Comments on: Another interview with Viktor Kislyi

By: Skarakien

Skarakien — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 09:38:12 +0000

- Kislyi was inspired by Zynga, who “using Farmville turned millions of housewives into gamers”

“gamers”… “gamers”… just because you play one game does not makes you into a gamer Viktor. It makes you “obsessed”…

By: ArmoredCorps

ArmoredCorps — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:24:22 +0000

V.Kislyi isn’t worried cause he realizes this game can only canabalize play time and gold purchases of normal PC gamers in the West, i.e., i7 3700′s+, and graphics cards made in the last 3 years.

This threatens not the potato-powered PC market of glorious Russian gamer.

By: Kazomir

Kazomir — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:07:16 +0000

Yea, let’s hope WoWP gets a lot better. its kind of crap at the moment, and if it gets into position to endanger War Thunder, then great, cause two companies fighting to get a better game out always turns out great for the customer.

By: Alexander Yordanov

Alexander Yordanov — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:56:20 +0000

Here is the thing though, not only WG but other people, players have invested money and into it as well. Also its part of the WG universe thing…
I dont get what you are saying. You want WG to cancel WoWP just because you think it is not doing good enough or because you think it is bad?
Also, you do realize that the games have different studios and just throwing money at WoT or WoWS wont mean a better game. The fact that WoWP is there means nothing for WoT. Besides WG can keep all three games afloat in development.

I knew what you meant.
Just taking a jab at the poor game developers that have to waste their potential on milking CoD …. and the stupid publishing studios that try to imitate its success.

But I disagree completely, there is no logical reason to cancel WoWP. Improve, yes, cancel no.

By: HappyBallz

HappyBallz — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:47:39 +0000

Yeah… if they offered those vaporware tanks that only appear in some kind of mystery physical bundles online(have to order from Belarus, Russian or German sites right now) plus something “stupid” like a tank model or some other “bonus”I think they would make profit.

But this: “- Kislyi was inspired by Zynga, who “using Farmville turned millions of housewives into gamers”” … now that is just terrifying. Zynga was an absolutely terrible company with shit support (you think WG support is bad? Think again) and their ‘games’ were brain-rotting lag fest, I would know, I played Mafia Wars…

By: jarvisxv

jarvisxv — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:27:18 +0000

“Making money” is not enough. A positive income does not necessarily justify continued investment. It’s more a matter of growth than simple positive income. Just because there are consumers now doesn’t mean there will be more later. Overestimating future growth and over-investing is one of the worst mistakes a business could make.

And even if more money will come out of more investment, the company does not have limitless resources. To illustrate: Why would I invest my 1 million in a venture that will net me 1.2 million (WoWP) when I can invest it in a venture that can net me 2 (WoT or even WoWS)?

And remember, statements can be deceiving. WG is a corporation owned by stockholders. They wouldn’t immediately and publicly admit they’re losing money or that a project was a failure if they are not yet legally obligated to do so.

And lastly, I meant principles of capitalism.
Those “retards” may have released bad games, but people are buying them and they are making shiploads of money. Very retarded indeed.

In the end of the day, it is sound business decisions, not products, that keeps a company afloat. If it means cutting costs, abandoning a product to cough out its last drops of profit before wilts away, then so be it.

By: Alexander Yordanov

Alexander Yordanov — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:59:45 +0000

Here is the thing though… It is not losing money right now, it is making money.
The idea itself is good, the IP has potential, it is making a small amount of money even with continued development.
It wont be put down. That is not logical.

As for the second point… well yeah, even IF you were right, its better that they do not listen to capitalists in the game industry. Those same retards are responsible for the existance of consoles in 2014, the annual releases of CoD, the freezing of games like STALKER etc…

By: Otto-matic Reiffel

Otto-matic Reiffel — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:22:08 +0000

“huge humanoid robots”

Chris Taylor says “hi!”

By: jarvisxv

jarvisxv — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 16:12:37 +0000

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Investing more time and money to try to rescue the project will just cost WG more time and money – resources they could invest in more profitable ventures. Cutting cost and focusing in areas where it has the most advantage or the least disadvantage would be the more sensible thing to do.

Whether WoWP is or can be a good game is immaterial now. It’s not just about product quality. WT has the lead in market share as well as the maturity of the product. The consumers are already invested in WT, and WT itself has had more development and fine-tuning. It’s not that WoWP is bad – it’s that it is late.

Then again, the wisdom of capitalist pigs like us fall deaf on brave, patriotic, and stronk Russian ears.

By: Alexander Yordanov

Alexander Yordanov — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:50:47 +0000

The developers. Many times.