Hellion
Antediluvian Lurker
*kills his Timezone Converter in the face for not taking savings time into account*
Right.
Right.
Interplay Entertainment Corp. Investor Conference
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I'm not listening
The fucker's refusing to work.
The fucker's refusing to work.
Well it's not letting me on, so someone note some important stuff down, or sumfin.
Hellion
Antediluvian Lurker
-700,000 units of FBOS and Dark Alliance 2 combined SHIPPED, not sold. He didn't mention any sales figures 
-They're planning to publish Fallout 3 (for PC), external studio.
-Herve says they can't make Baldur's Gate 3, since they traded their DnD rights for the Dark Alliance rights or sth like that.
- They will not do a sequel to Brotherhood of Steel (!!!), but will do another Action/RPG console-oriented game in the Fallout world (...)
-The next Dark Alliance game will be with a new licensed engine, new technology. It will also NOT be based on DnD system/world but on a new Interplay world...
-They MAY have to sell licenses on IPs they don't intend to use.
-FBOS not selling well will decrease the revenue for Dark Alliance.
-His revenue is 20% PC, 80% console, according to the market's movements.
...and that's about it. I did expect it to last a bit more, it only took about 35-40 mins.
-They're planning to publish Fallout 3 (for PC), external studio.
-Herve says they can't make Baldur's Gate 3, since they traded their DnD rights for the Dark Alliance rights or sth like that.
- They will not do a sequel to Brotherhood of Steel (!!!), but will do another Action/RPG console-oriented game in the Fallout world (...)
-The next Dark Alliance game will be with a new licensed engine, new technology. It will also NOT be based on DnD system/world but on a new Interplay world...
-They MAY have to sell licenses on IPs they don't intend to use.
-FBOS not selling well will decrease the revenue for Dark Alliance.
-His revenue is 20% PC, 80% console, according to the market's movements.
...and that's about it. I did expect it to last a bit more, it only took about 35-40 mins.
tre said:Aaaand another Fallout for the consoles.
Man, I've got to stop posting now
No you don't. Feel free, as long as that fucker refuses to connect me I have to settle to listening to second-hand
Haha 
Okay.
Conclusion, so far:
Another FO
Console
Not a sequel to Fo: BOS
Not related to FO3 more action oriented
New or old engine?
Not sure
Might have to sell licenses
2 games in pre production internally
2 games in production internally
700000 titles of both BGDA and BOS SHIPPED (thanks Lord)
BG3 is apparantly under development by Acclaim... or something. His english isn't all that good.
The PC-market isn't off for them, they're gonna make games for the PC in the future.
What are your plans for Fallout 3?
We're going to publish Fallout 3.
Is that through an external company?
Correct.
No release dates, since they don't know how to get a developer yet.
Seems like 2005 though.
Okay.
Conclusion, so far:
Another FO
Console
Not a sequel to Fo: BOS
Not related to FO3 more action oriented
New or old engine?
Not sure
Might have to sell licenses
2 games in pre production internally
2 games in production internally
700000 titles of both BGDA and BOS SHIPPED (thanks Lord)
BG3 is apparantly under development by Acclaim... or something. His english isn't all that good.
The PC-market isn't off for them, they're gonna make games for the PC in the future.
What are your plans for Fallout 3?
We're going to publish Fallout 3.
Is that through an external company?
Correct.
No release dates, since they don't know how to get a developer yet.
Seems like 2005 though.
Hellion
Antediluvian Lurker
You may keep posting, or you can just make a single post and keep editing t3h shiznit out of it when new info comes, like I do
So the Fallout 3 which would be published through another studio would be PC or console?
Hellion
Antediluvian Lurker
Objection to tre: 700,000 units NOT, repeat, NOT SOLD, only shipped
Thanks Lord
Telephone conference ended.
Okay, at least we have something to wait for.
Fo3 announcements to come.
Allright, at least something's happeing.
And an external office to work on it. Is the office regulated by contracts or could they get anyone to do it?
Say... NiVAL or something?
Telephone conference ended.
Okay, at least we have something to wait for.
Fo3 announcements to come.
Allright, at least something's happeing.
And an external office to work on it. Is the office regulated by contracts or could they get anyone to do it?
Say... NiVAL or something?
I listened as well (last 15 minutes or so). Couldn't make much sense out of those nasal voices, but I did hear this:
Some guy mentioned that a lot of the BIS employees had moved to Obsidian. He asked whether IPLY considered working together with Obsidian where Obsidian would be developing games externally for IPLY. The answer was: 'Possibly.'
They also said they were going to focus on the next generation consoles but also still on the pc market.
Another guy made the remark that IPLY didn't really focus on the online world, and he asked whether IPLY was considering working together with other developers and such to focus more on the online world. Answer: yes.
Well... that's not much, but the Obsidian snippet seemed interesting to me. Sorry if this is just crap, but I had problems getting connected...
Some guy mentioned that a lot of the BIS employees had moved to Obsidian. He asked whether IPLY considered working together with Obsidian where Obsidian would be developing games externally for IPLY. The answer was: 'Possibly.'
They also said they were going to focus on the next generation consoles but also still on the pc market.
Another guy made the remark that IPLY didn't really focus on the online world, and he asked whether IPLY was considering working together with other developers and such to focus more on the online world. Answer: yes.
Well... that's not much, but the Obsidian snippet seemed interesting to me. Sorry if this is just crap, but I had problems getting connected...
Ok, how does this look. Correct?
There are plans to publish Fallout 3 for the PC through an external studio
Baldur's Gate 3 is definitely no longer Interplay's, leaving them with Dark Alliance games
They will not do a sequel for Fallout Brotherhood of Steel (gee, maybe it flopped?), but will do another Action/RPG-crossbreed console game in the Fallout world. Plans on this are a bit shady, not sure which engine to use.
The next Dark Alliance game will be with a new licensed engine. It will be set in a new Interplay world, not on a DnD world
They may have to sell licenses currently not in use
Revenue of Interplay is now 20% PC, 80% console, according to the market's movements. Interplay will continue working on PC, even though their focus is console
There are currently 2 games in pre-production internally, 2 games in production internally, 1 of those currently under production at Black Isle studios
700000 titles of BGDA and BOS shipped, no sales figures mentioned (go figure), break-down roughly 400 BGDA2, 300 FBOS
Someone mentioned that a lot of former BIS employees now work at Obsidian, and seeing that asked if Interplay is considering working together with Obsidian (as an external developer). Answer: Possibly
Someone else remarked that Interplay's focus on the online world wasn't too big, and asked if Interplay was considering working together with other developers and focus more on the online world like that. Answer: yes
There are plans to publish Fallout 3 for the PC through an external studio
Baldur's Gate 3 is definitely no longer Interplay's, leaving them with Dark Alliance games
They will not do a sequel for Fallout Brotherhood of Steel (gee, maybe it flopped?), but will do another Action/RPG-crossbreed console game in the Fallout world. Plans on this are a bit shady, not sure which engine to use.
The next Dark Alliance game will be with a new licensed engine. It will be set in a new Interplay world, not on a DnD world
They may have to sell licenses currently not in use
Revenue of Interplay is now 20% PC, 80% console, according to the market's movements. Interplay will continue working on PC, even though their focus is console
There are currently 2 games in pre-production internally, 2 games in production internally, 1 of those currently under production at Black Isle studios
700000 titles of BGDA and BOS shipped, no sales figures mentioned (go figure), break-down roughly 400 BGDA2, 300 FBOS
Someone mentioned that a lot of former BIS employees now work at Obsidian, and seeing that asked if Interplay is considering working together with Obsidian (as an external developer). Answer: Possibly
Someone else remarked that Interplay's focus on the online world wasn't too big, and asked if Interplay was considering working together with other developers and focus more on the online world like that. Answer: yes