“The Art and Making of Dune Awakening” book; yes book.
You read that right funcom is producing/printing a book with all the art from the making of Dune :Awakening for just $50, be sure you preorder yours today.
Ya, just how far out of touch is funcom?
Ok, so people have flagged my OFF TOPIC thread as off topic.
What is your belief of what makes this out of touch?
That they shouldn’t try selling such an item? Game companies have been selling these kinds of art books for ages.
That nobody would be interested in it? That would be you out of touch with reality.
That the price is too high? Possibly, but at 224 pages long and 9.25 x 12.75 trim (I’m assuming that is inches), that is pretty decently sized for a behind the scenes art book.
Also, this is the Conan Exiles forum.
when you only need to sell 500 copies or so to break even on this endeavor…it would even be financially stupid NOT to release this book.
I know at least 2 friends who would be delighted to get that book as a birthday present.
But never in a million years I’d buy that for myself.
FF XIV 30 million registered players.
Dune: Awakening some thing over 1mil sold, a few 100K players.
Not sure how you can compare the 2.
It’s 2025, who buys books?
Who still reads books?
I didn’t say nobody, there will always be that had core few that would buy anything game related. Doesn’t make it a good decision in this economy.
Point me to the funcom Dune: awakening forum, oh wait…
NDA.
It’s on my list, I’ll buy it when it hits the value I’ve put on it.
I think selling 500 copies is a pipe dream.
Hmm… well, I do, for example…
“Who still reads books?”, he asks, on a forum where discussions of Hyborian Age are not uncommon. “Who still reads books?”, he asks the players of a game based on the works of R. E. Howard. “Who still reads books?”, he asks in a topic about “Dune”, a literary work with a cult following that, despite the best attempts of several film-makers over the decades, can never be properly depicted on screen because only the written word is capable of conveying all of its depth and nuance.
That would make you an exception.
You post like everyone that plays these games has actually read the books. I doubt seriously more then 10% of the players have read any book; out side of a school assignment, let alone these 2 literary classics.
You have to take in to account that most everyone left here now are pretty literate. But us still being here proves we are the exceptions.
Now I’m here just to keep up and check the bazaar thread; set of poses I really want. I may get back to this but I have yet seen anything change that it would take to get me back; and it really isn’t that much, but still beyond funcom.
Till I get tired of getting hackwacked on pubg; but then I did get Aska and haven’t played it yet, I’m not actively playing Conan exiles.
By that same token, you post like everyone that plays these games has to buy this book in order for it to be worth offering.
No, not everyone who plays these games reads the source material, just like not everyone who playes Hades knows the details of Greek mythology. The difference is that the literary source material for these specific games has a large cult following, so I’m willing to bet that the percentage of players who play these two games and cares about the books and stories behind them is higher than for many other similar games.
I have no doubt whatsoever that enough people will buy “The Art and Making of Dune Awakening” to make it worth Funcent’s while.
Yes, and Funcom has generally catered to these exceptions. The only difference between Funcom and Funcent is how much they focus on extracting profit, but that’s precisely why I’m sure they thought carefully about whether it’s worth trying to extract profit from book fans or not.
We might not be mere numbers to someone like Joel Bylos, but we sure as hell are to Tencent, and if someone like Bylos explains it in cold, hard terms how you can take bookworms’ passion and turn it into cold, hard cash, then you can be sure it will be done.
That moment when you know a thread which starts with an “argument from authority” fallacy is going to end well.
Both are niche and attract fans of the respective IPs.
I was drawn to CE because I am a fan. From a collectors standpoint, I have signed prints and originals from one of the comic book artists in addition to having read most of the books.
I’m also the type to buy art books because I learn from and appreciate the art that adds to my own craft. Feeling the pages while I study it is important to me.
This seems like something Star Citizen should do. You can pledge for the book now and if they get enough pledges they can add features to it as they go. Like more pictures, page flip movies, scratch and sniff stickers, pop up artwork, animated pages, a 3d version that you can “fly” through with a VR helmet and on and on…
No clue if they actually are planning such a book. I didn’t bother to look.
You’ll be able to reserve a copy for a deposit of $55.00, but by the time it goes to print it will cost $27,535,892.76
Vaporware…
Thing would never go to print, but hey, you can see some of their ideas they sketched on some napkins for $55 each! coffee stains extra!
Also i buy artbooks for games… If the price to content is right. I am not a fan of digital only non-sense. To me nothing is better than being able to own the item you paid for and don’t have to rely on licensing/renting the item and never getting to own it.
Also you have to have a device that actually can display the item and works not to forget you need a power source. I don’t need any of that with a book and good ole fashioned daylight.
One last thing, it’s easier to share a book than it is to share a license, suppose your friends don’t have a compatible tablet to view the e-book.
I also still buy and read books on a regular basis, and retain a substantial bookshelf at home. Furthermore, the mere fact that dozens of book franchises have continued to endure and prosper well into the digital age, along with the many privately owned local secondhand book retailers, tells me that people such as myself and @Teng are far from the exception. You really argued yourself into a corner there Deacon.
Don’t people boycott companies they dislike based on principle? While I appreciate art and literature I certainly wouldn’t send any more money to Funcom after their previous performances.
That’s a strange rhetorical question, the answer is obviously ‘yes’. It’s equally obvious that, if the book sells enough copies to make a profit, it means there are enough people who are still willing to send more money to Funcom.
Maybe not you, maybe not me, but about a million people have bought Dune, so clearly there are tons of people who are not boycotting FunCom.
I wasn’t comparing, i just used FF in purpose to example the publish reason. I remember years ago, in a different millennium 
, i started play Final Fantasy. A friend from Australia will visit Rhodes and come with the guide of this particular game. It was almost impossible to be printed in Greece since there were not many gamers back in 90s and online shopping was not an option back then, at least in my country. So printing a book for a game that sold 1 million copies is not a huge investment, true, but i don’t find it wrong either. I can see it as a main gift to their future rewards in this game and also it will trigger many conversations in their discord.
As for the “silly question”. Nothing compares to books when it comes on reading and since our generation is still alive, books are alive too.
I still have most of the books I’ve read, all the hard backs anyway. But I don’t read books any more I read online, but not books. None the less, as I point out we are the exceptions. The majority of people don’t even read print anymore. Unless it’s texting.
Dune’s sales being “over one million” just tells me we have close to one million transient game players that will buy anything. The number of players still playing after the first month sort of proves that. Off to the next bright shiny. Those people do not buy books.
I’ll stick to my Art and Soul of Dune Part 1 and Part 2 concept art books tyvm.
