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xRebel-Scumx

xRebel-Scumx
Fellow gamers,
I have a pertinent question to ask you all if you have the time.

If Frontier Developments announced a new i.p/game in the future would you....

1. Kickstart/Pre-order
2. Buy on or soon after release date
3. Wait for reviews
4. Not buy

Please leave a short and polite explanation expressing why you chose your preferred option.
Thank you.
 

Mohrgan

Mohrgan
I could and would do any of the above. I've pre-ordered everything E|D has had to offer since it's release. I would have kick-started and all if my game-fu was better. I only heard of E|D as it released. But, the roller coaster and zoo games haven't caught my attention.
 

Kenneth McGrew

Kenneth McGrew
xRebel-Scumx said:
Fellow gamers,
I have a pertinent question to ask you all if you have the time.

If Frontier Developments announced a new i.p/game in the future would you....

1. Kickstart/Pre-order
2. Buy on or soon after release date
3. Wait for reviews
4. Not buy

Please leave a short and polite explanation expressing why you chose your preferred option.
Thank you.
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Which option comes with Small Seismic Charges?
 

S3B4ST13N

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xRebel-Scumx said:
Fellow gamers,
I have a pertinent question to ask you all if you have the time.

If Frontier Developments announced a new i.p/game in the future would you....

1. Kickstart/Pre-order
2. Buy on or soon after release date
3. Wait for reviews
4. Not buy

Please leave a short and polite explanation expressing why you chose your preferred option.
Thank you.
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1 or 2 or 4. Depends.

Despite Frontiers' unfortunate propensity for buggy releases with Elite: Dangerous, I'm genuinely happy with the products that they put out. Whilst I would wait to see what it was they'd be putting out, if it appealed to me, then I'd likely choose 1 or 2. If it doesn't appeal, then 4.

I would never choose 3 because the opinions of others don't mean anything to me when it comes to my preference and enjoyment of things.
 
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M00ka

M00ka
Just a moot point: kickstart and pre-order are two entirely different scenarios. At kickstarter stage there could be nothing programmed, it is just a sales job. But when you get to pre-order stage there is at least a game in Alpha, probably Beta level completion - well that has been my experience anyway.
 

xRebel-Scumx

xRebel-Scumx
M00ka said:
Just a moot point: kickstart and pre-order are two entirely different scenarios. At kickstarter stage there could be nothing programmed, it is just a sales job. But when you get to pre-order stage there is at least a game in Alpha, probably Beta level completion - well that has been my experience anyway.
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Yes they are different scenarios but both are a show of faith in said project which is why I lumped them together
 

xRebel-Scumx

xRebel-Scumx
Lightspeed said:
A poll and open letter combo !

But the answer has to depend on the subject of the game.
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Well I figured it would be a reasonable assumption that one would be interested in the i.p/game in the fist place to consider buying it, my question is about gamers trust in Frontier's ability to deliver
 
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enonymous

E
5. Depends on what they're releasing. Is it VR capable? A game I'd want to play?

Build a flat screen FPS and I won't buy. I have no interest in that kind of game and there are few companies I'd ever support out of loyalty. Build an online-only version of GTA in VR and I'd ignore it. Build an offline version and I'd back the project via kickstarter.

If the question is intended to gauge trust in the company's ability to deliver: I have faith in them even if I don't agree with the recent announcement. Make something I want; I'll buy it. Make something I really, really, really want and I'll back it. Make something that I might find interesting and I'll buy it when 90% off.
 

CMDR Karrde Sun

CMDR Karrde Sun
They treat their other games differently.

I think in short they only put enough heat into the fire that they're happy to deal with. The communities are smaller and are involved less, frontier do less, frontier just sell the game and the dlc and move onto the next full price release.

Elite is the odd one out with both an ongoing and unfinished product and a large active community thats mismatched to frontiers standard showing.

Also frontier in their preferred class games show real evidence of learning from past mistakes and making the next full priced title better than the last. Elite is different like that too.

Depends on the game really. Personally i feel paying full price for digital only is too much for too little, and since planet zoo they've abandoned physical retail. Its only really a negotiation about date and price though so im sure we'll come to agreement at some point.
 

Vasea Azure

Vasea Azure
No matter what game that would be no pre orders, kickstarting and such from me. If the theme of such game would grab my interest - wait for the reviews, buy when out from "earl access" excuse period.
 

VR SenseiMatty

VR SenseiMatty
Old Duck said:
My loyalty is to the genre (space games like Elite), not the company.
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Same here. I would be disappointed to see a new IP announcement before they finish to properly fix and release new contents for ED.
I don't care about zoo, amusement parks or any kind of strategy/management simulation.
 

Arry

Arry
Having read through the tread and come to the conclusion, that it is about, 'having trust in F.D'.

This being the case, then yes, I would consider F.D. being a game maker that I can trust.

Others have stated: It would depend on the product, what they are hypothetically to be making, that would sway, whether I would be interested in investing in it. Not whether I would trust F.D. to deliver.
 
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