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Originally Posted by jwilliams
SH5 if i buy it will cost me $120 (collectors ed), about $90 US. we're not all lucky enough to live in the US where prices are lower.
I would pay more if the ultimate sim we want was developed. Im sure alot of people here would.  but is it enogh people to make this project profitable?
The publishers say that its not! otherwise we would be seeing these amazing sims.
Also you would need to find a publisher (and convincing them that this game would sell) to put the money up front.
Its alot of money and a long time of development with no return on the money! |
These are the right kind of questions. Part of what I'm pursuing here is have these questions really been round tabled with some representative developers/publishers or have they remained hypotheticals? We will never know unless the initial research is done. It may turn out there are in fact enough people who would fund such a project.
And let me remind everyone, this is not meant to be a "retail" product...at least not during development. It would be something done almost like a contract that would pay for the end result and not fall into red ink. If afterwards it can be packaged and sold on the retail market then all the better but the point is to get the thing done right.
As things are now it's done backwards. We simmers keep waiting for the next release of Sim X and hope it meets our dreams which so far has always been only a partial fulfillment.