bobchik
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Well, not exactly.
1. If the project wasn't profitable, it would have been shut down long ago.
2. Heroes 1-3 were released 10-15 years ago. To expect that the same percentage of 30-40-year-old guys are playing now as they did back then is ridiculous; maybe 5% or 10% are still playing. A new generation has grown up, and with the abundance of various games available – hundreds of them – two-dimensional sprite-based games (yes, they were popular because the game market itself was small, and they were innovative) will only impress about 10% of them.
Now, the strategy genre is so developed that everything is derivative. Only radical changes in gameplay attract attention. Combined with the brand, interest in the game is maintained longer than in a 3D clone.
Ubisoft is keeping up with the times; the old-timers don't matter – they're not the ones making the profit. Only a few old-timers still play, and let them continue to tinker with the old games.
I've been playing Heroes since 1996, and while I'm not completely sick of 1-4, it's starting to get old. I only play them occasionally – for fun, or in Tournaments.
Heroes 6 is like a breath of fresh air; I'm enjoying playing through the campaign, and I'll also play in offline tournaments.
So, I don't think Ubisoft should shut down the project and sell the rights. In the end, let's not count the money in someone else's pocket; they made the game – that's good, they're selling it – that's good, and it's our right to vote with our wallets. And then they can decide for themselves whether to support the product or not.
1. If the project wasn't profitable, it would have been shut down long ago.
2. Heroes 1-3 were released 10-15 years ago. To expect that the same percentage of 30-40-year-old guys are playing now as they did back then is ridiculous; maybe 5% or 10% are still playing. A new generation has grown up, and with the abundance of various games available – hundreds of them – two-dimensional sprite-based games (yes, they were popular because the game market itself was small, and they were innovative) will only impress about 10% of them.
Now, the strategy genre is so developed that everything is derivative. Only radical changes in gameplay attract attention. Combined with the brand, interest in the game is maintained longer than in a 3D clone.
Ubisoft is keeping up with the times; the old-timers don't matter – they're not the ones making the profit. Only a few old-timers still play, and let them continue to tinker with the old games.
I've been playing Heroes since 1996, and while I'm not completely sick of 1-4, it's starting to get old. I only play them occasionally – for fun, or in Tournaments.
Heroes 6 is like a breath of fresh air; I'm enjoying playing through the campaign, and I'll also play in offline tournaments.
So, I don't think Ubisoft should shut down the project and sell the rights. In the end, let's not count the money in someone else's pocket; they made the game – that's good, they're selling it – that's good, and it's our right to vote with our wallets. And then they can decide for themselves whether to support the product or not.
