Re: Stargate Worlds - Mesa firm out to make impact

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Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <9vqdndY7s8WWMijanZ2dnUVZ_quhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  "Victor Velazquez" <k-canute@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > Although the game is at least two years away, Whiting says he
believes
> > > the possibilities for success are limitless.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > 
> > That's like saying you're going to start a cola company and pointing
to 
> > Coca-Cola as an example of why you will succeed. 
> 
> Yep.  "People buy a ton of this ****, so they'll buy ours, too"

That's how Hollyweird works. One company does something mildly new or
successful, and then all the others jump on the bandwagon making clones
of it ... hence the fads. 

It's even worse if you live outside America. Here we get American Idol,
Australian Idol, New Zealand Idol, UK Idol ... and now all the dancing
shows and game shows ... plus the usual clones from other netwroks of
those countries too.   :-(

Computer game companies used to work the same way, but these days
almost everything is just a prettied-up Doom clone anyway.