[ShadowWolf_IH]

there is hope for freespace 3, and it will be a reality.  It's called the source code project.  Isn't that what they do?  Take the code and expand it to make a sequel?  Isn't that what our guys are doing?  We'd may as well call it freespace 3, because that's what it will be, but this time, they are asking us what we want in it, not giving us what they think should be in it, so for us, this will be the pinnacle.  it's gunna rock.

[Jake101]

You people are sad.  If this entire community wants it, they'll get it.  If FS3 is developed as good as it is, THQ will get smart and advertise the living hell out of it.  Hell, V should team up with Microsoft. Microsoft treats their developers good.  Even though I hate Microsoft, it's something I have to give them credit for.

Just look at how successful Dungeon Siege is.  It reached the top 5 within the first two months of being released.  Freespace 2, just as many have said before, had a bad marketing job done on it.  The original FreeSpace was a decent success.  If it wasn't, I never would have bought it.  I would have bought Freespace 2 sooner, but I didn't have the money.  If they could advertise Freespace 3 as much as they do something like Half Life, Age of Empires, or even that half assed game called Starcraft, they'd make a ****load of money, and make way for FS4.

There is still hope for the series, you negative jackasses.  Just look at the community for Total Annihilation.  They fought like hell to get a sequel to their game, and THEY GOT IT.  If ALL of the fans want it, they'll get it, and then some.

Stop being so damn negative, and fight for it!

It's still not too late.  Total Annihilation 2 is now going to be made after the community for it fought it ever since 1997!  Freespace 3 should be no different.

[Thor]

Right on Brother!  Power to the community!  If everyone here sent in an e-mail to THQ, and then found some more people willing to support the cause, and they sent in e-mails, well, it would be a good thing.  I wa also thinking of sending an e-mail to PC gammer and Computer Gaming World and seeing if they would consider doing an article or something on the FS Community.  I know PCG has the extened play column and CGW has the homebrew section, and this community is perfect for coverage in the magazines.  And any magazine coverage could only help the cause.  Jake101 is right, the best course of action is not to sit around and moan about the likelyhood of there being or not being a FS3, but to try and makesure it happens.  Even if it fails, then at least we know we tried to get it done, and the only thing preventing it was the shortsightedness of THQ and the stubborness of Interplay.  So guys and gals, lets rise to the cause and make this happen!

[Mr. Vega]

We're going to have to give them a good showing. If the Source Code project or Paradigm Shift is a success we'll have one. Show them it and then really start lobbying.

[Zarax]

Originally posted by Jake101
You people are sad.  If this entire community wants it, they'll get it.  If FS3 is developed as good as it is, THQ will get smart and advertise the living hell out of it.  Hell, V should team up with Microsoft. Microsoft treats their developers good.  

Yeah, Microsoft would help us if it smells enough money...
Bill Gates has hired the best game programmers in the world, so if we show them how successfully it would be we won't be disappointed...
I think that they would even unofficially support our source code project...
If you think it would be unrealistic remember one word: publicity
Just look at the Mechwarrior saga, they bought it and it came to be a money making machine...

[RandomTiger]

Um... what?

[Thor]

I shot off an email to PC Gamer.  Its not likely that they'd do even the smallest little mention, but hey, its worth a shot.  Publicity is key.  We as a community is nowhere near as vocal as it should be.  Let the e-mail campaign begin!

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Ok, we voice our opinion, do you think that the 50 of us in this community can really get anything it done?  I say before we start *****ing about fs3, we see the SCP guys come up with.  I'll stand by my beliefs.  when was the last time a developer said, ok guys, what do you want to see?  Our guys rock, i have more faith in them than i do in the companies, because they aren't making it to make money, they are making it because they believe in it.  3 people that believe in something will always be worth 10 mercenaries.

[Redfang]

Originally posted by ShadowWolf_IH
there is hope for freespace 3, and it will be a reality.  It's called the source code project.  Isn't that what they do?  Take the code and expand it to make a sequel?  Isn't that what our guys are doing?  We'd may as well call it freespace 3, because that's what it will be, but this time, they are asking us what we want in it, not giving us what they think should be in it, so for us, this will be the pinnacle.  it's gunna rock.

 

Originally posted by ZylonBane at the VBB
If it's not made by Volition, it's not FS3.

 

Originally posted by Jake101

There is still hope for the series, you negative jackasses. Just look at the community for Total Annihilation. They fought like hell to get a sequel to their game, and THEY GOT IT. If ALL of the fans want it, they'll get it, and then some.

Stop being so damn negative, and fight for it!

It's still not too late. Total Annihilation 2 is now going to be made after the community for it fought it ever since 1997! Freespace 3 should be no different.

 
How big is TA community? I'm sure it's bigger...
 
Interplay owns the rights, and Interplay is you know what...
 
Volition knows that we, the community, want FS3. They can't do much about it, THQ maybe would do a bit more, interplay could do much by selling the rights, but then THQ has to let Volition make it.

[karajorma]

The writing e-mails idea is all well and good but don`t you think someone has tried that kind of thing before? We have. It's got us absolutely nowhere. So excuse me if I don`t feel like jumping up and down at the idea of doing it again and getting nowhere again.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Mr. Vega
We're going to have to give them a good showing. If the Source Code project or Paradigm Shift is a success we'll have one. Show them it and then really start lobbying.

if?!

[ShadowWolf_IH]

We're going to have to give them a good showing. If the Source Code project or Paradigm Shift is a success we'll have one. Show them it and then really start lobbying.

It's not an if, it's a when.  I'll thow my lot in with the 98% sure thing, not the 2% chance in hell of getting ice water crowd.  

Would i like to see freespace 3?  yeah, i would.  Do i think it will happen outside our ranks?  No, i don't.  

There's also one other thing people have failed to mention....Freespace 2 didn't sell so well.  yeah, those of us who have it love it, but on the other hand.....will there be a sizeable market for freespace 3, after all, there was a sizeable market for the creation of fs2 following in the wake of FS, but will the downhill trend continue?  marketers and developers alike will ask these questions.  They will also look at development costs and weigh them against probable returns.  Cost projection analyses and profitability margins.  

Will there be enough profit to outweigh the cost of devlopment and marketting.  No matter how much we love the game, they are running a busiiness, the money is the bottom line.

[Mr. Vega]

Originally posted by aldo_14


if?!

If they end up actually being completed in less than 3 years.

[StarGunner]

What we need to do is show them all how meny of the websites, and oners of both games there are. And then get all of us to sine it somehow and then send it in with a pleay to interplay and V to make another game.

with this we should also send in E-mails, post mails and from topics all over the place.

not only this but there are not many more space combat game like FS2 &1 out there right now so the market is open, and they could rivie the market all at once.

[Thor]

The biggest hope for the continuation of the Freespace Games is the success of Freelancer.  I just read a very good article on Freelancer in Computer Games magzine.  It said at the end of it:

When the release finally rolls around, the question remains whether it will revitalize a dying genre, or simply add to it.

If we even want to any more games simply even like Freespace are made, then we need to help make sure that Freelancer is a hit.   karajorma
 and  ShadowWolf_IH are right, e-mails alone won't get us FS3, but by responding with our wallets might.

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Don't get me wrong, i would love to see Freespace 3, and given the right circumstances I could probably put my business up as collateral on a loan to buy the rights, then turn the Source Code project guys loose, turn some modders loose, and we could all split the profits.  The hard cold fact is though, that even if the price were to drop into a range that i could raise, i wouldn't.  After the failure of Freespace 2 in the market (not as a kick ass ride, it excelled in that) i just don't see where there will be a market.   Freelancer?  I plan to buy a copy when it comes out.

[Thor]

If there's a market for Freelancer, then there's a market for Freepace.  If we do get FS3, it wouldn't be exactly the same as 1 and 2.  But, for the meantime, lets through some support behind the Source Code Project, and all of the great campaigns.  I'll just keep on wishing....

[ShadowWolf_IH]

Thank you Thor, my point exactly......about the SCP guys.  I think that our modders and campaign writers will always have a modicum of support.

[Corhellion]

Er.....since we're on the subject of the possibility of FS3 being created, what is it going to be called?

Just FreeSpace 3, or something like- Freespace: The Final War

and if FS3 comes to be, then, what if they make a 3 game pack, and call it- FreeSpace: The Saga, it'll have all the games, and the add-ons.

my 2 cents

Cor

[aldo_14]

Methinks it's more likely that THQ allow :V: to do an original space game, than actually pay up for the FS brandname.  Seeing as Fs is now pretty much unknown - and thus not worth much in advertising (ironically enough) - it doesn't make too much sense to base a game on a Universe that not many people will be familar with, and on a story many people don't know'