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Posted - 2010.07.20 03:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Scott McClellan
Originally by: Vod****
Do WOW fans complain the Blizzard has a department developing Diablo III? Or do WarCraft 3 fans complain that StarCraft 2 took all the ôgoodö RTS game developers with them to that project? No, no they donÆt, for several reasons, the main being that...
...Blizzard supports their product like nobody else in the industry while CCP maintains it's not worth it to support theirs?
That is your opinion, and easily made a spectacle of. 'Ghost' was a complete failure, never took off and soaked up a ridiculous amount of revenue that could have gone into other projects.
WoW itself is mind-bogglingly stale, with the same models released years ago still being recycled and reskinned and many of the encounters little more than remixes or tiny revisions to old ones. It succeeds in spite of itself. Their business practices are dubious, scalping players for more money by selling cosmetic features like mounts, or minor services like server changes for double what a month of playtime is worth.
CCP is the very model of good game development ethics, and while you will likely not find all of their work appealing what they are doing is excellent. On a final note, this 'Incarna' project everyone complains about as a waste of development is very much going to improve EVE, bring a fresh wave of players and raise the bar in the industry for character rendering.
The lack of a 'human' avatar is the most complained about feature for EVE by potential players. It's in every other review by game journalists interested in what this game is about. If that is any indication of the impact that this feature will have to new or potential players, this will cause an explosion of growth in the game. Most of whom will increase CCP's ability to staff an even larger development team by contributing their subscriptions. It's a short term pain for a long term pleasure. Be patient, it's not your favorite feature's turn for touch up just yet, but that doesn't mean it won't come. Now is the time to establish what things you want so that when it is time you get something you like from it.
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