Finale for Final Fantasy Studio

polar_bear` writes: "Looks like the folks who animated 'Final Fantasy' are on their way out of business. Salon has the scoop. Despite being visually stunning and fairly entertaining, it didn't manage to bring in enough bucks to cover production -- even though Aki Ross was hot enough to make Maxim's 'Hot 100' for 2001. Square Co. is looking for a buyer for the Honolulu-based movie production unit. Anybody have several hundred million dollars I could borrow?"

Comments

betting the company

[Alien54]

I guess this is what betting the company is all about. It is always better to have a large reserve. I forget what the odds are, but I seem to remember that most movies seem to loose money.

There is also the hollywood system that ensures that even the most wildy successful movies are never documented as having made a profit. Although there are rumors of changes that will improve things. Ofcourse, if you screw up, you merely make sure that someone else gets all the profits after you have done all of the hard work.

The really important question, of course, is why this happen doesn't to Microsoft? bet the company and loose, that is.