What is happening to you, Namco? First, Ace Combat, then Soul Calibur... Bring us back our good old franchises, dammit!
It was already dead.Zeren said:I wonder if they realize that they just killed a franchise...
I feel like this is almost certainly what happened. Either he's unaware of the connotations or the phrase is used so often in development meetings, it just kinda slipped into his speech.Kilo24 said:I can't help but wonder if there's a translation issue here. Masaaki Hoshino does seem like he's using "pay-to-win" without being aware of the negative stigma that it carries over in the west.