How much influence does DCEmu have on major game companies?

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February 22nd, 2007, 03:55
Shadowblind

How much influence does DCEmu have on major game companies?

We voice our opinion alot on DCEmu. How much of it really counts, however? I'd like to see how much people from mega companies like Nintendo, Sony, and such are effected by our comments. How much do you think?

And for an admin: How much are they really?

Please DO NOT SPAM this thread. It is in off topic, not junk. This is for serious discussion.
February 22nd, 2007, 04:00
Vendeta

Well i dont think that much... They dont have the time to search forums to find helpful comments...
February 22nd, 2007, 04:26
gunntims0103

you'd be surprised! Some companies hire users to surf forums and gather information. I wouldn't be surprised if this went on at various times on DCEmu..........
February 22nd, 2007, 04:34
JKKDARK

None. They prefer IGN or Gamespot
February 22nd, 2007, 05:06
scarph

For sure JKK
No one suggests ways to make sony better, they just flame it.
February 22nd, 2007, 05:07
kcajblue

i think we do have an influence. but not a huge influence.
February 22nd, 2007, 05:10
Shadowblind

DCEmu I know has a good deal of prestige, with over 169,000 members. Gunntims is correct, major game companies do have forum goers. Whether they listen or not is their choice. And on a forums this massive...we may have some influence like kcajblue said...
February 22nd, 2007, 05:10
Vendeta

Quote:

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

None. They prefer IGN or Gamespot

For once you made a usful post.
Yes they do perfer the more POPULAR game reveiw sites cause it gives them a lot of feed back without the hassel of looking through lots of forums...
February 22nd, 2007, 05:18
Tetris999

innovative homebrew does spark ideas in developers you know, some companies do that
February 22nd, 2007, 06:00
ICE

game forums as a whole definitely has an impact however the individual impact of one web page is minimal at best. i really doubt that they listen to one page and forget the rest. its really much broader than that. each page, like this, adds to the "general publics opinion". however the larger the page, generally, would mean the more "respectable" the individual opinions. so on such a large forum i suggest you watch what you say because we ARE being watched.
February 22nd, 2007, 06:44
Kaiser

Well for one thing, we've banned many Sony and Microsoft employees for spamming up the forums with viral advertising.

The real concrete influence we do have is within the homebrew scene (in which case we do have a fair bit of it).
February 22nd, 2007, 08:51
quzar

None at all.
February 22nd, 2007, 16:24
JKKDARK

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcajblue

i think we do have an influence. but not a huge influence.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowblind

DCEmu I know has a good deal of prestige, with over 169,000 members. Gunntims is correct, major game companies do have forum goers. Whether they listen or not is their choice. And on a forums this massive...we may have some influence like kcajblue said...

Quote:

Originally Posted by theICE_MAN

game forums as a whole definitely has an impact however the individual impact of one web page is minimal at best. i really doubt that they listen to one page and forget the rest. its really much broader than that. each page, like this, adds to the "general publics opinion". however the larger the page, generally, would mean the more "respectable" the individual opinions. so on such a large forum i suggest you watch what you say because we ARE being watched.

Oh god, DCemu is an emulation site. Even we got the news from other gaming sites.
Companies only check big gaming sites, like IGN, Gamespy and Gamespot.
Just see the Stuntman NTSC-U (PS2) boxart, there's an opinion from gamespy.