Is Paradox running out of money?

[Fredrik II]

I have to ask this because for the last while it seems little love is comming out of the games you guys are producing. Nearly every game produced these days has a good handful of bugs or game play mechanics that feel incomplete. Then you guys finish a patch and call it an expansion and charge as much as you are selling the base game for. Then soon after you sell every game you guys made for 100 bucks on steam to earn some quick cash.

Its always saddens me to see video game companys with the assets and potential to make great and fun games but instead only sees the $ at the end of the day.

Thanks for the feedback. Paradox is not running out of money, quite the opposite actually with our Gross Revenue for the company up over 2000% between 2003 and 2011, with a 100% increase between 2010 and 2011 alone. We have out firsr million seller (Magicka) released 2011 and several other titles from the publishing team, including Mount & Blade series, Cities in Motiion, King Arthur and Sword of the Stars receiving not only praise by the gaming community but also being financially sound projects.

I can agree with you we have released some games that should have been less buggy on release and that should have gone through QA more times before being shipped out the door. We are learning more with every release as our Producer team grows and we grow our relationship with our developers over time. I hope you will see an improvement in the latest releases as well as our upcoming titles.

We are doing a special deal with Steam this week since we couldn't do the "Paradox Week" we did with other portals in July (the timing interfered with their summer sale), so this is a postponed "Paradox Week", and bundling the whole portfolio of games for $100 for a limited period time is something we see as a great deal for any gamer.

We always appreciate feedback; welcome to our forum! I hope we can surprise you with some great quality games in the near future.

Best
Fred

 

[podcat]

dont listen to the propaganda! today the dev team was forced to hunt our own luch down in the stockholm sewers! (oh god someone please save us before this message gets administrated away! the rats are large and they bite!)

 

[Darkrenown]

Lunch time is over, we've had our 15 minutes for today, so we're back in the office.

 

[podcat]

You have internet access in the sewers? :blink:

the mole people let us borrow their wifi if we give them free EU3 copies

 

[Johan]

the mole people let us borrow their wifi if we give them free EU3 copies

wtf.

time to send in the mole-exterminators.

 

[ForzaA]

dont listen to the propaganda! today the dev team was forced to hunt our own luch down in the stockholm sewers! (oh god someone please save us before this message gets administrated away! the rats are large and they bite!)

Really now, you can't ONLY fault your superiors for that... Lunch price inflation is ridiculous.
...But if you're really desperate, just give me a call, I'm sure I can sneak in the occassional student rebate for you

 

[Castellon]

I could send you guys some cat, got them roaming all over my neighborhood. They should keep in the mail long enough, slightly less chewy than rat.

Your not seriously suggesting that potcat resorts to cannibalism are you.

 

[Darkrenown]

Yup. Not sure exactly when it passed it, but it certainly has now.