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[Vibri]

Let's just say.

Who would you go after, and why?

edit: to clarify the original question, because yes it's serious (sort of), where in games would you put the money to get a good return on the investment?

Let's include European developers, middleware companies, digital distribution companies, etc.

 

[JackFrost2012]

am I looking to maximize the return on my investment, or to pay Tim Schafer to make Psychonauts 2 because that's how I roll?

 

[Lord Error]

I would give the 15M to Sega and use the remaining 10M to make a documentary film of how they are wasting my money.

On a second thought, such film would never make that kind of money back... nevermind, bad idea.

 

[DarienA]

Infinium here I come!

 

[malek4980]

am I looking to maximize the return on my investment, or to pay Tim Schafer to make Psychonauts 2 because that's how I roll?

Well, that's a better investment then funding Advent Rising 2. Not by much though.

 

[TekunoRobby]

I'd grab up ex Looking Glass Studios and Ion Storm developers, then merge them together with Irrational Games to form the greatest developer known to man: Irrational Glass Storm. Then I'd buy the I.P.'s of Thief, Deus Ex, and System Shock and promptly make them work on the sequels.

I would be the happiest man in the world although my games would probably never make a return on my investments.

 

[Archie]

Duke Nukem Forever

 

[John Harker]

Insomniac Games would be purchased and The Lost would be reworked for PS3.
I would combine this team with Iguana Studios (former Acclaim, or whatever happend to them), and if could afford it, Starbreeze and make a super independent developer.

Yea, sounds like fun.

 

[Ponn]

Do we HAVE to invest in a developer?


If you absolutely have to I would round up some fresh, energetic and talented game developers to create my own small development team and create an actual good Transformers game based on the 80's cartoon and movie. And you can play as Dinobots. I'm thinking action/rpg.

And if that did well I would roll right into a GI Joe game based on the 80's cartoon but a RTS.

 

[Cheebs]

I would throw it at EAD to force them to get on the ball and get Mario 128 done. It's been four years since SMS and Shiggy said they are still doing "tests". Ugh.

 

[syllogism]

Looking Glass, but I need the money before May 24, 2000 okay

 

[jarrod]

Insomniac Games would would be purchased

If Sony can't buy them, I doubt anyone else can.

I would combine this team with Iguana Studios (former Acclaim, or whatever happend to them)

 

[Apenheul]

Pokemon Company, make that Pokemon Revolution MMORPG !

 

[nubbe]

I would use it to make a MegaMan X game in the spirit of X4. With high resolution sprites and tons of shit going on at the same time at the screen… Really mixing 3D effects with 2D art in a good way.
Also have loads of Anime sequences to drive the story and… yeah… Really have a scrip produced which dwells into the past, present and future of X and his mates.

And than I would use the remaining 24,7 millions on… ME

 

[Campster]

Hell, with $25 million I'd either invest in Greg Costik's Manifesto Games or start my own development house. Or both.

That's an obscene amount of money for anything not-Halo.

 

[Seventh Son]

Squaresoft. Maybe that will teach them to not make shitty Final Fantasy games anymore.

 

[IJoel]

BioWare+Obsidian+Baldur's Gate License

GET TO WORK!

*cracks whip*

 

[Jerkface]

Bioware/Pandemic without a doubt.

 

[John Harker]

If Sony can't buy them, I doubt anyone else can.

All of Iguana become Retro?

Didn't they sunder apart, and some heads move to Cali or something?

Fine, forget Insomniac then.

I'll buy Irrational Games, and force them to finish The Lost for PS3.
Plus, combined with the other developers I mentioned.
Man, I want my Dante's Inferno game.

 

[Panic_Attack]

Invest it in a startup company.

 

[Gio_CoD]

I don't really understand the question. Are we trying to buy the company? Or are we just hoping that we'll make money off of our investment?

If the question is just "What developer would you like to own a huge stake in?" then my answer is Retro Studios. I have a feeling those guys will never release a flop.

If I'm just looking to turn a profit, I put it all in EA.

 

[Cymbal Head]

I'd invest it into sega, but tell them that if they want my money, they must fire Yuji Naka. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[sprsk]

Id throw it at am2 so they can get started on saturating the us market with vf5 machines and vf.net

 

[thorns]

spend $5 million to develop 4-5 DS non-game potential killer apps and the rest on marketing the hell out of those

 

[Mook1e]

And if that did well I would roll right into a GI Joe game based on the 80's cartoon but a RTS.

It's too bad Sony didn't use GI Joe for Field Commander.
Would have been Cool.

 

[=W=]

probably give it to ron gilbert and/or tim schafer

 

[MrSardonic]

Rare

Spoiler

hoho, I kid

 

[eso76]

i was just thinking of this earlier today...if i was awfully rich i'd pay a bunch of programmers to develop one of my dream game concepts.
I might never sell it to the public and only have one copy of this legendary awesomest game of all times in my private collection.

 

[DarknessTear]

20 mil to Team Ninja for the gameplay and 5 mil to Kojima to write/direct?

D:

 

[Ponn]

It's too bad Sony didn't use GI Joe for Field Commander.
Would have been Cool.

I really am excited for Field Commander, looks good. I'm afraid if anyone goes to use Transformers or GI joe now they will base it off the crappy new shows like Sigma Six. Honestly though I would probably save some money and but the GI joe game on the DS. RTS in my opinion don't need mind blowing graphics to be great, and I want to show some of these developers how great RTS's could be on the DS.

 

[Vennt]

* Buy out Frontier Developments for a couple of million.
* Retire David Brabham
* Spent the entirity off the rest on getting Elite IV out of the door.
* Watch as Frontier then probably dies from fiscal irresponsibility.
* Get to play Elite IV before I goddamn shuffle off this mortal coil.

Want a job Bish?

 

[iapetus]

Screw you guys. I'm starting my own developer. With blackjack and hookers.

 

[Vennt]

Join me iapetus, we can put Blackjack and Hookers at Lave

(Hey! Wouldn't that mean we'd then have 50 Million to spend on the game? w0000t! :lol)

 

[<nu>faust]

i'd give to mistwalker so sakaguchi can do my dream game for me:
character designs based on amano's art (not reduced ff style sd stuff he did earlier, designs based on his trippy paintings in a ookami style prensentation), story and dialogue by neil gaiman (preferably a collection of stories based on sandman and/or american gods) , a diverse sondtrack (a collection of aphex twin, uematsu, bach,coltrane), minimalistic,emo style gameplay like ico&sotc.

Since the game will be a xbox 360 exclusive, i'll get my money back no matter how shitty sales numbers will be....and since sales numbers won't matter for me&my buddy sakaguchi , i will only allow cool ppl to play the game, the disc wil f'up the console if it detects 50 cent's game save files .

 

[madara]

Falcom, maybe even elf but I have to know more about them. I'd say old sierra properties/original teams but that would likely be quite complicated and pricey.

 

[syllogism]

My second choice after Looking Glass would be Jane Jansen. Gabriel Knight IV, please

 

[Amused_To_Death]

How much is Bethesda worth these days?

Funcom?

 

[Shogmaster]

I would take that $25M and start 50 different 3~4 teams making 50 different brand new XBLA games for X360 throughout 2006~2008.

 

[iapetus]

Join me iapetus, we can put Blackjack and Hookers at Lave

They beat us to it...

(Hey! Wouldn't that mean we'd then have 50 Million to spend on the game? w0000t! :lol)

And worth every cent.

 

[Hellraizah]

I would invest in The Behemoth.

Hmmmmmm, after thinking about it, I would probably keep one half to give AKI to make a wrestling game with NO LICENSE that I would design. (Customizable everything, online leagues, etc...).

 

[ToxicAdam]

Pokemon Company, make that Pokemon Revolution MMORPG !

Fuck, beaten to it! Lets pool our money and be partners!

 

[Drensch]

Pandemic. Or the ds idea.

 

[kammy]

25 million?

I'd carry out hostile take overs of Namco, Capcom, Konami, Square and Nintendo.

BTW is it canadian dollars or US? If its canadian then i'll give Nintendo a miss.

Either way with 25 million...I could take over the industry. I wonder why no one else has tried it yet?

 

[snatches]

Ninja Theory

 

[John Harker]

25 million?

I'd carry out hostile take overs of Namco, Capcom, Konami, Square and Nintendo.

BTW is it canadian dollars or US? If its canadian then i'll give Nintendo a miss.

Either way with 25 million...I could take over the industry. I wonder why no one else has tried it yet?

....$25 millon is small potatoes.

Look what RARE went for...

 

[Vibri]

To clarify the original question, because yes it's serious (sort of), where in games would you put the money to get a good return on the investment?

Let's include Euro developers, middleware makers, mobile, digital distribution companies, etc.

 

[imastalker co.]

Technos or namco.

 

[White Man]

I'd entirely fund the making of The Warriors 2.

 

[Barry Lightning]

behemoth, my friends....here is $5 million. have a ball. as will i with the rest. chin-chin!

 

[cvkpaladin]

Blizzard. Just put it towards a WoW expansion pack and watch the money flow.