Re: Stargate Worlds - Mesa firm out to make impact

In article <Xns9A51CC8D32D18noplacelikethepastya@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article
> > <ANIM8Rfsk-2D2025.11465915022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
> > 
> 
> Well, the shooting games at least.  Though the more popular ones are not

> around some contrived storyline.

No, they don't have one *g*