Re: 3DO possibly no longer or at the very least hurting
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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&M, the M&M RPGs, Crusaders of M&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 & 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.
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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&M, the M&M RPGs, Crusaders of M&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 & 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.
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