developing a game after it goes gold

[nokhor]

Shogun and Medieval were huge successes (Shogun sold over 750 thousand copies, Medieval over 1 million) but not the overnight sensations that BG1 & 2 were.

Spino, where did you get that info? it's not that i doubt you, but i am curious as how well some pc games have sold and have never been able to find the data online. do you have a link to a site, or do you have some serious insider connections, and if you tell me, you'd have to then kill me? by the way, any idea how many units moved RTW has had so far?

[Mikeus Caesar]

they had to have it out in Sept 2004. This could be a reason for a rushed product.

Well that means if they ever release another TW product, they might regret having rushed RTW. I've heard of a lot of people saying that they were so annoyed with RTW they'll never buy another TW game again, which means that activision will have lost a large amount of suckers, oops wait, i mean 'valued customers'. So if they do release a new TW game, they might not make as much money, and will be very dissapointed.

[Mayfield The Conqueror]

Well that means if they ever release another TW product, they might regret having rushed RTW. I've heard of a lot of people saying that they were so annoyed with RTW they'll never buy another TW game again, which means that activision will have lost a large amount of suckers, oops wait, i mean 'valued customers'. So if they do release a new TW game, they might not make as much money, and will be very dissapointed.

You are right, they will lose the diehards like us who know what is wrong with the game, but for the vast majority of consumers they think it is cool to just toss armies at armies. I will not buy another game until after they patch it AND people here say it is ok. And if they dare fix all the problems with an expansion, basically ransoming you to pay another $30 US for a fixed game, it is then a sorry state in PC gaming.