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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 3482703" data-attributes="member: 1457">I know a company that did exactly what you advocate. It was called Ion Storm. They made a game called Daikatana. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Daikatana promised a *lot*. When released, it delivered enough that--if able to stand on it's own merits--it would have been adequate. But since Ion Storm jumped the gun and promised too much too early, the game failed. So, eventually, did the entire company.It's way, way too early. The DI is a major initiative requiring tremendous resources. Revealing their hand now:1. Sets up a future PR calamity (see Daikatana, and any number of products that overpromised and underdelivered)2. Gives competitors time (a lot of time) to come up with something comparable3. May be considered communication of insider informationBasically, if they're still in the scoping stages it would be irresponsible to speculate. Not only would that be a Bad Thing for us ravenous fans, it may be a Bad Thing for Hasbro shareholders. You've read the interview. They've told us what they can, and they've asked for feedback on that as well as suggestions for other features. That's great!It's unfair to ask for a full and accurate feature list for a product that is still being scoped.-z</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 3482703, member: 1457"] I know a company that did exactly what you advocate. It was called Ion Storm. They made a game called Daikatana. :) Daikatana promised a *lot*. When released, it delivered enough that--if able to stand on it's own merits--it would have been adequate. But since Ion Storm jumped the gun and promised too much too early, the game failed. So, eventually, did the entire company. It's way, way too early. The DI is a major initiative requiring tremendous resources. Revealing their hand now: 1. Sets up a future PR calamity (see Daikatana, and any number of products that overpromised and underdelivered) 2. Gives competitors time (a lot of time) to come up with something comparable 3. May be considered communication of insider information Basically, if they're still in the scoping stages it would be irresponsible to speculate. Not only would that be a Bad Thing for us ravenous fans, it may be a Bad Thing for Hasbro shareholders. You've read the interview. They've told us what they can, and they've asked for feedback on that as well as suggestions for other features. That's great! It's unfair to ask for a full and accurate feature list for a product that is still being scoped. -z [/QUOTE]

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