Larian Studios Forums Beyond Divinity (English) General Hip Interactive poll dilemma

It may mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it's still sad to see our beloved <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> languishing at the bottom of its North American publisher's poll...



Can someone provide insight into whether this will have any effect on the publisher's efforts? Will they try harder to promote? Give it less effort? Is the whole thing totally irrelevant?

For anyone interested, the poll is on Hip's main page: right here.

They might try to up the advertisement so more people see it.

I donna though, but we may just have another VOTE on our hands.

Hmmm... Firestarter looks interesting. I may have to try the demo of that.

P.S. I voted Beyond Divinity. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

ps. after a minute of voting. i got it up to 20% <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" />

NO! No more VOTE! VOTE is bad and pointless.

i said "may".

not saying we should do something. i was just ashamed to see our beloved beyond divinity at the bottum rung of the ladder.

I know. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Just not a fan of the VOTE thread.

Though yes, i did vote a few times.


ahh, ok, just checking.

It's good to know I'm not the only one. I never saw the point.

yes, votes don't matter much in this. however purchase & preorder does. so show your support!

& why preorder doesn't exist for <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> ? i'm sure we'll have quite a lot of those. i mean, look at all that desperate people in our forum! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Hmm, Firestarter looks interesting. I do hope it'll work on my computer or all the efforts will be for nothing.

And I am one of them.

Pre order would be solution for me. Otherwise I will be sitting here watching you talk about the game, helping each other, joke about it and..... still wait for it to come to Greece. Nice thought Janggut <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

aye! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

I think the trick (if there's any) worked on you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Since Firestarter is made by an Urainian developper (the same who's cooking STALKER: Oblivion Lost), I feel I should vote for it... On the other hand, I might upset the other ones...
Anyway, the point of this post is just to say that Firestarter will cost 20$US.

i just downloading the firestarter demo.
i don't know what to expect,it's a FPS, but in the description it's said the game has rpg aspects?

(Sorry for the offtopic, guys)

Yes, depending on how you play, you might get bonuses and some abilities by the end of the level.
It's not an Action-RPG Deus-Ex level but it looks promising for 20$.

Incrediible ! Now everyone talks about another game !! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

@ HandEFood: Thanks for stepping in there... I also do NOT want another "VOTE!" thread, and I should have made that clear in my original post.

@ Lews: Your enthusiasm and devotion are admirable <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> , but a publisher's site is very different than tothegame.com (which now seems to have a more stable system, so perhaps our efforts, overblown as they might have been, did pay off a bit <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> )

So, does anyone here think like a publisher? Are the results of this type of poll likely to have any effect on the promotional effort?

[color:"yellow"](Sorry for the offtopic, guys)[/color]

That's okay, DATD...I might even take a look at that one myself... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

And btw:

Which Hip Game are you most looking forward to?
Firestarter
(14%)
Beyond Divinity
(39%)
Sitting Ducks
(20%)
Kill.Switch
(27%)
TOTAL VOTES: 412

hmmm...i wonder if most of those extra votes showed referrers from this site... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

a pic from HIP Interactive that is not in the fan site kit


Back on topic

I my opnion, if I were a publisher I would use this info as a guide to set up a goal for profits made from a game. In other words, if a game is ranked high in numbers as a game that people want I would set the goal for profits high and if I was not 'greedy', yes I would try to promote the game a little more. Advertising is a hard market because 1 satisfied customer will tell 5 more people, where as 1 unsatisfied customer will tell 10 other people.