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Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by Jaesun, Mar 15, 2011.

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  1. Ed123 Liturgist Patron

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    Click here and disable ads!
    I'm sure MetalCraze has an opinion on this subject.

  2. Admiral jimbob nope Patron

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    Charlie Brooker hasn't been the same since he got married and had a kid and stopped being angry :( he's like a quality-Hulk. He's only good when he's angry.

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    Well that's going to be interesting to watch, if nothing else.

    I'm more inclined to believe that there's lay-offs incoming than not, though. Not necessarily a cool 1K, but some lay-offs will be occurring this year.

  5. hoopy Learned

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    Trannies and gentlemen, I present to you: modern gaming journalism.

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  6. Ulminati I'm watching you... Scum. Patron

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    The conclusion: gamers are getting dumber faster than modern games are becoming easier.
    Hellraiser, Jaedar, Crooked Bee and 1 other person Brofist this.

  7. Angthoron Arcane Patron

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  8. evdk comrade troglodyte Patron

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    What, this post wasn't about feminist agenda polluting our precious bodily fluids, so that's :incline: of hoopy.

  9. Angthoron Arcane Patron

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    And further decline of mankind.

  10. thesoup Liturgist

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    Gaming journalism is so bad it makes icycalm look like the only competent person on the internet.

  11. RPGMaster Learned

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    [IMG]

    Time to implement Plan R.

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    BLOBERT's gardening strategies discovered:

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    Wow, for real ? Pffff they don't appreciate the increased profit they are getting, are they... maybe Fargo *should* start a Kickstarter-service after all.

  14. Darth Roxor Wielder of the Huegpenis

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    'hurf durf people are too dumb to read stuff, plz pull down the badge'

  15. Luzur Good Sir

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    :yeah:

    :hmmm:

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    I bet people are reading it as "We promise to give 5% of what we gather here back to Kickstarter"

  17. Infinitron RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    Which ironically is precisely what they're doing.

  18. Alexandros Arbiter

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    If we've reached a point where 8 million sales fail to make a decent profit, the big videogame crash is only a couple of years away, tops.

  19. Luzur Good Sir

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    :lol:


    :lol: :lol:

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    [IMG]

  22. Angthoron Arcane Patron

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    They sure are.


    As alien as it sounds, this isn't impossible. Not in this particular case, perhaps, but you do have to take into account the production costs, marketing and branding expenses, taxes, retailer's cut, logistics and a pile of other bullshit. It certainly doesn't mean that BF3 was unprofitable by any standards, however, it may have been less profitable than expected (Say, 300 mil net rather than 400 mil net, which in turn fucks up budgets for other projects), which, yes, will cause cancellations and lay-offs even though from any normal point of view the amount of money gained is enormous.

  23. sgc_meltdown Magister

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    Kickstarter indie dev asks for 20k, get 36k, end up having less than 4k to make the game with after expenses.

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects...i-meets-gamedev-story-for-ios-an/posts/208395
    :hero:

    also here is a picture of a loyal bioware fan that has gotten 6k upvotes on reddit
    http://i.imgur.com/r8JEF.jpg
    http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/sbxpj/i_asked_my_friend_to_convince_me_to_play_mass/

  24. Infinitron RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    No no, you misunderstood me. Kickstarter gets a 5% cut of the cash pledged for each project, remember? So, in that sense, every project is giving 5% of what it gathers back to Kickstarter anyway!

  25. Angthoron Arcane Patron

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    Oh duh, you mean like that. Yeah, I read you now. You're right!
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