Topic: Setting the record straight... (Read 3142 times)

The_Pelican · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2003, 01:55:56 pm »

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"As for SFC 4, sheesh...drop the dead donkey folks, Taldren doesn't have a producer, yet. If it goes by sales and a new producer steps in and looks at the sales of SFC 3 they might posibbly be interested."

also this brings me to another point.. no sales results for SFC 3 have been released to anyone except the Elders at Taldren and the CEO's at Activision, so how, prey tell, are you making financial statements on game sales when that information is confidential? Where is your evidence? Your statement implys that SFC 3 sales were high, when no such statement was ever made... the only statement was that sales were ok.. nothing more nothing less... and that is Taldren's concern.

No sales results were released, but we have had "hints" dropped concerning the sales, I remember Dave mentioning that a profit was made on SFC3.

Magnum357 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2003, 05:28:38 pm »

I think the odds of a SFC4 right now are extremely slim in my opinion. Just be the fact that Viacom/Paramont will not allow an SFB style game without them being part of the deal. Also, all the whinning and bit*hing from Activision has soured relations between Viacom and Activision that I just dont think etheir side will come to a agreement. I bet that Activision, just too be a sour grape, would not allow Taldren too use their copyrighted source code from SFC3 (I can't imagine Activision NOT having the copyright licence for the SFC3 code) and not allow Taldren too build a SFC4 game based even on SFC3 mechanics. I bet Taldren would have too start from scratch on a whole new source code.

In my opinion, I hope Taldren negotiates a contract (somehow, if ever) with ADB and Paramount too make another SFB style game again. But I think the odds in that are pretty slim just by the fact that Paramont might want a TNG game while ADB would strictly be TOS in focus.

Ugh, I just hope these SFC games will still work with new Hardware and OS's because it could be years before we ever see another type of Star Trek game let alone and good SFB/SFC type game.

TheBigCheese · « **Reply #23 on:** December 29, 2003, 03:54:02 am »

Hey we got plenty of copies of SFC3 on the shelves in the UK, no one seems to be touching them with a bargepole

Try a reduction in price and budget advertising?
Funny , we have alot of games here that sell well in the U.S. but no one here seems to want???
great games too, the Combat Mission series for one, most Matrix games too.
Bizarre

Cleaven · « **Reply #24 on:** December 29, 2003, 05:30:54 am »

At least you have them on the shelves. Matrix only has FedEx overnight as an option for overseas sales. $50 for the game and $39 for shipping, in USD. A year ago I lashed out and bought SFC3 direct from the US as soon as it was released, but that was an exception. To pay almost the item price again for shipping is really ugly. Fortunate thing is a friend sent me Korsun Pocket for Christmas and saved me the grief. At least Battlefront.com only charge $10 for overseas shipping.

Raniz Murjuri · « **Reply #25 on:** December 29, 2003, 05:43:07 am »

ohhh. so your the 1 that bought matrix..

***edited out opinions of a game****

j/k...

yeah cost of games and shipping is why i'm glad i got an EB games nextdoor.

Cleaven · « **Reply #26 on:** December 29, 2003, 06:05:17 am »

Ummm, Matrix are selling some quite good product judging by my own playing of Korsun Pocket, Across the Dnepr, and reviews of Highway to the Reich. A bit expensive for overseas mail order, but quite good none the less and opponents are abundant too.

Victor1st · « **Reply #27 on:** December 29, 2003, 12:58:49 pm »

Yup, your right bigcheese, there are lots of copies still on the shelfs, but those will probably start shifting when the price drops down in feb/march 2004

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