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Re: Leaker 'Pyoro' Locks Account After Claiming Their Source Works For Nintendo

yoshis1900

I work in the game industry and I can tell game companies take leaks very seriously and see them as damage to their business. Marketing teams coordinate various efforts around the reveal date to maximize surprise/profits, and leakers ruin all of that by sharing stuff at a time it's not supposed to.

I don't get why these leakers can't keep their mouth shut and risk their job for this. And what for? Clout chasing? Dopamine for being in the center of the attention? People will forget about the leaker anyway once they (inevitably) get caught..

Re: Talking Point: #ThankYouSakurai For Smash Ultimate, Now He Should Choose His Own Path

yoshis1900

@FNL My god, finally someone who says this. THANK YOU. I have direct experience in the Japanese game industry as a programmer, and based on my experience the director role is often overrated. Truth is directors are much less involved in the development itself than people believe and I think your description of Sakurai’s work is pretty accurate (Directors typically have the initial game idea and then just roughly supervise what the team does, changing parameters and playing the game builds from time to time offering feedback. Other work is non-dev related: meetings, marketing, etc.). Don’t get me wrong, I respect Sakurai and I think he is an excellent designer but I do think he is getting way too much credit. A lot of decisions are also made by the team and Sakurai alone without other talented individuals can do literally nothing. So his team deserves as much credit really.