You're forgetting that Bethesda bought the franchise. They have all rights to it, and so Interplay shouldn't be making a game about it.Mercanary57 said:
Bethesda Sues Interplay Over Fallout MMO
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New details have surfaced. Turns out there are actually two lawsuits - one over Fallout Online, and the other over Fallout Trilogy and other re-releases of the original Fallout games. See:
Bethesda vs. Interplay - more detail [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ausir/Bethesda_vs._Interplay_-_more_detail]
Bethesda vs. Interplay - more detail [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Ausir/Bethesda_vs._Interplay_-_more_detail]
Actually, if I remember right, Interplay has the rights to make mulitplayer Fallout games, while Bethesda has the rights to make single player games. Since Interplay is making an MMO, not a singleplayer, as the contract agreed, then this whole law suit shouldn't be happening.Lord Krunk said:
I hope this kills the fallout MMO once and for all. I think the fallout series is too good to be dumbed down into an MMO. Do we really need BoS dailies to collect laser pistol drops from the nearby raider camp? Or water delivery jobs?
i just dont see an MMO having the same impact story-wise as a single player game can, nor does it sound like the proper atmosphere/quality would be present (judging from the popular MMO's ive had experience with)
i just dont see an MMO having the same impact story-wise as a single player game can, nor does it sound like the proper atmosphere/quality would be present (judging from the popular MMO's ive had experience with)
Up Good News creek without a Bad Thing paddle??? Hahaha, but no.... no, they are going to get monogamy on this one.
Well then.
Because god forbid the people who made the first games make another. Fucking Bethesda.
Because god forbid the people who made the first games make another. Fucking Bethesda.
Meh. Interplay needed money in a bad way. Bethesda came up to them told them they wanted to buy the rights to Fallout. Interplay said they would, but they were working on the MMO for it at the moment. Bethesda said "Oh, that's cool. How about we just buy the rights, but you get to keep MMO rights to it as long as you've made good progress on it by a couple of years from now. If you don't, then we get the full rights." Interplay said yes.
It's been a couple years and a few months change now, and it doesn't seem any further along then it was then.
Sad to say, but this isn't any type of evil ninja lawyer legal loophole sorcery on Bethesda's part to evilly gain control of the Fallout MMO rights. They put down the ground rules in black and white when they made the agreement. Hell, Beth even gave them about an extra half a year. Interplay didn't even need to have it -done-, just have had decent progress on it. They haven't, so an agreement's an agreement. If hardcore Fallout fans want to blame someone, blame Interplay for agreeing to the deal in the first place.
It's been a couple years and a few months change now, and it doesn't seem any further along then it was then.
Sad to say, but this isn't any type of evil ninja lawyer legal loophole sorcery on Bethesda's part to evilly gain control of the Fallout MMO rights. They put down the ground rules in black and white when they made the agreement. Hell, Beth even gave them about an extra half a year. Interplay didn't even need to have it -done-, just have had decent progress on it. They haven't, so an agreement's an agreement. If hardcore Fallout fans want to blame someone, blame Interplay for agreeing to the deal in the first place.
After a bit of research, Interplay only has rights to the MMO, but a certain stage of development in the game had to be reached by the start of April 2009. Interplay didn't meet that requirement, and therefore has no right to the game.Mercanary57 said:
On top of that, they've failed to meet other requirements as well. For example, changing the name of 'the Fallout Trilogy' mwhich implies their (false) ownership of Fallout 3.
Fallout seemed pretty MMO-able really, since it would have likely been similar to one and two and making it an MMO does not seem at all a hard thing to do.
Sure they had the right to, but Bethesda seems mean for this, and well...I dont like my favorite developer being mean.
Sure they had the right to, but Bethesda seems mean for this, and well...I dont like my favorite developer being mean.
This is why I laugh at the people who say "Fallout 1-2 were masterpieces and were far superior to Fallout 3!" Because whenever they say this... I point to Bethesda's *****... I mean interplay... and their current financial situation, not to mention they made Fallout 3 (Only 70% complete) and never got to releasing it because their game sales didn't do all that good...
I have to say... I hate Halo 3 (The Vanilla Yogurt of the FPS Icecream Market) but I have to say the same thing for it... how do you claim a game is god awful when the game has made more money in a year then your most cherished game has made in a decade? I mean, to make that much money they obviously did SOMETHING right.
I hope to see a Fallout MMO that puts you in Fallout 3 style gameplay, minus the Pipboy (You would start off as a basic wastelander, so sorry, but no VATs for you!) remain classless save for deciding your starting stats and skills, and an open world just like Fallout 3 with so much to explore, maybe expand on the idea of crafting and turn caves, buildings, etc into instances.
I have to say... I hate Halo 3 (The Vanilla Yogurt of the FPS Icecream Market) but I have to say the same thing for it... how do you claim a game is god awful when the game has made more money in a year then your most cherished game has made in a decade? I mean, to make that much money they obviously did SOMETHING right.
I hope to see a Fallout MMO that puts you in Fallout 3 style gameplay, minus the Pipboy (You would start off as a basic wastelander, so sorry, but no VATs for you!) remain classless save for deciding your starting stats and skills, and an open world just like Fallout 3 with so much to explore, maybe expand on the idea of crafting and turn caves, buildings, etc into instances.
By your logic you are a fan of the Millionaires and Hannah Montana.WhiteTiger225 said:
And Crack Cocaine.
Well I hope this means Bethesda is worried that V13 will be bad and that they're developing their own MMO based on the Fallout Universe.
Right?
...guys?
Right?
...guys?
No. By his logic Hannah Montanna and Cocaine appeal to market needs so they sell well. No matter how much, "this game is so deep and wonderful and is better than everything else" the fanboys do, interplay fails at meeting market or in this case legal needs so they can become a footnote on Wikpedia.Aries_Split said: