WRPGs versus JRPGs, or: My mis-adventures in KOTOR

[zarx]

noname2200 said:

zarx said:
Sometimes I wonder why SE don't just get the Star Wars license

For starters, it's one of the most expensive to acquire, and one of the most rigorously controlled licenses out there. Lucasarts will make damned sure it makes its money, but from the whispers I've heard I believe it may be more profitable for some publishers to devote their resources elsewhere.

I think the fact that Lucasarts have said they aren't doing externally developed Star Wars games is more of a problem, and EA has had the license for a long time before that. Back in the day KotOR was pretty profitable, enough to get a quick sequel that killed the franchise with it's 13 month dev cycle anyway.