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** In fact, at the start of the story, the invitation read "...You are one of the 1 in 100000 people who have been entered..." which means, if it takes place all over the world, there's about 70 thousand people taking part, and since each of those people gets 100 million yen, the total amount for the first round is ''only 7 trillion yen'', or ''80 billion dollars'' (which to be fair, is still a '''lot'''.
** In fact, at the start of the story, the invitation read "...You are one of the 1 in 100000 people who have been entered..." which means, if it takes place all over the world, there's about 70 thousand people taking part, and since each of those people gets 100 million yen, the total amount for the first round is ''only 7 trillion yen'', or ''80 billion dollars'' (which to be fair, is still a '''lot'''.
** As far as the [[Liar Game]] first round goes, they intended to recoup most of the money from the losers (whose debt is relatively low), and quite a lot of the rest of the money would remain in-game as players continued. They get 50% of the winning of dropouts; in effect, worst-case scenario for them, they can only lose 50% of what they put in. Which is "only" 40 billion dollars!
** As far as the [[Liar Game]] first round goes, they intended to recoup most of the money from the losers (whose debt is relatively low), and quite a lot of the rest of the money would remain in-game as players continued. They get 50% of the winning of dropouts; in effect, worst-case scenario for them, they can only lose 50% of what they put in. Which is "only" 40 billion dollars!
** As the characters point out, it's actually a scam. They give each player 100 million yen, and require that each player pay back that amount at the end. Assuming no player goes bankrupt (which is a ridiculous assumption, but the company supposedly has hand-wavy powers to extract the money somehow), they'll never lose any money -- the loser just pays the winner 100 million, and the company neither gains nor loses anything. But then the company ''also'' charges 50% of your net winnings if you drop out, which is pure profit for them.
** As the characters point out, it's actually a scam. They give each player 100 million yen, and require that each player pay back that amount at the end. Assuming no player goes bankrupt (which is a ridiculous assumption, but the company supposedly has hand-wavy powers to extract the money somehow), they'll never lose any money—the loser just pays the winner 100 million, and the company neither gains nor loses anything. But then the company ''also'' charges 50% of your net winnings if you drop out, which is pure profit for them.
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NERV (UN Special Agency)-]] able to replace entire cities within days, not to mention the upkeep and maintenance of ''three'' giant biomechanical weapons. (Each with a budget equivalent to a small country.) [[Dysfunction Junction|Too bad the lunatics are running the asylum.]]
* [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NERV (UN Special Agency)-]] able to replace entire cities within days, not to mention the upkeep and maintenance of ''three'' giant biomechanical weapons. (Each with a budget equivalent to a small country.) [[Dysfunction Junction|Too bad the lunatics are running the asylum.]]
** Hiring a few aircraft carriers and about 15 warships from the UN navy to transport EVA-02 from Germany {{spoiler|and then paying back for them after most of the fleet got eaten by an Angel}} didn't seem like a problem to them.
** Hiring a few aircraft carriers and about 15 warships from the UN navy to transport EVA-02 from Germany {{spoiler|and then paying back for them after most of the fleet got eaten by an Angel}} didn't seem like a problem to them.
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** Armacham even has ''it's own airforce''. Also, the Replica's powered armor units that are coming crashing down throughout the events in ''Origin''? Those are being deployed ''from orbit''. Note that this actually makes some sense, too, as Armacham is supposed to be an aerospace corporation, but it still takes a ridiculous amount of funding to get Replica troops into giant power-armor units in orbit.
** Armacham even has ''it's own airforce''. Also, the Replica's powered armor units that are coming crashing down throughout the events in ''Origin''? Those are being deployed ''from orbit''. Note that this actually makes some sense, too, as Armacham is supposed to be an aerospace corporation, but it still takes a ridiculous amount of funding to get Replica troops into giant power-armor units in orbit.
** The third game really takes this through the roof: Armacham has been fighting a full-scale war against Alma for ''nine months'' in Fairport (the first two games take place over the course of just a couple days). With very heavy casualties all the while. Exactly where are they getting all this personnel?
** The third game really takes this through the roof: Armacham has been fighting a full-scale war against Alma for ''nine months'' in Fairport (the first two games take place over the course of just a couple days). With very heavy casualties all the while. Exactly where are they getting all this personnel?
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': Reliable Excavation Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU) each control half the Earth, utilize armies of paper-pushers to solve problems, and have enough money to finance [[Death Ray|Death Rays]], bombs, and rockets and outfit their mercenaries with guns that would be impossible today - in particular, they can [[Death Is Cheap|resurrect the dead]] and build ammunition and health dispensers that defy the laws of thermodynamics, cloaking devices, and teleporters, on a whim. In the sixties.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': Reliable Excavation Demolition (RED) and Builders League United (BLU) each control half the Earth, utilize armies of paper-pushers to solve problems, and have enough money to finance [[Death Ray]]s, bombs, and rockets and outfit their mercenaries with guns that would be impossible today - in particular, they can [[Death Is Cheap|resurrect the dead]] and build ammunition and health dispensers that defy the laws of thermodynamics, cloaking devices, and teleporters, on a whim. In the sixties.
* The Umbrella Corporation, from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series is so absurdly rich and powerful that they own several islands, as well as research bases in Antarctica, on a Cruise ship, and basically the entirety of Raccoon City. All in secret, mind you.
* The Umbrella Corporation, from the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series is so absurdly rich and powerful that they own several islands, as well as research bases in Antarctica, on a Cruise ship, and basically the entirety of Raccoon City. All in secret, mind you.
* Pretty much any of the major megacorps in the Armored Core universe. Seems like every game at least two of them are pulling out as many harebrained superweapons and hail mary military actions as [[Those Wacky Nazis]] or worse. They probably have different megacorps in each numerical sequel simply due to them going bankrupt! And of course EVERYONE has a supersoldier program running. And the sheer sizes of some of their facilities and spaceships are obscene.
* Pretty much any of the major megacorps in the Armored Core universe. Seems like every game at least two of them are pulling out as many harebrained superweapons and hail mary military actions as [[Those Wacky Nazis]] or worse. They probably have different megacorps in each numerical sequel simply due to them going bankrupt! And of course EVERYONE has a supersoldier program running. And the sheer sizes of some of their facilities and spaceships are obscene.
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