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Timely News from the Interactive Entertainment
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| GameDAILY Interviews ION Storm's John Romero |
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| Over the past
year or so Dallas area's ION Storm has been the center point of much speculation and
controversy. It’s difficult to identify exactly when ION's troubles began internally
or when it became major news. One thing is for sure though, any control ION had over the
situation was blown sky high last week in a revealing report
from the Dallas Observer and the subsequent publication of internal
ION emails supporting the expose. |
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In her report, writer Christine Biederman chronicled the mass exodus certain key members
of ION Storm have made in the last 6 months. This departure was deemed a long time coming
with many industry pundits and it made ION’s secret internal politics the sudden
subject of a hundred debates. ION Storm has also filed a subpoena against Ms. Biederman
and the Dallas Observer in an attempt to force them to reveal sources for the report.
We at GameDaily became very concerned
over the effect of all this incredibly negative press on ION Storm’s future. Under
the assumption that the emails and facts in the Observer’s report are accurate, we
became especially concerned that ION was expecting to sell 2.5 million copies of Daikatana
to become profitable. According to our sales tracking sources, Quake 2 has sold a mere
550,000 copies and Unreal clocks in at 350,000 (those are U.S. Sell-Through numbers). Only
the most extreme mass market titles such as MYST have managed to break the 2 million mark.
Seeking some damage control, GameDaily was offered an Interview with
ION Storm’s John Romero who answered our questions concerning ION’s future
financially and publicly. |
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The Interview ----->
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