Arnold The Governator, on 08 July 2018 - 10:38 AM, said:
That would make sense to why I see Canadian indie game companies like Torn Banner have managed to stayed alive and afloat for so long. I initially thought that their company would go bankrupt after the release of Mirage and how much of a colossal failure it was. Hell, I might as well start an entertainment company over in Canada if I get subsidy from the government.
I read on a thread where everyone was asking where the heck the next mech was, that Tina stated that PGI plans their mechs in month in advance. I'll quote it here:
"Just wanted to note that upcoming 'Mechs are locked into production months ahead of their public announcements and are not altered once locked into our development schedule. The 'Mech announcement delay is simply to finish up a pattern on the pre-order concept.
But thank you for your patience!!" - Tina Benoit
If that is really true then I wish they would bend their own rules, since I won't be throwing my money at them anytime soon if they have the clearing now from the agreement to release the rest of the nuseen. At least for the remaining IICs if they are planning to wait on releasing the Crusader, Longbow, Wasp, etc at Mech Con later this year for the MW5 announcement.
It 's not a matter of bending rules. It takes time to create the art, approve it, create the model, do the meshes, add the skins, etc. Plan hardpoints, etc. There is no way anyone sane would have done the prep work before the settlement ink dried (and that is making the giant assumption they have the rights to make anymore Macross Unseen, which is NOT stated anywhere), since if the settlement fell through that is a lot of wasted resources. Just having the Art is not an overnight thing, even for Alex.