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[V] IdolNinja
Volition Staff
Here's hoping they kept the geomod tech.
THQ's Smoked!
- Thread starter shitface
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Corrodias
Generally Awesome
The Save Homeworld campaign says that the unsold IP assets will be auctioned off later.
Oh no doubt, if it were EA we would have to have a persistent online connection with some spyware app to provide in-game advertising or some BS. I'm glad ubisoft, activision and EA didn't get their hands on it. How koch media will deal with SR4 we can only wait and see i guess.
Well.
It will be interesting to see how the fourth installation of the Saints Row series pans out.
I always felt that THQ rushed SR:TT out of the "oven". It had damn good flavor, but it was half baked.
INFINITE GEARS!!!
You all know the rest.
Mind you, for a developer heading towards the Quasar, SR:TT was not too bad.
Koch Media?
Lets wait and see.
It will be interesting to see how the fourth installation of the Saints Row series pans out.
I always felt that THQ rushed SR:TT out of the "oven". It had damn good flavor, but it was half baked.
INFINITE GEARS!!!
You all know the rest.
Mind you, for a developer heading towards the Quasar, SR:TT was not too bad.
Koch Media?
Lets wait and see.
M
Minimaul
Guest
It's EA, not Ubisoft.
Yeah, Ubisoft is the 'always online' DRM. EA is the '3 installs ever' DRM.
I know it's tough to keep them straight
Well, I guess we'll have to see what happens with the other properties. Stuff isn't just abandoned, it doesn't happen. They NEVER EVER let stuff hit the public domain in the industry if they can help it. Even a game 30 years old and that hasn't been sold in stores or published for 25, and was made by a developer who doesn't exist for a publisher who doesn't exist. The new holder of the rights keeps a tight grip, because of the fact that since they paid some money, they assume there's a value to it, even if they can't find one.
Simple psychology. The value is extrinsic, in how they paid money to get it, so they value it highly with more money.
Let's just hope Koch and Volition avoid some of that, and they understand the value is in the game itself, not in how much it can be 'worth as a brand name'. There's some of that, but the latter leads to crap, the former leads to games.
I know it's tough to keep them straight
Well, I guess we'll have to see what happens with the other properties. Stuff isn't just abandoned, it doesn't happen. They NEVER EVER let stuff hit the public domain in the industry if they can help it. Even a game 30 years old and that hasn't been sold in stores or published for 25, and was made by a developer who doesn't exist for a publisher who doesn't exist. The new holder of the rights keeps a tight grip, because of the fact that since they paid some money, they assume there's a value to it, even if they can't find one.
Simple psychology. The value is extrinsic, in how they paid money to get it, so they value it highly with more money.
Let's just hope Koch and Volition avoid some of that, and they understand the value is in the game itself, not in how much it can be 'worth as a brand name'. There's some of that, but the latter leads to crap, the former leads to games.
[V] IdolNinja
Volition Staff
April date set for auctioning off the rest of THQ's assets:
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/a-huge-chunk-of-thq-s-remaining-properties-up-for-/1100-4588/
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/a-huge-chunk-of-thq-s-remaining-properties-up-for-/1100-4588/
Giant Bomb said:
I hope the Destroy All Humans franchise actually gets some love. I did like the games.. it should go to a good dev who'll give it the right treatment. NOT EA. It's pretty obvious they didn't care, the way they treated Pandemic. (They considered them the disposable wrapping about the Bioware package they bought, ugh) As a matter of fact, the way Pandemic was treated was a large part of why I was worried about Volition during the buyouts.. I thought they were gonna be bought for their IP then chucked.
Even more than that, the Homeworld series. It was stylistic, it was tactical, it was better made than 99% of the stuff out there right now. I have all 3, though I'm not as good as I'd like. It still needs a good sequel or more...
I can't help but notice whomever buys Lot 5 gets stuff like Drawn to Life 1 and 2, the Destroy All Humans franchise.... and uDraw. Woo. I actually saw one of those in a store just today. I laughed.
Even more than that, the Homeworld series. It was stylistic, it was tactical, it was better made than 99% of the stuff out there right now. I have all 3, though I'm not as good as I'd like. It still needs a good sequel or more...
I can't help but notice whomever buys Lot 5 gets stuff like Drawn to Life 1 and 2, the Destroy All Humans franchise.... and uDraw. Woo. I actually saw one of those in a store just today. I laughed.