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Elite Creator David Braben: Games Like Elite 'Too Risky' For Publishers

Posted by Soulskill on from the games-are-business dept.

Pecisk writes "While PC game development veterans are using Kickstarter more and more for their projects (see the already successful Star Citizen Kickstarter project, which already went home with $2 million, or Elite: Dangerous, a sequel of classic space sim series, which has yet to reach its set target), questions arise: why are devs trying this rather risky way of financing, anyway? For a long time there's also been discussion on Slashdot and elsewhere of game publishers like EA have a preference for unlimited sequels (e.g. the EA Sports series). David Braben, one of creators of first classic 3D space sim, Elite, and its sequels, and also the popular Raspberry PI board/computer, has commentary on that: 'Publishers had and still have now, established processes and a key part of that is the forecast ROI or return on investment. For that to work there has to have been a sufficiently similar game in the near past to base the forecast upon Anything else will be "too risky."'"

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  1. It is always risky saying the unwanted by G3ckoG33k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SOME GAMES SUCK.

    As an analogy, Israel lost its game against the world vs Palestine.

    Now, that game continues.

    http://www.thepiercecountytribune.com/page/content.detail/id/269807/Israel-moves-to-build-3-000-new-settlement-homes-.html?isap=1&nav=5040

    "Israel responded swiftly Friday to U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, revealing it will build 3,000 more homes for Jews on Israeli-occupied lands that the world body overwhelmingly said belong to the Palestinians. The plans also include future construction in a strategic area of the West Bank where critics have long warned that Jewish settlements would kill hopes for a viable Palestinian state. Israel's moves served as a harsh reminder to Palestinians — euphoric over the U.N. upgrade — that while they now have a state on paper, most of it remains very much under Israeli control. "This is a doomsday scenario," Daniel Seidemann of Ir Amim, a group that promotes coexistence in Jerusalem, said of the building plans. Israel's decision was bound to embarrass the United States, which was among just nine countries in the 193-member General Assembly to vote against accepting Palestine as a nonmember observer state. "

    WTF?

    "Israel's decision was bound to embarrass the United States"

    http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/clinton-calls-on-israel-to-embrace-moderate-palestinians-negotiations.premium-1.481733

    "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Friday that without progress toward peace, Israel will be forced to choose between "preserving democracy and the Jewish identity of the state." "

    Ok, Israel wants to fuck the US, once more, despite the support? Yet, for how long?

    You can't fool a game between humans, forever.

    "Why are devs trying this rather risky way of financing, anyway?"

    Exactly! Apparently because it pays off! Israel fucks the US, and it pays off.

    Hence, screw any fucked up until they bleed or die.