CNCNZ.com Roundtable Discussion - March 2015 #36

[Sonic 293]

After a 2 year absence, the Roundtable Discussion finally returns. In Roundtable Discussion #36 we talk about the current state of the franchise, has the interest level in the franchise and/or the community changed, the most interesting things happening in the community right now, and lastly, what does EA need to do to bring Command & Conquer back and when. We even went out and found some long time C&C community members to join in as well and share their thoughts.

CNCNZ.com Staff:

• Sonic, Nmenth, Doctor Destiny, Plokite_Wolf, gben, dbjs2009, DVD Player

Invited Guests

• Tore (CNC Comm), One Winged Angel (W3D Hub), ToxicShock (GameReplays.org), Sybert (CBCPT)

I've updated how the Roundtable article is presented just bit since we last did one. Click here to read Roundtable Discussion #36. Feel free to comment and share your feedback on this Roundtable.

 

Update: We fixed some errors on the Roundtable page that managed to find their way in, these errors did effect the readability just a bit. Sorry about that.

[AZ-Stalker 88]

Nmenth's answer to the 4th question is the same one from the 3rd. Possible copy/paste error during the roundtable's initial compilation.

The second part of dbjs2009's answer for question 3 is repeated twice in the same place. Another error.

[Nmenth 289]

Fixed the issues. I guess it's a good thing it was own question that was missing, as mine are the only ones I have a list of answers for.

[Sonic 293]

Apologies for the errors, I rushed to put this online late last night.

[DVD Player 0]

Wow, I'm pretty surprised to see I'm the only one that thinks EA should just sell the CnC IP. I was expecting a lot more people to share that view.

[Nmenth 289]

More people might take the veiw if there was more than a snowball's chance in hell of it ever happening.

[YkudzA 3]

Welcome back Roundtable Discussion!

[PurpleGaga27 39]

I haven't heard of the Roundtable Discussion in a long time, but it's great to have that back.

 

But there's one thing that might have been left out. I wish you guys have opinions on which other game engine shall C&C be put in the future if EA decides to bring it back to the light, as the modders of the "Generals 2" mod are not only attempting to create one on the Unity3D Engine other than Zero Hour/C&C3/RA3, but also on Unreal Engine 3 as well.

[Gben 20]

DVD Player... I guess there is not much precedent for a 'successful' company selling any IP's.

As a generalisation, I would say companies only sell IP's when forced to pay back debts or making substantial shifts in company.

t's far easier for companies to just mothball something, than risk selling something that could potentially cut into your own profits.

 

But all things being equal - I think a boutique studio would serve C&C better.