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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
| The Fall of the House of Interplay |
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Ex-Interplay staffer 'Joe' (I'm not sure of Joe's last name) has posted an article titled <a href="http://www.itsuckstobejoe.com/interplay.asp" target="_blank">The Fall of the House of Interplay</a> at his personal site. While most of this history is well-known, it does provide some interesting insight from the inside:<blockquote><em>Herve also made other poor decisions, although minor compared to the above, no doubt they contributed to Interplay's downfall. In a stroke of utter stupidity, he closed down the game division responsible for some of Interplay biggest sellers, and fired all its personnel only days after it created a working demo of a long requested sequel to one of Interplay's most popular titles.</em></blockquote> |
Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:38 am |
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Hmm... I wonder how many sequels that Interplay canned that could've been potential winners?
Fallout3
Descent4
Freespace3
Stonekeep2
BG3
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It's hard to believe that it once had the lead in RPGs,FPSs and space sims. If they had some good RTS games, they would've been all conquering. |
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:19 am |
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Namirrha
Noble Knight
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 218
Location: Utah County, Utah. |
I always feel sad when I see Interplay mentioned. An example of when one man's megalomania destroys the lives of many other people, for no other reason than to pad his pockets.
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