07-14-2014, 10:58 PM
In the late 90's Mercedes Benz reduced their development cycle for new cars from 6 years to 4 years because reducing the development time spent on on their cars was a massive saving.
Of course there is a sweet spot and most companies take as close to that amount of time as possible because it is the most cost effective.
Choosing to take longer than the current default should absolutely cost more overall, not only because there are numerous real world examples that taking your time in business is expensive but also from a game balance perspective. Taking longer is already really good for cash flow because it would significantly reduce monthly costs, then also allowing it to cost less overall (thus making the monthly costs even less as well) would be frankly, near game breaking.
Of course there is a sweet spot and most companies take as close to that amount of time as possible because it is the most cost effective.
Choosing to take longer than the current default should absolutely cost more overall, not only because there are numerous real world examples that taking your time in business is expensive but also from a game balance perspective. Taking longer is already really good for cash flow because it would significantly reduce monthly costs, then also allowing it to cost less overall (thus making the monthly costs even less as well) would be frankly, near game breaking.