I think one of the saddest things about the industry is that when it comes to AAA studios I'm now most excited to hear about publisher's failing and Devs pulling an Avelone.
Would you like to use our patented "Brain wiper"? Guaranteed to make you forget the worst images your brain has likely created or seen.Colt47 said:Gah! Stop taking Final Fantasy The Bravest out of the chained up trunk we sent off the side of the Brooklyn bridge! Just seeing it does mental damage.
All those developers which now belong to a few publishers weren't forced into taking their money when they let themselves become owned and taken over by them.geizr said:The biggest take-away I got from this episode was at the end where Jim talks about how the developers, at least the ones he spoke to, themselves don't like all this stuff but are forced to build it into the games, that the developers are not able to make the kind of game they would like and enjoy making. The developers would prefer to just make a good game and sell it, very simple.
I have sometimes said some not-so-nice things about game developers in my past posts. But, this got me to thinking maybe I should give some apology to the game developers and reserve my ire for the publishers instead.
I think you are oversimplifying the complete situation, but I'm too exhausted right now to argue. For some developers, what you say may be true; for others, it may not be or circumstances at the time were more complex.Nurb said:All those developers which now belong to a few publishers weren't forced into taking their money when they let themselves become owned and taken over by them.geizr said:The biggest take-away I got from this episode was at the end where Jim talks about how the developers, at least the ones he spoke to, themselves don't like all this stuff but are forced to build it into the games, that the developers are not able to make the kind of game they would like and enjoy making. The developers would prefer to just make a good game and sell it, very simple.
I have sometimes said some not-so-nice things about game developers in my past posts. But, this got me to thinking maybe I should give some apology to the game developers and reserve my ire for the publishers instead.
They all saw dollarsigns and ignored the fine print.
Actually this isn't the case. The expansion to Starcraft 2 was not a full price game just like the expansion to Starcraft 1 not being a full price game.uanime5 said:This is really a non-issue because if no one buys the optional extras companies will see that it doesn't make money and stop using it. It also has an upside as games are becoming more challenging because there's a mechanic that allows people with no patience to skip the part of the game they don't like.
Also Blizzard is already making games in separate parts, yet charging you the full price for each game (such as a Starcraft 2).
I'm curious about this to. How would you classify these? They're certainly not Fee to Play, but most likely Freemium to an extent. Though, to be honest, I'm typically more tempted to buy skins for my champions in LoL than anything else.Monxeroth said:Do you have any specific examples to where this principle works really well and where it does not (Dead Space 3 obviously)
Why, and why not?
What would your opinion be on things like League of Legends, TF2 or Dota 2?
To me, optional should really REALLY be very damn optional.
Even "convenience" to some extent i dont believe to be all that optional really especially not in a f2p game like World of Tanks where convenience IS the game and IS a huge part of it, the difference between a standard account and a premium can be like night and day despite all the "optional convenience" that the devs claim has little to no impact even though it very clearly does.
Square? Ummm?Lilani said:This episode kind of made me warm and fuzzy, thinking of the Final Fantasy XIV open beta starting soon and how Square has vowed to stick to the subscription model, for the sake of making sure they can produce a quality game I'm just hoping later on down the line they don't go the way of WoW and give that up.