Nuth on 29/4/2013 at 21:30
Which would lower the price of the IP more, a cancelled game or a released game that fails miserably?
thiefessa on 29/4/2013 at 21:30
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The cat named "Dark engine source code" can stay in the bag forever (which might make it a descendent of Schrodinger's cat).
I see... and as you wish. :)
Renault on 29/4/2013 at 21:36
Quote Posted by Nuth
Which would lower the price of the IP more, a cancelled game or a released game that fails miserably?
Tbh, I don't think either would have that much of an effect. Thief has enough pedigree from the first two games to get past anything done with the franchise since that time.
SeriousCallersOnly on 30/4/2013 at 01:04
Invisible War. NEVER FORGET!!!
jtr7 on 30/4/2013 at 01:41
Hahaha! Stephen Russell's post here has had 31625 views! :cool: Yeah, subtract all the times the thread was opened and scrolled through for other posts, and I wonder how much smaller the count would be.
FenrisUlf on 30/4/2013 at 06:19
Quote Posted by jtr7
Hahaha! Stephen Russell's post here has had 31625 views! :cool: Yeah, subtract all the times the thread was opened and scrolled through for other posts, and I wonder how much smaller the count would be.
Huh? Here? In this thread? Another thread on the site? Can you be more specific please?
FenrisUlf on 30/4/2013 at 06:22
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^^^ I was trying to put it into words, and then Weasel came along and said it perfectly.
So, just thinking out loud here. This is not something I want to happen, mind you, I'm just having a little fun with the situation. Say everything with the New Thief fell apart, and some of the reported stuff is true, and the game gets cancelled. And then, say Eido isn't really interested in the Thief IP anymore.
Does anyone have any kind of concept as to what buying an IP like that would cost? Just wondered if it would be a feasible kickstarter thing down the road for a group of dedicated fans (ala T2X) or even some ex-devs who worked at or with LGS before. Are we talking $50K, $200K, $500K, 5 million, 10 million...? I just don't have a clue how that would work and what the numbers would be.
I really like this idea. I've already said that I think the Thief community makes better mods and missions than anything that will mostly likely come out of any studio.
jtr7 on 30/4/2013 at 06:28
Since our opinions don't matter and we are so few, and especially since EM is already ignoring a great deal of the old IP, then the copyright owners shouldn't feel their future sales would be threatened by us trying to buy the IP for ourselves. But I feel it's going to be the Browncoats versus the Fox network (and Universal Studios who co-own the Firefly/Serenity IP), all over again.
