@nflanders nobody knows due to nobody could get a response. More that we could afford.
What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?
@rowey said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
@nflanders nobody knows due to nobody could get a response. More that we could afford.
I read old topics, they wrote that Nordic is the only company that responded. Nordics wrote that the source code is lost. Did they ask about buying rights?
Square enix bought the IP. It's impossible to geht a response from them and buying the IP would be pretty useless to us anyway.
@blackyps said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
Square enix bought the IP. It's impossible to geht a response from them and buying the IP would be pretty useless to us anyway.
Correct me if I'm not mistaken. Square Enix have the right to create, for example, SupCom 3.
The rights to SC:FA belong to Nordic Games. Why get a response from Square Enix? I'm not a legal expert, but Nordic Games has everything the FAF community needs.
And you need to negotiate only with Nordic Games. Am I wrong?
@blackyps said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
[...] and buying the IP would be pretty useless to us anyway.
I wouldn't agree to that. Imagine we could distribute SC:FA for free. Steam linking/ GoG linking still puts off a lot of new players.
Nevertheless. People always say the IP is here or there. Can someone give an actual proof or is it all hearsay?
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Afaik, Nordic owns the publishing rights for SC1. Squeenix owns the publishing rights for SC2 as well as the overall IP.
We can see Squeenix still owns the trademark here, with the latest update on it being on 2021.
Either way, I can't imagine any company letting go of an IP for anywhere near cheap enough for a bunch of people on the internet to afford. I'm talking several million if not 10s of millions regardless of if a game is in active development.
Fact is, FAF existing just increases the IP's worth even more so we're making it harder to buy just by being here.
@snagglefox said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
I'm talking several million if not 10s of millions regardless of if a game is in active development.
Isn't that too much for SC:FA?
Nordic Games acquires THQ's Darksiders, Red Faction and more in $4.9M bid
Nordic Games will acquire over 150 individual games along with SC:FA for $5 million.
@snagglefox is right, FAF has added value to Supcom. 
Would it be worth it for FAF to contact Nordic Games\Squeenix to see what it would cost or to get more information such as do they still have the source code?
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Would it be worth it for FAF to contact Nordic Games\Squeenix to see what it would cost or to get more information such as do they still have the source code?
I think attempts have been made and the reallty is that they don't care much for a hand full 2000~ player base, and yet they not going to relinquish the IP to us cuz because of us IP is getting value that we will never be able to buy out.
Source code is at most likelyhood lost since they are not even attempting to make a remake that is pretty cheap to do all things considered.
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@thecore said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
Would it be worth it for FAF to contact Nordic Games\Squeenix to see what it would cost or to get more information such as do they still have the source code?
Nobody stops you from trying. If against all odds they give you a positive response feel free to contact an association board member for further negotiations.
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@brutus5000 said in What would be an efficient use of FAF's funds to improve FAF?:
Nobody stops you from trying. If against all odds they give you a positive response feel free to contact an association board member for further negotiations.
What amount would be acceptable for FAF?