UnluckyKate
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Today I learned that snk was still around and making Kof. I though they were bought by capcom years ago or something
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Game companies you can't believe still exist
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Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I don't really get how CCP is around, their overheads must be really minimal because it looks like they've currently got two possible sources of revenue, EVE and DUST 514.
EVE is subscription-less to the majority of the main players due to PLEX, and for new players buying the game costs like nothing and I doubt the bulk of new players stick around for more than a month or two.
Then you've got DUST 514, who plays this? Much less spends money on it?
They recently had to shut down an office and lay off a bunch of people as well as cancel a whole project. Yet they host pretty big events for their players in Iceland.
But seriously where do they get the bulk of their money? EVE website related advertising? Because I doubt it's from game subs / new players.
They've got maintenance costs and salaries to pay, but I can't really imagine them pulling in that much.
EVE is subscription-less to the majority of the main players due to PLEX, and for new players buying the game costs like nothing and I doubt the bulk of new players stick around for more than a month or two.
Then you've got DUST 514, who plays this? Much less spends money on it?
They recently had to shut down an office and lay off a bunch of people as well as cancel a whole project. Yet they host pretty big events for their players in Iceland.
But seriously where do they get the bulk of their money? EVE website related advertising? Because I doubt it's from game subs / new players.
They've got maintenance costs and salaries to pay, but I can't really imagine them pulling in that much.
Last year they had $75M in game revenue. It seems like they'd be in good shape if they hadn't blown all of that money on the canceled vampire MMO.
One thing and one thing only: I don't own an Xbox, haha. I've been looking at some second-hand 360's for the last few days now, but I'm not sure if I want to spend +/- 100 Euro for just two XBLA games, even though I absolutely LOVED Banjo-Tooie on the N64 (unfortunately never played BK, so this would be the first time).
The other exclusives don't appeal that much to me. Maybe I'll wait till the XBone releases in Netherlands, maybe the second-hand pricing of 360 will take a fall.
1000 Branches
Banned
Just because they have lasted 150 years, Nintendo. I mean, that's some longevity right there.
wintermute0
Banned
Square-Enix. They haven't made a good game since the merger, with the exception of Dragon Quest IX.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
Natsume.
Don't they make Harvest Moon and nothing else these days? How they can survive on one super-niche game series I will never know.
Also XSeed games...a company dedicated to localizing super obscure RPGs is definitely not one that has long term prospects, but here they are, almost 10 years going strong.
Don't they make Harvest Moon and nothing else these days? How they can survive on one super-niche game series I will never know.
Also XSeed games...a company dedicated to localizing super obscure RPGs is definitely not one that has long term prospects, but here they are, almost 10 years going strong.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Right but with the introduction of PLEX, most of the dedicated players never have to actually pay the sub fees. I'm sure some still do because they'd rather sell PLEX for ISK than use it for game time but still.
I'm just curious what's actually pulling in money for them, because I doubt it's 75m from subs.
They don't need massive hits. Plus they have virtua fighter which prints money. They barely exist in the west anymore. And they only have themselves to blame.
uncleslappy
nethack is my favorite dark souls clone
They're probably making money somehow on residuals from the old consoles. Is that possibrue?
B_Spooky13
Member
Might get some hate for this but
I mean the they had their hits in the 90's (Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake) but what big game have they done lately?
Doom 3 was 10 years ago.. and people didn't really like it.
Rage was 3 years ago... But never played it. Was it any good/sell well?
I mean the they had their hits in the 90's (Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake) but what big game have they done lately?
Doom 3 was 10 years ago.. and people didn't really like it.
Rage was 3 years ago... But never played it. Was it any good/sell well?
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Spark Unlimited and Ninja Theory.
More because of personal reason reasons rather than the logical how cheap they must be to get hired.
More because of personal reason reasons rather than the logical how cheap they must be to get hired.
I've never played an id game before (probably before my time, I began gaming in 2000), but I can say I really don't like Rage. I've been at it for an hour or six now, but thus far it literally just has been "hey man, you need my help right? but before I offer you my help, you'll have to do something for me first". Not interesting at all, the boring world doesn't help either. The only praiseworthy is the (constant?) 60 FPS on PS3. Other than that... And since people tend to like it a lot for the first half, I probably won't even see the end credits since the second part is supposed to suck very bad.Might get some hate for this but
I mean the they had their hits in the 90's (Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake) but what big game have they done lately?
Doom 3 was 10 years ago.. and people didn't really like it.
Rage was 3 years ago... But never played it. Was it any good/sell well?
But don't take my word for it, maybe you'd enjoy it.
LithiumSpade
Member
Don't forget, the 360 also has the 1080p60 Perfect Dark HD re-release. Which is beautiful. It's definitely worth picking up a 360 at 100 euros, there are so many games on the system you will without a doubt get value out of it. Remember, the exclusives stretch well past just the marquee titles - there's dozens of amazing exclusive XBLA titles as well, like the three just mentioned and games like Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2!
On topic, the continued existence (in any form) of Nihilistic is super annoying. They screwed up Starcraft: Ghost, then got kicked off that and replaced by Swingin' Ape who made into something people might have actually wanted to buy. Then they just released mediocre-to-bad games for eight goddamn years.
Who is paying their bills, and more importantly, why?!
Looks like they missed 2 years, 1998 and 2000.
Now that's a good one. Amazing.
ScepticMatt
Member
Gameforge. OGAME was popular when I was in high school.
KojiKnight
Member
Came to post Sunsoft, surprised it took til page 3 for someone to mention it. Their production has dropped to pretty much nothing but man they still exist.
UberTag
Member
I'm not surprised Activision is still around. What I AM surprised by is that they've never changed their logo over that entire time. I mean, look at this...
Granted, it's a perfectly amazing logo. But it hasn't even had a refresh of any kind over the years.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Monolith. Fear 2 was the last game they made right?!
balladofwindfishes
Member
Apogee/3D Realms
They seem to live entirely by porting and licensing their successful IPs from the 90s and not really doing much else
They seem to live entirely by porting and licensing their successful IPs from the 90s and not really doing much else
Holy shit, I didn't know that Battle Realms available on GoG O_O
This is a bad post. Worms is one of the best hotseat franchises ever.
O topic, Platinum. They can be happy that they have a good standing among fans, making them interesting for platform holders. Their games seem to mostly bomb and they don't seem THAT low budget.