Weird Question

Hubstyle Master · Net Savior Age: 32 Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 175

If Lan's Grandpa invented the PET, and Lan's Dad invented the Navi Customizer, wouldn't you think that Lan's amily would be living in a mansion gaining a lot of money, instead of living lives as civillians in a small house in ACDC Town. You'd think they'd be rich, wouldn't you?

Midnight · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

Perhaps money isn't everything, you know.

Yes, they may be getting royalties on their inventions, yes, but that's not the point. Are Tadashi and Yuu manufacturing their devices themselves and selling them directly to the public? Of course not--there are manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and all the other sort of middlemen. They are making the proverbial big bucks--and whatever royalties that trickle down to them are quite dwarfed in comparison.

Tadashi and Yuu probably make just enough money to live comfortably, but not extravagantly. Take a look at a parallel in real life--inventors and developers lead plain, mundane lives--even if one of their ideas made potential millions.

The aforementioned "Big Bucks" are in the pockets of the middlemen, usually.
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ElecmanEXE · Net Agent Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 252

They worked for the government. Since they were working FOR the government, the government gets most of the money generated from the work. The creators usually get some royalties and some nice credentials to add to the end of every letter/article they write in science magazines =).
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Hubstyle Master · Net Savior Age: 32 Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 175

Good Point ElecManEXE. I thought that they might be somewhat rich, though. The question kinda makes you think...

Fortex · Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject:

Hmm... i somewhat have that question too. Netto's Family is very different than Enzan's family, right?
But both of them have relation on making and or designing PETs
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AngelfanA16 · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:36 am Post subject:

I believe that Lan also made the PET wireless function if i am not mistaken ( refer to episode 56 of EXE). The government just sits back and lets the Hikari family make money for them. :grr: :grr: :grr:
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Guardman.EXE · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:38 am Post subject:

Actually the wireless feature was introduced in Battle Network 2. Maylu gave it to him when he went to Netopia, and he had to use it to beat Pride and Knightman.
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Unknown Neo · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject:

Lan's dad designs the PETs and all related tech. It's a goverment job and probally pays well. They just may not spend much. Enzan's family build the PETs and possibly the chips. (Who does make the chips?) That's a business and let's enzan and family be rich. That sounds like it makes sense doesn't it?

NetOperator Wibby · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

hmm...this same question crossed my mind at some point. i always thought that most of the money they got back was poured back into new technology, Net-maintenance, and whatnot. who DOES make the battlechips? and how come Lan always loses his? Laughing

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Shakai · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

I would assume programmers make the chips.

Just like how in one of the manga volumes (I can't remember which...it was the one with Sharkman after Rock beat DreamVirus), Netto said he made a chip and it was some kinda mega booster thing where Rock got a rocket pack on his back.

But the manga and game are not the same!

Also, I assume that the Akuma Chip (episode 19 of Original series) was made by Wily...

And that other chips are simply virus attack data imputted onto a chip!
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Guardman.EXE · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

Most likely either IPC or another company makes most of the chips, but if you were good at programming I'd think you could pick up some empty chips (just like blank disks) and program your own battlechip. An example would probably be Higsby's Numberball chip, and maybe even the darkchips Regal makes.
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Guardman.EXE · Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah the virus breeder chips are pretty much a perfect example, seeing as how the sci lab workers are trained in programming. Yeah, if Cossack could make Bass and modify the programs, he could probably easily make some chips himself.
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NetOperator Wibby · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:43 am Post subject:

Guardman.EXE · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:53 am Post subject:

Something came to me last night about this...You get chips from random viruses. I've made this theory, Viruses are pretty much battle data, so when you destroy them some attack data gets left behind. Perhaps our friend Lan always carries around blank chips, and then puts that attack data into the chip. Therefore, if he killed a Billy he could take the thunder attack data, and turn it into a chip...
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Slifer. EXE · Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, it's sort of explained how Lan can get physical chips over the intraweb in an episode in the first season of the anime... Yuu gave him a long sword over e-mail
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Ummmmm if you havent noticed its a game/cartoon anything and everything can happen

DrkXFuZion · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:05 pm Post subject:

Thank you for necroposting. "If you haven't noticed", this thread is kinda old.

Also, that doesn't even answer the question asked. >.>
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