My opinion is that NCSoft is calculating the total operating cost of NCAustin for the past six years into their total investment portfolio. Also without official sources actually saying that $100 million was directly apportioned to the development cost of TR and not operating costs of NCAustin as a whole, OP you are basing your conclusion on heresay and not actual fact. So, claiming a FACT REVIEW is an extreme fallacy.
I have to disagree, 30 million dollars spread over 6 years would not be breaking the back of NCsoft.
The article says: "considering the amount of investment and resources the project has devoured."
Note the words "the project", that statement does not imply anything that is inclusive of the hiring of the Garriotts.
I think that the two versions of the game have eaten a tremendous amount of capital and that much of it has been squandered by Garriott's mismanagement.
Don't forget, that first "dream team" of devs at DG didn't come on board with out large contractual promises.
Everyone of them was in the top of their fields and those people got paid a huge amount of money before they walked.
I wouldn't have issue with your comment if you just changed it from "fact review" to something more fitting, say unconfirmed report. Considering that is exactly what it is a 2nd, or 3rd party source saying that the development is over 100 million.
I just cannot even fathom that report being remotely true. That would make Tabula Rasa the most expensive game in the history of video games. 2nd place would be Mr McQuaid at 40+ million for Vanguard SoH, and that is a very distant seconed place from 100 million. Hell, Vivendi U. apportioned 15 million to Blizzard for Starcraft2's development and those guys have got to pay their people good.
Right now this game is made for the casual gamer. It's not that the game isn't fun, it's just that you really can accomplish way too much in such little time.
I'm not going to say what is "casual" what is "hardcore". I think I'm a casual player, I only get to play a few nights a week, just a couple hours , and maybe 5 or so hours straigh on weekends, if I'm lucky. As limited as I play, TR is fun to me, because I log in, and I get somewhere new, and pretty much gain a level every night. Sometimes I group if there are some around, but I odn't have to wait around for a group, I can go about on my own.
As for 100 million dollars. Well that truly needs to be confirmed. Not that it really even matters, 100 million on a project that isn't quite what it promises happens. It happens alot. I don't think this game WON'T make some money back, by all means I think it will do fine. Mediocre at the least. I mean everyday someone out there is spending thousands of dollars on a car they will end up defaulting on and getting repo'd. Or a big company is spending hundreds of thousands on advertising just to have a decrease in business.
Auto assault, what can I say, it wasn't much to look at in the first place. Even if that game was shined up real nice, and had excellent gameplay the following would've been so meager, it's just not the type of online game people are into right now.
The thing is, content can be added later for the "hardcore" gamer. Who knows, maybe tomorrow we'll see a completely new version of TR.
I myself am a gamer and a gamer is someone who enjoys gaming. The difference between a casual gamer and a hardcore gamer is really a moot point. We all want to game but for some of us out there time is restricted due to other obligations, i.e. family, work, school, and what ever else we have going in our lives. So who really cares if your a "casual" gamer or a "hardcore" gamer. Either way your money is green and your intents are the same to have fun.
I am currently playing beta for TR and yes I find that it's a game that can be enjoyed in smaller doses unlike some of the other MMO's on the market which require much more devotion to accomplish anything. The over all quest system is a plus in my book , I've been gaming for a number of years and have gotten to a point where the hum-drum of mindless grinding is mind numbing and seems to be more work than fun. TR, in my opinion has taken a more refreshing turn in questing. Yes there are still the kill x number of this or that but honestly even those are not to bad and the majority of the quests are fun to accomplish and rewarding. I don't know if I'll play when the game goes live or not but I have enjoyed playing the beta and would recommend it to some one looking for something new.
games played:
DAoC, SWG, Lineage 2, GW-night fall, AcesHigh2, EQ2, Fury beta, BF2142,BF2, current game EVE-online--> 1.5 years.
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I have to disagree, 30 million dollars spread over 6 years would not be breaking the back of NCsoft.
The article says: "considering the amount of investment and resources the project has devoured."
Note the words "the project", that statement does not imply anything that is inclusive of the hiring of the Garriotts.
I think that the two versions of the game have eaten a tremendous amount of capital and that much of it has been squandered by Garriott's mismanagement.
Don't forget, that first "dream team" of devs at DG didn't come on board with out large contractual promises.
Everyone of them was in the top of their fields and those people got paid a huge amount of money before they walked.
I wouldn't have issue with your comment if you just changed it from "fact review" to something more fitting, say unconfirmed report. Considering that is exactly what it is a 2nd, or 3rd party source saying that the development is over 100 million.
I just cannot even fathom that report being remotely true. That would make Tabula Rasa the most expensive game in the history of video games. 2nd place would be Mr McQuaid at 40+ million for Vanguard SoH, and that is a very distant seconed place from 100 million. Hell, Vivendi U. apportioned 15 million to Blizzard for Starcraft2's development and those guys have got to pay their people good.
Right now this game is made for the casual gamer. It's not that the game isn't fun, it's just that you really can accomplish way too much in such little time.
I'm not going to say what is "casual" what is "hardcore". I think I'm a casual player, I only get to play a few nights a week, just a couple hours , and maybe 5 or so hours straigh on weekends, if I'm lucky. As limited as I play, TR is fun to me, because I log in, and I get somewhere new, and pretty much gain a level every night. Sometimes I group if there are some around, but I odn't have to wait around for a group, I can go about on my own.
As for 100 million dollars. Well that truly needs to be confirmed. Not that it really even matters, 100 million on a project that isn't quite what it promises happens. It happens alot. I don't think this game WON'T make some money back, by all means I think it will do fine. Mediocre at the least. I mean everyday someone out there is spending thousands of dollars on a car they will end up defaulting on and getting repo'd. Or a big company is spending hundreds of thousands on advertising just to have a decrease in business.
Auto assault, what can I say, it wasn't much to look at in the first place. Even if that game was shined up real nice, and had excellent gameplay the following would've been so meager, it's just not the type of online game people are into right now.
The thing is, content can be added later for the "hardcore" gamer. Who knows, maybe tomorrow we'll see a completely new version of TR.
I myself am a gamer and a gamer is someone who enjoys gaming. The difference between a casual gamer and a hardcore gamer is really a moot point. We all want to game but for some of us out there time is restricted due to other obligations, i.e. family, work, school, and what ever else we have going in our lives. So who really cares if your a "casual" gamer or a "hardcore" gamer. Either way your money is green and your intents are the same to have fun.
I am currently playing beta for TR and yes I find that it's a game that can be enjoyed in smaller doses unlike some of the other MMO's on the market which require much more devotion to accomplish anything. The over all quest system is a plus in my book , I've been gaming for a number of years and have gotten to a point where the hum-drum of mindless grinding is mind numbing and seems to be more work than fun. TR, in my opinion has taken a more refreshing turn in questing. Yes there are still the kill x number of this or that but honestly even those are not to bad and the majority of the quests are fun to accomplish and rewarding. I don't know if I'll play when the game goes live or not but I have enjoyed playing the beta and would recommend it to some one looking for something new.
games played:
DAoC, SWG, Lineage 2, GW-night fall, AcesHigh2, EQ2, Fury beta, BF2142,BF2, current game EVE-online--> 1.5 years.