Alien: Blackout Details Announced

[Hudson]

I'm not desperate for anything except your love. 

You're having an emotional reaction to people's emotional reactions. It's okay, We'll get through this. I'm here to help. Let me hold you close if that's what you need.

[The Old One]

Announce the WATCH thing, then tack Alien Blackout onto the end of that announcement.
That would at least mitigate the problem.

Or announce something about the Cold Iron game if fiesable.
Even if it's just a piece of concept art and the title,
the title doesn't even need to be the real title-
The Witcher 3's title changed a year before it came out.

[SiL]

You're having an emotional reaction to people's emotional reactions.

I'm mostly getting annoyed by people trying to talk for others...

Announce the WATCH thing, then tack Alien Blackout onto the end of that announcement.
That would at least mitigate the problem.

Pardon my French, but horseshit. People would still complain it's a mobile game and feel let down that it's not a "true" sequel. They might even feel it was more of a letdown if the "watch" part is good.

EDIT

...yes I appreciate the irony of these two paragraphs.

Or announce something about the Cold Iron game if fiesable.

That's not part of this multimedia initiative.

[Hudson]

Announce the WATCH thing, then tack Alien Blackout onto the end of that announcement.
That would at least mitigate the problem.

Or announce something about the Cold Iron game if fiesable.
Even if it's just a piece of concept art and the title,
the title doesn't even need to be the real title-
The Witcher 3's title changed a year before it came out.

We'll forget about any of those missteps when Blackout goes full diamond in multiple countries. My mom will be playing it on her iPad. My dad will upgrade to smartphone so he can play it. My sister will play it even though she's a console gamer. If I'm still teaching at that point I'm sure all of my students will be playing it during class, but shit I won't care because I'll be playing it too!

[The Old One]

@SIL

People would still complain- but you're wrong;
I know from watching hundreds of gaming conferences-
For example;
Gears of War POP Edition, hurt significantly less
because it came immediately after a GOW 5 announcement.
If they put out the WATCH announcement out at the same time,
or immediately after the PLAY announcement-
There would still be backlash, but it'd be mitigated.

Then make it part of the initiative.
They should've done.
They should've had the foresight to
after the Diablo Immortal fiasco.

[SiL]

Then make it part of the initiative.
They should've done.
They should've had the foresight to
after the Diablo Immortal fiasco.

But it doesn't have anything to do with Amanda Ripley, so now you're saying to shoehorn in a character for the sake of saving face on a mobile game announcement.

... Seems an awful lot of work just so people would complain a little less.

[The Old One]

When did I say shoehorn in a character?

An announcement of:
"Alien X" - with a piece of concept art.
Alongside the mobile game.

Wouldn't be all that much work.

&
Yes, I think it would be worth it
to prevent the current PR situation.

[Hudson]

... Seems an awful lot of work just so people would complain a little less.

Wait, so now you don't care about people complaining? Which is it?

[SiL]

When did I say shoehorn in a character?

The initiative is about Amanda Ripley. Announcing the other game as part of it would be pointless if she's not in it.

... Seems an awful lot of work just so people would complain a little less.

Wait, so now you don't care about people complaining? Which is it?

I don't give a shit if people are disappointed and let it be known.

It's the "Nobody wants this", "This is going to be awful" bull crap I care about. Which I've said repeatedly.

[Predatorium]

I'd rather just play Alien Isolation on a PC..

[The Old One]

When did I say shoehorn in a character?

The initiative is about Amanda Ripley. Announcing the other game as part of it would be pointless if she's not in it.

It's not pointless.
It would mitigate the response that Blackout has gotten is the point.
By drawing the gaming community's response to Cold Iron's game.

Regardless of whether it's part of the READ.PLAY.WATCH
initiative or just alongside it.

[SiL]

It's not pointless.
It would mitigate the response that Blackout has gotten is the point.
By drawing the gaming community's response to Cold Iron's game.

The whole thing is Read.Watch.Play different stories about Amanda Ripley. The second they said "play", people were hoping for a sequel to Isolation on PC and consoles.

Throwing out the Cold Iron game, then saying "That's not actually it, that's it's just something else", then showing the mobile game, would not have gone down any better. Quite possibly it would have made everything worse, by dangling a project that looks like what they want -- a console/PC Alien game -- then swapping it out for the mobile offering.

The Gears of War analogy you offered isn't accurate at all because people still got the GoW 5 they expected. If they'd announced the "proper" Isolation II, then this on top, yeah; people would care less. But that was never on the tables.

[Hudson]

When did I say shoehorn in a character?

The initiative is about Amanda Ripley. Announcing the other game as part of it would be pointless if she's not in it.

... Seems an awful lot of work just so people would complain a little less.

Wait, so now you don't care about people complaining? Which is it?

I don't give a shit if people are disappointed and let it be known.

It's the "Nobody wants this", "This is going to be awful" bull crap I care about. Which I've said repeatedly.

Actually, you looked down your nose and accused people of being entitled snobs. Don't sell yourself short.

Let this be known: There hasn't been a single entitled negative reaction to this news yet. How, you're probably asking? Because no one is being given anything. If someone receives a gift for Christmas, says, "I don't want this" and gives it back, they may be entitled. They might even be a spoiled brat. If someone says "I don't want this" in the context of being sold something they never asked for, that a community of fans never gave any indication of asking for, they are not entitled.

Telling people they should feel grateful for having the opportunity to buy something is about as shamelessly capitalist as one can get short of being an NFL team owner. 

[The Old One]

It's not pointless.
It would mitigate the response that Blackout has gotten is the point.
By drawing the gaming community's response to Cold Iron's game.

Throwing out the Cold Iron game, then saying "That's not actually it, that's it's just something else", then showing the mobile game, would not have gone down any better.
Quite possibly it would have made everything worse, by dangling a project that looks like what they want -- a console/PC Alien game -- then swapping it out for the mobile offering.

Absolute nonsense.
It would've gone down much better,
if you'd shown them at the same time.

If you'd put out a PLAY announcement video-
that's literally this:

"Here's Cold Iron's Alien game, coming when it's ready."
"In the meantime there's this mobile offering."

It would've garnered a much better reaction, to argue otherwise is silly.

[SM]

When did I say shoehorn in a character?

The initiative is about Amanda Ripley. Announcing the other game as part of it would be pointless if she's not in it.

... Seems an awful lot of work just so people would complain a little less.

Wait, so now you don't care about people complaining? Which is it?

I don't give a shit if people are disappointed and let it be known.

It's the "Nobody wants this", "This is going to be awful" bull crap I care about. Which I've said repeatedly.

Actually, you looked down your nose and accused people of being entitled snobs. Don't sell yourself short.

Let this be known: There hasn't been a single entitled negative reaction to this news yet. How, you're probably asking? Because no one is being given anything. If someone receives a gift for Christmas, says, "I don't want this" and gives it back, they may be entitled. They might even be a spoiled brat. If someone says "I don't want this" in the context of being sold something they never asked for, that a community of fans never gave any indication of asking for, they are not entitled.

Telling people they should feel grateful for having the opportunity to buy something is about as shamelessly capitalist as one can get short of being an NFL team owner.

Are you mixing SiL up with me?