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The debate has evolved from ideal forms of government into crime and punishment. Get with the times, old man!

Never played it. Never will.

So, what does that have to do with me? All I care about is getting a good game. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, if the game doesn't sell, REGARDLESS OF THE QUALITY OF IT, there won't be any more like it because the developer will likely go out of business AND / OR no other publisher will commission a similar game, for fear of risking their investment. Basic economics. Don't worry about Mets - he just collecting intel and dispensing it through the usual channels without ever experienceing JE's controls first hand. " :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly. What side of the argument are you on, anyway? I thought you were arguing against the port!

Never said it was. I was making an economic assessment about how the business plan might easily have been to buy market share with a new game, Jade Empire; under these auspices it can be termed a "loss leader" in reference to the marketing terminology, because it is establishing a new franchise that will not require as much marketing in the future (as it is an established entity in the marketplace).

IIRC the 7% was the net figure given to a developer after everyone else has taken their bit, up to and including the publisher. (The headline figure was a 15% margin, which was referred to as the top end of the scale.) The sunk costs of the publisher (on marketing and whatnot) are taken out of the amount the developer gets, with priority. Obviously if Bioware self-published, they have taken some of the inherent risk and therefore wil not have to shell out as much (no publisher cut and loss of IP), but they still have to pay all the marketing and other upfront costs, not to mention keep the develoeprs alive until the next release.

Not to kickstart the blinking XBox, to kickstart the Jade Empire franchise! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But JE was a good game. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But it only sold 500,000 copies.

"I'm sorry Timmy, but you did clearly J-walk." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion.

That is the cunning plan the developers hatched in order to punish all players of the game for eternity ...

Who's ninjas? I think it might be them gorrillas ...

No wonder I have poor memory. I have no sense of smell. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No, you have a poor sense of smell because you have a poor memory!

Why? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because it will be one of those games that has crappy controls BECAUSE it was ported from the console.

Not to kickstart the blinking XBox, to kickstart the Jade Empire franchise!

This <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :cool: Does the Gizka wield a single, double or dual lightsabres? "

I miss Aurora's wit on the boards ...

There were also Jedi relics in the stuff that she saved...Handmaiden talks about it on Telos I think... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True. They're in her alcove. I wanna get to them, but all the Sith holocrons are uses "Force Logorrh

That's some prophylactic!

Um, what are you asking about again? Also, just hit the quicksave button. It takes the same effort as strafing!

Yeah, a loss leader to kickstart a franchise.

It's the ultimate busines plan! Let Bethesda do all the hard work creating the next FF franchise, then csah in with TEH MMO and link up to everyones wireless organiser/life controller for full Matrix effect!

In other words, someone else reads the classic and re-interprets it for you in a setting with robots and elves.

Crucifixion. First Offence.

The administration must have been a nightmare!

That wouldn't stop a suit, and you know it.

Pssst. Volo. read this 7% of 25M = $1,750,000. Edit: Can't read calculator screen at 1280x1024 resolution and small fonts; moral of the tale is to not be lazy and eschew the use of calc.exe. That's got to feed, cloth and shelter all the Bioware devs and their families, from the last, until the next cash injection (Two years? Three? No wonder they are so keen to get the next one out the door, they need the cash flow.). (Less any upfront investment that was put in by publishers, if there were any.)

(Far be it for me to assume you can't spell.)