Drithius
Magic & Loss
Incredibly foolhardy to spend so much on a first title that you need 3 million copies sold simply to break even.
I do wonder if the demo was a mistake, I was planning on buying the game straight away until I played the demo. After that I decided to wait for a sale instead.
I wonder how many others were the same?
Daniel.
isn't KoA a form of Diablo 3 but in third-person perspective with better combat (button rather than click mashing!) D3.
From my limited reading of the reviews of both, isn't KoA a form of Diablo 3 but in third-person perspective with better combat (button rather than click mashing!) and without constant online connection. Surprised it did not sell the same or even better than D3.
This is the story that keeps on giving.
This is truly a crash and utterly burn situation. wow. just wow.
Also, http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mi...o-disclose-layoffs-will-face-financial-audit/This is the story that keeps on giving.
WTF is with the commenters on the Verge acting like the state screwed Curt Schilling? Are they schills for schilling or something or do they not know how "backing" a loan works and what security against default is and they're just mouthing off cause guvment is teh devil.
I would not lay the blame on the government deal alone, though.
That requirement of 3 million units sold sounds like BS to me, especially since it's coming from a politician. I think selling 1.2m units of a brand new IP with no track record to be a fine accomplishment, and if anybody was expecting more than that, they're dreaming. […]
I don't think that Reckoning deserves the blame for this fiasco.
I do wonder if the demo was a mistake, I was planning on buying the game straight away until I played the demo. After that I decided to wait for a sale instead.
I wonder how many others were the same?
Daniel.
I'm smelling a scandal here and maybe some fraud with a side of embezzlement. The more info that comes out does not show a healthy picture. Just another modern day business as usual.
...but the government may very well have contributed with a poorly structured agreement which called for minimum and escalating headcounts.
...but the state requiring them to hire more and more people may have made matters worse by forcing 38 to spend more, even when 38 knew they should spend less. Once they got into trouble, it made it impossible to control the debt.