Palworld Dev Says Massive Profits Are ‘Too Big for a Studio With Our Size to Handle’
Palworld Dev Says Massive Profits Are ‘Too Big for a Studio With Our Size to Handle’

Palworld Dev Says Massive Profits Are ‘Too Big for a Studio With Our Size to Handle’ - IGN

Could he not use the excess profits to pay the employees a massive bonus for the success that they created?
Yes, all a nice retirement fund and they can make the game. Hire some additional people. No need to become a mega corp
I often wonder exactly what the pathway is to a company growing in response to a huge influx of cash.
It seems like a company could simply not let itself be transformed, but it never happens.
Why not? Is it in the nature of people who run companies that they can’t constrain themselves from 10x-ing the staff? Are there Men in Black type folks who show up and start threatening you if you don’t try to grow the company?
Even if they gave every employee a ¥10,000,000 bonus, they would still have ~95% of the money left over.
Okay so make it ¥200,000,000
10 million yen is only 60k usd, that's a big bonus but not nearly as staggering as your comment implies.
I'm not familiar, is it a private company or are there public shareholders?
Windfalls like this cannot be taking lightly and need to be approached strategically. It depends heavily on tax laws and employee finances overall.
Some common got rich quick concerns off the top of my head: Could accidentally knock people into a higher tax bracket and ruin their finances long term for short term gain. Could accidentally give someone collateral to take out a massive loan they cannot afford long term. Could make someone in a low income area a target before they have a chance to move out. Could accidentally get double taxed by doing the payout incorrectly because they're not practiced with handling this much money. Could overinvest it all back into the company and burn too brightly negating all their success. Doing nothing and simply using it as cash reserves is better than making a foolish mistake and ruining it for themselves.
These are all ludicrous.
This makes zero sense. Read up on how tax brackets actually work. Hitting higher tax brackets doesn't mean your existing income is taxed at the higher rate. No "ruining."
Wtf is this paternalistic BS. They could buy drugs or guns too!! 😱
Nah. Pay people.
...you can't ruin finances by knocking some one into a different tax bracket. This statement alone proves you don't understand how tax brackets work
Imagine being so brainwashed by your Robber Baron overlords that you literally think: More money = less money. Sad.
This is probably the most ridiculous comment I’ll read on Lemmy all year and it’s only March. Wow.
Bro said the most wrong thing I’ve seen all week and won’t respond.
Woah, do you actually believe earning more means you'll be taxed cruelly? Actually, you are only taxed more on the income FROM that bracket. Not all income the same
Lmfao
Could end up calibrating someone’s “earning potential” super high for the sake of calculating child support.
But couldn’t most of these be avoided by structuring the bonus as some sort of annuity?
OK y'all, fine, OP's higher tax bracket take is off target. But if you're suggesting sudden and massive wealth increases for these employees? Yeah, that's kinda fraught.
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OP makes some discussion worthy points. And I agree, sit on the reserves as cash and think on it. Meanwhile, nothing leads me to believe Pocketpair isn't doling out fat bonus stacks. They're private, they're not advertising compensation and it's none of your business.
I work for a software dev in America, we get fat bonuses every year, on top of what's guaranteed, because we keep making more than anticipated.
On top of that, imagine having "developed Palworld" on your resume. Jesus. Golden ticket there.
tl;dr: Most small companies and individuals are not prepared for this sort of success. Sudden influxes of cash must be navigated carefully.