@Exselsior how about this game, it is made by a single developer at this moment. See also this interview
Supreme Commander remaster is possible!
@nflanders said in Supreme Commander remaster is possible!:
I envy the developers of Sanctuary. Raise a lot of money on Kickstarter. It doesn't matter if they make a good game or not, the main thing is that they will be engaged in a high-paying hobby. They don't have to go to boring full-time jobs.
Is this a joke or do you really have no clue how indy game development works? Sanctuary work is not high paying. The founders basically brought in all their personal savings to bring it into a state just good enough to attract investors.
This is a high risk investment for everyone. And even if its successful in the end, the majority of the margin will go to these investors.
@nflanders said in Supreme Commander remaster is possible!:
Dear @brutus5000, Sanctuary devs do it and don't whine about it being impossible.
I wish them to raise $ 1 million dollars on kickstarter.)
They don't "do it". The do something entirely different. The try something new. Different game mechanics. The difference between a remaster and something new should be obvious.
The remaster needs to be as close as possible to the original. But the original was commercially barely successfull and the market has declined.
So the potential customer base faces this situation: You like SupCom the way it is. Now you either play the original game for 2$ or buy the remaster for 50$.
For a new game in a different universe with different mechanics you either buy it or you don't. There is no alternative. Also people don't have the same expectations, as they don't know how it should be.
"Nerds have a really complicated relationship with change: Change is awesome when WE'RE the ones doing it. As soon as change is coming from outside of us it becomes untrustworthy and it threatens what we think of is the familiar."
– Benno Rice
@brutus5000 said in Supreme Commander remaster is possible!:
But the original was commercially barely successfull and the market has declined.
Now you either play the original game for 2$ or buy the remaster for 50$.
I've been thinking... Just please don't hit me))) FREE-TO-PLAY monetization model for SCFA
@magge I think that this post has served it's purpose
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