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Article #682955Re: Wasteland 2
From: Garrett
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:06
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:06
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:17:58 GMT, BDB <noemail@yahoo.com> wrote: > Rin Stowleigh wrote: > > > > Wasteland 2 coming for the PC > > > > > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 > > Interesting, they want the users to fund development and thus assume > the risk if the project fails, but at the same time if it succeeds > they would get to keep all the proceeds. Nice business model if you > can get people to buy into it. Would make more sense to me if they > were going to open source it. Contributors get direct input to the team. Also there's an official suggestion site, for anyone, where you can access via the forum. The "business mode" is not the issue. It's giving gamers' input, during development, into what the game should have/not-have. Something you do not get from big game publishers like Beth. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Master Thief Thieves Guild Master (Oblivion)
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