I was wondering what ideas people have for expansion packs.
Here are some of mines
- Ability to purchase smaller game developer studios. I guess it would function similar to MMO as you have to pay maintenance fee but can generate income.
- DLC/Expansion packs for non MMO games.
- Purchase/Lease game engine or at least technology from other companies.
- Some request from your fans (Example you fans want a sequel to an old game)
- Ability to release old games rather than a sequel.
- Option to port your games to a new platform and perhaps ability to add features (for example releasing a late pc game but adding mod support or extra levels)
- A game mode where you’re working for a publisher and have to take request from their suggestions and later on purchase your own freedom.
- Maybe being able to sell or purchase licenses for games from other game studios. For example KoToR 1 was made by Bioware where KoToR 2 was made by Obisdion.
- Ability to adjust what your custom console is suited for. An example would be if a game company always makes simulation games be it game development, airplane, space etc, their custom console should favor simulation games, after all that’s what the company is known for by its fans.
- Ability to set your price for custom console; you can sell your console for a loss to get market shares while gaining money on royalties. Or you can sell your game console at a profit but risk loosing on market shares.
- Ability to sell your games on an other companies “Grid”/online distribution and or create your own to compete with.
- Ability to hold your own conventions and go to G3.
- Ability to license out different component of your game (For example you can get a different company to create your dialog or maybe do your cut scenes).