Reply To: The IX Age – Why/Why Not and so on

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At the end of the day, on its simplest level and I am not saying one is worth more or less than another: a game lives and died by it being supported by a company that created. It gives an official stance, structure and final say one way or another.

 

The difficulty with a fan game, even one that is demi-professional with 100 volunteers: its still done voluntarily and without a business or company supporting it then it is destined to not be propped up strongly enough to instill confidence in gamers, shops and distributors for it to take off.

 

Essentially, being fan or voluntarily, or close to professional is one thing: but it damages consumer confidence and investment and lacks the legitimacy of one backed by a company like GW, Warlord, Cmon, Sodapop (I said this one deliberately), Chaosiu, Wotc, Mantic or Privateer Press.