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Old 05-23-2008, 09:33 PM   #5
Charlie Hough
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I will go on record as saying that this will be a mistake. I have the same objection to Football Manager Live, which is probably where Markus got the idea. Anything that diverts ANY creative energy or programming away from the core product is a horrible idea. SI has tried to justify FM Live by saying that it has its own development team and that the potential revenue creates new possibilities for the core product. But the reality is that there is no way to take on a new project like that without involving at least some of the energy and resources from those who are not working on the new venture.

The core FM game has remained mostly the same for several years, and those resources would be better spent on enhancing that original product. Maybe the feeling is that applying additional resources will not lead to improved revenue, but if they truly put as much effort into the core product as they are doing with FM Live, they could produce huge advances that could easily justify an increase in selling price of at least 25% to 35%. So they could get the additional revenue from the core product.

The same could be said for OOTP. Strat-O-Matic sells for far more than OOTP, and its season disks require the gamer to spend a small fortune. Imagine if OOTP made huge leaps and bounds to finally deliver the best AI and overall experience in any baseball sim ever produced. I'd be willing to bet that many customers would be willing to pay $75 for a product like that, especially when there is no need for additional disk purchases.

So, rather than see Markus work on OOTP Online, I would like to see the energy poured completely into making OOTP 10 a product that blows away all other replay and career sims ever devised. I'll be the first in line to pay $75 for something like that.
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