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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6622649" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>Really, the only company that needs to be convinced there's profit in it is the one that has turned down several game companies...</p><p></p><p>The thing is, unless Paramount sees it as worth the time to do the approvals they won't bother. And they've turned away licensees.</p><p></p><p>Lets look at the benefits ...</p><p>There's up front license fees - probably the best reason - and the non-computer gaming industry really doesn't make enough to turn heads with what they can offer.</p><p>There's profit share - probably pretty weak</p><p>There's training new authors for the Extended universe - Trek's got no shortage of passable authors already.</p><p>There's appeasing the fans - not enough to matter.</p><p>There's growing the universe - Not something they really want to do. If anything, they want to drop large parts.</p><p></p><p>And the costs - </p><p>A license compliance person with approvals authority. (Probably 1/2 FTE at about $100 to $150 K per year... so estimate $50K to $75K)</p><p>The attorney time to hash out the license itself. (Probably under $15K)</p><p>And the potential bad press if the game sucks.</p><p>And the issues of pinning down what is/isn't canon (which could be minimal or frightful)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Unless WotC or FFG get a wild hair to do it, it probably ain't gonna be an offer worth Paramount's time to deal with. The only benefit they really need is the financial side, and the non-computer games industry just cannot cough up enough cash to get noticed. And WotC already has the boardgame license.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6622649, member: 6779310"] Really, the only company that needs to be convinced there's profit in it is the one that has turned down several game companies... The thing is, unless Paramount sees it as worth the time to do the approvals they won't bother. And they've turned away licensees. Lets look at the benefits ... There's up front license fees - probably the best reason - and the non-computer gaming industry really doesn't make enough to turn heads with what they can offer. There's profit share - probably pretty weak There's training new authors for the Extended universe - Trek's got no shortage of passable authors already. There's appeasing the fans - not enough to matter. There's growing the universe - Not something they really want to do. If anything, they want to drop large parts. And the costs - A license compliance person with approvals authority. (Probably 1/2 FTE at about $100 to $150 K per year... so estimate $50K to $75K) The attorney time to hash out the license itself. (Probably under $15K) And the potential bad press if the game sucks. And the issues of pinning down what is/isn't canon (which could be minimal or frightful) Unless WotC or FFG get a wild hair to do it, it probably ain't gonna be an offer worth Paramount's time to deal with. The only benefit they really need is the financial side, and the non-computer games industry just cannot cough up enough cash to get noticed. And WotC already has the boardgame license. [/QUOTE]
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