Why Not Just Make Linear Launchers Instead?

I was just thinking about this, if Umberlla could make an energy weapon like the Linear Launcher, why don't they just make them instead of trying to make B.O.Ws all the time. They try to make B.O.Ws to sell and make money, but why the hell don't they make a shit ton of linear launchers, those would sell so much better than B.O.Ws that barely work in the buyers favor.

The "energy" weapon market isn't very big and most militaries are much more interested in conventional weaponry.

Ghost Leader wrote:

most militaries are much more interested in conventional weaponry.

B.O.Ws are conventional weapons? lol

Well id take a army of tyrants (possibly with weapons) over an army of men with linear launchers any day lol

Sargent D wrote:

Ghost Leader wrote:

most militaries are much more interested in conventional weaponry.

B.O.Ws are conventional weapons? lol

No, BOWs are terror weapons. The linear launcher is an energy-based weapon, so the market for it is low. By "conventional weapons", I mean things like M16s, Apache helicopters, and aircraft carriers.

Ghost Leader wrote:

The linear launcher is an energy-based weapon, so the market for it is low.

Yeah because they don't exist. lol

But yeah I understand what your saying about the B.O.Ws being terror weapons, because I would be in terror if I seen a damn Hunter coming towards me.

Because those are only cool at that final climatic moment when alexia mutates into her 3rd form.

Spike991 wrote:

Because those are only cool at that final climatic moment when alexia mutates into her 3rd form.

I still find it hard to believe that they found out how to make an energy weapon like that and only have it made for one use.

Oh and lets not forget the particle gun from Dead Aim, I forgot that even existed. lol

Or weapons like Spark Shot and PRL 412, although the latter wasn't made by Umbrella.

I thought the P.R.L wasn't canon?

Is the Spark Shot?

It's as canon as you make it be, I guess.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Is the Spark Shot?

It's as canon as you make it be, I guess.

I think that the difference is that you can get the spark shot in your first run, as for the prl you have to beat the game in order to get it

Does it matter anyway as all these weapons we're talking about have no real life counter parts.

Sargent D wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Because those are only cool at that final climatic moment when alexia mutates into her 3rd form.

I still find it hard to believe that they found out how to make an energy weapon like that and only have it made for one use.

Oh and lets not forget the particle gun from Dead Aim, I forgot that even existed. lol

it was so powerful that it could only shoot single fire and took a minute to charge.

it of course had to be mounted and set charging for any use at all. makes sense to me.

as for the particle gun, i guess its the same concept.

Because then there wouldn't be a game series.

Patronum1121 wrote:

Because then there wouldn't be a game series.

...And that is video game logic.

I'm sorry...did Umbrella NEED more money? No. Since the finding of Progenitor, that area of science dominated the lives of the Umbrella founders, energy weapons be damned.

NiteKrawler wrote:

I'm sorry...did Umbrella NEED more money?

They want to be the next Microsoft if that's the case.

I bet Umbrella was like 3 Microsofts combined.

...Maybe Microsoft is secretly making bio-weapons.

Eckerds was our Umbrella.