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Just wanted to make the point that in Pathfinder Online's second Kickstarter they indicated that they were already fully funded through other investors. The KS money was just to create the game faster and bigger, which seems to be contrary goals.
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Doctor Doom. According to the newspapers in Latveria he is the world's greatest hero!
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Originally posted by Gel214th That is absolutely fantastic news! I love RIFT!! :-) Wonder what the profit on that gross revenue is? Anyone with inside info on how much MMOs cost to run and what the margins are usually like? WoW has a profit…
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Originally posted by mrpoepoe I don't understand the MMO audience, on the one hand the fact that games are easier and more accesbile is lamented; we hate that they've dumbed down, but anything more challenging or commited gets cries of "WE DON'T WAN…
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Originally posted by purewitz And Star Wars: The OId Republic will own the year that is 2012 and will continue to be the one MMO to rule them all, The Chosen One. Plus there will be a new term called the TOR Killer, but one will not come for a long …
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Originally posted by Ozmodan I bet one of the f2p producers will pick this game up, there was not enough content in this game to justify the pay to play. Very unlikely. Lego Universe was originally a NetDevil game under Gazillion as one…
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One thing to note is that DCUO apparently has 3x the player base on the PS3 than the PC. That's the platform it has the advantage in and that's the platform I think it will thrive in. As for the general industry shift to F2P - players generally on…
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The change in release date for Neverwinter suggests the original budget and timeline was set by Atari, but PW is willing to invest more into the title and stretch out the timeline. I'd also suspect that launching a title in Q3 / Q4 2011, with SWOR…
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San Diego Comicon sucks because... comics are a dead scene?
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Originally posted by Dinendae Originally posted by vesavius lol But poor Cryptic... they actually were once a respected outift. This is what it has come down to? PW? Who else would really want them, other than an Asian compa…
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Looks like Cryptic has been bought by Perfect World: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/31/cryptic-now-in-a-perfect-world/ So yes, it was an Eastern developer / publisher looking to expand into the Western market who bought them for (upfron…
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Atari lists Cryptic's worth at about US$60m in its earnings report. They paid about $24m in cash for Cryptic when they bought it, along with bonus payments for certain targets being met for ChampO (which weren't paid) and STO (which were partially p…
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It'd be useful to know if that annual loss for Cryptic includes the development costs of ChampO and STO (or a portion thereof). Or how much of that loss is driven by development of Neverwinter. In the end, I'm not sure who would buy Cryptic - hist…
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In a lot of ways review scores are saying either "buy", "try" or "avoid" the subject they are reviewing. Past that point, a lot of review systems are window dressing. Personally I appreciate a review that has a short list of pros and cons around a…
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The articles focused on what was important to their target audience. For comic book readers, Bendis being the writer was important. For MMO players, the F2P aspect (and 'fixed' characters) were the critical issues. DCUO should go F2P - t…
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SOE are highly unlikely to sell The Agency to someone else. An unreleased game isn't worth nearly as much as they would have invested into it (remember, APB cost something like US$80m up to launch - so that you at least know it was launch ready, whi…
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SOE really overpromised and underdesigned on DCUO. For a game with a short levelling curve, a substantial endgame is required; instead, the endgame relies on a large amount of recycled content and repeatable raids. Apart from the PS3 / PC deve…
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1) I think the true point of this article was to open The Syndicate up to a good roasting. 2) Having read through the article, I've still go no idea what The Syndicate is working on for 2011. A book on guild mechanics? Okay. Vague discusssions wit…
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Originally posted by Theonenoni So why did they oust Richard Garriot? It couldnt be that Tabula Rasa was lacking in financial profit alone. The Garriotts (Robert and Richard) were running NCsoft North America and after 6-ish years of developm…
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What happened to Richard Garriott and what happened to Tabula Rasa are two different things. They are intertwined, but a lot of people mix the separate events up. Tabula Rasa was cancelled because it was likely going to take a decade plus befo…
