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Wow jupiter looks dope, and with the moons in a more realistic size than most 4x's (if they even have moons). Hopefully the early game has plenty of stuff to do in the solar system. I want a prison / hell colony on Venus.
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Hmmmm. Not sure how a business that constantly pushes back releases is going to deal with quarterly profit reports. Gotta keep that share price going up!
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:08 |
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WeaponGradeSadness posted:The first diplomacy tech in GalCiv 2 has a description starting with "The trick to having good relations with alien species is to first avoid killing them. This may be harder than one might think as many aliens are just incredibly disgusting." Actually that reminds me of something I meant to ask - will you have to research communication/translation technology to be able to speak to alien races? Given that the game can be set up with multiple empires that are the same race (but potentially different cultures), it seems like it would make sense that you'd inherently be able to speak to your own people, but being able to speak with aliens might take a bit of work.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:09 |
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Is this real? Welp. It was fun while it lasted.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:10 |
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RIP Johan's drunk AMAs.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:16 |
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Militancy of the capitalist class has increased. HOI5 rushed to release!
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:16 |
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Oberleutnant posted:Is this real? https://twitter.com/TheWesterFront/status/706945506036027392
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:16 |
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V for Vegas posted:Hmmmm. Not sure how a business that constantly pushes back releases is going to deal with quarterly profit reports. Gotta keep that share price going up! Aw I hope Wiz, Groogy, Johan, Podcat et al. retire with millions in the bank after Ubisoft acquires all of PDS's franchises and makes them an open world single-player fetch quest grinder.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:17 |
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Can't wait for EA's Europa Universalis 5. "Johan V will now rule our nation! 1/3/2 To increase Johan's stats to 5/5/5 for 499 EA Bucks, click here. To increase Johan's state to 6/6/6 for 749 EA Bucks, click here." "My king, our stability has dropped! To increase stability to +3 for 499 EA Bucks, click here."
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:18 |
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Dang, RIP the paradox we all knew and loved. Looking forward for stellaris being re-tooled for mobile with rare resources you can only buy from the "galactic marketplace" using paradox-coins.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:20 |
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New DLC unlocked! Machine Parts Factory - $1.99 Buying this DLC means you will always start with a Machine Parts Factory in your capital state, no matter what country you play.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:22 |
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Why are they doing it, though? Are their financials worse than we thought? We could all just buy another cosmetic DLC, Fredrik! We'll raise the money! Actually maybe we should acquire their IPO and run everything into the ground. e: Actually, is PDS included in the deal? If they're just IPOing the publisher then that's not really the same thing. Dibujante fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Mar 7, 2016 |
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Capitalists Destroys Pardox
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:30 |
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Bad google translation of the article.quote:Paradox Interactive is one of Sweden's fastest growing game developer. CEO Fredrik Wester, who owns just over 39 percent of the company, has previously stubbornly avoided the questions about IPO despite market pressure has been great. But now he confirms that the company launched an IPO process.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:32 |
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And I was just about to post how I had an idea for a 1984 mod for HOI4. I can see modding tools being stripped out now.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:33 |
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"Paradox is in danger of becoming the junior partner in a personal union with the Kingdom of Electronic Arts"
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:35 |
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quote:He sees three elements that can be developed further in the company. In addition to PC games, which are sold mainly via Steam, the company aims to go into games for consoles and step into the mobile gaming world for real. Et tu, Paradox?
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I like how Goons/The-Net-At-Large immediately think everything is going to go full-exaggerated EA whenever a company talks about this sort of thing. Or anything, really. That said, I'm surprised there is a "need" to do it if they're already a publisher. Forgive my lacking BUSINESS 101 but why would they need to ipo our to someone if people ipo out to them
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:39 |
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HOI5 will be a Wii U exclusive featuring Super Mario-inspired renders of world leaders, while CK3 will be a mobile game with a limited number of actions per day and microtransactions to kill your bad sons and pave the way for the genius fifthborn to inherit.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 22:40 |
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Dibujante posted:
Paradox Interactive is the parent company of PDS so whoever owned PI would also have control over PDS, I assume. I'm not an expert on corporate law in the fantasy kingdom of Sweden though so maybe it works differently. If PDS also set itself up as a seperate legal entitly with some sort agreement in place as to who has final say over what then that could also affect how much leverage the publisher has over the developer. Looks like the guy who owns the company now plans on retaining a controlling stake in the company for the time being so it may not have that much of an impact. As someone who works for a privately held company that was bought out last year - all I can say is good luck.
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V for Vegas posted:Bad google translation of the article. That is an incredibly bad google translation since it literally dropped a very important word. The reason for listing is not that the company needs capital.
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Gaj posted:And I was just about to post how I had an idea for a 1984 mod for HOI4. I can see modding tools being stripped out now. What modding tools? 90% of modding paradox games is notepad plus and Microsoft excel.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:09 |
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IPO? I'm pre-ordering.
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Gamerofthegame posted:I like how Goons/The-Net-At-Large immediately think everything is going to go full-exaggerated EA whenever a company talks about this sort of thing. Or anything, really. You have a child's optimism. I envy you.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:10 |
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I don't know, but I think a mobile paradox game would be the bee's knees
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:16 |
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i would love an eu i could play on the toilet
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:23 |
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PI doesn't exactly have the most sterling publishing chops and it hasn't affected the PDS map games yet so whatever.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:31 |
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So are we being ironic or is this the 18 month notice to pdox using freemium currency in-game?
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:37 |
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vyelkin posted:CK3 will be a mobile game with a limited number of actions per day and microtransactions to kill your bad sons and pave the way for the genius fifthborn to inherit. Nah, I already have a plan on how to make Crusader Kings Online. Trust me you'll love it.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:39 |
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Jeoh posted:IPO? I'm pre-ordering.
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# ? Mar 7, 2016 23:42 |
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Dibujante posted:Why are they doing it, though? Are their financials worse than we thought? We could all just buy another cosmetic DLC, Fredrik! We'll raise the money! Usually issuing an IPO means their financials- or their projected future financials- are seen as being good or very good by investment analysts.
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Groogy posted:Nah, I already have a plan on how to make Crusader Kings Online. Trust me you'll love it. Clash of Clans, right?
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Demiurge4 posted:Clash of Clans, right? Clash of Kings, the official Game of Thrones mobile game by Paradox Interactive.
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Groogy posted:Nah, I already have a plan on how to make Crusader Kings Online. Trust me you'll love it. Are we only going to need 4% warscore to win wars?
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:22 |
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Jesus, do you people have any hope for the future left? One flimsy news article and weird tweet and suddenly all hell's breaking loose. SMDH
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:29 |
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Mappy Bird
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# ? Mar 8, 2016 00:37 |
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Off the top of my head I really can't think of any situations like this that had a demonstrably positive impact on things - yeah it's (probably) not EA buying them up but with a change in ownership and business model means that organizational changes aren't far behind. Will it mean a decline in quality and quick cash-ins so someone can get their ROI faster? Probably not but I imagine they wouldn't take news like "you need to wait another year and a half to recoup the losses here" very well, either. PDS isn't Paradox Interactive and I'm sure there are agreements in place that will determine who has the final word on what, and probably clauses in those agreements that deal with situations just like this. Still not getting my hopes up though. Psychotic Weasel fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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I hope it goes well. But there's risk involved, especially if the company is expanding into areas that have not traditionally formed part of its business. I just don't want to see a headline in 5 years time like the one we saw today about Lionhead.
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vyelkin posted:Clash of Kings, the official Game of Thrones mobile game by Paradox Interactive. This would probably genuinely make shitloads of money, though.
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Psychotic Weasel posted:Off the top of my head I really can't think of any situations like this that had a demonstrably positive impact on things - yeah it's (probably) not EA buying them up but with a change in ownership and business model means that organizational changes aren't far behind. One of us confused about what an IPO is especially given
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