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janh · 03-31-10, 02:48 PM

Neals assessment is probably quite correct. In that sense it seems very fortuitous that BIS with OFP/ARMA follows a dual strategy by developing this engine simultaneously as a training tool for govermental organisations (or really hardcore "simmers") in form of VBS, Virtual Battlefield System. That probably increases the cashflow substantially.

On the other hand, other publishers like Matrix afford developing titles that are surely not cash-cows, like WITP-Admirals Edition. But it is also a prestige object for their qualifications, capacity and portfolio. However, stockholder companies like Ubisoft don't appear to care so much about customer opinion and prestige objects, but much more about "big sales titles". So I would conclude that it is a wrong expectation to have that big publishers will be intend to invest strongly into small-market products and provide very realistic high quality sims, strategy games etc.

So maybe betting on Ubisoft is a bad future strategy? And maybe this has been evidenced already twice?

03-31-10, 02:48 PM	#77
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Neals assessment is probably quite correct. In that sense it seems very fortuitous that BIS with OFP/ARMA follows a dual strategy by developing this engine simultaneously as a training tool for govermental organisations (or really hardcore "simmers") in form of VBS, Virtual Battlefield System. That probably increases the cashflow substantially. On the other hand, other publishers like Matrix afford developing titles that are surely not cash-cows, like WITP-Admirals Edition. But it is also a prestige object for their qualifications, capacity and portfolio. However, stockholder companies like Ubisoft don't appear to care so much about customer opinion and prestige objects, but much more about "big sales titles". So I would conclude that it is a wrong expectation to have that big publishers will be intend to invest strongly into small-market products and provide very realistic high quality sims, strategy games etc. So maybe betting on Ubisoft is a bad future strategy? And maybe this has been evidenced already twice? __________________ Scientific facts are not determined by the opinion of the majority, nor by a democratic vote.