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There is one important factor of DLC that gets overlooked a lot: designers would be laid off between projects if not working on extra content after their core work is done. Artists, writers and stuff get done months before the game is polished enough to release generally. So some level of DLC is probably necessary in this age of shrinking budgetary margins. Some is definitely gross but it's something to keep in mind. Even on-disk DLC can be stuff that people worked on AFTER all their work was done on the core game, due to the length of time it takes to QA and certify a game for final release.

So hey, they released the new trailer (with celebrity voice actor David Bradley of Game of Thrones/Harry Potter fame) and suddenly they had a few days of really solid sales putting them within 100k with 9 whole days left. This is going to get funded!

Firstly, Matrix is swimming against the current on general pricing trends.  I understand why: y'all do mostly strategy, with a lot of historically focused titles...  That wasn't exactly a large market even before the DudeBro Console influx skewed everything towards dumb shooters.  A lot of people either can't grasp that you're catering to a small customer base, or don't care to understand.  It boils down to getting caught in the crossfire between Steam/GOG/Humble sales and common mobile pricing.  That makes Matrix's games look quite expensive by comparison, plus a lot of folks won't make a distinction between "don't like the company's prices" and "don't like the company." 

This whole 'it's strategy so it won't sell' concept falls apart completely when you remember Paradox has their games on Steam. Crusader Kings 2 regularly goes on sale under $20

Goonswarm itself is actually rather bloated, the really truly amazing part of that is the leader. If Mittens decided to quit EVE, the CFC would implode within a matter of months.

Eh, Mittens does way, way less than you think. He is really good at delegating.

Goons have lost leadership before and recovered  just fine mind. This isn't the first goonswarm nor probably the last.

So, shitty for everyone but long time veterans.  Gotcha.  EVE continues to show that it has the shittiest community of any game.

The main powers in EVE are outside communities forming in-game. They will rebuild their same numbers immediately and immediately conquer everything again. It's a no-gain situation for CCP. The game will still be too cutthroat for the average player and so not only will they not gain many new players, most of the people who have been working as long as 10 years(!!) to build up their resources will quit.

Yup, that's one of the tutorial areas of The Secret World.

I am using this thread to post about a game I think is pretty neat so far but don't care enough to make a thread! Extra Solar is this weird ARG-like thing where you remotely control a rover on a distant alien world and take photos to unravel the mysteries there, while also uncovering a conspiracy to hide things from you. You can check it out at extrasolar.com

There's some f2p transaction stuff but none of it is super important, although you can take photos only once every 4 hours which I think is a way of abstractly simulating the lag between earth and space so I don't mind it. You can pay to do it once per hour, among other things.

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Soooo..... Morphballs huh? And you are even going to call it a morphball. Really?

i was surprised to see that too, i hope they dont get sued by Nintendo..... e.e

Unless there's a patent filed I doubt it's possible.

It would be a copyright issue, not patent, and you don't need to file copyrights.

I don't think a morphball qualifies for Copyright. Copyright CANNOT apply to gameplay mechanics ever. I mean I only have like one course on copyright from film school but my understanding is that there is no way for Copyright to apply here. It's either Patent or nothing.