Question to the developers in regards to future development.

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Hi,

I just finished the great piece brad wrote on gamasutra ( have read through everything on avoult twice :) ). What cought my eye was that "GC2 would be developed if economically viable". From what i had read earlier i had gotten the picture that the idea of subscription was that when the year was up most people would renew it since they were continue to get added functions to their favorite game. Thus Stardock would get the money to develop GC further in advance from it's users. And at a certain time a GC2 label be set and sent out to retail from what had already been developed.

Has this idea been changed or did i misinterpet it from the beginning ?

I also got the general image that GC was doing very well economicaly but since there is doubt whether GC2 will be developed at all i'm wondering whether this image has been to optimistic. I Understand that you cant or dont want to, reveal exact numbers but would it be possible for you to reveal to us that love the game how far we are from getting GC2 axed or accepted ( i.e. how well is GC doing in sales ) ?

Thanks for a great game anyway and if i get any answers then i'm be greatful.

Regards / Falafel
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Falafel,
my understanding was that everything being developed and upgraded on Galciv for the next year was included in the price. At some point in the future a MAJOR redesign and build may take place and would become Galciv2. This would be far more than just upgrades to the current game. People who pay for Drengin can resubscribe each year and automatically get this new game in the year it's released (assuming their subscription is up to date).

In the meantime we have another 10 months of free upgrades to look forward to and then can decide if we want to pay for another 12 months.

Paul

~SDC~
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
If you read some of brads articles on avault and elsewere, he states somewhere that his vision is that games become more of less the way applications are on the internet. Small updates from time to time and then a little bigger one and you got yourself a new version ( which is then shippoed to retail ) i was wondering if he's doing that with this game ( and hoping ).

/falafel