Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: dpoole@upei.ca (Dale Poole)

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On 24 Sep 1998 11:39:37 GMT, madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral) wrote:

>Greg, the UK market is *different* to the US one.  You obviously don't believe
>me, but surely you must understand we've researched all this quite thoroughly.
>Ask the other UK GMs... I bet they'll tell you the same.  People aren't looking
>to scrape pennies off the price of games at every corner... for a great game
>they don't mind paying a fair price.

I missed the start of this thread (earlier posts suggest that was A
Good Thing) so I hope I'm not treading over trampled ground.

I've been developing a game for a number of years, and last winter had
6 months of very successful play-testing.  I'm heading into another
winter of the same, but the question has cme up several times - when
is the game going to go commercial?

Market research has been mentioned, the difference between US and UK
markets has been mentioned, but relatively few details have been
discussed.

*I'd* like to hear more on these topics, either here or via email -
subjects that would help me make a decision to go commercial, or take
some new developmental directions in preparation to do so.

How likely am I to get any response?  Business Consultants often
recommend you ask someone in the business for their perspective.
Generally I've felt that to be wiser if you ask someone in your
business, who is in a different community.  Considering that a lot of
PBM games are now administered via e-mail, and the Internet is one big
happy community, is anyone here willing to part with such dear
information as the secret(s) to their success?

I have no illusions of retiring in a coupleof months and going to bed
each night on a pile of 100 dollar bills!  But if my game is
reasonably popular, I don't discount the possibility that I might be
able to support myself in 5 to 10 years.

Any advice you might have, or advice on where to get advice....

Daleus
dpoole@upei.ca

References

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000