Is TEW A Success?

[kito333]

I was thinking about this the other day. I do not know anybody in real life who has even heard of TEW or EWR, but I have been playing for over ten years! Are the games a success? Do they sell? Do they make money?

[D16NJD16]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kito333" data-cite="kito333" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42043" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was thinking about this the other day. I do not know anybody in real life who has even heard of TEW or EWR, but I have been playing for over ten years! Are the games a success? Do they sell? Do they make money?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Sequels are genuinely an indication of that. Mr. Ryland has been at this for quite a bit.So yes, the past games have definitely been a success. This one, time will tell, but I'd imagine it has been.</p>

[Joseph_D]

<p>My cousin Nick (R.I.P.) was the one that first introduced me to EW9000 back in the day. Unfortunately (especially for those of us in the business), Pro Wrestling isn't as 'cool' as it was in 1999 so that's probably one reason not too many people you know has heard about it.</p><p> </p><p>

Be like Nick. Introduce them to it.</p>

[stratusfaction]

<p>I don't know anyone in real life who has ever heard of EWR or TEW but I do know that there are a lot of dedicated fans of the series on here and I'm sure this game is doing just fine in terms of sales.</p><p> </p><p>

UPDATE: after posting this, I remembered that I ran into a middle school boy at the library a few years back, who plays TEW13. He walked by me, while I was playing the game on my laptop and he was like, "Hey, you play that game too?" I was like yep and then he walked away lol I wonder whatever happened to him?!?!</p>

[The_Monk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kito333" data-cite="kito333" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42043" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was thinking about this the other day. I do not know anybody in real life who has even heard of TEW or EWR....</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> OK you know we're all real right? this aint the matrix <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />:)</p>

[TeemuFoundation]

"In real life." <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[losttrem]

<p>It's a niche product for a very specific type of gamer. I kind of grew up with similar games (football manager, tycoon games) in an era when graphics were still very primitive. Those games (if they wanted to be good) had to make up for their graphical limitations by a strong premise and game play that grabs your imagination to make you come back over and over again. </p><p> </p><p>

Today a lot of games are all about the graphics. They are style over substance. They are designed to look nice, give the player some hours of "whoa" and then have her/him move on to a different game.</p><p> </p><p>

TEW appeals to the kind of players who aren't looking for amazing visuals and are open to using their imagination while playing.</p><p> </p><p>

In regards to the original question, it is obvious that TEW is a success because otherwise it wouldnt have been going for so long. But it is a niche product with a lot of word of mouth marketing in the IWC communities. But just because it doesn't have the scope of say Call of duty or something, doesn't mean it's not successful. Niche products can be very successful.</p>

[codey_v2]

There's plenty of tycoon type games that release two, maybe three games in the series before dying off or having to crowdfund a sequel. TEW has been going strong for 10+ years without having to. Yeah it's a niche product, but it's found a loyal enough audience that it's not an issue.

[Dr_Avalanche]

<p>I agree with what most people here has said. It is successful, for a certain definition of success at least. Thats not to say it couldn't reach a wider audience - I don't know the percentage of football fans that ever dabble with Football Manager, but I suspect it is at least more well known among the target audience than TEW is. The question then becomes what would be necessary to reach the wider audience, and if the compromises or investments necessary would be a risk worth taking. </p><p> </p><p>

I for one hopes the next iteration of TEW focuses on an upgrade of the user interface more than tweaking the simulation and updating the game universe. As much as I love TEW, the UI feels like it belongs to a bygone era, to quote some Vaudevillains.</p>

[AfRoMaN36]

Adam is just one guy, creating for a loyal niche audience that would literally empty their wallets for him. I'm fairly sure he does okay. Or at least I'm sure we'd see him try harder to advertise the game to a wider audience if he wasn't.