Sequel News
Short version: there are no plans currently for a Mac version
of Fallout 2.
Apparently, the higher-ups at Interplay (The ones who cancelled
Shattered
Steel and Tempest
2000 for the Mac? The ones who have not placed a single
advertisement for Fallout in a single Mac-oriented magazine?)
feel that the sales of the Mac version of Fallout aren't good
enough to justify development costs for the sequel.
I wanted to write a long polemic about how much this ticks me off. I
just don't know if it's worth it.
If you want to try and change their minds, there's 2 things you can do:
- Write a POLITE letter to Interplay Customer Service
at:
| Interplay
|
| 16815 Von Karman Avenue
|
| Irvine, CA 92606
|
| Attn: Executive Producer
|
Note that it says "write" there and I'm not providing an e-mail
address. Nothing says you care quite so much as an actual written
letter.
- Buy at least one copy of Mac Fallout for a friend. The
holidays are over, but you can show that you carry the spirit of the
holidays throughout the year, or something.
A new Fallout 2
for Macintosh advocacy web site has sprung up. It neatly summarizes
all the ways you can help bring Fallout 2 to the Mac. Check it
out!
These are Usenet posts from Tim Cain, Fallout Producer and Lead
Programmer and all-around great guy (who wouldn't mind doing a Mac
version, by the way), which were posted to the comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
newsgroup:
Article: 23460 of comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
From: Timothy Cain
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
Subject: Re: fallout sequel wishlist
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 21:41:53 GMT
Message-ID: <66uvk0$6js@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com>
References: <19971210050800.AAA00399@ladder02.news.aol.com> <66t4vn$g07@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>
In article ,
flargh@tikkabik.com (Peter A. Cohen) wrote:
>Does anyone at Interplay have a clear idea of what "good sales" on the Mac
>platform consists of? Versus how they've performed to date?
Currently, the PC version of Fallout is outselling the Mac version 9 to
1. I don't know if this is a "good sales" figure for the Mac, but I
don't think the people at Interplay who make the decisions are too
impressed. Personally, I am neither for or against the idea of making
Fallout 2 for the Mac. It wouldn't be difficult technically, so that's
why the decision will 100% sales driven.
Tim.
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Fallout Producer and Lead Programmer
Interplay Productions
Article: 23470 of comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
From: Timothy Cain
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games.adventure
Subject: Re: fallout sequel wishlist
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 06:53:19 GMT
Message-ID: <672ka0$ltb@dfw-ixnews10.ix.netcom.com>
In article ,
jlkim@netcom.com (Justin Kim) wrote:
> What can we Mac users do (besides buying the game) do to increase the
>chances that a Mac port will be done? Are there people we can send
>politely worded email or letters to?
I asked and the response was to please send a letter to Customer
Service. From there, it will go to the right people.
Again, however, I'm sure they'll look at sales. If Fallout, with all of
its great reviews and with little to no RPG competition on the Mac,
still can't sell more copies than about 10% of the PC version, then it
becomes a question of resources and profits.
Tim.
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Fallout Producer and Lead Programmer
Interplay Productions
Edward C. Liu
edwick@macconnect.com
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