any poll yet? im down too.
Who wants a freeride snowmobile game for xbox 360 PS2 and 3???
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I'm in... XBox 360... A multi player on-line feature would be great... that would forever answer the age old questions of who is the best rider and who has the baddest sled. We'd never have to leave the house... I can see it now... 3 a.m. and 80-90 snowesters are hootin and hollerin at their tv sets while we battle it out at the Big Iron SIT Out... or the Couchview Shootout. ooooh I get all tingly just thinking 'bout it !!!
i would like to see a setup like ssx 3 have a town in the middle and have new places unlock as you get enough horsepower to climb a certain hill or as you win certain races or tournaments it should be nonlinear (you do whatever races you want or you can do only hillclimbing or whatever you want) and totally open sandbox type play. the game could also go along like an actual season like at the beginning the snow is low and where you can go is also dictated by that. have days where it snows a lot and different snow conditions all the time and all of the weather should be totally random for replayability. as the season starts to end have hillclimbing become easier. the snow should always be at least a little better in the trees. the game should also be just a little unrealistic like over the top but not much.
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jlebrun_05
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I thought about this since i first played atv offroad fury on ps2, now i have my ps3 and still waiting for Burandts Backcountry snowmobiling unleased.
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jlebrun_05
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haha......i hoope to one soon to!
I'm a little late to this thread, but let me throw a few things out there.
I actually work in the video games industry and have for 14 years now as a programmer. I've created games for most platforms from the 3D0 on up to the 360. I'm currently on a Nintendo Wii project, my last one was a DS project. I've worked on projects for Blizzard, Namco, THQ, Majesco, RedStorm, Disney and many more.
Making money off of video games is very difficult, this is due to both the sales expected as well as huge development costs. My current project has a $30,000,000 budget and its actually *NOT* enough.
To do a bare bones sledding game like mentioned here would run approx $1.5 million on the cheap... to upwards of $5-8 million for a game with lots of polish. Unfortunately how many people snowmobile? Its a fraction of what ride ATVs. ATV games do attract the city folk that have never ridden an ATV but think the games are cool. Would a boondocking game appeal to them? /shrug.
Bottom line it takes ALOT of resources to do a game on the current gen hardware and costs are rising dramatically. I hate to say it but I doubt you could make a snowmobiling game and break even on it. There is a chance someone might do a "freestyle" type game and include sleds into it along with other vehicle types... but a dedicated sledding game is a tough sell.
The most profitable platform is the Nintendo DS followed by the Nintendo Wii. 360 & PS3 arent even close due to lower unit sales. There are around 17 million PS3s, 20 million 360's and nearly 35 million Wii's sold. Nintendo DS? Those are at a staggering 85 million units sold!
If you assume your game will have 3% market sales would you rather have 3% of 17 million or 3% of 85 million?
-DallanC
I actually work in the video games industry and have for 14 years now as a programmer. I've created games for most platforms from the 3D0 on up to the 360. I'm currently on a Nintendo Wii project, my last one was a DS project. I've worked on projects for Blizzard, Namco, THQ, Majesco, RedStorm, Disney and many more.
Making money off of video games is very difficult, this is due to both the sales expected as well as huge development costs. My current project has a $30,000,000 budget and its actually *NOT* enough.
To do a bare bones sledding game like mentioned here would run approx $1.5 million on the cheap... to upwards of $5-8 million for a game with lots of polish. Unfortunately how many people snowmobile? Its a fraction of what ride ATVs. ATV games do attract the city folk that have never ridden an ATV but think the games are cool. Would a boondocking game appeal to them? /shrug.
Bottom line it takes ALOT of resources to do a game on the current gen hardware and costs are rising dramatically. I hate to say it but I doubt you could make a snowmobiling game and break even on it. There is a chance someone might do a "freestyle" type game and include sleds into it along with other vehicle types... but a dedicated sledding game is a tough sell.
The most profitable platform is the Nintendo DS followed by the Nintendo Wii. 360 & PS3 arent even close due to lower unit sales. There are around 17 million PS3s, 20 million 360's and nearly 35 million Wii's sold. Nintendo DS? Those are at a staggering 85 million units sold!
If you assume your game will have 3% market sales would you rather have 3% of 17 million or 3% of 85 million?
-DallanC
This is a great idea i have been wanting a game like this for a long time. Lets keep this thread going.
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