I've been reading some of the comments about Paradox on our forums. Some of the stuff I just don't understand. Paradox is our publisher, they are not developing or designing the game. So many people had the same problems with Activision Value. Another company that did not develop or design the game. MadMinute are the only people responsible for the content of this game. If it's great, thank us, if it sucks, blame us. But to judge a game on who the publisher is I find ridiculous. We create the game, then we get a publisher, not the other way around. We fund the game with our sweat, not with publisher money. It's our game and will always be our game. When you see MadMinute and TakeCommand, you know what you're getting. The content of the game has nothing to do with who publishes the game.
That being said, I just don't get people busting on Paradox. Look at their portfolio. They have over 50k people on their forums, over 300-400 currently on most times that I look. These guys know strategy titles. They know wargamers. I can't think of a better match for MMG. Look at their titles, they have classics in their portfolio. I only wish that we could have their sales someday.
I don't know how many of you realized this, but one of my personal major decisions for going with Paradox was Hearts of Iron II. This game came out almost exactly when CWBR came out. I remember being so jealous of the publicity that HOI was receiving, when we got none. I remember seeing it flooding store shelves while we were still waiting for CWBR to even show up. I saw adds, I saw PR, while CWBR got nothing. Look at their most recent title. I don't look everywhere, but just in my browsing I've seen adds for Diplomacy in the 3 major PC Game magazines and I've seen a microsite on the Wargamer. I saw HOI2 in my local Walmart, while CWBR never made it there. I see their games with a worldwide release while CWBR never made it out of the US. I see a publisher with a press release on their site 4 months before the release, while CWBR was a secret even after the release date, our release date was 1/11 and they finally admitted to it on 1/24. We have PR people contacting us, stuff is happening and we can't even keep up.
So please, let's give everyone a fair shot. We have never dealt with them before. So whatever misgivings you might have about Paradox, hold off on them. We'll let you know how it went after it's over. Their job is making the entire world know about TC2M and we are confident that they will do their job well. They are also personally responsible for any goodies that come in the box, you can thank them for those. They are also not giving us any flak about the title. No paragraphs this time. It's Take Command - 2nd Manassas till the end. They are offering the game at a fair price, they understand the game. So I'm going to hold off on any judgement until the release date. I hope that you will do the same. Let's all hope for the best, because we have met face to face, something that we never did with AV, and we feel that this is a perfect match.
