Comments on: Atari pulls plug on Neverwinter Nights 1 http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: damned vulpine » Like God’s flashlight of truth http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2626 damned vulpine » Like God’s flashlight of truth Sun, 18 Jun 2006 17:14:22 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2626 [...] Don’t feel bad, Adam. You could have ended up working for Atari, but then you’d be party to the monkey business they’re trying to pull regarding the support for Neverwinter Nights and the marketing and feature set of its yet-to-be-released sequel. Or the continued downslide of its financial status, which makes up the rest of the available news on Atari. [...] [...] Don’t feel bad, Adam. You could have ended up working for Atari, but then you’d be party to the monkey business they’re trying to pull regarding the support for Neverwinter Nights and the marketing and feature set of its yet-to-be-released sequel. Or the continued downslide of its financial status, which makes up the rest of the available news on Atari. [...]

]]> By: Broken Toys » Blog Archive » Atari in response to NWN1 furor says “Hey! Look, over there!” http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2625 Broken Toys » Blog Archive » Atari in response to NWN1 furor says “Hey! Look, over there!” Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:28:18 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2625 [...] Atari’s response to FiringSquad about recent yanking of support for NWN1: Hey, uh, fans can\'c2\~still make modules and, uh, NWN2 is way cool! [...] [...] Atari’s response to FiringSquad about recent yanking of support for NWN1: Hey, uh, fans can\’c2\~still make modules and, uh, NWN2 is way cool! [...]

]]> By: Andrew Crystall http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 Andrew Crystall Wed, 31 May 2006 20:22:11 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2624 Shrug, there goes my interest in NWN2.<br> <br> (Although I should add that Dragon Age NEVER really grabbed me as a concept) Shrug, there goes my interest in NWN2.

(Although I should add that Dragon Age NEVER really grabbed me as a concept)

]]> By: John C. Welch http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 John C. Welch Tue, 30 May 2006 22:53:45 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2623 One of the big issues with NWN2 is that it kills a major draw of NWN1, namely cross platform play. There's a lot of NWN1 players that will just start playing WoW or something else, but aren't going to buy Windows just to play a game.<br> <br> Atari seems determined to shoot themselves in the head here. One of the big issues with NWN2 is that it kills a major draw of NWN1, namely cross platform play. There’s a lot of NWN1 players that will just start playing WoW or something else, but aren’t going to buy Windows just to play a game.

Atari seems determined to shoot themselves in the head here.

]]> By: Rube http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 Rube Mon, 29 May 2006 04:19:09 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2622 Bioware got smart and bailed on Atari by NOT agreeing to do NWN2. Bioware is working on their own IP called Dragon Age (which unfortunately won't be out til late 2007 at the earliest.) Unfortunately, Atari owns the rights to publish D&D based games and can do this kind of crap. While the premium mods released so far were not top-notch, the goodies released with them in the follow up patches were what the community really looked forward to. FYI, the Dragonlance mod is actually a Forgotten Realms mod, done by a group that was originally doing a DL mod but got hired on to do FR instead. Bioware got smart and bailed on Atari by NOT agreeing to do NWN2. Bioware is working on their own IP called Dragon Age (which unfortunately won’t be out til late 2007 at the earliest.) Unfortunately, Atari owns the rights to publish D&D based games and can do this kind of crap. While the premium mods released so far were not top-notch, the goodies released with them in the follow up patches were what the community really looked forward to. FYI, the Dragonlance mod is actually a Forgotten Realms mod, done by a group that was originally doing a DL mod but got hired on to do FR instead.

]]> By: Apache http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Apache Mon, 29 May 2006 03:34:40 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2621 Im shocked Atari even matters in the equation. BioWare > Atari :p Im shocked Atari even matters in the equation. BioWare > Atari :p

]]> By: Larast http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 Larast Mon, 29 May 2006 01:04:34 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2620 Really, is there such a thing as a "good" PC Game publisher? None of them really seem to care what people think of them. Maybe it should be a bit more scary that these decisions don't have a larger impact on sales. Really, is there such a thing as a “good” PC Game publisher? None of them really seem to care what people think of them. Maybe it should be a bit more scary that these decisions don’t have a larger impact on sales.

]]> By: Donny http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2619 Donny Sun, 28 May 2006 23:11:18 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2619 I believe the premium modules were a thorn in Atari's side. Yes, they got some money from them, at least that's likely as they are the owner of the NWN IP, but after Oblivion and the 2$ horse armor business model, they probably decided to kill the Premium Modules which offered about 1 to 2 hours of gameplay (even more for Infinite Dungeons) per $1, a much better value for the customer.<br> <br> Killing the premium modules is probably necessary if they want to go for Oblivion style micropayments without getting their ass kicked by gamers used to getting value for their $ from BioWare, and given their financial situation, it is doubtful they could resist getting greedy.<br> <br> There are some interesting theories on why Granny3D is used for NWN2 development (effectively shutting out third party custom content creators from creating creatures and other types of content)... I believe the premium modules were a thorn in Atari’s side. Yes, they got some money from them, at least that’s likely as they are the owner of the NWN IP, but after Oblivion and the 2$ horse armor business model, they probably decided to kill the Premium Modules which offered about 1 to 2 hours of gameplay (even more for Infinite Dungeons) per $1, a much better value for the customer.

Killing the premium modules is probably necessary if they want to go for Oblivion style micropayments without getting their ass kicked by gamers used to getting value for their $ from BioWare, and given their financial situation, it is doubtful they could resist getting greedy.

There are some interesting theories on why Granny3D is used for NWN2 development (effectively shutting out third party custom content creators from creating creatures and other types of content)…

]]> By: Ironwood http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2618 Ironwood Sun, 28 May 2006 23:05:08 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2618 Lum, What are you doing to me ?<br> <br> From that Site :<br> <br> "Put that all together and there is every reason - *every reason* - to expect that NWN2 will turn out to be ToEE all over again despite Obsidian's best efforts. The stench in the air is palpable."<br> <br> Arg..... Lum, What are you doing to me ?

From that Site :

“Put that all together and there is every reason – *every reason* – to expect that NWN2 will turn out to be ToEE all over again despite Obsidian’s best efforts. The stench in the air is palpable.”

Arg…..

]]> By: Octopaganini http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Octopaganini Sun, 28 May 2006 18:49:40 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/05/27/atari-pulls-plug-on-neverwinter-nights-1/#comment-2617 The Obsidian bunch was also mainly responsible for the highly lauded and often mentioned Planescape: Torment. At this point I think it would behoove the industry entire if Atarinfogrames would die in a fire. The Obsidian bunch was also mainly responsible for the highly lauded and often mentioned Planescape: Torment. At this point I think it would behoove the industry entire if Atarinfogrames would die in a fire.

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