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tenshi_strife · May 02, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

well this was origanally posted http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10150045
but i thought this was a more riverside topic than sardelic so i want to see what you all think.

You all remeber the Proph and Factions preview cinematics and how cool as hell it was well i would love to see anet make a series that follows Devona and Co. throught their advetures using these graphics. this would be great cause you could further get a feel for the charecters and delve deeper into the story. also this would provide more after you beat the game and make us GW fanboys very very happy.

Why would anet do this, well profit. if they sell these on dvd, the first dvd being proph, second being factions, third NF, and fourth being GWEN. these dvds would sell like hotcakes to the poeple who play gw but there is also a greater benifit. some people who dont play GW might see these and pick them up, more profits. also the people who get this might see it and want to play GW, WAY more profit.

now i know this would not be cheap to make but anet could reduce costs with ads and such.

well what do you guys think?

Slyven Fenra · May 02, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

i really doupht they have the man power to do that, gwen development, GW1 fixes and GW2 creation.

tenshi_strife · May 02, 2007, 11:32 PM // 23:32

well you never know, cause gaile asked us a while ago what merchandise we wanted so obviously they got some time

kitsune23 · May 03, 2007, 12:46 AM // 00:46

There's a big difference between the personnel and monetary resources needed to market and sell real world merch and doing CGI or game engine movies.

tenshi_strife · May 03, 2007, 05:31 PM // 17:31

yes tehre is a diff but this is just an idea please post if you would like this or not, not if anet could do it or not, cause last time i checked you dont work at anet >.<. not to be mean or anything but anet has done somethings that i didnt think was possible so really this is not a discusion of economics as much as concept.

mr_groovy · May 03, 2007, 05:40 PM // 17:40

I'd rather spill my money on a game, then on a dvd with cinematics. Also you know what happens to dvd's right? They make it to the internet ^^

Knightsaber Sith · May 03, 2007, 05:47 PM // 17:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by tenshi_strife

yes tehre is a diff but this is just an idea please post if you would like this or not, not if anet could do it or not, cause last time i checked you dont work at anet >.<. not to be mean or anything but anet has done somethings that i didnt think was possible so really this is not a discusion of economics as much as concept.

An idea/concept and whether you would like it or not, that sounds like a suggestion to be confined to Sardelic....

Whether or not this idea was possible/financially feasible would be a discussion more appropriate for Riverside, but you don't want to bother talking about that....

bamm bamm bamm · May 03, 2007, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Saleability aside, Anet don't have the internal resources to produce this in-house. Not that they ever would. Guild Wars is already a niche game, and we can assume this product is marketable only to a niche of that player base. There's no money in it.

TheDarkOneVK · May 03, 2007, 05:59 PM // 17:59

I was under the impression that those cinematic sequences were developed by NCSOFT, and not Anet anyway. If that's the case, then that would suggest that Anet doesn't even have a team for that sort of thing.

Omega X · May 03, 2007, 06:14 PM // 18:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by kitsune23

There's a big difference between the personnel and monetary resources needed to market and sell real world merch and doing CGI or game engine movies.

For reference:

The CGI was always outsourced, and NCSoft is normally the one that does the marketing.

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A series could work if they let a production company take up the job. And that is if any of them are interested in running with the idea.

tenshi_strife · May 03, 2007, 06:20 PM // 18:20

yea that would work omega, and well ncsoft might just run with it... i would hope

Silly Warrior · May 03, 2007, 08:39 PM // 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by tenshi_strife

well you never know, cause gaile asked us a while ago what merchandise we wanted so obviously they got some time

If Anet did something like this, they would hire a 3rd party team to work on it. They don't have enough time to do this, along with GW:EN ,GW2, and updates to the game currently.

Milennin · May 03, 2007, 09:12 PM // 21:12

Not only not enough time, but didn't Gaile said it also costs a lot of money to make that kind of stuff...

lyra_song · May 03, 2007, 09:28 PM // 21:28

One word.

Guild Wars: NOVELS

I would LOVE to see books based on stories of the heroes of Ascalon, Cantha and Elona.

The various NPCs are interesting and we really dont know enough about them. Some have some prominent personalities and would fit well in books or maybe even Graphic Novels.

This would help fill in the gaps of lore, as well flesh out the Guild Wars universe to help create a more rich environment

It could attract non-gamers to the franchise as well.

GrimWizard · May 03, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

Considering they never even bothered to do a cinematic for Nightfall, I doubt that they would be willing to do something that would be even more indepth.

I don't think we will even see one for GWEN.

Jakerius · May 03, 2007, 10:17 PM // 22:17

Love the idea. Should be sold with the GW 2/GW:EN CE though.

Synles Chyld · May 04, 2007, 04:15 AM // 04:15

personally if the could/would do this I would be guarenteed to buy it and even any graphic novels (manga anyone

) oh YEAH id definately buy it all {GW freak for life hehehehe}

tenshi_strife · May 04, 2007, 09:21 PM // 21:21

yup lol i would buy novales too that would be great

Wilian Norward · May 04, 2007, 09:52 PM // 21:52

Yeah instead of focusing on making a game, they should focus on.. um.. making fancy cinimatics? Genius!

Pixar better watch their asses.

Diablo™ · May 04, 2007, 10:25 PM // 22:25

Believe it or not, Novels are a wonderful low-budget method to churn profit for any mmorpg, since the days of DiabloII.

I would definitely see it work for Guild Wars (considering the canon story told thus far in the game, does leave a rather large room for imagination.....)