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Topic: Looking Glass Gone - Explains FCTOE Change
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Whirlwind
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posted 05-25- 08:09 AM
   
I can see why FCTOE was passed on to Jane's/EA. A good move, possibly, to aid the game in seeing the light of day. I really hate to see game companies go away.IP: Logged |
juzz
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posted 05-26- 09:33 AM
Especially the GOOD ones. Every LG game I played was great. They seemed to be one of the few developers that took the time to think of something original to add to a game.IP: Logged |
Pachy
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posted 05-27- 02:15 AM
Ultima underworld, System Shock I&II... man those were good games with true immersive stories.IP: Logged |
Biggles
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posted 05-27- 04:46 AM
Damn, LG make some great stuff!FU 3 is one of the best games around!
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Whirlwind
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posted 05-27- 09:09 AM
That, and it cuts down on competitive pressures on the other guys who do simular games (think MS Windows, and apply that thought to fligh sims, RPGs, and FPSs). Scarry thought....IP: Logged |
Mighty
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posted 05-27- 04:15 PM
As I heard David Thielan put it at a game dev conference, Microsoft isn't in this for the money, nor to control the world. They're in it for the dead bodies. They measure their success by how many other companies they put out of business. Other people in the room pointed out that games are different, because you're starting pretty much from ground zero on each game. You don't have an upgrade as you do in office apps. He said their likely strategy would be to look at say, RTS games. If 10 RTS games release each year and 4 do well, Microsoft won't try to make the best RTS game there is each year. They'll release 40. They may not make money, but it's for sure nobody else will, either.IP: Logged |
Aronsky
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posted 06-21- 09:05 PM
Here's an article about the end of LG--it's interesting with some info on what happened behind the scenes.... http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/20/dark_glass/index.html [This message has been edited by Aronsky (edited 06-21-2000).] IP: Logged |
Sv
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posted 06-22- 07:37 AM
Yes Mighty,I am sure that pleases the shareholders. Do they have a graph with a red line that represents dead bodies instead of profits?  -Sv IP: Logged |
Mighty
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posted 06-22- 02:38 PM
Well, an ancillary result of their strategy has been making gobs of money for their shareholders.  Up until the judges decision, anyway.IP: Logged |
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