"Okay, so we've got this live-service game, Marvel's Avengers, that cost us a butt-load of money to have our slaves workers develop, right?"
"Yessir."
"And it's been haemorrhaging players since launch."
"It has been, yes, sir."
"We did release that new character, what's-her-name, the female knock-off Hawkeye that no-one knows or cares about, last year."
"We did, yes, sir."
"That didn't help bring in newwhales players, and then we had to delay the actual Hawkeye release due to a major hack or something, right?"
"That sounds about right, sir."
"Sounds like we need to address one of the game's major issues whilst bringing in Clint Barton, at long last."
"Good idea, sir."
"So...scrolling through this list of complaints here...I'm seeing a lot of 'not enough content' and 'pure, boring repetition' and 'the sheer amount of monetised content is ludicrous' and 'the loot gained is uninteresting' and similar things here."
"I see them, sir."
"Let's ignore ALL of those and instead work on this one - 'I'm getting confused and overwhelmed by the massive number of level-ups and dings in the lategame'. That sounds like it needs fixing!"
"Erm, sir, I don't see that anywhere."
"Yes you do."
"...Of course, sir, I must've just missed it. But, sir, wouldn't that just drive even more players away since we're delaying access to the great combat, and just highlighting the extreme lack of content this game has?"
"Don't question me, maggot. I know what I'm doing, and it's not your place to suggest otherwise. Get it done!"
"Sorry sir, my sincerest apologies. Right away, sir."
"Erm, sir, that fix turned out to be disastrous - we now have next-to-no players..."
"Oh, that's a shame. Shit-can the project and fire all theslaves developers; we need to 'cut costs' again."
"Sure thing, sir. But, begging your pardon, sir, aren't you getting a $15 million bonus for leaving?"
"Yes I am. How does that matter?"
"...It doesn't, sir. Just wanting to check."
"Oh, and go tell players that we'll continue to support the game whilst you're at it, so we avoid online riots."
"But isn't the game getting cancelled?"
"That does not matter. We need some kind of positive PR right now, and that will be good enough."
"Yes, sir, of course, sir."
"Yessir."
"And it's been haemorrhaging players since launch."
"It has been, yes, sir."
"We did release that new character, what's-her-name, the female knock-off Hawkeye that no-one knows or cares about, last year."
"We did, yes, sir."
"That didn't help bring in new
"That sounds about right, sir."
"Sounds like we need to address one of the game's major issues whilst bringing in Clint Barton, at long last."
"Good idea, sir."
"So...scrolling through this list of complaints here...I'm seeing a lot of 'not enough content' and 'pure, boring repetition' and 'the sheer amount of monetised content is ludicrous' and 'the loot gained is uninteresting' and similar things here."
"I see them, sir."
"Let's ignore ALL of those and instead work on this one - 'I'm getting confused and overwhelmed by the massive number of level-ups and dings in the lategame'. That sounds like it needs fixing!"
"Erm, sir, I don't see that anywhere."
"Yes you do."
"...Of course, sir, I must've just missed it. But, sir, wouldn't that just drive even more players away since we're delaying access to the great combat, and just highlighting the extreme lack of content this game has?"
"Don't question me, maggot. I know what I'm doing, and it's not your place to suggest otherwise. Get it done!"
"Sorry sir, my sincerest apologies. Right away, sir."
"Erm, sir, that fix turned out to be disastrous - we now have next-to-no players..."
"Oh, that's a shame. Shit-can the project and fire all the
"Sure thing, sir. But, begging your pardon, sir, aren't you getting a $15 million bonus for leaving?"
"Yes I am. How does that matter?"
"...It doesn't, sir. Just wanting to check."
"Oh, and go tell players that we'll continue to support the game whilst you're at it, so we avoid online riots."
"But isn't the game getting cancelled?"
"That does not matter. We need some kind of positive PR right now, and that will be good enough."
"Yes, sir, of course, sir."
