rocketpig on 27 December 2008
Stickball, we all know that no matter how well a game sells, incompetent management can bury the company. Interplay was a damned fine company in the late 90s with several high profile franchises under their wing. Still, the company tanked.
Comparing late 90s PC sales to modern multiplatform sales is ludicrous. Shit, even Half-Life can't measure up to that comparison. In the late 90s, PC gaming was niche, at best. Hardware was insanely expensive, had to be updated constantly, and the internet gaming craze hadn't taken hold yet.
That's like bitching about the Model T being a failure when compared to the Volkwagen Beetle. Time and market size have to be taken into consideration.
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