a very interesting article on the much loved and hated game developer and publisher Paradox:
http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/7/4554042/paradox-interactive-history
That is an interesting read. Thanks for letting us know about it, Keunert.
Up until now, the only thing I knew about Paradox was limited to what I'd read at MobyGames (http://www.mobygames.com/company/paradox-interactive-ab).
A fascinating read indeed. Thanks for the link Keunert.
Thanks for sharing!
Interesting to read that it was Victoria:Revolutions that inspired them to eventually create Gamersgate.
Thanks for posting!
I haven't read the article but I thought Gamersgate was around long before Vicky:Rev.
Quote from: tgb on August 11, 2013, 04:38:03 PM
I haven't read the article but I thought Gamersgate was around long before Vicky:Rev.
"He sold an expansion to Paradox's worst-selling title, Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun, via download only. He figured it would show him the baseline the company could expect from an online-only marketplace.
The experiment surprised him, and the expansion sold well. That encouraged the company to open Paradox On Demand, to which it slowly added other titles from its catalog. Before long they changed the name of the service to GamersGate."
Well, I definitely learned a lot. Cool read.
I'm trying to avoid buying from Gamersgate as much as possible.
Download speeds are horrendous in my case.
the first direct download game i ever bought was through these guys. Can't remember the year but it was Take Command: 2nd Manassas.
I still prefer GG over Steam even though more and more all I get from GG is a Steam activation code.
Definitely interesting. I didn't know about the connection between paradox and gamersgate.
I wish there had been some mention of how hearts of iron figured in p'dox's company development...