True, on the other hand Nintendo was public when they made it big in the 1980’s. They were public before they stopped making trading cards and well before they thought of Mario, Kirby, and really any of the ninetendo characters we love. The same is true for Sega. What happened was C Suites starting putting their fudiciary oath to the shareholders above all else, even company name and reputation. Which, in today’s age, might explain some of FromSoftware’s uniqueness, as they are a private company.