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Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP
JC Lawrence <claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM> wrote:
>Wouldn't a 3D graphical yada yada version of a standard hack'n'slash
>(DIKU?) seem to have a more instant commercial appeal, or is it
>because those 3D graphical DIKU's are really games like Diablo which
>we've all tacitly agreed are not MUDs?
Because they (users) will demand Quake or better. Maybe?
I know some are working on communication + userprovided content as the
main attraction, but who knows when they will surface? I am not all
that surprised, the first ones will try to "reuse" a formula that has
been successfull, or is related to formulas that has been successfull.
I would, if I was to spend 1 million USD.
Besides wasn't/isn't M59 a 3D hack'n'slash a'la DIKU? Kill monsters
or social interaction? Most people I met were not really roleplaying,
they didn't claim to be either.
>The lutefisk is starting to smell funny in Denmark. Why?
Norway. (Attributions? Lutefisk doesn't smell much.)
>Quite the problem is publicity. Given a large enough population sheer
>numbers might make it viable. The problem is ensuring that your heavy
>RP game i know of by your potential heavy RP players. As we all know,
>the 'net and Web are ideally organised and cross-indexed media for
>ensuring that all 'net users have instant and ready access to whatever
>services match their whimsical criteria...
Word of mouth (WOM) is rather good, if the product is excellent in
it's class, and the timing is right. (Myst and others) Quite a lot of
hardcore RPers do go to conventions?
Actually I think WOM is the best way to market a product of this type
if you are able to get the ball rolling.
Ola.
(Does webspiders index java code?)
- Thread context:
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World], (continued)
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP,
JC Lawrence claw#under,Eng.Sun.COM, Tue 06 Jan 1998, 21:19 GMT
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP,
Koster, Raph rkoster#origin,ea.com, Wed 07 Jan 1998, 19:49 GMT
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Commercial value of RP,
Koster, Raph rkoster#origin,ea.com, Thu 08 Jan 1998, 01:38 GMT
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