Hellgate at the Gate [Nov 04, 2007, 5:54 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Several updates to the
Hellgate: London Website outline the flurry of activity surrounding
Flagships new action/RPG. There's a general
State of the Game
update from Bill Roper outlining what went on with the game's launch and
what's been done to remedy some of the associated issues. There's also
a post
outlining that the subscription system is back online, a post announcing the
single-player patch is live and word the servers will be coming down for
an update on November 5 outlining the new theme that will go live at that
time. On the topic of the subscription system return, included in Bill's update
is word that the Founder's Club offer will be extended to account for this
downtime, and a further announcement on this topic will follow.
Alright...Got a few minutes to wait for my son to finish eating, so I'll bite.
PC Gaming is not exactly dead. But it's not the same thing I grew up with, either. You can't look at the subscription numbers for MMORPGs and say PC gaming is dead. It's just changed business models.
Personally, I can't stand MMORPGs. I played about a month's worth of WoW and I was so bored. These days the money isn't coming from FPS and CRPGs, it's coming from subscriptions.
I guess the best question is, what happened to all of the good independent developers? It seems like the dream these days is to make a studio just good enough to be bought up by EA. How did those old devs make money back in the day with such a limited audience and why is it so hard to do the same thing today?
Is it so hard to say no to EA's money? Or is it their readily available spots on store shelves?
What can be done to rectify this?
PC Gaming is not exactly dead. But it's not the same thing I grew up with, either. You can't look at the subscription numbers for MMORPGs and say PC gaming is dead. It's just changed business models.
Personally, I can't stand MMORPGs. I played about a month's worth of WoW and I was so bored. These days the money isn't coming from FPS and CRPGs, it's coming from subscriptions.
I guess the best question is, what happened to all of the good independent developers? It seems like the dream these days is to make a studio just good enough to be bought up by EA. How did those old devs make money back in the day with such a limited audience and why is it so hard to do the same thing today?
Is it so hard to say no to EA's money? Or is it their readily available spots on store shelves?
What can be done to rectify this?
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