tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post2220053049720081792..comments2023-03-23T07:20:54.170-04:00Comments on A CARBON Based Life: Inclusive Pubbies Online…Turamarth Elrandirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-71058618570735960732012-08-19T17:54:14.697-04:002012-08-19T17:54:14.697-04:00Hey Stabs, I hope you see this as I cannot find a ...Hey Stabs, I hope you see this as I cannot find a way to reach you outside of our blogs so...<br /><br />In an article on 'develop' (http://www.develop-online.net/) CCP's David Reid states:<br /><br />"Many publisher-owned studios can’t afford to take creative risks the way that independent developers can..."<br /><br />Ref:<br />http://www.develop-online.net/news/41733/Publisher-owned-devs-cant-take-creative-risks<br />and<br />http://www.develop-online.net/features/1690/CCP-The-King-of-independence<br />Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-44347101721883263842012-08-11T11:29:34.546-04:002012-08-11T11:29:34.546-04:00(and I do know how to spell Hilmar, what I dunt kn...(and I do know how to spell Hilmar, what I dunt know is why the 'l' was dropped both times...)Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-38591440200376627812012-08-11T10:57:23.175-04:002012-08-11T10:57:23.175-04:00Oh please do not misunderstand me, I fully appreci...Oh please do not misunderstand me, I fully appreciate the forces that drive investments and profit/loss... and Himar's best move is an IPO... but, sellng 'ownership' of anything entails some transfer of 'control' also. And while Himar et al have so far been very successful, this success is in a niche market game.<br /><br />I believe everyone who is involved, whether as a CCP employee or a paying customer, can agree or at the least understand EVE is not a PG rated 'family' entertainment. EVE is not for 'everyone' and if ever icreasing profits is your goal, as itis with all 'for profit' companies, whether private or public, then limiting your sales is not a viable business model unless your product is limited to tha tmarket, IE Surfboards, not a lot of cross over business in surfboards, a very niche market that is well saturated yet sustainnable due to losses and new business.<br /><br />EVE is not 'limited' in thisd way. It is a suite of program, client and server, that can be changed at will. And MMO gaming is a relativley new, volitile and growing market, and limiting your product, when you do not 'have to' is not an acceptable business model to those who invest and are interested in increased profits.<br /><br />Thos people do not care to limit themselve to a niche market, which is why I believe CCP is working on DUST. If they are tied together they can be percieved as a single, 2-part commodity and if DUST grows and maintains its growth then EVE can remain a niche game as 'part' of a 'product' that can have that increased profitability.<br /><br />I hope.Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-16308990157765813952012-08-11T05:41:02.159-04:002012-08-11T05:41:02.159-04:00It will be judged by its success relative to itsel...It will be judged by its success relative to itself, not (thank god) by its success relative to the biggest fish in the pond as SW:TOR is.<br /><br />Some investors will be fans of course. If I had £10000 I wasn't depending on to keep the wolf from the door when I'm too old to work I'd cheerfully buy shares - in 5 years time they could be double or nothing.<br /><br />Many investors will be representatives of institutions that offer high risk tech stocks. Two things change price - perception and change. Perception covers things like new game launches - the price will rise when World of Darkness launches in anticipation of 10 million Twilight fans playing then crash shortly after launch when that doesn't happen. Change covers things like last year's Jita riots and mass quits - the price will drop by a greater proportion than the profits dropped because the perception will be that the product is less of a sure thing (inexorable 20% growth per year up till that point).<br /><br />Once an IPO is bruited it's almost inevitable because an IPO means the individuals who currently own the company sell part of their ownership to shareholders for millions of dollars (or whatever). It would be very irrational for someone like Hilmar not to want $5m just because he prefers owning some of CCP.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.com