Whither the Ultimatum?

[prosfilaes]

If we are quibbling about the sales of apples -- that might matter. If we are instead discussing the overall market for potential fruit sales? Then it's quite relevant.

But it's like saying that everyone on the planet eats fruit, so you can sell 7 billion apples a day.

If we are talking about what "doing it right" is, then I think it would include all of those things. (And probably more). Is that worth $10 a month? Hell yes -- might even get twice that out of the marketplace, frankly.

What do you mean "might get that out of the marketplace"? There are people who would pay $100 a month for it. There are people who wouldn't pay a penny for it if it meant giving up their credit card number.

I am talking about designing a game intended to be played over the internet, using some means of voice chat, Skype, cameras and a virtual game world. That's not the current DDI. It doesn't tape the same marklet -- if done right - it expands it dramatically. More an MMO, less an RPG.

Are there really a huge market of WoW players who are thinking "this would be cool if it were more RPG like"? It certainly doesn't "expand" the current market; a substantial part of the current market doesn't feel that RPGs are merely another excuse to sit at the computer, that physical presence is an important part of the game.