by Strict » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:45 am
Blxz wrote:How is Salem going for them financially? Are they making a buck off it? I've not heard much about it and what I have heard hasn't been good. I'm also not willing to go try it out myself because I am lazy like that.
I'd love to see some serious effort put back into haven. I would gladly pay for a version where I can play easily. Some scripts for NPC's so I can play single player would be incredible. This game has so much single player potential. Add on a revamped multiplayer server and some well needed updates and this game could potentially make far more money than I'd imagine Salem is making (from my rather uneducated wild guesses). Micro-transactions for things like cosmetics and cloaks facilitated by a Terraria style equipment where you can have equipment slots for stats and equipment slots that are only for cosmetic that overwrite the sprite of your stat armour would encourage this. Avoid the current pay style that is present in Salem and focus on status and bragging rights. TF2 hats are a wonderful example of this although I will admit the scale and customer base is 'slightly' (hah) larger and so helps that out.
Perhaps I have over thought this?
EDIT: Oh, and a smallish initial sale price could even be possible if they wanted to go that route.
Hell, I'd pay to have a server with the game for me and a few friends, would love being able to play in our own supergrid(s) with no griefers around =)
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