What Microsoft Flight can teach us about Silent Hunter online.

SilentOtto · 08-24-12, 04:03 PM

I think usually when a firm grows big it's no longer directed by geeks, or anyone with knowledge on whatever their trade is. When firms grow, "money people" take charge, and then it's no longer about the trade, it's just about the money. Every single decision they take!

Kremmen · 08-24-12, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SilentOtto

I think usually when a firm grows big it's no longer directed by geeks, or anyone with knowledge on whatever their trade is. When firms grow, "money people" take charge, and then it's no longer about the trade, it's just about the money. Every single decision they take!

+1

I think you're pretty close to the mark right there.Faceless beancounters with no passion about what they produce,just what return can we expect for as little outlay as possible and quality be-damned.
Plus of course they've got the dev's as a buffer between them and the paying customer so when the bullets start flying guess who gets hit.

TheDarkWraith · 08-24-12, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kremmen

Plus of course they've got the dev's as a buffer between them and the paying customer so when the bullets start flying guess who gets hit.

Unless you're an officer of the corp or in the upper echelon of the corporation's management then you are a sacrificial anode, nothing but cannon fodder

PL_Andrev · 08-25-12, 03:30 AM

Of course, the F2P and server-based games are great idea: pay if you wish, no cheats, no piracy issues but...

Did you see that periscope view of SHO looks like stock SH3?

The greatest power of Silent Hunter series were and are modders: better graphics, better music, new improvements, more ships, more campaigns...

But what do we have now?
Warships playing? No.
Playing against evil uboats? No.
Maybe US, Brtish, Japanese or Italian subs? No.
Generally it is single/multi stock SH3 online only with "pay to play" mechanics...
and without possibility of fans impact.

Sorry boys. Silent Hunter (Online) is dead.

Now look for alternatives...

BigBANGtheory · 08-26-12, 08:01 AM

No it will be fine, they will run the beta, listen to the feedback and do something about it.

Seeadler · 08-26-12, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBANGtheory

No it will be fine, they will run the beta, listen to the feedback and do something about it.

Like Ubisoft did it during the SH4-closed-beta

John Channing · 08-26-12, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Seeadler

Like Ubisoft did it during the SH4-closed-beta

Not a fair comparison.

The SH4 closed beta was unofficial and suffered from the fact that the project head would not allow any current builds to be released to us. We were always looking at half-arsed builds that were full of bugs the developer was already aware of (and in a lot of cases, had already fixed). We couldn't find anything new to fix because we were swamped with older, already squashed bugs.

This will obviously be different.

JCC

08-25-12, 03:30 AM	#4
PL_Andrev Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 995 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Of course, the F2P and server-based games are great idea: pay if you wish, no cheats, no piracy issues but... Did you see that periscope view of SHO looks like stock SH3? The greatest power of Silent Hunter series were and are modders: better graphics, better music, new improvements, more ships, more campaigns... But what do we have now? Warships playing? No. Playing against evil uboats? No. Maybe US, Brtish, Japanese or Italian subs? No. Generally it is single/multi stock SH3 online only with "pay to play" mechanics... and without possibility of fans impact. Sorry boys. Silent Hunter (Online) is dead. Now look for alternatives... __________________

08-24-12, 04:03 PM	#1
SilentOtto Engineer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BF79 Posts: 209 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	I think usually when a firm grows big it's no longer directed by geeks, or anyone with knowledge on whatever their trade is. When firms grow, "money people" take charge, and then it's no longer about the trade, it's just about the money. Every single decision they take!

08-26-12, 08:01 AM	#5
BigBANGtheory Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: British Waters Posts: 243 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 0	No it will be fine, they will run the beta, listen to the feedback and do something about it.