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Spector Departs ION
[Nov 08, 2004, 4:50 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Warren Spector exits Eidos on GameSpot (thanks Frans) has word that the famed designer has parted ways with ION/Eidos. They quote a spokesperson as saying: "Eidos announces that Warren Spector has relinquished his role as Studio Director at Ion Storm. Warren has chosen to pursue personal interests outside the company, but he will continue to work for Eidos as an IP consultant. His insight and expertise is highly valued by Eidos, and the company looks forward to continuing its relationship with Warren in his new role." The story goes on to speculate that Warren's consulting with Eidos may be on the next Tomb Raider game and repeat rumors of a possible move to Midway. In another developer departure, Fred Nilsson's .plan File announces the animator is leaving id Software to return to the movie industry.

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Re: Good, Now...
Nov 8, 2004, 21:03

Riker

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Re: Good, Now... Nov 8, 2004, 21:03

Nov 8, 2004, 21:03

Riker

You know what else has a sequel? Mortyr. I dare you to correlate success with sequels now :p

I stand corrected.

sales only effect the decision to make a sequel half the time.

What else effects the decision? I'm trying to come up with something, but it seems to me that publishers are almost always driven solely by money, so if a game wasn't profitable the first time around, why take chances with a sequel?

Instead of judging the game for what it was, they judged it for what it could have been.

That's what happens when you make a sequel to a beloved game. I think most people would agree that not only did the game fail to live up to the Deus Ex experience, but fell way, way short.

This comment was edited on Nov 8, 21:07.