Game News Paradox might be announcing a Vampire: The Masquerade RPG on March 21st, possibly by Hardsuit Labs

[imweasel]

Shadowrun Returns used to cost 20 dollars and we know it sold about 1 million copies.

Secondly, Steamspy became essentially useless after Steam plugged the holes that they were using. That said, take Steamspy's sales data of newer games with a grain of salt.

Thirdly, Gitelman and Weisman were forced to sell the company after Battletech was released, which really says a lot about how the game performed (not so good).

 

[Infinitron]

Come on dude you don't really believe that. The gaming industry is not a seller's market - you get acquired if you do well, not if you fail. You're not gonna see publishers lining up to buy Beamdog and OtherSide Entertainment

 

[imweasel]

They wouldn't have sold the studio if it was gushing cash. They needed financial stability, so they sold it.

Obsidian was sold to Microsoft because, as Feargus admitted, they needed money and didn't have enough.
Inxile was sold to Microsoft because, as Brian admitted, they needed money and didn't have enough.

Same goes for HBS.

 

[Infinitron]

Sure, if they'd sold MILLIONS of copies I imagine they might have stayed independent! Otherwise, capitalizing on your first genuine hit to make an exit is a pretty common business strategy. For many entrepreneurs it's the reason why they found companies in the first place - not everybody is in it to be "indie 4ever".

 

[imweasel]

Sure, if they'd sold MILLIONS of copies I imagine they might have stayed independent!

Now we're getting somewhere.

Ask Swen Vincke how his studio is doing.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Come on dude you don't really believe that. The gaming industry is not a seller's market - you get acquired if you do well, not if you fail. You're not gonna see publishers lining up to buy Beamdog and OtherSide Entertainment

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Bethesda Softworks, of course, acquired new investors and a newly-formed parent company in 1999 prior to developing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, but at that time they were just barely staying afloat financially.

 

[Trans-Financial-Man]

Come on dude you don't really believe that. The gaming industry is not a seller's market - you get acquired if you do well, not if you fail. You're not gonna see publishers lining up to buy Beamdog and OtherSide Entertainment

You get aquired for your IP and the possibility you could turn a profit. But it's always super cheap to just shutter a place when they're not in the black.

 

[Jaesun]

A developer that doesn’t have extensive PnP rpg Experience, developing a VTM rpg will more than likely be a disaster (unlike Troika). Good luck with that. Can’t wait to read the codex review.

 

[True Ukrainian]

Bloodlines was a day one release disaster fam. No matter how good a game is creatively, it still needs technical chops to do well.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I remember being annoyed with a bug in Fallout 1 where some Doctor kept attacking me for no reason due to a corrupt save file. Those Fallout games were too buggy to enjoy. Arcanum and Planscape too. Morrowind too. Might and Magic, Ultima, and Wizardry were pure console faggotry. Porting to the SNES? DECLINE. I am so thankful there are all of those bug free Gold Box games to play or I would have no games to play at all. Buck Rogers: Countdown To Doomsday is the best RPG of all time, and if you don't agree you should.

 

[Crescent Hawk]

Yeah but there was something really nice working in Bloodlines whatever it is, I still remember being heartbroken not being able to finish the game and not knowing the patch to fix it for some time. And it was something beyond Venus and Jeanette tits.
Its up there for me with Thief and SShock and its its so fucking janky I dont care, the setting was cool, the quests were nice even if the combat was broken as shit.

 

[VioletShadow]

The snuff film quest line still gives me the creeps to this day.

 

[Space Satan]

When they will announce VTM card game the outrage will be glorious

 

[True Ukrainian]

If it was a VTMB card game with a single player campaign tacked on it would probably still sell.