actually caring. But then again how often do people show game developers or publishers that they truly care?
I personally like Art Dink (Tale of the Sun, No One Can Stop Mr. Domino), Pysgnosis (Colony Wars and G-Police), Atlus (Persona, Brigandine, Guilty Gear, Kartia), Working Designs (Alundra, Lunar Silver Star Story, RayCrisis, Silhouette Mirage). Some of these are gone, while others merged and no way to actually say thank you any more...
To me... art, fan fics or even crafts is more appreciable then just a fruit basket and card, since that takes time to create, more love, care and thought was put into it and can be appreciated more. But I am not sure how talented we are as a whole.
Anyway, I am not sure "beer" is the best thing to send though... I am not much for giving alcohol and cigarettes to people. Always been against it, even if I could of turned a profit my self... Besides, we do not want Ryo to sound like Snake when he gets older, even if he can still kick ass.
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Edit: And I will have to research the other two groups you mentioned. And although this is already a ridiculously long wall of text...
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let me finish by adding, obviously trying to turn a profit, but also making it for the fans. There are easier projects, new and old to work on that can bring just as much money if not more quicker then a cash cow, but they are making this game out of all games. No doubt Y wants to actually complete his legacy, but with out fans, what is a legacy?