Console Wars

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Will there be a corruption statistic of sorts?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Do you mean a statistic on how many bribes there are in the company? Like the political definition of corrupt?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Yeah, like political corruption.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Okay. I geuss that can be added… It can generally effect the quality of your games.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

I meant it should be added for the companies of this FG.

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yeah, if a company has high corruption, worse games will be made.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Will there be more reputation-based company mechanics?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Well, people’s expectations of your consoles will certainly lower sales… For example, if people expect a console to be bad, they won’t buy it. This can come from a. people reviewing the console badly, b. releasing a bunch of junk in the years preceding the console, or c. both.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How will advertising stuff work?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

You advertise for a certain time, for example, 3 months before a console release to 3 months after the console release, and spend a certain amount of money on the campaign. The longer it lasts and the more money spent, the larger the sales boost, generally.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Will this be tied to luck?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Slightly. The advertising time and spending will effect your luck, but reviews of the console will also effect it.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

By the way, can companies by charged for monopoly if they occupy too much space in the market?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Yes, monopoly charges will exist.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

How much share does a company need to be considered a monopoly?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Around 2/3 of the market.

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

What about interference by those within a company that is not related to corruption? Like how Dinosaur Planet got turned into Star Fox Adventures?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Well, games can randomly change from their starting view…

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What happens when we reach the end of the tech tree as we see it now?

[JustaDumbThriver (He who has the IQ of a half-eaten Wendy's Baconator(tm))]

Huh, I never accounted for that… Buy a year takes 4 turns, and the average FG only has 40 turns to last, so there’s a good chance we won’t get there.

Also, consoles take 2 years to develop, 1 for the concepts, 1 for the manufacturing. During the concept period, you can still change the console, but during the manufacturing period, you can’t.