Wow, you must be rich! a/s/l?
j/k :)

Sadly, the latest crop of MMORPGs are not doing that well which only makes
future ones harder to get funded. The suits don't really care if a game
didn't do well because it's lousy or that it was released six months before
it was even beta.

Here's a movie studio analogy. This was a bad summer for Hollywood
blockbusters. But the studios have put the blame on kids with SMS phones,
not that the movies were bad, but that kids instant messaged each other so
fast over how bad they were that they were able to kill ticket sales
mid-opening weekend. This makes it harder for big budget movies to get
funded, not just the bad ones.

It takes a few million to fund nearly every game. To minimize cost and
risk many sequels are made with minimal innovation. Only a couple are
willing to risk otherwise.

Life outside a computer? That's just a rumor. So, how long do I have to
wait for your game?

Dan

At 03:25 PM 9/16/2003 -0700, Sharon Gosselink wrote:

>Dan,
>
>I'm taking that as a challenge.
>
>I've been working on something that just might turn
>out well. Give me a few years, however - been trying
>to balance this project with full time job, full time
>school, and enough of a life outside of my computer
>that I don't go insane. Plus, it just keeps on
>growing. Not to mention, I've got a lot yet to learn.
>
>
>-Sharon Gosselink