What was this thread about orginally oh yes Silicon Knights but before I get back onto the theads topic I will add a little thing to think about with the last couple of posts. (First block)
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There is a problem brewing with the video game development industry there are just an abundance of developers and the market can only support a finite amont of games. So the only way any franchise can get attention is to make a me too game. And by and far these are ignored because it is concieved as a rip off game. On the other hand if they do come out with something totally unique they still face not selling their games because by and far they are unknown and the advertising budgets that are alloted for the third party for the Xbox and PS2 goes to the games that are made by known developers and/or known franchises. The 3rd party publishers aren't going to bring out enough advertising to get these games out because they have there own pet projects.
So by and far these good games get sollowed up by the torrents of trash coming out and the develoers go out of business. Nintendo believes that the only way to reinvigorate the industry is by keeping these smaller developers alive and they can't just go out and buy them all. So one of the ony way they can help them is to give out there franchises, because Nintendo probally sits on one of the biggest caches of franchises in the video game market, let them make the games and review them if they do well enough publish it, if its not let them find their own publisher. So we buy it because hey its a Nintendo franchise, and they had help from Nintendo.
And when they make their own game we will have a higher chance of buying it because they did so well on a franchise that Nintendo gave them, may this orginal concept with be just as good if not better.
The only console make that can do this is basically Nintendo because they have the cache dating back to before they made the Famcom, and they don't rely as much on third party games to bring in the money so there big frainchise are their to do what they please with. The third party isn't going to do it because their franchise comes from developers who own the frainchises and its usally the developers only one.
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Now back on topic Silicon Knight is more than likely making games for all consoles. How Nintendo aquired SK's help was never revealed, and never will be the thing is it probally wasn't money because it would of showed up on the fiscal reports. But by and far they will make games for Gamecube first, why because that is the console they are known on. They gave use ED and the fairly well done port of the first MGS. (Most of the faults in the game were their in the previous game.) The Nintendo fan base will be the most likely to pick up their games, because very few people know that they made the first blood omen nearly at the begining of the PSX's life cycle, or the FF7 "killer" Too Human .
And since they are Gamecube first more than likely they will be the better versions.
Sorry about the amount of text but some things have to be explained in many words to get the point across. And sorry about the normal things (My spelling and gramer.)
Topic: Silicon Knights still working on games for GC (Read 59099 times)
