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Originally Posted by Neric  I predicted that they will release together with Vanguard and I gave you a reason why. They did release together with Vanguard and the reason turned out to be quite effective. What else do you need? An official statement?
Anyone with a minimum of business competence would have done the same and if not, that person would have to be replaced. It's that kind of decisions that seperates the sharks from the fish and if you want to be successful you better be a shark.
Also you really need a lesson in Ockham's Razor or Bayes mathematics. It is very unlikely that both products that take so much work and effort are ready for release at the exact same time. It would involve too many lucky coincidences. If both products get released at the same time, it's far more likely that one side (in this case Blizzard because in contract to Sigil they had the option to release or not to release) has planned it to be that way.
The argument that Blizzard could not have released earlier than they did does not matter, because they didn't have to. Sigil released earlier than expected after all. What Blizzard would have done if Sigil had waited a bit longer is unknown and you cannot derive any argument from it. Simple logic...
Of course unlikely doesn't mean impossible and the version I described is the most likely one from a business point of view. It doesn't mean it happend that way though. A certain margin of error cannot be avoided when you make an educated guess. |
Sounds like you're the one who doesn't understand business practices in this industry. All MMO's on the market benefit from any game in the circle building the entire pool of users. It has nothing to do with taking users from other titles. A failing MMO is bad for all MMO's. A successful MMO like WoW is good for all MMO's.
If you look back to the EQ era, EQ, DAoC and AC had to compete from that same pool of players, because it was limited. Blizzard grew the pool by using a business model that took a loyal fanbase from other genres and migrated them into a fun MMO. That only helps the genre as a whole. It's a good thing for the gaming industry.
You probably never followed the F/22 competition the military contracted out to two companies. The short of it is, both teams helped each other when needed because the success of both aircraft was necessary for the success of the program.
But whatever. The last thing Blizzard needs to worry about is losing subs to competition. If you saw Bill Gates in the news prior to the release of Vista, he was asked how he felt about the latest attack ads by Mac. His response was, 'It doesn't bother me. We have 90% of the market share'.
