2007-06-19 12:56:13

SWEET JESUS!

How can they spend that on just DLC? They should have hired another 100 people to work on something else instead.

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2007-06-19 18:06:16 In reply to RC_Master (2007-06-19 12:56:13)

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mess with the best die the like rest

2007-06-19 18:36:49

For general ballpark here, MS paid BioWare about $25M for the Mass Effect trilogy and $25 to SK for the Too Human Trilogy. I think most hardcore gamers would prefer 2 great new IPs than a single IP that was big last gen but who knows what they are doing to it this gen to make it stand out (many big selling games on generation take a step back in successive generations).

On the other hand GTA has to be one of the biggest titles thus far in the pretty slim pickings we have seen in terms of "major industry titles that appeal to a wider/new demographic". Even if the ME trilogy sells a whopping 5M, a single GTA game can easily break 10M. GTA, dollar-for-dollar / unit-for-unit, may not be a bad bet. It surely will sell well and get casuals involved. But more than that MS is using it to hype its best feature: LIVE. Killer content (GTA expansions) for their killer app (Live). Sometimes you pay a premium to get the #1 guy in the industry to toss their weight behind you. Yet if MS takes a chunk of DLC and gets a basic $6 royalty per copy sold, at 10M copies MS could actually come out ahead -- but I bet Take Two also got a sweetheart deal on royalties. It is too important of a title to have time and date, and like others said when the deal went down over a year ago I am sure MS was hedging their bets that Sony would come out swinging hard and not... flopping.

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The fans have spoken. Concerning the graphics of the Halo 3 Beta: "There's so many little effects and things going on that make this game pretty much 2nd only to Gears at the moment."

2007-06-19 18:44:00 In reply to Acert93 (2007-06-19 18:36:49)

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2007-06-19 19:21:56 In reply to Acert93 (2007-06-19 18:36:49)

[quote=Acert93]For general ballpark here, MS paid BioWare about $25M for the Mass Effect trilogy and $25 to SK for the Too Human Trilogy.quote]
got any link to support that..i heard MS paid SK $80M for the TH triogy

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2007-06-20 10:16:43 In reply to szaromir (2007-06-19 18:44:00)

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2007-06-20 10:33:03

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2007-06-20 21:10:27

And here we go. The first step to MS monoply on console gaming..........great. Typical MS tactic, just bribe and buy out companies rather than compete. sad.

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2007-06-20 21:14:48

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I can't believe such people exist.

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2007-06-20 21:18:55

Sorry if i offended you, szaromir, but you cant honestly sit there and tell me this wasnt a cheap tactic. I would complain about sony if they did the same thing.

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Some of the greatest pieces of animation come from Japan, it just cant be marketed to westerner's, so they never see it.

2007-06-20 21:25:10

It's a fairly standard industry practice and it's always been that way.

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2007-06-21 14:04:26 In reply to mkk316 (2007-06-20 21:18:55)

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The fans have spoken. Concerning the graphics of the Halo 3 Beta: "There's so many little effects and things going on that make this game pretty much 2nd only to Gears at the moment."

2007-06-21 14:15:39 In reply to mkk316 (2007-06-20 21:18:55)

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2007-06-22 03:13:19 In reply to SimonM7 (2007-06-21 14:15:39)

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COD 4's pre-alpha stage looks better than most game's gone gold stage.