Titan Quest Developer Shuts Down

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• Thats interesting. i remember reading that the first time. : baron calamity
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  You aren't seriously suggesting a bunch of forum posts, emails and phone calls about crash bug in a pirat... : avatar_58
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    No, but I know that the industry average for support call chargebacks is around $35 a call, which means t... : RomSteady
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      By this logic Ubisoft would be run into the ground and back outside the other end of the Earth. Every las... : avatar_58
      • Internal studios generally don't get support charged back to them...only third-party developers. : RomSteady
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      I know that a DD scheme like Steam isn't a magic bullet for fixing these sorts of things (since, as you s : Schnapple
      • The support costs is incurred the moment the phone rings. It takes time to figure out that someone has a... : RomSteady
      • Steam doesn't prevent post-release piracy, but it does prevent pre-release piracy - in the window between... : johnsto
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      can you please back up your claims with facts please? thanks : kill9
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        Well, back at Microsoft, we would charge both internal and external studios $40 per support call. Intern... : RomSteady
        • so even if some guy calls in for 30 seconds, its $40? that doesn't seem right at all : kill9
        • That seems ridiculously high. I understand support is expensive, but $40 per call? How long do the calls ... : datoo
        • a third party would be nuts to sign a contract with those numbers : Jabby
• That's a great read. Puts a lot of stuff into perspective, if there was a GAMERFAQ this should be linked.... : razorblade79
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  hahaha... what the fuck. why do you people put up with getting raped that hard... that's a horrible and r... : thebigbeefsandwhich
  • they could choose to not have a publisher at all... : the archvile

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  Did you like Diablo 1/2? : pigvomit
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    Loved diablo 1 and 2. For me TQ attempted to imitate it, but failed in every respect. It felt soulless an... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • I disagree, I felt they did a really good job of utilizing greek mythology with the diablo scheme. The s... : kaddar0
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  Yeah, too bad to see any dev shut it's doors. But my TQ would corrupt after about 5 seconds of installa... : the_algor
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    after reading a link above one could be forgiven for assuming you pirated the game. : dafugg
    • that's what I thought... hopefully he meant 5 seconds of installation procedure : yuried

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  Hope it doesn't need any patches... : dafugg
  • It is with great regret that we must announce that as of close of business Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Iro... : wraith808

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  Answer from Iron Lore dev right here http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=42663 : orangesq
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    this is scary I'm sure some people will try to claim this is just a bad excuse, but after the "x SiN E... : yuried
    • the piracy part that is : yuried

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  I'm sure there's lots of shackers that'd be willing to play. I just bought it and I'm trying to recruit m... : SenorSpine
  • nowing it is on steam is a good thing to know, I was just thinking that I never did get the expansion, so... : JuffoWup
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    I just bought the Gold edition on Steam - $20 bucks - We'll have to join up. I think I'll try to get my ... : omen7288
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      If we can get some VoiP going over xFire or whatever the easiest solution is, I'd be willing to join up. : Dynotaku
      • Yeah, that's what my crew did, just used X-Fire... We have 4 people in my group with the game, but only ... : AxeMan808
• i'm playing it for the first time now...bought it 3 months ago : papaskot

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• :( : kaddar0
• :( : someWayne
• :( : Jiven
• :( : Mad Jack McMad
• :'( : David Craddock
• :( : mystifier
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  :D : avatar_58
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    You're doing it wrong. : Mad Jack McMad
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      i r teh rebel \m/ : avatar_58
      • please don't laugh at funerals :( : kaddar0
• D: : r3dn3ck
• :'( : NaklsonofNakkl
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  ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ : bitter ego
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    :( how in the hell did that happen? : bitter ego
    • I don't know but I think your emoticon is an alien. : Goncyn
• BANG!----0_o*---> : AxeMan808

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• It's easily the best Diablo clone I've played. : pigvomit
• IAWTP. Titan Quest was the only Diablo clone that came close to the majesty of Diablo 2. : sevogajre
• You're damn right, Hellgate can't hold a Rusted Tin Dagger to Titan Quest. : Mad Jack McMad
• Right on. It beats Hellgate all to hell : jonin
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  Titan Quest and Hellgate can't be compared, the whole view of Hellgate alone did that. No i'm not a Hellg... : Zerbyte
  • Those games are apples to apples, man. They are both "hey come down, roll up a monster-crushing hero, bea... : Mad Jack McMad
  • having bought both for the same reasons, i think they can easily be compared. : yAak
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  I never really get into these types of games, but really - how the hell does Hellgate London survive and ... : avatar_58
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    I'd assume that Flagship has been somewhat profitable. Game quality doesn't matter when you have sales. : Link.
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      How are you making that assumption? Where are the sales figures for Hellgate? : Porkasaurus
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        As bad as Hellgate was, it was still #13 on the PC sales charts in January. That means it's selling decen... : Link.
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          What do you have to sell to be the #13 slot - 20k copies? : Porkasaurus
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            Maybe they're simply run efficiently and have a low burn rate. : Fayk
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              Why are we assuming that? That might be the case, unlikely though. Just doing rough numbers on strictl... : Porkasaurus
              • I forgot this, my thoughts are based off the location of the studio and competitive rates. ie - you can't... : Porkasaurus

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  I still wish that they fixed the stuttering speed up/slow down problem. Oh well. : pigvomit
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    I have no issues what so every? Do you have an AGP gpu? I used to have one when TQ first came out and I g... : valcan_s
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      No, it's a known bug that happens on certain systems above it's spec. It's on the wiki, I suffer the sam... : pigvomit
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        From the Immortal Throne wiki: Many users of Titan Quest who upgraded to Immortal Throne have reported : pigvomit
        • Crazy!! I guess even though it sounds weird thank god I don't have SLI set up even though I always wanted... : valcan_s
        • I have this problem, though enabling the multi-core mode (default is off, possibly because it's a bit bug... : deject

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  If we buy the gold edition from steam, who get's paid? : boomdeath
  • THQ probably. : deject

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• All of the messageboard pundits don't believe it, but it is REALLY GOD DAMN HARD to be a independent PC G... : gnoleb

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• Probably Relic : Vash108

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  I was under the impression that sales from Steam were pretty good. That's news out of left field. : Rag and Bone Man
  • Doesn't matter how good the previous sales are, if they weren't enough to self-fund a new title and they ... : kungfusquirrel
• Yeah I love Titan Quest. I'm now sad because they're probably not going to ever fix up the rubber-bandin... : deject

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  Sounds like they're trying to license their toolset/source out to other companies. : RomSteady
  • Yea, and that's the right thing to do. I'm just dreaming, but it would be nice to have a quality engine l... : Visceral Monkey

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  I bought it 2 weeks ago. I bought it at $20 so that probably didn't help them as much as buying it for $... : pigvomit
  • I wouldn't feel too sorry, game developers aren't charities at the end of the day. Its terrible about the... : Grim_Grom

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• CompUSA would still have to pay the publisher the same price, so only CompUSA should have lost money ther... : SilverSnake

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  Thats Relic not Iron Lore. : BlitzMayhem
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    No, it says on the bottom that Iron Lore developed Soulstorm. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • So it does - I swear it didn't say that when I read the news post the first time. : BlitzMayhem
• No. Relic even said recently that they were handling patch support for SS, so I guess they either knew th... : Beady

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• I agree :( Someone should buy them and give em all the money they need to make a sequel AND promoting... : razlebol
• Agreed. But, don't steal my dogshit line son. : serenj

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• hmm.. apparently not! weird, though... i just took titan quest out last night to reinstall it. i'll m... : waxthirteen
• Awful news for a company that definitely didn't deserve it. What's the industry come to? So many companie... : Tom Ohle