Just to clear things up, GameStop only owns Impulse not Stardock. GameStop has absolutely no control over what Stardock does.hansari said:*Remembers Activision/Bizzare Creations
Prediction: Gamestop will have Stardock work on a mindless hack/slash, it won't do so well, studio shuts down within three years.
Thanks for the correction, but now it is my turn to correct you!matrix3509 said:And don't give me bullshit about how he can't find enough talented people to work for him. I personally know dozens of people including me that would sell their own kidneys to get a job in the game industry.
A good reply. Bergquist sounds scared and sad he was not able to sell his company."I think [Bergquist's op-ed] says a lot more about GamersGate position than anything else," Wardell said.
I've been through Michigan before. It's a terrible place that you send people you hate. He makes valid points about convincing people to come.hansari said:Thanks for the correction, but now it is my turn to correct you!matrix3509 said:And don't give me bullshit about how he can't find enough talented people to work for him. I personally know dozens of people including me that would sell their own kidneys to get a job in the game industry.
For you see, the Stardock CEO is correct in that no one in there right mind will move to Michigan. The idea that a recent graduate with all his youth and inexperience would be willing to make such an unreasonable concession to "make it ahead"....bah, even in this economy a sane man would rather sacrafice his firstborn...
Gamestop is the Michigan of game stores.Callate said:Nghr...
I rather like Stardock as a company, the Elemental debacle aside; this decision makes me very uncomfortable, because I can't say the same about Gamestop. I shop at Gamestop occasionally, in part because I have fewer and fewer other choices, and the individuals who work there are often fairly decent and knowledgeable people. But as a corporate entity, they're partially responsible for making PC gaming increasingly niche, and Kongregate has become a distinctly less enjoyable place to be since they took it over. Not to mention their influence on DLC, the used games market, "collector's editions", pre-orders, and so on. I don't know what they might plan for Impulse, but the idea doesn't fill me with sunshine and rainbows.
I wish they could have sold it to almost anyone else. Or found some other way to isolate a division they admit was profitable from the day-to-day functions of Stardock while keeping it under their oversight.
I bet he just realized that it would be hard for impulse to compete profitably with Steam, and figured he should quit while he's ahead and get a bit of a profit instead of trying to spend money on competing with Steam. Seems like a safe decision.matrix3509 said:"Oh Noes! We are making lots of teh monies! Sell! Sell! Sell!" Honestly, selling the most profitable part of his company is about the stupidest business decision he's ever made. And don't give me bullshit about how he can't find enough talented people to work for him. I personally know dozens of people including me that would sell their own kidneys to get a job in the game industry.
lol I've got a few friends that work with me from Michigan and the opinion is largely the same. I went to an event there once, it wasn't impressive, but it wasn't the hellhole wasteland that everybody says. That title belongs to the city across the river, Camden.theultimateend said:I've been through Michigan before. It's a terrible place that you send people you hate. He makes valid points about convincing people to come.
"But we'd PAY you to come here?!"
"No."
":'(!"
Valve already has Steam. And besides, if they bought it, they could be accused of buying out the competition, and monopolizing everything. Which is illegal.Dragonborne88 said:snip
Yeah, I know they already have STEAM. It was more a jest (or was it?). I wouldn't have cared if anyone but GameStop had bought it, to be honest. Amazon could have put it to good use, for example. :/Irridium said:Valve already has Steam. And besides, if they bought it, they could be accused of buying out the competition, and monopolizing everything. Which is illegal.
Frankly, I'm surprised Bethesda(or Zenimax) didn't buy it, since they've been buying everything lately...