why people make games that they know will fail

[tornadog]

What motivates them, is it wishful thinking or plain masochism??

Games like Soldier of Fortune Payback, Turok, History Channel games, etc,etc....

 

[coldmeat]

Maybe because they know they will get paid either way?

 

[ZzZGuy]

It still makes money. They make way less but they cost way less.

Take profits from said games and make uber games.


If they could put a piece of cardboard in the package, call it "The Imagination Game" and make money off it, they'd do it.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
It still makes money. They make way less but they cost way less.

Take profits from said games and make uber games.


If they could put a piece of cardboard in the package, call it "The Imagination Game" and make money off it, they'd do it.

Pet rock?

 

[darkswordsman17]

I'm not really sure where you're getting Turok from. Its an established franchise, that they've actually tried to make decent again. It'll make some money based solely on the name. You have to remember, that the game nerds are not the ones spending most of the money on games. Also, not all games start out crappy, they end up that way because of deadlines and other bureaucratic issues. By releasing any product they'll at least get some return on their investment. As for why do the developers themselves do it, well remember that people have to get experience somehow. Gaming has become a lot about the business side of things. I'd actually compare it more to car companies than movies or music. I mean, you have to earn the right to be able to work on designing and building a Viper or Veyron, you're probably going to have to do that with some crappy cars before you get that opportunity.

 

[M0RPH]

Turok isn't even out yet, is it? Did your crystal ball tell you that it's going to be a failure?

 

[cmdrdredd]

Originally posted by: M0RPH
Turok isn't even out yet, is it? Did your crystal ball tell you that it's going to be a failure?

demo...demo is ok for like 5 min then i had to delete it. Horrible

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: M0RPH
Turok isn't even out yet, is it? Did your crystal ball tell you that it's going to be a failure?

demo...demo is ok for like 5 min then i had to delete it. Horrible

i concur.

 

[DarkThinker]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd

Originally posted by: M0RPH
Turok isn't even out yet, is it? Did your crystal ball tell you that it's going to be a failure?

demo...demo is ok for like 5 min then i had to delete it. Horrible

i concur.

Same here except for that I am still contemplating the delete , it was a pain in the butt to download ....hehe 😀