Less Financial Competitor Information
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:35 pm
Current issue:
There is just too much financial information available on all of the Competitors. This gives too much information on their current (real time!) performance, and therefore the player can very easily identify what runs well and what doesn't. Also it's unrealistic to have all this information available.
I think there is a two-level approach in order to make Financial Information more realistic:
1st level (should be quick win): Users can only see Updated Financial Results from publicly listed companies every quarter. Private companies only update their results every year. This also gives the private companies another real life advantage: They can hide their profits for a longer time without the competitors awareness.
2nd level (probably more sophisticated): You can subscribe to quarterly / yearly financial updates from your competitors to always have the information available of how they are doing. Also, the stock market should react on big jumps in profit / loss after quarterly announcements. The stock market algorithm should have a certain expectation of company growth based on the past performances, and if this gets over / underachieved the market heavily reacts.
What do you think?
There is just too much financial information available on all of the Competitors. This gives too much information on their current (real time!) performance, and therefore the player can very easily identify what runs well and what doesn't. Also it's unrealistic to have all this information available.
I think there is a two-level approach in order to make Financial Information more realistic:
1st level (should be quick win): Users can only see Updated Financial Results from publicly listed companies every quarter. Private companies only update their results every year. This also gives the private companies another real life advantage: They can hide their profits for a longer time without the competitors awareness.
2nd level (probably more sophisticated): You can subscribe to quarterly / yearly financial updates from your competitors to always have the information available of how they are doing. Also, the stock market should react on big jumps in profit / loss after quarterly announcements. The stock market algorithm should have a certain expectation of company growth based on the past performances, and if this gets over / underachieved the market heavily reacts.
What do you think?