I agree with you, and disagree with you at the same time. Yes, Roger is looking out for Williams and their best interests, he cashes their paychecks. But, in this case, both for Williams and Roger's reputation, isn't it best to have a perfect copy? If the game sucks, no more remakes will be made, and Williams doesn't get their cut of the action on future remakes. Roger signing off on a crap game is not looking out for Williams or his best interests, or at least you could make the argument.
Also, I'm assuming Williams gets a cut somehow, otherwise the game doesn't have their name on it, why would they care if it's any good?
Just playing Devils Advocate.
Quoted from cfh:Roger is the "license man" at Wms. He's looking at this from the perspective of how the remake qualifies with the Wms licensing. And he'll do whatever is good for Wms. He is their agent. He cashes their paychecks. He doesn't work for us. He works for Wms. So his approval vets on that, not if it's a "good" or "bad" game. He may say otherwise, but he's doing what's best for Wms (which isn't necessarily what's best for "us".)
