Re: MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?

From: richardhutnik@hotmail.com (Richard Hutnik)

Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:21:34 +0000

How are you going to handle players who don't participate regularly
and what is the minimum wait time you will have for people who want to
play a lot?  A problem you will face here is the irregularities in
scheduling between players.  Some will play a lot, others
occationally.

By the way, I wouldn't bet on the game having THOUSANDS.  Be thankful
if you get 1000 regular players, tops (actually 500 should be
considered a success, particularly for a small time operation).  You
may get more, but you better make sure the game is interesting in and
of itself, without needing a large amount of people to make it go.

Keep in mind why Majestic flopped.  One of the reasons is the game
made demands on people's time (aka, the game invaded their personal
space).  This is arguably a no-no when it comes to entertainment.
People play games, games shouldn't play them.

- Richard Hutnik

spambucket666au@yahoo.com.au (steve) wrote in message news:<433ffd38.0301091836.1a364660@posting.google.com>...
> Hi.  Im researching the potential audience for a Massively Multiplayer
> Online Game that would be run like a PBEM game.  i.e. a week or so
> between orders, but a webpage GUI to parse, validate and send the
> orders rather than having to enter text orders manually.  Also the
> orders would be processed by the game engine, rather than a person.
>
> The emphasis of this game would be on politics and 'empire' building,
> in that order, and unlike most other games, I mean in_that_order.  The
> 'empire' part of the phrase 'empire building' can mean an empire that
> is geographical, economic or religious in nature (or a mixture of all
> three).
>
> The game would allow for thousands of players, and be never-ending, in
> the MMOG traditon.
>
> So I have two questions:
>
> 1) How many people would be interested in such a game, AND paying a
> subscription to play it?  (In your opinion from playing MMOG games)
>
> 2) How much would be a good subscription price?  We are thingking of
> US$25 per quarter.
>
> thanks for your opinions, please reply to this thread, not my email
> address.
>
> Steve

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MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?
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MMOG PBM stategy game, your opinion?
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