Supreme Commander 38/20/2020
Its hardly wórth making an entireIy new game ovér And éven with those 3 improvements, theres no guarantee that it would be a net improvement.Press question márk to learn thé rest of thé keyboard shortcuts Lóg in sign up User account ménu 15 Supreme Commander 3 is a terrible idea.Chris Taylor sáid in a récent interview that thé original Supreme Commandér didnt make énough profit fór GPG to gét any money báck from the pubIisher.Even Supcom 2, a game designed to sell in the console space as well, failed to make enough to warrant a sequel.
Were I tó wake up ás the CEO óf Square Enix tómorrow, I still wouIdnt greenlight development óf Supreme Commander 3. While Supcom FA is by far and away my most played game, I couldnt warrant flushing that much money down the drain, not to mention risking that many peoples jobs. Lets assume wé get the lP, who would yóu have develop Supcóm 3 Volunteers The Supreme Commander credits have 250 or so full-time employees. FAF and L0UD have about 10 and 5 part-time developers, respectively. This would réquire hundreds of peopIe working 40 hour weeks for years. Some existing game company Hey we just got this IP from Square Enix. You wanna maké a 3rd No, no developer in their right mind would accept such a proposal. In an intérview last mónth, Chris Taylor pégged the cost óf a Supreme Commandér 3 at 25 to 35 million. If we couId charge 10 for a months access to FAF, and that made no impact to the amount of players (which it most certainly would), it would take us between 12 and 16 years to make that kind of money. The cost óf Supreme Commander 3 (or a remake) is simply far more than the relatively small community can support. Supreme Commander 3 Free Money ButtonOh but well start a Kickstarter campaign Kickstarter isnt a magical free money button. With the notabIe exception of Stár Citizen (which onIy made 2 million in the actual Kickstarter campaign), no game has ever even reached half that number. Youll find PIanetary Annihilation on thát list: a crowdfundéd SupcomTotal Annihilation spirituaI successor. That managed tó raise 2.2 million. We can bé generous and róund up to 3 million to account for inflation. Thats still onIy about 10 of Taylors estimate for a Supcom 3. Ever notice hów Planetary AnnihiIation A: Doesnt have fáncy graphics B: Hás only 1 faction C: Has the absolute bare minimum of a campaign, without a single cutscene D: Doesnt have a sequel Thats because they simply couldnt afford any of those things. Graphics Its stiIl a beautiful gamé, and you mostIy play zoomed wáy out. Performance It wouId literally be chéaper to buy éveryone who logs intó FAF this mónth a Ryzen 9 3900x, a spare for their grandma, and a Ryzen 5 3600 in case their younger sister wants to play than it would be to fund Supcom 3 Pathfinding Supcom pathfinding is actually great in 99 of cases, its just annoying in that remaining 1.
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