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Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Thu May 17, 2012 12:18 pmby geozero
No Automobile game would be complete with some cool business models such as ability to buy/sell stocks, raise money through your own company's stocks sales, and tracking stockmarket effects on your business.
Another cool idea would be to introduce historical or random events that throw a wrench (excuse the pun) into the gameplay, such as unionization, strikes, company mergers and buyouts, Government bailouts, loans, material shortages, wars, and other economic instabilities. But I think that strikes definitely should be portrayed as this has been a real issue that affects costs and long term company strategies.
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Thu May 17, 2012 2:42 pmby MAC_HATER
i remember playing one of the old DOS games car tycoons - might have been detroit im not sure - it had the ability for your workers to go on strike - was playing it and 2 minutes into a new game it went
"YOUR WORKFORCE WANTS A 7% PAY RISE"
so i said ok have a 10% payrise since i had plenty of cash and wanted to keep them happy
"YOUR WORKFORCE WANTS A 13% PAY RISE"
"really? shit. ok 15% will that keep them happy since im offering more than they want!"
"WORKFORCE HAS GONE ON STRIKE"
"f*ck. is this a bloody British leyland Simulator or something?"
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Fri May 18, 2012 3:24 amby Kubboz
That wasn't old DOS car tycoon. That was CarBiz:Megacorp, IIRC
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Fri May 18, 2012 12:05 pmby Daffyflyer
MAC_HATER wrote:"f*ck. is this a bloody British leyland Simulator or something?"
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 19, 2012 9:13 amby Bmotley
We should be able to buy into companies (like GM and Izuzu) and be able to buy out our competition, whether through buying all their stocks, or just buy them outright.
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 19, 2012 2:34 pmby geozero
Bmotley wrote:We should be able to buy into companies (like GM and Izuzu) and be able to buy out our competition, whether through buying all their stocks, or just buy them outright.
That's exactly what I propose. But other companies should also be able to buy YOU out too.
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 19, 2012 3:11 pmby Bmotley
geozero wrote:Bmotley wrote:We should be able to buy into companies (like GM and Izuzu) and be able to buy out our competition, whether through buying all their stocks, or just buy them outright.
That's exactly what I propose. But other companies should also be able to buy YOU out too.
So it'd be like working as Saab under GM ownership....
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 19, 2012 7:52 pmby AutoHappiness
Awhsome. I would love to buy out an equivalent to the VW Group so I can become a monopoly.
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Wed May 23, 2012 1:58 pmby Mercy
We should have like lawsuits so like if a company takes our idea, we should be able to sue them. That's pretty cool.
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 26, 2012 11:25 amby cassito
In the Detroit game, when you reached some higher design level, for example, level 5, you cannot design and launch into the market old design cars, like Car Tycoon. And I don´t like this...
I was thinking, what if I´m an owner of GM, at year 2012 and I want to relaunch the Chevelle or Trams Am. But not with new design, but with the old school design. Then I can put new parts or old. But the ideal is to reissue it in exactly the way it was is 1969 or 1979 for example, but at 2012!
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sat May 26, 2012 1:32 pmby Daffyflyer
The only thing stopping you relaunching an old model would be making it pass safety/emissions regs
Re: Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more
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Sun May 27, 2012 6:14 amby haitch40
Daffyflyer wrote:The only thing stopping you relaunching an old model would be making it pass safety/emissions regs
Will you make it so that if it does meet the regulations it will be reguarded as a classic and have the classic apeal to certain audiences as the suggestion is building the same car part for part? Its like when Cadbury relaunched the Wisper bar everyone wanted one due to its history.