Goldmoon Dawn on 29/3/2013 at 03:46
Vae, seriously. The Mods at TTLG are certainly *not* the enemy! The *enemy* is anyone who has no imagination, no passion, no soul.
Quote Posted by dethtoll
"Deftow"? Lots of other people have made fun of my username before and they at least made sense.
:cheeky: Yer alright kid. :p
Vae on 29/3/2013 at 04:37
Quote Posted by Goldmoon Dawn
Vae, seriously. The Mods at TTLG are certainly *not* the enemy! The *enemy* is anyone who has no imagination, no passion, no soul.
:laff:...You have completely misinterpreted my comment...'Twas simply words of wisdom...to be understood or foolishly not.
Ironically, the opposite of what you thought is true.
Goldmoon Dawn on 29/3/2013 at 05:02
No, I understood what you meant as clear as day. What I meant was that HSM took an outright disrespectful shot at the mod, for no apparent reason?! Did I miss an important memo at the fanatic HQ meeting today?! :p
jtr7 on 29/3/2013 at 06:35
Egads!
Clean up on Aisle 9!
So, who were the Top 10 video game publishing houses in 2009, and what rank was Square-Enix at that they aspired to be in the Top 10, acquiring EM in hopes they'd help them get there?
june gloom on 29/3/2013 at 06:55
They were already in the top 10. They were the 9th most successful publisher that year.
Vae on 29/3/2013 at 11:03
Quote Posted by Goldmoon Dawn
What I meant was that HSM took an outright disrespectful shot at the mod, for no apparent reason?! Did I miss an important memo at the fanatic HQ meeting today?! :p
Yes you did...It was supposed to be a defiant, mass giggle-out...Where were you?...:grr:
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The *enemy* is anyone who has no imagination, no passion, no soul.
Yes, that is the true enemy...yet, not the poor soul itself.
Captain Spandex on 29/3/2013 at 11:14
It's those obese advertising budgets and lengthy development times that have led them here. Hitman: Absolution was an abject failure. They built a new engine for it (at great expense) and advertised it to the moon and back. Meanwhile, Tomb Raider's advertising budget actually matched its development budget. Which is an appalling waste for a franchise that's already so well-known.
I really don't think it's a matter of 'making better games' for Square Enix to correct the problem. Sleeping Dogs and Tomb Raider are great games, and Hitman: Absolution's 3.8 million in sales should be a respectable number (even though it's a horrendous video game and an insult to the Hitman series).
It's genuinely a case of corporate mismanagement and lack of leadership.
june gloom on 29/3/2013 at 16:58
It's not 1998. Tomb Raider isn't "well-known" anymore.
pavlovscat on 29/3/2013 at 17:00
Does anyone happen to know the ratio of development costs to advertising costs for TDP and TMA? How about TDS?
jtr7 on 30/3/2013 at 00:51
I would love to have a single resource for that kind of info for once. I wish the author who wanted to do a Looking Glass book hadn't been shot down.
