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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BDR who wrote (2946)	8/11/1999 8:57:00 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10293

I wonder how much revenue BDE will generate from packaging their pig with a heavily discounted computer? Cyborg Pig Rendered in Real Time wired.com . . . The Multipath software will first be distributed in July as part of a bundling package with Packard Bell NEC PCs, and 10 titles based on Bantam's interactive children's books are to be produced over the next seven years. . . . Forrester Research entertainment and technology analyst Seema Chowdury, agrees that there is nothing of this nature now on the market and says since "it's competing with every other piece of interactive entertainment software out there," the company is wise to tie it to the Internet, TV, and video. She says, however, that it's questionable whether a small software developer and one PC company have the resources to take advantage of the cross-marketing potentials. "This isn't Sega and Sonic the Hedgehog," she says. edit: Oh, here's the answer in a BDE filing- We have been disappointed in the performance by Packard Bell NEC of its obligations under our agreements. The first international shipment of Packard Bell NEC computers with our bundled titles occurred in December 1997, and the first shipments in the U.S. occurred in July 1998, well after our initially anticipated launch dates. This delay was the result of internal issues of Packard Bell NEC. In addition, Packard Bell NEC has decided to distribute our titles with only its middle- to high-end computers, which limits the number of available computers that can be bundled with our titles. For the six months ended December 31, 1998, we have received $98,000 under our agreements with Packard Bell NEC. Under the terms of the September 1997 agreement, Packard Bell NEC is obligated to continue to make fixed payments to us of $1.00 for each computer shipped with our bundled titles through the end of the shipping period, by which time Packard Bell NEC is required to have paid us $2 million under the September 1997 agreement. Based on the level of fixed payments made to us for the six months ended December 31, 1998, we do not believe Packard Bell NEC will satisfy its obligations to us to ship 2 million computers with our titles by the end of the shipping period, and we believe that Packard Bell NEC is not bundling our titles with all of its middle- to high-end computers. We also do not believe Packard Bell NEC will ship the required 6 million computers with our titles under our agreement within the required time period. Furthermore, as a result of the delay in, and reduced number of, computers shipped by Packard Bell NEC with our bundled titles, our Internet revenues have been significantly lower than anticipated.