Posted by -=ü30Fc=-Blitzechse
hmmm, if i were ubi-CEO, maybe i would sit down and watch all my investments.
and then - what a surprise - i would see my big asset called endwar that is produced for RTS-Gaming.
turning my eyes to the other side of my table, i would look at a really great and creative corporation like ... uhm... lets say Massive Entertainment - some guys who proved their last game was great and is about to be ported to consoles. And I would realize... oh my god... they produced an award-winning RTS no one else could think of. (Especially not us!)
Then I would think about what this Massive-Guys could contribute to our success with endwar. They are great, so we could need them.
"Yeah... lets see.
Oh, yeah, lets delete their Addon-Project from Amazon, so no one can order it anymore."
I would think all the fans out there will forget it and play our Endwar game exclusively. Thats a great contribution for our success on consoles. But that would be only my first step.
I would think further: What could they do instead of their addon... well... AAAAAH! ... I know, lets send them out to duplicate low quality, asian MMOs instead. That will keep them occupied for at least three years. Afterwards we could see - if they will still last then - if they develop the icons of a "World of Tom Clancy"-MMO. Great.
Then I would write a memo and call my assistant Frank:
"Hey, Frank. This must go out today. I found a great way to get these swedish innovative guys away from making games that lower our profit. We buy them and then bother them with stupid casual games. I am a genius!"
Then I would lean back and roll some thousand Euros, light them and blow some rings into the air.
(Just a fictive assumption, guys -- just fictive -- and assumptive.)
