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<LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Mihaly [<A HREF="mailto:diablo#best,com">mailto:diablo#best,com</A>]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 4:08 AM
> To: 'mud-dev#kanga,nu'
> Subject: RE: commercial muds and cable TV (was RE: [MUD-Dev] code base
> inq uiry )
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> Again, the key really is that you must (in my opinion) cater
> to a niche
> audience that is willing to pay for the privilege of playing
> your game. I
> realize this sort of thinking is anathema to some of you big
> commercial
> players
[snip]
> I know this sort of model is absolutely not scalable to the
> size of large
> commercial graphical muds, but it _is_ viable for small niche
> text muds at
> least.
Doesn't sound anathema to me... Actually, it sounds to me very like the
model that Simutronics has used for many years, and they had a pretty good
sized playerbase. Of course, Simutronics had the advantage of the AOL cash
cow for a very long time. What didn't succeed was applying that business
model to larger audiences, which is all that the traditional large game
companies cared about.
I think the model that the big guys are using now is really aimed at
capturing such ridiculously huge segments of the market that ancillary
revenue and stuff becomes possible also--in other words, it's trying to move
in the direction of multiple media. Witness EQ's recent announcement of
action figures.
-Raph
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00673" HREF="msg00673.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The Endeavour Map and MUD Applications</A></strong>,
Lo, Kam <a href="mailto:LoK#logica,com">LoK#logica,com</a>, Tue 21 Mar 2000, 16:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00676" HREF="msg00676.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Endeavour Map and MUD Applications</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00689" HREF="msg00689.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Endeavour Map and MUD Applications</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00693" HREF="msg00693.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Endeavour Map and MUD Applications</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00351" HREF="msg00351.html">RE: commercial muds and cable TV (was RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry )</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00366" HREF="msg00366.html">RE: commercial muds and cable TV (was RE: [MUD-Dev] code base inquiry )</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Wed 16 Feb 2000, 17:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00352" HREF="msg00352.html">RE: [MUD-DEV] a shrinking pool of players?</A></strong>,
Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers#maxis,com">MSellers#maxis,com</a>, Wed 16 Feb 2000, 02:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00379" HREF="msg00379.html">RE: [MUD-DEV] a shrinking pool of players?</A></strong>,
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