Re: For PBM game moderators

From: madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)

Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:03:14 +0000

>>A company like your may have 10 years in the market,
but how quickly can a company like EA move in should it determine the
market segment large enough? <<

God, I hope EA *do* move in.  Bring them on.  I would love the opportunity to
pit myself against big players like them.  If you think that throwing money,
even millions, at a project automatically makes it good or makes it able to
take business from established players, I have to disagree.

PBEM players have *seen* wonderful graphics.  They've played sexy looking
games.  They've been to LOTR at the movies and been thrilled by the panorama.
The kids as much as anybody.

You overestimate the importance of appearance compared to gameplay, and you
underestimate the amount of talent and experience it needs to make good
gameplay.  Turn-Based games are not like other games.  I would be far more
nervous hearing that Harlequin, KJC, or Silver Dreamer had justed employed a
new programmer for a new project than I would of EA.  You may think this is
foolish, but I've heard it all before, seen it all before, and prospered over
it all before.

I would love to see EA come along, do a turn-based multiplayer fantasy PBEM
game, with a 3D high-art full-colour GUI.  They'd bring in millions of new
players with their advertising budget and explosive approach for me to steadily
steal from them.  Yum.

>>They need not even designs game mechanics
have as good, once they can put a impressive graphical face on their
versions, and then leverage their mass market distribution and millions
of marketing dollars to position theirs.<<

That would be totally cool.  Every decent PBM firm out there would benefit from
it.  EA would eventually drop the project in disgust, or alter it to something
they understood, but by then they'd have done tons of great work on our behalf.

Steve T.

References

Re: For PBM game moderators
"Ryan S. Johnson" <dowrie@guildofblades.com>
Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:13:38 +0000

Referenced By

Re: For PBM game moderators
"Ryan S. Johnson" <dowrie@guildofblades.com>
Thu, 06 Feb 2003 05:13:38 +0000