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Gerad
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 20 Jul 2002
Posts: 38
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Just wonderful luck it always happens to the good games. Why doesn`t a lousy game like morrowind  have publishing problems.
though looking at some of the titles jowood puts out. It's no wonder they are in trouble. |
Sat Nov 30, 2002 3:54 am |
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Irf
High Emperor
Joined: 18 Jul 2002
Posts: 1032
Location: England |
sooo true! but what i have been wondering for the past few months is why the heck did PB not find a better publisher? surely better publishers than JoWood would have offered good money for gothic 2 right????
or is the world worse than it seems?  |
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Sat Nov 30, 2002 7:08 pm |
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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
I don't know anything about PB's publishing deal, but it's often not so simple as appointing a new publisher.
In many cases, the developer doesn't have the money to pay for 3 years development, so the publisher contracts to fund the development. So potentially PB can't just wander off - Jowood may very well have paid for the development so in effect, they either own the product or have rights to it that can't just be terminated.
When Bioware changed NWN from Interplay to Infogrammes, the ending was a happy one but I'm sure it was pretty complex behind the scenes. Bioware was the developer, but Interplay had provided some project management, some of the original design concept (see credits for Feargus Urquhart) programming resources (Interplay was responsible for a lot of the sound) and possibly things like testing, box-art and promotional work. An agreement needed to be reached where Interplay was adequately rewarded for these services. |
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Sun Dec 01, 2002 1:19 am |
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Irf
High Emperor
Joined: 18 Jul 2002
Posts: 1032
Location: England |
I see...lets just hope JoWood and the distributor get their act together for the english version! |
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Sun Dec 01, 2002 5:26 pm |
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Gish
Almighty Gish
Joined: 27 Apr 2002
Posts: 249
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina |
quote:
Originally posted by Gerad
Just wonderful luck it always happens to the good games. Why doesn`t a lousy game like morrowind have publishing problems.
though looking at some of the titles jowood puts out. It's no wonder they are in trouble.
Morrowind has no problem getting a publisher because it is actually a good game unlike Gothic which no one wants to publish. and yeah I know look at some of those bad games jowood puts out, like Gothic 1...and Gothic 2...
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Sun Dec 01, 2002 7:36 pm |
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Jay
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 245
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How has a guy in South Carolina played Gothic 2? And Gothic was not published by JoWood.
Morrowind is a great game. And since the developers also happen to be the publishers, had not too many problems getting released. |
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Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:11 pm |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
Gerad, Gish, stop it. I'm starting to get tired of all this game-bashing.
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Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:33 pm |
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oE|Crusader
Village Leader
Joined: 23 Nov 2002
Posts: 93
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I know y jowood is slowing realese!
their game michal schuwhatevers whatever sold like 2 copies (pcg rating 55%) |
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Mon Dec 02, 2002 6:46 am |
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Gerad
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 20 Jul 2002
Posts: 38
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 I was being sarcastic I actually liked morrowind
guess I need to work on my writing skills  |
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Tue Dec 03, 2002 9:25 am |
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Jay
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 07 Jul 2001
Posts: 245
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Lol, I took you seriously. With Morrowindbashing being a serious pasttime, it's hard to see the sacasm. |
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Tue Dec 03, 2002 12:04 pm |
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