get alleg on steam

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:34 am

Papsmear wrote:QUOTE (Papsmear @ May 21 2013, 10:42 PM) Has anyone ever asked if M$ would sell the rights to Allegiance?
If so what was the price?

do i hear 1 dolla? 1 dolla... i got 2 dolla 2dolla.... sold to the highst bidder fir 3 dollars

Adaven · Post by **Adaven** » Thu May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Ryujin wrote:QUOTE (Ryujin @ May 21 2013, 11:34 PM) do i hear 1 dolla? 1 dolla... i got 2 dolla 2dolla.... sold to the highst bidder fir 3 dollars

I think I saw a thread years ago where an Admin type (Pook, Thalgor, ... TE?) said that at one point they made a pie in the sky estimate on what the community might be able to raise. They proposed something like $150,000 to MS, but got turned down.

ryujin · Post by **ryujin** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:04 pm

Adaven wrote:QUOTE (Adaven @ May 23 2013, 12:00 AM) I think I saw a thread years ago where an Admin type (Pook, Thalgor, ... TE?) said that at one point they made a pie in the sky estimate on what the community might be able to raise. They proposed something like $150,000 to MS, but got turned down.

i guess 150k isn't much to microsoft, but still they shoulda taken it!

Post by **Raveen** » Fri May 24, 2013 6:35 am

MS aren't interested in selling the rights to Alleg. The time and cost of setting up the deal would be worth more than any money they're likely to make off it so it's not in their interests to sell.

Of course this doesn't stop us talking to them about getting Alleg on the Windows 8 store.

Hellsyng · Post by **Hellsyng** » Fri May 24, 2013 9:26 am

Raveen wrote:QUOTE (Raveen @ May 24 2013, 01:35 AM) Of course this doesn't stop us talking to them about getting Alleg on the Windows 8 store.

That's actually a really good idea.

Post by **Papsmear** » Sun May 26, 2013 1:57 am

Agreed

JimmyNighthawk · Post by **JimmyNighthawk** » Mon May 27, 2013 9:26 pm

ryjamsan wrote:QUOTE (ryjamsan @ May 21 2013, 09:21 PM) Then I guess the issue I'm missing is the word "sell" since to me it seems fao and steam/greenlight would not be selling alleg. Both have plenty of free games players can download
Where does "sell" come in

You really think you can "sell a game old enough which could >>I am you father<<" over STEAM?

The only thing on free games on basic earning money is via DLC (Download-Content).

So ... turn down graphical packs online now ... and sort them into some DLC Content ...

What about the technical changes?
You first wanted to go to STEAM to raise the community size ... or differently ... make the game playable again (because you are such addicted to).

Now you want to make money?
"ey ...looks like you got sum clicks too much run, eh, ey"
/edit:
Get done a ROAD-MAP ... xor ... YOUR EFFORTS ARE WORTH THE THING RUNNING THROUGH TOILETTES.

Bacon_00 · Post by **Bacon_00** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:56 pm

Such a shame. A platform like Steam would be a fantastic place to get some new blood into Alleg =/ And now days with the booming Indie game market, Alleg's dated graphics wouldn't really phase anybody. If anything, marketing a "retro space sim" would draw quite a lot of interest now when it wouldn't have 5 years ago.

We need an independently wealthy individual to buy up the rights and let us put it up on Steam and start trying to monetize it again

I think with the upcoming resurgence in space sims (Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous) and the increasing popularity of indie games/increasingly jaded attitude towards traditional "AAA" games, now would be a brilliant time to try and reintroduce Allegiance to the general public.

Elzam_ · Post by **Elzam_** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:30 am

Here's a thought. Make an Allegiance clone - put THAT on steam (yourPersona anyone?)

notjarvis · Post by **notjarvis** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:37 am

Elzam V. Branstein wrote:QUOTE (Elzam V. Branstein @ Jun 5 2013, 11:30 AM) Here's a thought. Make an Allegiance clone - put THAT on steam (yourPersona anyone?)

That's not a simple job. But would be perfectly legal.

There's been a few attempts by various people to do that or something similar but I'm not sure how far they got.

Remember the clone would have to not have any of Microsofts Intellectual property if you want rights to it..

Would be incredibly neat though.