what is egosoft doing now?

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 16:23

I bet that was actually a hint!!!

X4 will be Pizza Connection in space!
You are il Patrone using a run down cahoona burger bar to wash the money from your less legal activities.
However, the amount of money you can wash depends on the success of your facade so you need to train or hire pizza cooks, hire waitresses, and design new and exotic toppings!
Of course you need to "take care of" the competition as well. Being il Patrone you have a few more freedoms than the average businessman so icky living creatures finding their way into their products, unruly guests or explosive accidents - there are just so many options!
Of course there are, it's an X game after all...

kwongwah · Post by **kwongwah** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 16:46

CBJ wrote: I've said as much as I can in previous posts on this subject, but to reiterate: pizza and coffee are being consumed. I'm sure you can work out the implications of that.

Late night ... something

Imagination begins boogle.

Moneybag · Post by **Moneybag** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 16:48

Most of you don't even have the proper rigs to run X3. I know we all want X4 but 90% of people here won't be able to run it. That could be the reason why they haven't yet released X4 or even thought about releasing it.

P.S. I have superduper game rig so running X3 for me is not a problem.

Carlo the Curious · Post by **Carlo the Curious** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 18:04

Gazz wrote:X4 will be Pizza Connection in space!

Nah. It's an integrated pizza ordering system utilising the station BBS.

No more of that distraction of using the phone to call for a delivery - you know it makes sense!

karl_1_marx · Post by **karl_1_marx** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 18:14

CBJ wrote:pizza and coffee are being consumed. I'm sure you can work out the implications of that.

Yeah.

Either, Egososoft's turnover has dropped so far that you can't even get some decent buffet & champagne for celebrating.

Or, your last pay negotiation round went well and you guys gut an upgrade from bread & water ...

Cheers

KarMa

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 18:14

Nah. It's an integrated pizza ordering system utilising the station BBS.

That's not impossible with X3.

http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=195025
already exports live gamedata that you can view with a web browser so it's not too farfetched that a log parser watches an X3 logfile for a placed pizza order and transfers this data to an online ordering system.

karl_1_marx · Post by **karl_1_marx** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 18:15

Carlo the Curious wrote:No more of that distraction of using the phone to call for a delivery - you know it makes sense!

Try Joey's. At least in Germany, they offer an online ordering service.

Cheers

KarMa

ShoC · Post by **ShoC** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 19:09

http://www.egosoft.com/x4/

Auflistung in Verzeichnis verweigert
In diesem virtuellen Verzeichnis können keine Inhalte aufgelistet werden.

http://www.egosoft.com/x5/

404 - Page Not Found

Oops, this file does not exist - if you reached this page via one of our links, please contact the Site Administrator

probably nothing but obsessives can still make something of it...

karl_1_marx · Post by **karl_1_marx** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 19:13

ShoC wrote:http://www.egosoft.com/x4/

[...] http://www.egosoft.com/x5/

404 - Page Not Found

Bad weather on the interwebs today. Try again.

Cheers

KarMa

Nyax · Post by **Nyax** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 19:32

ShoC wrote:http://www.egosoft.com/x4/

Auflistung in Verzeichnis verweigert
In diesem virtuellen Verzeichnis können keine Inhalte aufgelistet werden.

http://www.egosoft.com/x5/

404 - Page Not Found

Oops, this file does not exist - if you reached this page via one of our links, please contact the Site Administrator

probably nothing but obsessives can still make something of it...

Oooo devious.

So let's recap-

-We have a mission director tool being developed, an early version of which has now been released for X3.

-We had a request (a long time ago) for ideas for possible future missions for X-games (specifically for an X3 expansion, but it's been 2 years now since X3 was released. A bit late for an expansion, perhaps?)

-We had an unexpected extra patch for X3 AND X2, both supposedly 'finished' games effectively proving Egosoft are still tinkering with the X games.

-We have an X4 webpage that seemingly exists but we don't have permission to view.

Anyone want to connect the dots?

exogenesis · Post by **exogenesis** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 20:38

CBJ wrote: That's not strictly true...

Well that was an eye opener!,
can you still buy Ugh! or 'Flies Attack on Earth'

,
the descriptions alone made laugh, I really want to get them

Scram_UK · Post by **Scram_UK** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 20:41

How about X Theft Auto? A dumbed down X game for consoles

.... Or a cross platform release?....

*Breaks down into tears*

Alot of devs & publishers seem to be heading that way nowadays

em3e3 · Post by **em3e3** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 22:21

Nyax wrote: So let's recap-

-We have a mission director tool being developed, an early version of which has now been released for X3.

-We had a request (a long time ago) for ideas for possible future missions for X-games (specifically for an X3 expansion, but it's been 2 years now since X3 was released. A bit late for an expansion, perhaps?)

-We had an unexpected extra patch for X3 AND X2, both supposedly 'finished' games effectively proving Egosoft are still tinkering with the X games.

-We have an X4 webpage that seemingly exists but we don't have permission to view.

Anyone want to connect the dots?

And we were asked what we would like in a multiplayer, non-MMO game.

@Moneybag - I don't know how true your statements are. For all we know, X4 may put *less* stress on the CPU, rather than more. And sub-100USD cards run X3 just fine; even the just-released Nvidia cards are just over 200USD, so that is even within reach. And memory/HD/Processor prices are always coming down. Hopefully having a reliable Internet connection will be more important...

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 22:52

awhile back, the post by silent witness got upgraded to Forum News, asking about if we'd luck modular ships, stations, planet landing, and what not.
Got a lot of votes that one, cant remember the results anymore.

It seems to me all those questions and polls are just devs' way to find out what the heck people are interested in.

Hopefully they are taking best ideas (from here and devnet) and thinking how they'll fit into the (next) game.

Will knowing what they are working on change anything?

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:01

exogenesis wrote: Well that was an eye opener!,
can you still buy Ugh! or 'Flies Attack on Earth' ,
the descriptions alone made laugh, I really want to get them

Both games were only released in Germany, I believe...no English translation for them exists.

adecoy · Post by **adecoy** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:34

fiksal wrote:Will knowing what they are working on change anything?

it could, generally if a new version of an older game is announced and it receives alot of comments, people generally will go out and pick up the previous versions to see what all the fuss is about, total annihlation received alot of that when supreme commander was announced, to name one example

fiksal · Post by **fiksal** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:40

adecoy wrote:
fiksal wrote:Will knowing what they are working on change anything?
it could, generally if a new version of an older game is announced and it receives alot of comments, people generally will go out and pick up the previous versions to see what all the fuss is about, total annihlation received alot of that when supreme commander was announced, to name one example

and the old version would be X3 then?

not quite sure how can one comment on an announcement, considering no-one previewed whatever's next yet.... unless you are referring to that mystical "hype"

adecoy · Post by **adecoy** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:43

fiksal wrote:
adecoy wrote:
fiksal wrote:Will knowing what they are working on change anything?
it could, generally if a new version of an older game is announced and it receives alot of comments, people generally will go out and pick up the previous versions to see what all the fuss is about, total annihlation received alot of that when supreme commander was announced, to name one example
and the old version would be X3 then?

not quite sure how can one comment on an announcement, considering no-one previewed whatever's next yet.... unless you are referring to that mystical "hype"

im just giving you a reason why knowing what they are working on can change things

Golden_Gonads · Post by **Golden_Gonads** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:46

pjknibbs wrote:
exogenesis wrote: Well that was an eye opener!,
can you still buy Ugh! or 'Flies Attack on Earth' ,
the descriptions alone made laugh, I really want to get them
Both games were only released in Germany, I believe...no English translation for them exists.

Ugh was definitely released for the Commodore 64 in the UK. I remember playing the demo for a few hours now and then. You played a caveman heli-taxi driver...

Gazz · Post by **Gazz** » Thu, 24. Jan 08, 23:53

adecoy wrote:im just giving you a reason why knowing what they are working on can change things

That could also mean that it's 100 % a marketing ploy to sell more X3 units while the next game is "in development"!

X4: Prey! =P