Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20180328015558/@comment-32647310-20180411231202

2605:6001:F447:8400:B897:3AFE:3DA7:7D69 wrote: Tanaka himself said in one of last year's interviews I think, that in hindsight he would have withheld the Yamato class if he knew KanColle was going to last so long. Based on this statement I wonder if Tanaka had more faith in KanColle perhaps we would have withheld some of the more later Heavy Cruisers (Myokou class and later) too. Perhaps he would have waited withheld some of the earlier K2s as well. But neither he or we decide things on hindsight so we only make decisions that make sense to us at the time. I vaguely recall something along the lines of Tanaka having some regrets about releasing the Ducky Guns so soon as well.

In Tanaka's defense, it is my understanding that he really didn't expect the game to explode in popularity like it did. He really was catering to a rather niche audience. The fact of the matter is that the very nature of a niche audience/group means that you're not going to have a wide player or fanbase as a general thing.

To put it another way, Tanaka started an expedition expecting a regular success, but when it came back not only was it a Great Success, but it granted max rewards and EXP as well. There was no way he could have expected it.