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I called it 'vaporware.' Were you correct?
mgilbrtsn
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I see the word vaporware thrown around a lot on these forums. This poll is to those who have. Did the game you called vaporware actually turn out to be vaporware or was it released?
(Just for a little fun, so don't get your back up, if someone mentions your game)
The rules:
** No hedging. Don't say that it was released, but was so different that it might has well be vaporware. Was it or wasn't it released?
** Don't vote because of EQNEXT or other games that aren't due yet. No fair. Just the ones that never materialized after due date.
** Try to be as honest as possible. Don't make yourself a prognosticator after the fact. For shame.
** If you can, list the game in comments. More fun for the group.
It is anonymous to protect the innocent.
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Unfortunately their will be a bunch of votes for the third option because of misplaced hatred or just utter stupidity.
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There have been a lot of games that were simply quick cash grabs full of promises then immediately after scamming people on those promises the game goes into maintenance mode.
This is the huge problem i have with all these new scam games coming out,they claim they are going f2p but that never happens until they already make a ton of money first from early access to Beta promises.
I would say ALl the games that fall into that category make 90-95% of their profits before the game officially releases and that alone is very sad.As soon as they see their game is making very little,they announce a release and rely on the cash shop.
Gamer's should quit giving out free money because i have not seen one single game worth that free handout and there has already been several hundred of them.
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Unforeseen events can make the final product better or worse then what was intended. That's why I usually wait and see what the finish product actually is before committing to it most of the time.
Take SC for example. Unless those people are coding gods with all those ship details and starport details and adding hundreds of players, it's going to take a super computer to run the game at max settings. So I'm thinking the game is going to have to look a lot different to be playable then the videos are showing. Just have to wait for final stress testing to be sure.
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Citadel of Sorcery is on my current Vape watch list, but I hope it one day comes out.
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It's that whole, unlikely to ever see the light of a display screen thing that makes it vaporware.
For example, for a long time, Duke Nukem Forever was vaporware, then that last company took over and actually got something done and released. It's no longer vaporware, but it might have been better if it had remained that way.
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when sillent hillS was announced people expected a 2016 or at worst 2017 release. that implies the game should have been in development since 2014 or before that for it to happen yet with all the big names involved Konami cancelled it. that means they mostly worked on PT and not that much on the actual game otherwise cancelling it would be a bigger disaster financially. so it was a vaporware. how many people seen that one coming?
i never even tried to callout vaporwares though personally but it's fun if you do and guess right. (and also ironically tragic)
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