Business Sim Ideas - stocks, strikes, and more

[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.

[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?"

[Kubboz]

That wasn't old DOS car tycoon. That was CarBiz:Megacorp, IIRC

[Daffyflyer]

"f*ck. is this a bloody British leyland Simulator or something?"

[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.

[geozero]

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.

[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.

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....

[AutoHappiness]

Awhsome. I would love to buy out an equivalent to the VW Group so I can become a monopoly.

[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.

[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!

[Daffyflyer]

The only thing stopping you relaunching an old model would be making it pass safety/emissions regs

[haitch40]

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.