Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-24980562-20151025022704/@comment-749631-20151030112930

Vcharng wrote: Qunow wrote: osapi is the framework DMM used to wrap every game, that include all other DMM games.

Yes DMM fund kancolle and so that's why DMM own the trademark. But it is still kadokawa operating the game.

There are no sign showing it is a outsource relationship between dmm and kadokawa

The last two parts are exactly what I wabt to said. DMM funds the game, runs the game, and owns the game, so what makes you say that it's KDKW who "operates" the game? Unless by "operating", you mean coming up with all the designs and updates.

Since KDKW didn't fund a penny for the development of the game, KDKW won't get a penny from the game itself. Tanaka and his men must earn their paycheck through some sort of DMM payment toward KDKW, plus KDKW's income from merchendises, that's how KDKW pay their salaries.

If Tanaka and C2 Kikan are the guys who first came up with KC, then it is possible that it's these guys who came to DMM first, but that does not interfere with the fact that DMM kinda hired these guys.

BTW, that's pretty much how anime companies work as well. Even the "coming up with an idea" part. DMM fund and own the game, but kadokawa run it. Just think it as Kadokawa build a hotel, than DMM acquire it and Kadokawa still manage to keep the right to manage the hotel. All the servers, programs, assets are on kadokawa side. Just like nowadays startup that have their own idea and are developing them, but a high percent of those startup's stock are belong to others because others fund it. Or if Siover Links want to make a certain idea into anime, then they find TBS to fund it, then TBS might become the major funder for the anime and ranked #1 in anime production committee but the anime is still made by Silver Links not TBS.

Pretty sure while all investment are made by DMM, kadokawa still share a fraction from it as what Kadokawa's CEO were complaining last year were that basically all game revenue are taken by DMM if I remembered correctly.

According to previous info which I might remember incorrectly, C2kikan first come up with the idea of kanmusu and then Tanaka's friend at kadokawa games think the idea can be made into game so they put it into a proposal then go to DMM ask for funding. Then DMM provided funding for the game to be developed by kadokawa. I don't think this constitute a hire relationship?