Broader Release?

[Potatoman]

Now that Shrapnel Games is publishing Dominions II can we expect to actually see the game on shelves, or will it still be availible only through internet ordering websites?

[Richard]

It won't be in traditional retail, if that is what your asking.

We actually like to make money for our developers, not rip them off .

[Pocus]

Originally posted by Richard:
It won't be in traditional retail, if that is what your asking.

We actually like to make money for our developers, not rip them off .

strange behavior! Are you sane, you are only a minority doing that, and we all know that the majority is always right.

[ September 24, 2003, 21:28: Message edited by: Pocus ]

[Yojinbo]

Shrapnel is broad enough for this fan. A marriage of two of my favoriate gaming powers! If we execute the same word of mouth marketing campaign that the DomI players did maybe retail will be begging for DomIII.

Yo

Ps - I wonder if Shrapnel will offer the volume discount I got when I bought 5 copies of DomI? - I can't trust my slacker friends to get the good games on their own.

[Richard]

Let me be honest with everyone. We could put Dominions and any number of other games in retail. But retail makes money for the publishers, not the developer. That's why we founded Shrapnel to let small developers make money and control their products.

Most developers make nothing at retail and only survive on the advances they get for games publishers force them to make. There are exceptions, but not for the most part.

I know the perception is different, but that's the way the industry is.

[Pocus]

I think that on average the developing studio will get, at best, 10 to 15% of the selling price, when the publisher is selling retail. Well this is what I read on game dev sites, but if Richard want to educate us, I would be glad to get some up to dates figures.