Online Games - Prospects, Problems, and Payoff

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Online Games - Prospects, Problems, and Payoff

An SI Board Since August 1997

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Emcee: Andy Riedel	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Hello, my name is Andy Riedel and I work for Mpath Interactive, the creators of the Mplayer Internet Game Service. We currently have over 125,000 registered users and support 28 game titles.

The online game industry is just entering its second phase. Phase one consisted if building the necessary networking infrastructure, communicating the vision to developers, proving the concept, and beginning initial marketing to niche game players. Phase two will consist mainly of broadening the availablity, quantity and quality of both the network infrastructure of online game services as well as the content they provide.

I would like to use this forum to discuss the current state of the industry as well as the prospects for the future. I believe that ultimately, online games will be the most prevalent type of gaming entertainment, companies such as ours will go public, and lots of money will be made by investors and shareholders.

I welcome anyone interested in discussing these issues to the thread and look forward to sharing insights as an industry insider.

Andy Riedel
Mpath Interactive

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30	I guess since I just bought MechCommander the other day I might as well mentio	Mike McFarland	-	7/10/1998
29	Yeah, tracert is cool--a fellow over on the Dream machine thread suggested it.	Mike McFarland	-	7/1/1998
28	DO you get a red latency indicator every time you log in or did you only try i	Andy Riedel	-	7/1/1998
27	Anybody have any thoughts about battle.net? I tried it for the first time last	Mike McFarland	-	6/28/1998
26	Bret, 3D quality has little to do with network latency if the network model an	Andy Riedel	-	4/26/1998
25	Hi Mike, I do believe 3D quality game experiences are not only possible but cu	Andy Riedel	-	4/26/1998
24	Here are a few more... Engage Inc. (although I'm not sure: check with yahoo	GUSTAVE JAEGER	-	4/20/1998
23	(snip). In addition, we have established peering relationships to speed the int	Mike McFarland	-	4/19/1998
22	Link to gamecenter's free online games article gamecenter.com ...presumably	Mike McFarland	-	4/19/1998
21	Andy and thread: If anybody can point me to, or just list the online gaming com	Mike McFarland	-	4/18/1998
20	Hi Andy, really feel this is a good subject for a thread. It may just take a wh	Bret P	-	3/21/1998
19	Doesn't sound like you're being very careful with your questions :) So	Andy Riedel	-	2/9/1998
18	Andy, Thanks for the quick response! Sounds very interesting. I guess I didn	Terrapin	-	2/8/1998
17	Hi John, Let me see if I can answer your questions in order: 1) Network laten	Andy Riedel	-	2/8/1998
16	Andy, Great idea for a thread; your position at Mpath lends credibility to the	Terrapin	-	2/6/1998
15	Nice to hear from you. Who do you know at Mpath? I thoroughly enjoy working at	Andy Riedel	-	2/2/1998
14	Hi Andy, I've been dying to get into MPath as venture/private before the I	damniseedemons	-	2/1/1998
13	Ultima Online got a 55% rating in the latest PCGamer. More reason to stear clea	Joe Sabatini	-	12/12/1997
12	Boot magazine says "Ultima Online, too big for its britches" Boot ver	Mike McFarland	-	12/12/1997
11	I beleive Microsoft is putting out a game this month called Ultima Online. This	Mike McFarland	-	9/4/1997
10	Gustave, I'm not directly involved in database technology decisions or imp	Andy Riedel	-	8/14/1997
9	Mike, Online gaming ventures can be extremely frustrating at this juncture but	Andy Riedel	-	8/14/1997
8	Newbie's first venture into online gaming did not go too well--if online ga	Mike McFarland	-	8/14/1997
7	Andy, Thanks for the info. I'm bringing some food for thought: www4.zdnet	GUSTAVE JAEGER	-	8/14/1997
6	Gustave, We use a combination of Oracle7 as our primary database infrastructu	Andy Riedel	-	8/12/1997

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