Comments on: Trion Closes A Whopping $70 Million In Series C Funding http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:32:31 -0800 hourly 1 By: tinyComb » Blog Archive » Trion Raises $70m More For MMORPG’s http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2550053 tinyComb » Blog Archive » Trion Raises $70m More For MMORPG’s Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:24:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2550053 [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com View jason's Profile      Subscribe via RSS RelatedBookmarksTags No [...] [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com View jason’s Profile      Subscribe via RSS RelatedBookmarksTags No [...]

]]> By: Well Played: Come2Play Releases Open Source Multi-Player API for Casual Gaming | Roi Carthy :: Product Launch Consultant http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2488067 Well Played: Come2Play Releases Open Source Multi-Player API for Casual Gaming | Roi Carthy :: Product Launch Consultant Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:13:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2488067 [...] a shortage of companies developing casual games—in fact, money is being poured into the space in truck loads. Yet the multi-player games we were teased about have failed to materialize so far. Don’t despair [...] [...] a shortage of companies developing casual games—in fact, money is being poured into the space in truck loads. Yet the multi-player games we were teased about have failed to materialize so far. Don’t despair [...]

]]> By: Well Played: Come2Play Releases Open Source Multi-Player API for Casual Gaming http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2487050 Well Played: Come2Play Releases Open Source Multi-Player API for Casual Gaming Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2487050 [...] a shortage of companies developing casual games—in fact, money is being poured into the space in truck loads. Yet the multi-player games we were teased about have failed to materialize so far. Don’t despair [...] [...] a shortage of companies developing casual games—in fact, money is being poured into the space in truck loads. Yet the multi-player games we were teased about have failed to materialize so far. Don’t despair [...]

]]> By: chris brannigan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2485818 chris brannigan Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:16:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2485818 Wow, thats a whole lot of money. Are they developing browser based games? Or are they chunky installs like World of Warcraft? http://thinkingworlds.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/browser-based-serious-games/ Wow, thats a whole lot of money. Are they developing browser based games? Or are they chunky installs like World of Warcraft?

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]]> By: Lenny Raymond http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2481846 Lenny Raymond Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:44:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2481846 What he said. Most triple-A console titles now have budgets on the order of $50MM and teams in the hundreds. Big MMOs are vastly more expensive than that to develop and take armies of people and infrastructure to support. $70mm is a drop in the bucket for a company that will be publishing multiple MMOs. That being said, there are lots of great indie games getting made now with really small teams, and there is a new generation of "casual MMOs" coming on that will be done on budgets of >$10MM with teams of >50 people. What he said. Most triple-A console titles now have budgets on the order of $50MM and teams in the hundreds. Big MMOs are vastly more expensive than that to develop and take armies of people and infrastructure to support. $70mm is a drop in the bucket for a company that will be publishing multiple MMOs.

That being said, there are lots of great indie games getting made now with really small teams, and there is a new generation of “casual MMOs” coming on that will be done on budgets of >$10MM with teams of >50 people.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Trion、シリーズCでなんと$70Mもの大型調達完了 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478981 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Trion、シリーズCでなんと$70Mもの大型調達完了 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478981 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: Matt Mihaly http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478924 Matt Mihaly Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:09:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478924 Aaron, a 30 person full-time staff is pretty small for a AAA game. The big titles these days in both the online space (WoW, Warhammer, etc) and offline space (GTA IV, Mass Effect, etc) have budgets in the 10s of millions, not a few million dollars. Aaron, a 30 person full-time staff is pretty small for a AAA game. The big titles these days in both the online space (WoW, Warhammer, etc) and offline space (GTA IV, Mass Effect, etc) have budgets in the 10s of millions, not a few million dollars.

]]> By: Andrew Pass http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478919 Andrew Pass Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:04:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478919 I'd love to see a real game developer work with schools to produce a high quality educational game. So many games that try to be challenging and fun but educational at the same time turn out to be lousy in all ways. That said, there is a great deal that pre-teens and teens can learn from the common games. http://www.pass-ed.com/blogger.html I’d love to see a real game developer work with schools to produce a high quality educational game. So many games that try to be challenging and fun but educational at the same time turn out to be lousy in all ways. That said, there is a great deal that pre-teens and teens can learn from the common games.

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]]> By: silicon valley dropout http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478904 silicon valley dropout Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:49:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478904 wow wow lotta money they better deliver the next wow wow wow lotta money

they better deliver the next wow

]]> By: Trion Raises $70m More For MMORPG’s http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478901 Trion Raises $70m More For MMORPG’s Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:44:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478901 [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com Share and [...] [...] tiny from: TechCrunch.com Share and [...]

]]> By: Dealyzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478892 Dealyzer Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:36:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478892 Good for Trion! Good for Trion!

]]> By: Aaron http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478813 Aaron Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:32:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478813 I do not understand what a gaming company can do with that much money. I've worked on what could be considered a AAA game title - funded by one of the top publishers, with a 30 person full time staff plus numerous contractors and top voice talent, along with the publisher's full time QA staff. The budget as *A FEW* million dollars. Not ten. Not twenty. I don't know the exact number, but it was something between two and five. Million dollars. With a development cycle of 18 months. So what would 70 million get you? How is that even justified? Or is it just for acquisitions and a rainy day fund? I do not understand what a gaming company can do with that much money.

I’ve worked on what could be considered a AAA game title – funded by one of the top publishers, with a 30 person full time staff plus numerous contractors and top voice talent, along with the publisher’s full time QA staff. The budget as *A FEW* million dollars. Not ten. Not twenty. I don’t know the exact number, but it was something between two and five. Million dollars. With a development cycle of 18 months.

So what would 70 million get you? How is that even justified? Or is it just for acquisitions and a rainy day fund?

]]> By: SoftwareSweatshop http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478800 SoftwareSweatshop Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:20:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478800 Holy crap is right... Let's see what these guys do with this money. Raza Imam http://SoftwareSweatshop.com Holy crap is right… Let’s see what these guys do with this money.

Raza Imam
http://SoftwareSweatshop.com

]]> By: GamerLocator.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478798 GamerLocator.com Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:18:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478798 nothing on the website for gamers yet. a video sample would be better than nothing. where is there beacon domain gonna be? tryonworld.com is limping. PlayLocator.com nothing on the website for gamers yet. a video sample would be better than nothing. where is there beacon domain gonna be? tryonworld.com is limping.

PlayLocator.com

]]> By: kats http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/23/trion-closes-a-whopping-70-million-in-series-c-funding/comment-page-1/#comment-2478792 kats Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:11:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=22571#comment-2478792 Holy crap! That is insane! Looks like Gaming is definitely a market worth investing in. Holy crap! That is insane! Looks like Gaming is definitely a market worth investing in.

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