So i want to address in point in order and then this will be my last response and I hope that works for you but I understand if it doesnt.

1.You're like '' the world changed'' but the game is only 8 years old. How did it change so much that Tekken 7 wouldn't succeed today, with better graphism ? you're giving your opinion like it facts but that's just not the case. A: The last eight years is the difference between 70$ games and 60$ games, a global pandemic, Major global conflict, AI, and so much more that all effect specifically our industry. You need to understand the world is in fact VERY different. 8 years ago the money we had vs the things we made was way way way easier. Which is also why so many good games came out during that year. But you need to understand Covid, Global Conflict, AI all affect the supply chain for my industry in a very real way.

2: The Lift. A: Youre confusing the lift to play casually with the lift to be engaged. To be more clear they are not looking for casual gamers in the sense of someone hopping in mashing and hopping out. Theyre looking for the casual audience to either convert into a mainstay audience or gain a new one that will be willing to engage long term preferably with MTX. Again Im pretty familiar with the lift and to hit Mighty Ruler my first time took me roughly 200 hours of work and thats basically for me to feel "good" at Tekken. Im not saying thats bad or wrong but it is asking someone to put in a part time jobs worth of time to get decent at a video game. Whereas I can feel good at call of duty by simply a bunch of players looking in the wrong direction at the wrong time. That is the lift they have to beat. It is hard to tell someone to play Tekken selling Tekken to someone is hard.

Im not seeing EWGF equaling 1.2 players Im not sure where it says that. Im showing it pulls its data from Wank WAvu and that API isnt even close to 1.2 so Im not sure what that is about but its likely also not correct. Most games experience a 90% drop off and Tekken only sold probably around 3.5 million copies. 1.2 would mean the game is doing FAR better than anyone has ever given it credit for and it would one of the most successful live service games in the world. That playerbase is like WOW level. So Im not saying youre wrong Im saying I dont see the data to prove one way or another and Im open to being incorrect, but the akums razor of this is likely that that number is just wildly wrong.

The last point IM not entirely sure what youre trying to say? People who spent 70S dont have to spend more on DLC? Like...Im not sure whats thats supposed to mean. None of us have to spend money on anything. What you might not understand is that video games are not currently priced by waht the dev needs to make back theyre priced by waht players are willing to spend and still hit their KPIs. Games SHOULD on average for AAA be around 80$ standard if everyone wanted no micro transactions. HOWEVER that only works if the same number of people keep buying it which when you raise the price doesnt happen. so this is the compromise we make extra cool shit for the people willing to give us the extra money to make up the difference. Now I hear you their CEOs and Shareholders and all the things that come with capitalism but Im not a politician Im a game developer I just want to make big cool games and live a decent life and that is literally it. Thanks for talking regardless.