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Hey, let's do that for all news, then. We'll put all the FOT news in one thread and keep editting it, and all the Fallout news in one thread and keep editting it.. We might as well jump lump Neocron, Devastion, Trash, and all the other post apocalyptic game news in to one thread, since they rarely get any comments at all..Killzig wrote:retarded, he should have just kept editing the one post and put it in on a single thread.
Interesting, eh?Chucky Cuevas wrote:Thanks for the well thought email. I appreciate your calm demeanor.
I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions, since you took the time to write such a clear, clean and concise letter to us, addressing an issue important to you. Please understand that this is not an attack, merely another viewpoint.
Do you know the size of the Fallout community? 5000 people? 10,000? How many people do you think are so tied to the Fallout Universe that they will shun everything bearing the name Fallout until they see a 3 next to the name? That being said, how many folks own a PlayStation 2 and have never heard of Fallout? Which one do you think is larger?
Do you know the expectations we have for this title? Do you know our plans? Perhaps this title is meant to bridge the gap between something much grander? Perhaps. Of course, every developer wishes their ame to sell millions, they would be lying if they said otherwise, but we know that is not always a possibility. Is there a chance that if the game sold 50,000 copies it would be a success? Perhaps. I, for one, am not privy to such details, and while I realize that the company has seen some hard times, it is in good hands now.
Moving forward with that, what do you classify as 'bombing'? You stated that the last 3 of our 5 titles had bombed. How can you be so sure? Is bombing not selling 800,000 units? If that is the case, then most of our titles have 'bombed.' Again I ask you, do you know the expectations we place on our games to consider them a success? Interplay Entertainment Corp. has been releasing games for the better part of 15 years, and perhaps one title can be marked as selling 800,000 units, that being done over a span of years, yet here we are, however tenuous, still making ames we think are fun. Unfortunately, that well selling game was not Fallout or Fallout 2.
Creatively, the Fallout Universe is a gem in the wasteland that is most games. That being said, we understand that it pains some fans to see a game they believe will dilute that glory. We respect your opinion, even cherish it, but to think that perhaps 10,000 people know what is best for the entire 2,000,000+ people that own PlayStation 2's is presumptuous.
Of course we hate to lose you as a fan, and yes, hate to lose your dollar at the counter, but we understand that not everything we do will be liked by our communities. If you see something that displeases you, pass it by and let another pick it up for a try. They may spark a whole new passionate community even if you and several others think a game ludicrous.
Thank you for taking the time to address something that is important to you, and thank you for reading my response.
Take care.
It's like me going up to a guy, punching him in the stomach and saying "it's just a view point"Chucky Cuevas wrote:Please understand that this is not an attack, merely another viewpoint.
Chuck favours the majority.... apparently anything small can just be squashed by a finger, and left alone. Go Chuck!Chucky Cuevas wrote: That being said, how many folks own a PlayStation 2 and have never heard of Fallout? Which one do you think is larger?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH *pause for breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAaaaaaaaaaaaa...Chucky Cuevas wrote: I realize that the company has seen some hard times, it is in good hands now.
LEARN SOME FUCKING TERMINOLOGY, CHUCK!Chucky Cuevas wrote: Moving forward with that, what do you classify as 'bombing'? You stated that the last 3 of our 5 titles had bombed. How can you be so sure? Is bombing not selling 800,000 units? If that is the case, then most of our titles have 'bombed.'
haha, just because YOU think games that you are making are fun, doesn't mean we think so.... we aren't Chuck now are we?Chucky Cuevas wrote: however tenuous, still making ames we think are fun.
Hah, no you don't :P Otherwise this crappy fucking pitiful excuse for a fallout game wouldn't even be made...Chucky Cuevas wrote: We respect your opinion, even cherish it,
You just hate losing that "dollar", as for fans, "FUCK EM!" eh Chuck?Chucky Cuevas wrote: Of course we hate to lose you as a fan, and yes, hate to lose your dollar at the counter,
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I remember several months ago there were supposed to be 25,000,000 purchased.Doyle wrote:That 2 million number is way off. I believe something like 30 million PS2s globally have been sold to consumers, and they've shipped 40 million +.
What I don't understand is that if this game is not aimed at existing Fallout fans and so many PS2 & Xbox owners have never heard of Fallout, why did they bother to use the Fallout franchise at all? Surely their creative types could of come up with a new Post Apoc. setting, after all from what they've said about the game so far it doesn't sound a lot like Fallout to start with. Given that they believe the amount of Fallout fans is such a small percentage of the gaming community how will adding Fallout to a console title help sell any significant number of extra units? The amount of Fallout fans that will buy anything with Fallout in the title or will buy this game to finance Fallout 3 and actually own a console can't be enough to significantly affect the sales figures and it's not likely that this game will encourage console owners to go out and buy FO, FO2 & FOT.Chucky Cuevas wrote:Do you know the size of the Fallout community? 5000 people? 10,000? How many people do you think are so tied to the Fallout Universe that they will shun everything bearing the name Fallout until they see a 3 next to the name? That being said, how many folks own a PlayStation 2 and have never heard of Fallout? Which one do you think is larger?
Fucking imbecile. Because the numbers are larger means nothing. Considering just the Fallout community is wrong since there's a SHITLOAD more people that like the game. If Chucky McShithead did have a clue, he might have even seen that PCGamer once r ated it at #4 game of all time. PCGAMER!Chucky Cuevas wrote: Do you know the size of the Fallout community? 5000 people? 10,000? How many people do you think are so tied to the Fallout Universe that they will shun everything bearing the name Fallout until they see a 3 next to the name? That being said, how many folks own a PlayStation 2 and have never heard of Fallout? Which one do you think is larger?
The same thing was said about Fallout Tactics. Look what happened. Oh, take a look at the developers already pissing on the setting. Good one, Chucky.Do you know the expectations we have for this title? Do you know our plans? Perhaps this title is meant to bridge the gap between something much grander? Perhaps.
News flash, moron: The game isn't liked already by a number of console owners. It's ugly and doesn't promise anything worth their money that other games already haven't surpassed.Creatively, the Fallout Universe is a gem in the wasteland that is most games. That being said, we understand that it pains some fans to see a game they believe will dilute that glory. We respect your opinion, even cherish it, but to think that perhaps 10,000 people know what is best for the entire 2,000,000+ people that own PlayStation 2's is presumptuous.
You're a moron, Chuck, if you believe that. It's good to see another idiot fell for Interplay's marketing babble. You're already assuming that people who own consoles, as a whole, would buy the game AS OPPOSED TO the substantial number who know of this game for the PC and know what it represents.Of course we hate to lose you as a fan, and yes, hate to lose your dollar at the counter, but we understand that not everything we do will be liked by our communities. If you see something that displeases you, pass it by and let another pick it up for a try. They may spark a whole new passionate community even if you and several others think a game ludicrous.
