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Journalists snipes are to be expected from some quarters. But we never rush anything for the sake of a marketing plan or for a companies quarterly results. Unity is no different from any of the games we have in production.
Making original games is one of the hardest things you can do, but that doesn't stop us doing so. People just expect run of the mill software delivered every two years to maximise profits re-using in house technology... That means punters get the same game year on year with minor gameplay changes and a new set of art themes and characters. It's low cost and enormously profitable - GTA Vice City being the best example.
But someone's got to continue to make original software or we'll be playing derivatives for the rest of time.
Pete H
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Making original games is one of the hardest things you can do, but that doesn't stop us doing so. People just expect run of the mill software delivered every two years to maximise profits re-using in house technology... That means punters get the same game year on year with minor gameplay changes and a new set of art themes and characters. It's low cost and enormously profitable - GTA Vice City being the best example.
But someone's got to continue to make original software or we'll be playing derivatives for the rest of time.
Pete H
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Head of Production
Lionhead Studios
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I could hug you for saying that!Pete@Lionhead wrote:But someone's got to continue to make original software or we'll be playing derivatives for the rest of time.
There are a lot of people playing video games now who grew up with innovation as the norm. 'tis just good to know that we can be catered for too.-
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Hello all....
This seemed like a good topic for my first post. I have to agree with what I am seeing here. There are quite a few games out there now that are good, but there aren't any really innovative games that have captured any attention. Personally, the only place I have found any good games lately is through Nintendo, especially with Metroid, Zelda, Pikmin, and several others.
I am glad to see that there is someone out there working to put more originilaty into games, and make sure that those of us that enjoyed the original NES, Coleco, SuperNES, etc. have more original games to play. Nintendo's track record, even with 3rd party developers, in getting original games out there is what has kept me buying their products. I don't do the sports games, or sequels that often, but yet I find myself buying a couple of games here and there and only on the cube, even though I own it and a PS2.
I wish Yak the best with Unity, and will look for it on the shelves as soon as it ships
This seemed like a good topic for my first post. I have to agree with what I am seeing here. There are quite a few games out there now that are good, but there aren't any really innovative games that have captured any attention. Personally, the only place I have found any good games lately is through Nintendo, especially with Metroid, Zelda, Pikmin, and several others.
I am glad to see that there is someone out there working to put more originilaty into games, and make sure that those of us that enjoyed the original NES, Coleco, SuperNES, etc. have more original games to play. Nintendo's track record, even with 3rd party developers, in getting original games out there is what has kept me buying their products. I don't do the sports games, or sequels that often, but yet I find myself buying a couple of games here and there and only on the cube, even though I own it and a PS2.
I wish Yak the best with Unity, and will look for it on the shelves as soon as it ships
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