3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting

[Bill_Abner]

Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting

This has less to do with High Heat Baseball and more to do with 3DO's other products, many of which were money pits that simply did not sell whatsoever. You can only milk the Heroes of Might and Magic and Army Men franchises for so long.

[Bill_Abner]

Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting

This has less to do with High Heat Baseball and more to do with 3DO's other products, many of which were money pits that simply did not sell whatsoever. You can only milk the Heroes of Might and Magic and Army Men franchises for so long.

[Peter_OS]

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This has less to do with High Heat Baseball and more to do with 3DO's other products, many of which were money pits that simply did not sell whatsoever. You can only milk the Heroes of Might and Magic and Army Men franchises for so long.

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Exactly Bill. Let's hope someone picks up their High Heat series. Would be a terrible waste if it was no more.

[Peter_OS]

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This has less to do with High Heat Baseball and more to do with 3DO's other products, many of which were money pits that simply did not sell whatsoever. You can only milk the Heroes of Might and Magic and Army Men franchises for so long.

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Exactly Bill. Let's hope someone picks up their High Heat series. Would be a terrible waste if it was no more.

[RagevsWorld]

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I love seeing competition, and it would suck to see a series fold because of this mishap.

[RagevsWorld]

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I love seeing competition, and it would suck to see a series fold because of this mishap.

[asb_man]

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Don't be surprised if Acclaim follows suit in the upcoming months/years... There stock is WORSE off than 3DO's:


Don't worry about Acclaim, we'll be fine. My condolences to 3DO, any programmer who worked on the series is welcome to send thier resume' to us.
BTW-3DO's stock has had a few "reverse-splits" in which 2 shares of stock become 1.

[asb_man]

Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting


Don't be surprised if Acclaim follows suit in the upcoming months/years... There stock is WORSE off than 3DO's:


Don't worry about Acclaim, we'll be fine. My condolences to 3DO, any programmer who worked on the series is welcome to send thier resume' to us.
BTW-3DO's stock has had a few "reverse-splits" in which 2 shares of stock become 1.

[mustardman]

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The problem is that 3DO's flagship product, High Heat Series Baseball, greatly stagnated in recent years. Had that product continued to grow, they wouldn't have taken such a big hit from their other products selling at considerably lower numbers.

[mustardman]

Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting

The problem is that 3DO's flagship product, High Heat Series Baseball, greatly stagnated in recent years. Had that product continued to grow, they wouldn't have taken such a big hit from their other products selling at considerably lower numbers.

[bryan_05]

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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seriously though, I may never get a baseball game besides HH, and if that doesn't come out, noooo!

[bryan_05]

Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seriously though, I may never get a baseball game besides HH, and if that doesn't come out, noooo!

[mustardman]

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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seriously though, I may never get a baseball game besides HH, and if that doesn't come out, noooo!

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Be realistic. The other baseball products out now, or for sure coming out are just as good -- if not better -- as High Heat Baseball. It's great to love a product, but if you don't want to be stuck with playing old games, then you better flash your wallet

[mustardman]

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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Seriously though, I may never get a baseball game besides HH, and if that doesn't come out, noooo!

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Be realistic. The other baseball products out now, or for sure coming out are just as good -- if not better -- as High Heat Baseball. It's great to love a product, but if you don't want to be stuck with playing old games, then you better flash your wallet

[Bill_Abner]

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The problem is that 3DO's flagship product, High Heat Series Baseball, greatly stagnated in recent years. Had that product continued to grow, they wouldn't have taken such a big hit from their other products selling at considerably lower numbers.

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High Heat Baseball is not and never has been 3DO's flagship product. If you want to believe that, that's all well and good but 3DO has never been known as a sports developing house. 3DO's flagship games were its Might and Magic games (Heroes of M&amp;M, the M&amp;M RPGs, Crusaders of M&amp;M, etc.) and to a lesser extent the Army Men line. Army Men and HOMM outsold HH at least 3-1.

Heroes of Might and Magic was a HUGE game through its first three editions; the 4th edition stunk and cost the company a LOT of money, more money than any baseball game ever could. The Might &amp; Magic RPG line stagnated more than High Heat ever did and it was also more expensive and time consuming to develop.

Then there is 3DO's console only games that were absolute trash. The list is long, varied, and hideously bad.

High Heat Baseball actually turned a profit--especially this year on the consoles. If every game 3DO developed did as well as High Heat when all was said and done (figuring in marketing, developing, and sales) then 3DO wouldn't be bankrupt.

I agree that High Heat Baseball's glory days were High Heat 99 through 2002. Those were some of the best sports games ever made. The 2003 and 2004 editions I thought underachieved, but 3DO had much, much bigger problems than a baseball franchise that always had mediocre to good sales and never was going reach EA-like sales.