every Ultima release meant upgrading my system!!
I also think so. The apparently rather low priority they give to patches can harm the ongoing sales of Gothic 3. This and the product quality perceived as disappointing by a lot of customers will probably harm the add-on´s sales figures. They have one chance to repair the brand with the add-on if it´s as good as NotR and nearly bug-free. If they blow it Gothic 4 will be an uphill battle.This is pure speculation, but wouldn't a high degree of market saturation at this point potentially harm future sales? G3 severely underperformed when considered against its expectations. I would venture a guess here and say that quite a few casual fans and curious other fellows would be turned off of the Gothic series after playing G3. Essentially what I am saying is that G3 is a very poor representation of the Gothic series. Those who were attracted to the series by prior iterations may be turned away by this version. I would guess that G3's sales volume was driven not by its own merit but by its predecessor’s. The way I see it, unless a lot of work is put into developing the game and perhaps enhancing it with additional content this success may actually have the potential to cause harm.
Let's hope there is a G4 and that it has an English language release!!
Let's hope there is a G4 and that it has an English language release!!
Wondering why I got a knack in my head that PB had said Gothic would be a thrilogy?
One thing the Gothic series always lacked was a flexible toolset. One can replay the game only so many times and with the lack of a multiplayer option the only thing that can prolong a game's life is mods.