DEVS give first infos about the Sequel

[Anton Yudintsev]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

Im not sure exactly what I am looking at with those links, but if I go in row 1 of xbox sales its looks like almost 40,000 units and ps3 sales also looks like 40,000 units so roughly 80,000 units x $49.99 = $4,000,000.00

Four million bucks on a game that probably barely cost a half million to make given that the game engine and base models were already in place...id say they made a profit and gave them a platform to build on for a sequel. If they fix all of the multiplayer problems and actually market the game I would say we are in for a nice golden age of console simming!

Half a million??
Can you make two or three games for me? I'll pay twice.

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

Half a million??
Can you make two or three games for me? I'll pay twice.

lmao !!

what worrys me is that all this talk of a sequel does this mean that your not going to focus on making expansions to the original game first ???

i mean i want to play this game for a long time and would like to see it devlope into the benchmark game i think it can be

anyway congrats on such a good job so far and keep up the good work

[Anton Yudintsev]

Originally Posted by dazz1971

lmao !!

what worrys me is that all this talk of a sequel does this mean that your not going to focus on making expansions to the original game first ???

i mean i want to play this game for a long time and would like to see it devlope into the benchmark game i think it can be

anyway congrats on such a good job so far and keep up the good work

It is not depends on us.
We - ourselves - can not release even DLC or title update on our own. So it is completely publisher's decision.
Right now, we are talking publisher to make DLCs with our own money, self-funded, and release them (and get royalties), so that's not about we don't want to. Nothing decided yet.
We'll keep you updated.

Making sequel, on the other hand, is something we can do on our own.

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

It is not depends on us.
We - ourselves - can not release even DLC or title update on our own. So it is completely publisher's decision.
Right now, we are talking publisher to make DLCs with our own money, self-funded, and release them (and get royalties), so that's not about we don't want to. Nothing decided yet.
We'll keep you updated.

Making sequel, on the other hand, is something we can do on our own.

ahh ok i understand lets hope they let u guys make dlc on your own but they would prob want a share of the profit (money grabbing *****)

if you do make the sequel on your own i bet its going to be kick ass

good luck guys

[haitch40]

ok i dont want to talk money but my understanding is not enough money= no sequel so i would like to know a bit.
btw great game so gl guys

[Anton Yudintsev]

Originally Posted by haitch40

ok i dont want to talk money but my understanding is not enough money= no sequel so i would like to know a bit.
btw great game so gl guys

Right now it is still not enough money to get royalties, if that was you ask for. It is about 200k copies sold (according to vgchartz).
However, extrapolation is rather good.
Game was just released in Germany, and it is still less than month from UK release.
In any case - developer is last link in a royalties chain, so publisher will definetly get money he invested with a reasonable (100-200%) margin.
Game business is risky one, so margin should be bigger than that to allow developer to get his royalty - but it is already OK for us to make sure someone (this publisher or other) would like to publish our game.

And there is PSN/XBL in the end.

[DoubleStandards]

Please correct me if I'm wrong(NICELY!), but from what I'm reading, is future DLC still up in the air right now?(No pun intended). I know we are getting a TU, but is that all we know for sure? I thought we had already been promised DLC.

[tango2delta]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

Right now it is still not enough money to get royalties, if that was you ask for. It is about 200k copies sold (according tp vgchartz).
However, extrapolation is rather good.
Game was just released in Germany, and it is still less than month from UK release.
In any case - developer is last limk in a royalties chain, so publisher will definetly get money he invested with a reasonable (100-200%) margin.
Game business is risky one, so marging should be bigger than that to allow developer to get his royalty - but it is already OK for us to make sure someone (this publisher or other) would like to publish our game.

And there is PSN/XBL in the end.

You and your team should get paid for being the best developer. I never seen devs stay in contact with fans and explain things like your team does. Big Thumbs Up

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

Right now it is still not enough money to get royalties, if that was you ask for. It is about 200k copies sold (according tp vgchartz).
However, extrapolation is rather good.
Game was just released in Germany, and it is still less than month from UK release.
In any case - developer is last limk in a royalties chain, so publisher will definetly get money he invested with a reasonable (100-200%) margin.
Game business is risky one, so marging should be bigger than that to allow developer to get his royalty - but it is already OK for us to make sure someone (this publisher or other) would like to publish our game.

And there is PSN/XBL in the end.

well thats not what i ment but oh well
i mean is a sequel dependant on sales of bop and if so whats the forcast for the sequel. btw its good that you still post here

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

It is not depends on us.
We - ourselves - can not release even DLC or title update on our own. So it is completely publisher's decision.
Right now, we are talking publisher to make DLCs with our own money, self-funded, and release them (and get royalties), so that's not about we don't want to. Nothing decided yet.
We'll keep you updated.

Making sequel, on the other hand, is something we can do on our own.

Gaijin is freaking awesome. You guys rule. Thank you for such a awesome game!!!!