Saying they're just out to produce cash grabs ignores the amount of work that goes into them. Could their games use more time in the oven? Yeah, definitely
They definitely put more stock into releasing content in a timely fashion than making the best product possible.
Which is more "Cash-grabby" than many other studios.
Originally Posted by Gray Ghost
I also did not think when I took the survey that they were actually looking at those IPS to make games of. I took it more as them just wanting a broader sense of what their fanbase is interested in, not a direct "what's our next game going to be?" question. I mean, I love them but do you really think there's any chance they get their hands on the license for Lord of the rings or Mistborn?
You mean like they have a casual interest in what platforms you play games on, how often you buy games, whether you buy games at full price or wait for sales?
The entire survey was nothing but a gauge for their releases. That it went over your head doesn't mean it's not there (I personally have experienced enough of these sorts of surveys to be able to see behind the facade of general curiosity about playerbases).
As far as getting licences for LotR? I mean did you see the last LotR licenced game? Gollum? Contender for "Worst game ever"?
Star Wars might be trickier but even then Disney has been running that IP into the ground as of late so some rando company making a SW game isn't too far fetched.
Originally Posted by Thunderbolt
Wait wait wait, hang on, at the beginning of this mini-discussion, you were complaining that Owlcat was trying to make a cash grab by going after another popular IP to, presumably, expand their existing playerbase and now your saying the opposite, that they have resigned themselves to make whatever their community wants for a cash grab?
I never said anything about expanding their playerbase. Using metrics to target IP's that their community find popular is still looking at trying to maximize profits even without "Expanding existing playerbases"
Originally Posted by Thunderbolt
And your saying it's okay and not a cash grab for Larian to pivot to a popular IP (DnD) using the name of a already fairly well known series of games because they wanted to expand their playerbase (which, mind you, is exactly what Larian's CEO has said in an past interview) but it is a cash grab because Owlcat sent out a survey...?
When did I ever say it wasn't a cash grab on Larian's part?
HOW MUCH of one is something I wonder. As I don't know if they were offered the DnD IP and took advantage of it (Despite not liking DnD ruleset as they've mentioned it had restricted them and we can see from all the homebrewing they've done) or if they actively sought out the IP purposefully because it would lead to profits.
