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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on January 15, 2003, 01:10:32 pm

Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stealth on January 15, 2003, 01:10:32 pm
If you could, well, receive all the profits of a gaming comany (you know, like Volition, Interplay, Cryo, Team17, etc.) which one would you choose... or, which one do you think makes the most money!?

I'd go with Blizzard, cause they've released in the last year two games that have hit record highs: Diablo 2, and Warcraft 3.

In addition, they have Starcraft/Broodwar, which millions and millions of people are still playing/buying.

so yeah, i'll go with Blizzard.  anyone want to challenge that?


i dunno why i thought of this, just was curious what you think :D
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Fetty on January 15, 2003, 01:16:15 pm
if i where a capitalist id to to EA
note all of the ea sports titles that they toss out every year and they do get bought (**** knows why :D )
but i also would take blizzard cuz they make quality titles :)
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stealth on January 15, 2003, 01:19:57 pm
aha, he seconds my opinion
:nod::yes:

:D
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 15, 2003, 01:21:55 pm
Hmm, as above, If I was a commercialist I'd go for EA, nearly every game you come across is published by EA, bastards!

Anyway, if I were to get a developer's profits, I'd say Introversion.

(The people who made Uplink)
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Thorn on January 15, 2003, 02:26:10 pm
EA for the money..
The only good EA Sports games are the NHL series...
Bioware.. just because...
Christ... I gotta go play some more NWN.... its like Crack I tells ya... Expensive and bad for the head....
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Carl on January 15, 2003, 02:29:14 pm
you idiots! have you forgotten already? you must be head of interplay so you can sell the FS rights to V!
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 15, 2003, 03:14:59 pm
Microsoft.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Thorn on January 15, 2003, 03:19:43 pm
EA maks more than the Game Div. of MS....
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 15, 2003, 03:26:02 pm
Not game division. Whole thing.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Thorn on January 15, 2003, 03:34:26 pm
He said game company...
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 15, 2003, 03:35:20 pm
MS makes games. Whether they make other things or not is irrelevant.:D
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Thorn on January 15, 2003, 03:44:42 pm
ME Games is a completely separate entity from the rest of it...
just owned by the same guy...
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Knight Templar on January 15, 2003, 04:23:38 pm
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
Microsoft.


with the exception of EA. Almost every none sci-fi game I own, save the AOE series (Which is MS by the way), Ghost Recon and Half life, has EA on it.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Fetty on January 15, 2003, 08:21:22 pm
hum
half life is pubished by sierra
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Deepblue on January 15, 2003, 09:19:09 pm
Microsoft cause they got Splinter Cell *Drool* and Halo. Which will both come out on computer. ;)
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 15, 2003, 09:34:25 pm
Bleah. I was talking about the money. MS makes crap games, with few exceptions (HALO looks kinda cool, I guess).

For the games, I'd say a reconstituted Bullfrog, with Molyneux back in it. Him and the old Bullfrog team, with modern graphics? Oh baby...
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Knight Templar on January 15, 2003, 09:58:41 pm
I thought Splinter Cell was by Ubi Soft or whoever.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Zeronet on January 16, 2003, 08:51:30 am
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Originally posted by Fetty
hum
half life is pubished by sierra


Spread the word!
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Sandwich on January 16, 2003, 09:11:25 am
Gas Powered Games (http://www.gaspoweredgames.com/) , cause it has TA's Chris Taylor. ;7 ;7 ;7
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Deepblue on January 16, 2003, 10:09:10 am
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
I thought Splinter Cell was by Ubi Soft or whoever.

Ubi Soft was probably baught by Microsoft like Bungie was.
Seriously Splinter Cell RULES.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Stryke 9 on January 16, 2003, 12:02:02 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Gas Powered Games (http://www.gaspoweredgames.com/) , cause it has TA's Chris Taylor. ;7 ;7 ;7



(http://www.kingdomofwra.com/spotlight/spotlight.JPG)


A bit many particles ingame, nyet?
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on January 16, 2003, 01:11:29 pm
If i were work for a developer and wanted the money, I'd have to say Rare, look at the cash they raked in for their N64 successes.

But now they've been bought my MS.:(
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: aldo_14 on January 16, 2003, 03:50:22 pm
EA Games is the most successfull publisher, though i think it's borken into various development houses.

I think Rockstar must make a few bob from the GTA games in particular, and they're from Scotland, too :)! (Dundee - hence the word 'Quine' in Vice City).   Codemasters, Eidos and DMA are Scottish too IIRC.  So are Mucky Foot, though they're not so famous (Startopia, Blade II).  And a guy who graduated from my uni started up a development company - they made an early PS2 title called 'Airblade' or something, I think - although they may be 'rupt now.

NB:  Rare posted record losses fairly recently.
Title: If you could be the CEO/President/etc. of a game company
Post by: Sandwich on January 16, 2003, 08:07:38 pm
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Originally posted by StrykeIX
A bit many particles ingame, nyet?


Nooo, y'think? :rolleyes:

Bah - I wish FS2 had that many articles in-game.