Re: Stargate Worlds - Mesa firm out to make impact

Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>It's poised to become a leader in the online video gaming industry, but 
>first Mesa's Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment has to get a product on the 
>market.

/point /laugh

Breaking into the MMO field is really, really hard. Most games get an
acute
case of failure to launch syndrome. 

>The delay time is typical for these types of games, but when Stargate 
>Worlds is released in about two years, the franchise's cult following 
>means millions of fans will be waiting to snatch it up and throw down a 
>monthly subscription fee to play online with gamers worldwide.

It's all about the gameplay, something a first timer is NOT going to get
anything like right. I will probably give it a try just because it's
stargate, but I'm not optimistic about them doing a good job.

>Their presence, particularly Ybarra's, who was a founding member of 
>Electronic Arts, gave Cheyenne Mountain some immediate cachet among game 
>producers and made the next task easier, Whiting said.

EA is the secondmost hated (after SOE) MMO producer on the planet right
now. They have a long history of destroying their games and not giving
them
proper sup****t. Not good! 

>
>"That's why we hired Joe, for one. A lot of people come on board because 
>Joe's on board," Whiting said, adding that workers were also attracted 
>to the Stargate brand name and the stock package. But bringing employees 
>from the Golden State, and elsewhere, to the Valley of the Sun can still 
>be a struggle.
>
>Cheyenne has deals with Collins College in Tempe and the Art Institute 
>of Phoenix to help students develop some of those skills before they 
>enter the workforce, Ybarra said.

SO they think they're going to grow the talent from zero and have a
polished product in two years? What the hell are they thinking?
 
>Whiting points Blizzard Entertainment, with more than 6 million 
>subscribers paying more than $12 a month to play the game World of 
>Warcraft, when asked about the sustainability of Cheyenne's business.

Too bad they don't have, you know, actual TALENT on their team like
Blizzard does. *
-- 
* PV   something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
       like corkscrews.