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The PS2 is the only one I got within a couple of weeks. The GC was never expensive I'd say

If you end up working for the E(vil) A(lliance) dont tell anyone herer :D Especially not Hades.

I should have known that I only played BFII a couple of days ago. You can probably guess it didnt leave much of an impression. Merceneries I liked, same with Destroy all Humans, although that was more short term and novelty fun. Projects Q,X,Y and Z ? Not big on imagination Thing with Sqenix is they merged two of the most succesful RPG companies. Pandemic does mostly Third Person shooters. If Bioware needed help I would have thought it would be in the writing side of things. Dosnt seem to have the same synergy as the Square Enix partnership. Oh it's all over Pandemics homepage too (news about the "merger").

As long as they make money. Soon as they make significant loses all bets are off. What are their objectives ? Easy ,the non Japanese version of Squenix (or Square-Enix for the pedantic). Have to give me a minute to look up pandemic. Over on the EG boards one of the popular names is Pandaware

congrats.

So I did :"> Even at the new prices though it would only add around

Maybe it's from living in Iowa ?

head guy of what ?

This is all speculative anyway. I'm not directly involved in any way. They wont disapear, even with a very wounded beast that takes time (IP anyone). And Bioware are not wounded. But I do think the performance of JE has been a wake up of sorts.

That is the evidence thus far as I see it. Or at least could not continue to put out those numbers without "restructuring".

One war at a time perhaps? It's kind of funny everyone wants them to be the worlds policement when it's in their interest but when it's not they want them to mind their own business.

Maybe , but they do only have one IP. And I really dont think given the effort they took in pushing it that they expected such comparitively low sales. I have said that Mass Effect will be important for that reason.

You really dont need a year. Generally once a game hits the bargain bin thats that. Most games wont keep their price even 6 months (or less) only a few will manage a year and only some very exceptional games will manage longer. I don't know about the others but I'm not extrapolaiting their demise only highlighting factors that may have led to this. As long as they are trading they are still "alive"

Don't be , that could be what triggered this. Bioware is perfectly aware they wont survive on games that put out those numbers. Another thing that will have been a factor is the increase in cost of next gen production and the lower returns because the next gen wont have reached a saturation point. It is starting to look like the reputation may have been over rated.

That's a female werewolf.

Well thats really Biowares fault for keeping long term figures they are essentially worthless as measure of profit :D With a few exceptions you can tell within a month (or 2 weeks) how succesful a game will be. Jade Empires been on budget since last month

Pretty much. I still say you dont waste money on UK cinema advertising (I dont go often so there may be more, but JE is the only time I've seen a game on the big screen that way) if you think that just over half a million is a success.

I think that was something similiar to what Bush was saying prior to 9/11. Although not quite so bluntly. "

There is only so much you can do at the end of the day. I doubt they could take NK without using nukes and no one really wants that.

When you have TV and cinema advertising it most certainly does. One mil has always been the magic number when it comes to console sales. This is common sense, or should be. It's also not just about the numbers but how fast you sell them and how long they keep their prices.

Funny you should say that. Merry Pippin and Yoshi. It's probably a good job I truncated the list

For a company of Biowares stature thats pathetic Didnt KOTOR sell nearly half a mil in the first week or something like that? Especially when you factor the advertising. JE had a trailer in UK cinema's I remember wondering how much it cost when I watched it. Other companies do fine with their own IP's so why do we excuse Bioware ?

Maybe they will find them in Syria.

And I though the UK was a rip off when it came to software prices

Yep the same people who were supposed to pick up KOTOR and Jade Empire. I think this shows two things pretty clearly. 1. It's not always a good idea to do named material since you may not be able to break away from it. 2. Bioware can't stand on it's own feet in the market without a license to carry it. One would hope that Obsidian will take note of this and perhaps not repeat history.