>>5293727The idea that members of a creative team have no influence in shaping the themes or content of their own games is very bizarre. Even if the environment is so restrictive such that people higher up will always have the final say, developers will have influence if only because they create all the content which is ultimately curated.
Oftentimes, you will have a producer, studio head, or publisher representative exert influence and reign things in. I acknowledge this, of course. Yet even these kinds of people can exercise discretion, and they too have their own motives.
You're pretending that every decision involved in the production of a work is motivated by profit and nothing else. That's impossible. The only reasonable stance is that economic motives, political motives, and artistic motives all play a role. And the balance between these motives will vary from company to company.
