WAR (Warhammer Online)

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Warhammer Online lead designer estimates the real amount to be around $100 million

Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said investing $500 million to a billion in a product wouldn't be enough to compete in the same space as World of Warcraft. Naturally, Mythic VP and Warhammer Online lead designer Mark Jacobs disagrees. Speaking to MTV, he claims Kotick set the bar so high to scare off competition and make themselves seem invincible. So how much does it really take to compete with the juggernaut? Jacobs believes the amount is much smaller, saying:

Realistically, if you're going into this space for the first time, and you want to compete with 'WoW' and you want to compete with us -- because we're going into that same space -- you've got to make sure that you have at least 100 million dollars. Jacobs notes the 100 million isn't necessarily just to cover development costs, but to recover if the company messes up. "A lot of start-ups fail because they run out of money. It's not because they don't work hard; it's like 'Oops, it took an extra year or two; now what do we do?'" he further explains.

While Jacobs will only admit to EA spending "south of $100 million on "Warhammer Online," he says they will need at least half a million subscribers to be successful.
 

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Great interview! Mark Jacobs sounds like a great CEO.

Sadly, the more it costs to "compete", the more likely well see more Orcs and Elves in the future.

Originally posted by Annekynn

Sadly, the more it costs to "compete", the more likely well see more Orcs and Elves in the future.

So sad, but true..

Believe you and me, I think alot of people are sick to death with this type of mmorpg format, but its the only one that is selling still.

There are 3 other mmo's on horizon.. Stargate Worlds, Star Trek Online and KotOR Online. Maybe, just maybe one of these 3 titles will stay mainstream instead of having orcs, dwarfs and elves.

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Originally posted by HiGHPLaiNS

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Originally posted by Annekynn

Sadly, the more it costs to "compete", the more likely well see more Orcs and Elves in the future.

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So sad, but true..
Believe you and me, I think alot of people are sick to death with this type of mmorpg format, but its the only one that is selling still.
There are 3 other mmo's on horizon.. Stargate Worlds, Star Trek Online and KotOR Online. Maybe, just maybe one of these 3 titles will stay mainstream instead of having orcs, dwarfs and elves.

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Yeah but at this rate well see Orcs flying the Enterprise, Dwarves with lightsabers and Elves moving through stargates.

I believe Mythic can defintely compete with Warcraft. I know so many people who are burned out on playing WoW that the innitial subs for Warhammer will be through the roof. It also won't be like Funcom's flop because the innital subs will only increase, maybe dip a little when WOTLK comes out, but rise again steadily a few months later. Great job as always Mythic on being honest and realitic with your community.

Science Fiction in MMORPG's?

I remember Tabula Rasa:

In one of its first quests: a nice space captain in uniform asked me to collect extracts for a new medical cure.

You had to kill 6 .... boars. Giving a whole other meaning to "pigs in space".

Every company there have tired somthing new with there mmo's have fallen so far. Take a look on these mmo's!.

- Age of Conan
- Auto Assualt
- Fury
- Hellgate: London
- Tabula Rasa

All of these have fallen within a year. Then you can ask why?.

there is only 1 space based MMO that can top WAR.. and maybe kick WoW between its legs and thats

warhammer 40k ^_^ if they made a mmo/fps/rpg based off warhammer 40k HOLY HELL it would rock.. ^_^ though hard to balance if they added half the powerhouse units haha

still 1mill is hard for a company to make back if it messes up too early

only games that dont flop sooo bad at F2P games cause they make money off item malls but even that is never enough ill be depressed if come release WAR some how messes up and flops cause all the hype and the fact i played the T.T of it for many years :( and have wished for it to come out after the first warhammer online was canned

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Originally posted by Battlekruse
Every company there have tired somthing new with there mmo's have fallen so far. Take a look on these mmo's!.
- Age of Conan
- Auto Assualt
- Fury
- Hellgate: London
- Tabula Rasa
All of these have fallen within a year. Then you can ask why?.

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Incomplete games. Every single one of them.