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From: dghost@****.com dghost@****.com
Subject: State of the Industry
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 20:01:04 -0600
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:16:51 GMT theo@*****.com.au (Theo Karmdeth)
writes:
<SNIP>
>I'd say its a good bet that either both games got shuffled into one,
>or, concidering that MS is not stupid (well... i know this will become
>a thread of its own :) if they take 5 minutes to realise that an
>unknown game vs. a "SR" game which already has millions of followers,
>which game would you release?

It is possible that they'll take the other game and take Shadowrun's name
on it.
Here's another thing to consider: When they are picking a game (assuming
they don't produce both.), will they think that the Cyberpunk genre can't
include magic? Remember, the Shadowrun "following" is mainly a subset of
the Cyberpunk "following".

--
D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
"You, you're like a spoonful of whoopass." --Grace
"A magician is always 'touching' himself" --Page 123, Grimoire (2nd
Edition)

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