Capitalism 2 and Capitalism Lab Forum

Personally, I really love the "investor" aspects of this game and not only the "entrepreneurial" aspects. Therefore, as an "investor", it kind of bugs me that I am not able to ever divest from my primary corporation if I would want to.

Let's say I have built a profitable (primary) corporation, I could then do an IPO and put it on the stock market. If it becomes overvalued or if I see better value elsewhere, I could divest and move the proceeds into a new corporation. This corporation could be started from scratch or acquired. I could then try to maximise return on equity through this new vehicle.

I know that the IPO/merger/divest etc. thing can be done to some extent using subsidiaries (Subsidiary DLC) and believe me I have done this many times. But I find it strange and limiting that I'm forced into having this connection with a particular corporation just because it's the one I started with. I view corporations as a vehicle to generate returns on capital, and so the key is really the player and the player's capital, not the corporation itself.

Just my 2 cents

EDIT: I should also add that in addition to the above that it would add a lot of fun if subsidiaries could be managed by the player as well and not necessarily by an external "AI" CEO. Basically the player should be able to be CEO of several companies at a time (like in real life), with the possibility of hiring an external "AI" CEO when appropriate.

Wall Rd wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:11 pm EDIT: I should also add that in addition to the above that it would add a lot of fun if subsidiaries could be managed by the player as well and not necessarily by an external "AI" CEO. Basically the player should be able to be CEO of several companies at a time (like in real life), with the possibility of hiring an external "AI" CEO when appropriate.

FYI, the feature described in the section "Showing Your Subsidiary’s Cash and Profit on the Bottom Menu Bar" in this article
https://www.capitalismlab.com/subsidiar ... y-control/ may come in handy when you manage your subsidiaries.

David wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 8:02 am

Wall Rd wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:11 pm EDIT: I should also add that in addition to the above that it would add a lot of fun if subsidiaries could be managed by the player as well and not necessarily by an external "AI" CEO. Basically the player should be able to be CEO of several companies at a time (like in real life), with the possibility of hiring an external "AI" CEO when appropriate.

FYI, the feature described in the section "Showing Your Subsidiary’s Cash and Profit on the Bottom Menu Bar" in this article
https://www.capitalismlab.com/subsidiar ... y-control/ may come in handy when you manage your subsidiaries.

This is a great feature and I think it also shows that you are actually already able to act as a CEO of a subsidiary, so why the requirement to have an external AI CEO at all? An AI CEO means an extra cost in the P&L and also might mismanage the company, bad capital allocation etc.