Now this is fun (videogame revisionist history)

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:25 pm

The computer and video game industry has seen several failures since its birth in the late 1970s, some of which have drastically changed the video game market. For example, the flops of E.T. and Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 contributed to the video game crash of 1983. Also, the consoles developed by Sega after the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis undermined consumers' confidence, resulting in Sega leaving the hardware market in 2001.

Guess who's at the top of the list of software failures? I don't agree that it belongs, and the list *is* alphabetical, but it's still rather funny...

ChrisGrenard · Post by **ChrisGrenard** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:38 pm

Honk Honk! I'm Derek Smart!

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:09 pm

They should have included "Outpost".

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:52 pm

When it comes to computer games, I would think there are many games are commercial failures - even if they're good games themselves.

High production costs + mediocre sales = commercial failure.

They should have included "Outpost".

Didn't outpost have a sequel?

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:54 pm

Nade wrote:When it comes to computer games, I would think there are many games are commercial failures - even if they're good games themselves.

High production costs + mediocre sales = commercial failure.

They should have included "Outpost".
Didn't outpost have a sequel?

Yeah, I think they tried to make some half assed RTS game out of it.

CSL · Post by **CSL** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:30 am

Grifman wrote:
Nade wrote:When it comes to computer games, I would think there are many games are commercial failures - even if they're good games themselves.

High production costs + mediocre sales = commercial failure.

They should have included "Outpost".
Didn't outpost have a sequel?
Yeah, I think they tried to make some half assed RTS game out of it.

I believe I read the story chapters in between each mission, far more then I spent actually playing that game.

yossar · Post by **yossar** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:00 am

Full Spectrum Warrior

This game was originally developed as a serious game training aid for the United States Army. The army invested $4 million in the game but by the time it was released it was already out of date. The army eventually released all commercial rights to the publisher of the game. For the developers the game was of course not a commercial failure, since the army had invested all of the money to begin with and the commercial version sold over a million copies.

Interesting. I was just reading an article in the official USC magazine about their video game school, and it mentioned that Full Spectrum Warrior was a big success. I didn't know it was a failure with the Army.

Arac · Post by **Arac** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 4:04 am

Guess who's at the top of the list of software failures? I don't agree that it belongs, and the list *is* alphabetical, but it's still rather funny...

Are you kidding? I can think of nothing else that deserves the accolade more.

MeSlayer · Post by **MeSlayer** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:41 pm

wikipedia wrote: Football management games since 1999
One of the most active genres during the 80s and early 90s, the genre had a massive decline after Championship Manager 3 started to monopolize the market. EuroLeague Football (follow-up to the 97-99 lineage of Premier Manager and English version of PC Fútbol 2000), UEFA Manager 2000 (and the follow-up 442 Touchline Passion), EA Sports' Premier League Manager and the Zoo Digital rebirth of Premier Manager all failed in the market (except in some circles) due to the monopoly of the Sports Interactive franchise. However, even Championship Manager was not immune to flaws: some of the updates received only a lukewarm welcome, and their latest version, CM5, was released late and bug-ridden, losing the battle to Football Manager and even TCM 2005.

This is an unfair statement, since SI did not make CM 5, SI made Football Manager 2005, the way they word it make it seem as if SI has lost their touch, instead of simply losing a name of a series : (

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:37 pm

the game I expected to see there was the Sims Online. One of the biggest flops ever, AFAIK

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:51 am

The article is pretty crappy.

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:15 am

jpinard wrote:The article is pretty crappy.

Then fix it.

jpinard · Post by **jpinard** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 2:07 am

I could fix it? I'm new to the Wiki Encylopedia.

I'm really sorry if someone from OO wrote that. I thought that stuff was submitted for acceptance?

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:05 pm

jpinard wrote:I could fix it? I'm new to the Wiki Encylopedia.

I'm really sorry if someone from OO wrote that. I thought that stuff was submitted for acceptance?

Yup, here you go:

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