OML banking on TTL rather than Outwitters???

[ImperialSun]

(04-15-2013 03:26 AM)Qwerty Wrote:  

(04-15-2013 01:23 AM)ImperialSun Wrote:  The problem with an Outwitters sequel is I don't see how they could make it better in terms of the core gameplay. Any improvement they could make can be done by patching the current game. To me Outwitters is like Chess. Chess 2? No thanks. Outwitters 2? Again, no thanks. But it's a real shame because the only way to get a huge influx of new players would be to make an Outwitters 2. I just don't see how that would work though without making it a different game

I guess the best choice might be trying to sell Outwitters on more platforms and make it cross platform multiplayer. Android, PC, etc. I think they did that with Hero Academy. They could try putting Outwitters on steam or something too and use a different, better pricing model for these ports. The hope is that this would increase exposure as well as turn a profit this time around. The more I think about it, the more I really hope OML does take this approach. I don't want to see Outwitters die off, but a sequel that changes the core mechanics would have the same result.

The problem is that if they do that they would need more severs or would have to be able to attack people on different platforms and that would costs them tons a money so I don't think theyll do that

Where is the problem? They only have to add servers to accommodate new players. Presumably these new players would bring in more than enough money to cover additional servers. I assume this because OML never said the server costs were an issue (I know they do cost money, but OML's omission of this makes it see like it is an aside rather than the primary problem). Instead the main issue OML mentioned was a lack of downloads and subsequent purchases.