They're emphasizing the 'free' because of the confusion surrounding the 'Wings' update and whether it was a paid for expansion.
https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/554345608207945728
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They're emphasizing the 'free' because of the confusion surrounding the 'Wings' update and whether it was a paid for expansion.
https://twitter.com/EliteDangerous/status/554345608207945728
Want to rethink that statement?
And of course if FD implemented in Steam's/Valve's community toolset, we'd probably have coms and voice chat that worked
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/dividen...a-top-25-dividend-giant-with-2-35-yield-aapl/
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I think what they meant is that people won't buy FD shares because they would be thrown off by the company not paying dividends.
Ater 8 years of work in the stockbroking business (2nd largest execution only stockbroker in the UK) I am fairly confident that the lack of dividend shouldn't put people off from investing in FD shares... People do not invest for dividends
Dividends are an indication of a company exceeding expectations no?
Well you can see exactly how many people backed at those levels:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous
£20 - 9999
£25 - 3611
£30 - 738
£32 - 921
£35 - 138
£37 - 641
Anything over that is the same cost of the game and only comes with digital rewards.
As far as I know, Steam does not take few points. Steam takes 30%, if you have score of 70 or lower on Metacritic. Every 10 points up and you have 5% less to pay. So if Elite has 80, that means they would have to pay 25% of their sales to Steam. You can bring that down to 15% if you get 100 on Metacritic. It worked that way in the past, I don't know if the rules changed and if they changed for everyone but since someone mentioned same percentage already, I guess I'm right.
And if you have a publisher beside that, they usually take 20-50% so with a simple math you get the conclusion that developers usually get all the hate, not Steam or publishers, and they are just a cheap workforce. Believe me, having your game on Steam, no matter how good it is doesn't mean you'll get rich. Since Frontier is self publishing that's one less thing to worry about, luckily.
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Want to rethink that statement?
And of course if FD implemented in Steam's/Valve's community toolset, we'd probably have coms and voice chat that worked
<3 steamworks.. I run ED under steam anyway, for the overlay, which is a start.
just google it on yahoo.. lmao! if you cant be bothered to support a claim, even something as generalised as that, why bother making it? as for you suggesting them 'getting it wrong' from where im sitting, that report shows good stable management of their business. the decision to not release on steam, shows confidence in their own product and marketing. so it seems the only risks they took were developemental, nice to see a sensible company, focusing on steady growth, with faith in their product and employees, it shows a strong desire for longevity, as opposed to decisions made through greed.
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Oolite is a fine game, but I don't think it really matters whether or not they played it. In its default unmodded form, it's a straight-up remake of the original Elite with better graphics and a somewhat more up-to-date UI.
for all the people complaining about lack of content in ED............ reading their financials one line struck me........
"15 content creation roles were made redundant in Cambridge (from 281 total headcount),"
So hiring more programmers but getting rid of people 'making content'... interesting choice...
"15 content creation roles were made redundant in Cambridge (from 281 total headcount),"
So hiring more programmers but getting rid of people 'making content'... interesting choice...
It's about 3.1443433245 (+/- 0.05). That's how cool it is!
I found this interesting... "Frontier also announced Elite: Dangerous 1.2, a second free expansion which further enhances multiplayer aspects of the game, would be released in March 2015 and that an early-access Beta program for the Apple Mac version of Elite: Dangerous will start in March 2015." how can they call what was in 1.1 and going to be 1.2 as expansions? They are not... An expansion is to extend upon already finished content.... ED is anything but that!
fair enough. I have no clue about their business model. I was merely pointing out that they did a lot of other questionable decisions and therefor it would not suprise me if they actually got the "steam thingy" wrong too.
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Explains a lot about the state of GalNet for a start.
Undoubtedly a lot, but then the chances of this game and forum of being flooded with so many Steamy-nublets would rise exponentially and the crying would wake mothers around the world for months. Bit of hyperbol, just because.
I'm grateful it's not on Steam, I unilaterally hate that resource-stealing pile of junk and avoid it if I can; if I didn't have to have it open when I played my games, I wouldn't mind. I hate having to have a completely unrelated app open, especially one that is not needed for the game to function in the slightest. Steam, UPlay, Origin .. they can all burn in hell.
1. Anybody who has played the Roller Coaster Tycoon games,
2. Anybody who follows any gaming website,
3. Anybody who has any friends who follow gaming websites or who has played the Roller Coaster Tycoon game.
I'm in South Africa and have known for years who FD are.
Did you read the part where they've just finished two other games? Xbox port of coaster crazy and that amazon tablet one. Not everyone has been working on Elite.
No kidding. But they can't tell investors that they have "fixed (after several tries) a bunch of stuff that was missing/broken on release". That does not foster confidence.
I wish they would be consistent with terminology. Patches are frequent and free because they couldn't get away with charging for them (mass exodus). Expansions are paid, and we expect the first in 11 months.
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Yeah, I noticed that but kept quiet. Questioning mod decisions is a no no around here.
You're not allowed to use logic on the pessimistic cynics; it hurts their brains. EVERYONE knows that a software house can only work on one project at a time.