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Has anybody at Bethesda considered that nobody actually calls their games "Elder Scrolls"? I've seen pretty much all the footage on Skyrim, and I don't recall I
by pestaa 15y ago
Has anybody at Bethesda considered that nobody actually calls their games "Elder Scrolls"? I've seen pretty much all the footage on Skyrim, and I don't recall I've seen the series title once.
In their nonetheless strong position I'd try to create a culture where gamers point out, when talking about Notch's Scrolls, that this is not that scrolls; I see this as an opportunity for cheap marketing.
And what happened to the Quake 3 duel? It'd have been a win-win PR maneuver too. Unless they plan to play it in front of the judge.
- masklinn 15y ago> And what happened to the Quake 3 duel? It'd have been a win-win PR maneuver too. The Bethesda/Zenimax lawyers "declined"
- pestaa 15y agoThought so. It's a pity because that unusual move alone would worth a couple of bucks in terms of advertising. At least they didn't sit down to play AND sue Notch at the same time. Thanks for the update.
- TheCapn 15y ago>Has anybody at Bethesda considered that nobody actually calls their games "Elder Scrolls"? I've seen pretty much all the footage on Skyrim, and I don't recall I've seen the series title once. That is "sort of" the point... when someone goes to Google and mashes in "Scrolls" Bethesda wants "Elder Scrolls" to fill the 10,000 pages of links, not Notch's "Scrolls". Unfortunately at this point going to Google and typing in "Scrolls +game" you get a mishmash of the two and a trickle of the lawsuit in the middle of it all.
- pestaa 15y agoJust because they want to dominate Google result pages on keywords of questionable relevance, it doesn't make a good lawsuit. I'd like to represent these different search terms ("Elder Scrolls", Oblivion, Skyrim), but Oblivion is too broad to be of any use.