The Escapist Issue #31 Now Available
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Admittedly, it is generally considered reasonable for users of development tools - and that's what NWN is to these avid fans - to want ongoing support, so long as they are still using the software and the company is still selling it. But let's face it; the business model of an off-the-shelf game can't handle supporting its users to the same level that Microsoft would support Visual Studio users. What we have, here, is a business model that doesn't quite fit.
For that matter, why would a company like BioWare want to make a game like NWN, which still requires continuous support three years later for its avid community, when they can make Knights of the Old Republic and sell more copies without having to worry about investing additional time and money? And don't free user-created mods actually compete with BioWare's own expansion packs?
