Re: [GW] Rumored release dates
- From: "The Cheshire Cat" <Roknese@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:31:40 -0500
"oeb" <what.will.i.do.with.a.gig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The Cheshire Cat wrote:
"oeb" <what.will.i.do.with.a.gig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Robert Singers wrote:
oeb wrote:
Why the hell do we need a codex anyway? I don't understand why theyAt a guess printing is only a fraction of the production costs.
attempt to make it look like they are putting a load of effort into
it, when a living rulebook approach would work so much better. That
way they could save money on printing costs, update the codex's
regularly, and make sure everyone has access to the latest rules.
Hell, I'm sure most people would be willing to pay a fee for this
service, it's not like we can use a codex without spending a fortune
on the minis anyway!
Probably the only one here that has any idea where profit is being
realised is Matt. I can guess where the high costs are.
What we know about GW is that they're very big on attempting to create
lock-in in their product. Giving away things isn't very good for lock
in.
Personally I think someone could make a decent amount of money by
following the model of some of the more nimble software companies.
Recently I was looking at purchasing a particular pieced of role based
software. There's about four real applications out there. Three of
them are between US$6,000-10,000. The other is AU$137. They're going
for volume and have an extremely good reputation. They also have
primarily a download model. They're doing extremely well.
Imagine a game that adapted to any period from skirmish to large scale
with a ruleset that you can download and have on your computer or your
smart device (phone, ipod, etc). With an online force generator that
also downloads to smart devices. Or you can print it out, and use a
pen
and paper.
The game system adapts to any miniatures from any manufacturer. And
you
buy a yearly subscription for the game.
I think it would make a dent in GW's lock-in.
And what's stopping us? Hell, even if we were to come up with a free
system that was easilly adaptable to any period it would be better than
this roll 5,000 D6 crap with 40k!
i still have the material for Bloody Dawn. couldnt hurt to try.
Because I know people don't read all the threads here, Spack has kindly
set me up a forum where we can keep all the ideas that we come up with. Go
to his site, ageofstrife.com, set up an account and PM me on the forum or
let me know your account name here. And I will grant you access to the
rules section.
waddayou THINK my forum account name is? :P
CheshireCat of course.
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